It's not lupus!
Posted on 01/03/2010 11:20:33 AM PST by nickcarraway
I correctly diagnosed myself with CRS.
what a gutsy thing to do.....and so young already.
It's not lupus!
What a girl! Great story to post! Especially since with rationed healthcare, we all might be sent home with slides to perform the analysis at home. Who needs steenkin’ doctors when the One is in charge?
I suppose she must have had the slides in her medical records at home from a previous biopsy, or more likely digital images?
Because getting a snippet of your own intestine is really gutsy.
Excellent pun!
Exactly how did she get samples of her intestines?
You have to credit tenthirteen for it. Intentionally or unintentionally
If "things" change you are on the track of Celiac or other gluten sensitivity problem. Once you pin that down you can get a gene test to see if you have the gene for Celiac ~ of course you could have any one of 11 other genes for Celiac for which there is no test (yet).
Celiac can also be associated with Autism (due to the victim having a thin intestinal wall ~ in whole or in part ~ which allows "leakage" into the blood stream.
Glad she caught that particular sympton though. Lot of these guys have been trained to not worry about it unless there's a lesion or glioma somewhere ~ and sometimes there's not.
I had to check the picture link to see if that was a picture of her. Apparently it is. Wow. Beauty and Brains.
Hope she goes far in the medical field. She can certainly think for herself. Her parents certainly raised a fine daughter, and have every right to be proud.
When I was in my early twenties I spent years going doctor to doctor telling me a certain pain I had that was debilitating was in my head. I never believed this and continued to pursue new opinions. It took two to three years to find the right doctor who immediately knew what I had, went in and did the surgery to get rid of the extensive connective tissue that had wrapped around my main nerve and compressed it and had caused my problem. This surgery changed my life forever because I no longer had to live with extraordinary pain.
I trusted my instincts and did my research, while keeping an open mind and realizing doctor's are just humans too. Sometimes really arrogant humans.
Another reason we don't need socialized medicine in this country.
Well I am no expert, but do you remember that guy at the County fair that swallows swords?
I don't have to explain any further do I, becasue it makes me kind of squeamish....
She will be thrown in jail for practicing medicine without a license, and failure to carry medical malpractice insurance!
Hypochondriacs everywhere are smiling.
Seriously.
There is a hereditary version called HFI - Hereditary Fructose Intolerance.
And there is what is today called Fructose Malabsorption. - AND in Europe there are indications that as many as 45% of caucasians have FA - although only about half exhibit any symptoms.
Anyway, the Mayo Clinic is concerned that so few people have any understanding of Fructose Malabsorption - because IF it is the reason behind a persons IBS, even life long symptoms can disappear if one eats meat/fish and rice/potatoes/cornmeal for a week or so....
Last year at some point the American Dietic Association OR the American Journal of Nutrition --- some biggie ol' journal that all the professional dieticians subscribe to, did their ENTIRE ISSUE on FRUCTOSE --- because even the professionals are clueless as to its impact on susceptible individuals and it's strong association with gout & obesity & diabetes.
AND NO -- I mean FRUCTOSE, I'm not talking about the HFCS, although of course high fructose corn syrup becomes a "no no," too. I mean the fructose that almost everybody believes is "easy" to digest, and which dieticians USED to tell their diabetic clients to use in baking.
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