OK, all you wannabe Dr. Houses, here's a puzzle for you. A man goes for a dip in the ocean, gets out, feels his heart start to pound, and promptly collapses. Same thing happens during his next trip to the beach. Besides elevated heart rate and loss of consciousness, he also suffers from a bizarre swelling of the hands.
Tick, tick, tick, tick...hurry up! A man's life is at stake!
If House were here, he would probably inject the guy full of saltwater or something equally wacky. The guy would seize up, bleed out, and flatline, all at once. But House would finally discover the problem--which would no doubt be a tiny tumor stashed away in some major organ.
As usual, though, the truth is far more interesting than anything on the TV. Our sap was suffering from temperature-induced urticartia. In layman's terms, he was allergic to cold. No word on whether he will need to change his ice cream consumption habits.
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