Evelina London Children's Hospital

[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to "The Clinical Update" podcast, the podcast that brings you thought-provoking clinical education from MIMS Learning that you can fit into your busy life.

I'm Pat, editor of MIMS Learning, and I'm delighted to have with me today Professor Adam Fox, who's a consultant in pediatric allergy at the Evelina London Children's Hospital.

Welcome, Adam.

Thank you.

Like, it was sh- it was really hard.

And I did, and I went, and I s- they were- I was, uh, referred to, what was it, Evelina Hospital in London.

And we sat down with the consultant there, and she was lovely.

We had a nice chat, and she was like, "Yes, so you had a hole in your heart when you were a baby." And I was like, "No." And she's like, "No, it, that's what it says in the notes." And I was like, "No, no, I, I absolutely no, I have never had a hole in my heart." And she was like, "Well, it says it here." And I was like, "No, I had SVT." And we talked a bit about it, and she was like, "Well, that's not genetic, and it's not something we can pick up on the heart scan, so I really don't know why you're here." And I was like, "Well, I don't know why I'm here, and I also don't know why I'm, like, 100 pounds out of pocket and, like, stressed and, like, ugh." But she's like, "Well, you're here.