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Category: ( What's This?) Articles: ( What's This?) Age, Diabetes Alter Presentation of Thromboembolism Myalgia and Bleeding Gums

A 35-year-old male hoarder with agoraphobia presented to the emergency department with progressive weakness, bleeding gums with limited trauma, scant hematochezia, myalgia and bone pain. The patient had not left his home in 12 years, and his diet consisted of frozen reheated foods. All symptoms had become progressively worse over the past months, rendering him immobile on the floor of his home for the past few days.