Posted November 11, 2009 in Blog, General Medical Information, Uncategorized
Lauren Johnson, a 12 year old girl, appeared with her mother this morning on NBC’s Today Show, “sneezing” every few seconds. She has been “sneezing” every few seconds for the past two weeks after returning from a sleep over. According to estimates she is “sneezing” about 10,000 times per day. Nancy Synderman, MD was doing all she could to hide her disbelief of an actual medical condition, “peeling back the layers of the onion”, suggesting a tic, Munchausen’s Syndrome, or a psychogenic poor imitation of a sneeze. Dr. Synderman pointed out that unlike a normal sneeze that comes through the nose and coincides with involuntary eye closing, Lauren’s “sneeze” is through her mouth with her eyes open. Additionally, Lauren only “sneezes” when awake. The politically correct Dr. Synderman stopped short of suggesting that the “sneezing” was a much better idea to get those 15 minutes of fame than Balloon Boy’s recent publicity stunt. In the old days, the antipsychotic medication Thorazine was used to break cycles of tics, hiccoughs, or other “mysterious” medical conditions. Hopefully Lauren will have stopped her “sneezing” before she appears in People Magazine, The Jay Leno Show, and David Letterman. Otherwise, start the IV and get the Thorazine ready. G-d Bless You times a million. To see the Today Show segment go to http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/11/the-girl-who-cant-stop-sn_n_353744.html.
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