Comments on: House – Episode 7: “Fidelity”

By: Dr. R

Dr. R — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 21:51:21 +0000

Probably a continuity error

By: Cal

Cal — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 18:43:41 +0000

Can anyone clear up the anomaly where Cameron says, “The blood work showed no signs of inflammation” when trying to persuade House to take the case, then in the differential says, “Elevated SED rate indicates inflammation”?

So which is it, or did they redo the tests?

By: Daisy

Daisy — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 01:33:42 +0000

did anyone feel like house was *nicer* than usual in this episode? he said some polite/sympathizing things when Cameron told him about her dead husband .. and I feel like he was acting generally more mature than I’ve seen him act. but I guess that’s just bc this is a really early episode?

By: JeffH

JeffH — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 08:47:03 +0000

House asserted that Cameron’s husband’s thyroid cancer would have been diagnosed at least a year before his death. How does he know this? Could cancer in the brain not kill within 6 months (the length of their marriage)?

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:15:42 +0000

The explanation given was that late-stage trypanosomiasis is undetectable in the blood.

Actually, I was wondering about that. I’m only premed at the moment, but I remember a bio prof of mine showing us a blood slide of trypanosomiasis and making the comment that the person in question would’ve pretty much a goner, so I took that to mean that it should still be detectable at that stage. Is there a point where it becomes undetectable?

By: Vadim

Vadim — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:50:31 +0000

There is one thing I don’t understand: Is microscopic examination not sexy enough any more? Isn’t it the simplest way to prove trypanosomiasis?

By: Diseraph

Diseraph — Sat, 15 May 2010 10:01:38 +0000

I second Jeff H.’s opinion. I honestly don’t see how Cameron could have even passed medical school with all the personal issues she seems to have not resolved. A medical student sure, they have the excuse of inexperience and perhaps lousy coping mechanisms.. Cameron is meant to be some specialist but its hard to see her NOT as an intern. How many times has she been judgemental in this TV show and then had her pompous ethics handed back to her.

As for age-old argument of the docs doing all the work themselves and the counter argument of character development… WHAT DEVELOPMENT? Their conversations are boring, not in-depth and they don’t’ seem to ever grow or change due to events (except barring maybe Foreman when he wants a career change but we all know where that went)

By: Edie

Edie — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 04:01:38 +0000

Thank You JP Cravon I looked up your sorce of sexual transmitted form of sleeping sickness. I googled trying to find it but couldn’t till I found this page. this article stated the patient – She had never been to Africa. Her companion was Brazilian and had been in the military; he had been on a mission to Angola 3 years previously. He was identified as a symptom-free trypanosome carrier and treated. A diagnosis of late stage sleeping sickness was also established in the 19-month-old son, which was probably due to congenital transmission. The child was successfully treated in our hospital. To me this explain the initial source not showing s/sx. I just wonder how often this really happens, it must be rare since it was impossible to google this a sexually transmitted.

I know everyone doesn’t like the young guns doing all the jobs and yes it is very unrealistic but lets you follow the course of diagnosis of the disease. Keeps your attention to the show. As a nurse I like to ask a lot of questions in other departments and some people like to show and explain while others do not. When we have test it is nice to know the little things to explain to the patient what to expect.

By: Jeff H

Jeff H — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:37:23 +0000

Some episodes, I wish these people were real so I could punch them in the face. Usually that means House, but in this case it was Cameron, for telling the husband off. Not only was that unprofessional in the extreme, but morally repugnant as well. What, it’s “just a mistake” and therefore perfectly okay in small doses for the wife to have cheated, but some sort of heinous crime for the husband to be pissed about it?!? Whatever the backstory behind Cameron’s reaction (and I don’t see how the bit of it revealed here relates to these actions, anyway), that’s so twisted and backwards I can’t even *think* about it without working myself into a rage.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:35:25 +0000

The meds used to treat sleeping sickness are used for some other diseases as well, some of which are endemic in the U.S. (though admittedly only in certain regions, and New Jersey is not one of them)