Stupid question about last nights House show

[leftyman]

After Forman and House incorrectly diagnosed the lady with an auto-immune disease they gave her "full body" radiation to destroy her ability to fight infection.

Im guessing that this would kill off all of her white blood cells, T cells and any other infection fighting cells that the body produces, leaving the body defenseless against any further infection.

My question is if the radiation is powerful enough to do all that why didnt it kill the infection that was residing in her body ( which they didnt know about originally ) and that eventually caused her death?

 

[MisterJackson]

It's just a TV show man

 

[leftyman]

Originally posted by: MisterJackson
It's just a TV show man

good thing I put spoiler alert in my topic summary

 

[jimbob200521]

My only guess is different types of infection and cells react differently to radiation. Some may flourish in it, some may not be affected, while other die instantly. Just a guess...

 

[Steve]

From what I've read elsewhere, a lot of the 'facts' spewed on that show aren't.


That said, I'm starting to become a fan of watching that show.


EDIT: And I did see last night's show, nothing spoiled for me.