12. Distractions

House and his team have a difficult challenge when a teenage boy enters the hospital severely burned with unusual blood-test results. How can you diagnose a burn victim when you cannot use standard testing methods? House makes himself the guinea pig in his own unofficial tests of a new drug designed to treat migraines to prove a former medical school colleague is wrong about the drug.

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Complete story — includes the ending

The team struggles to diagnose a teen (James Immekus) suffering from spasms when severe burns following an accident make most of their usual diagnostic tests impossible. Meanwhile, House exacts revenge on a doctor who turned him in for cheating in medical school. House tests the doctor's migraine medicine on himself by self-inducing a migraine. Wilson accuses him of doing so only to take his mind off of Stacy. After solving the medical case, House hires a prostitute. Final diagnosis: Serotonin syndrome

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