hsCRP is high-sensitivity C-Reactive Protein. I've never understood the purpose of the hsCRP test. Think about the situations that could arise :...
Oh, joy...
@Dx Revision Watch I don't have fibromyalgia and as far as I know I'm not diagnosed with it. I know the cause of a lot of the pain I suffer from....
I think the author(s) are keeping up with this thread. There is a reference to myalgic encephalomyelitis in the post now.
My emphasis And if the patient does have an abnormality in their brain how long will it take for it to be found if the treatment for contested...
And this is the root cause of my dissatisfaction with treatment of contested illnesses. Doctors so often assume that contested illnesses have no...
Is what normal practice?
And another link (a commercial one) that I found interesting. I wonder how long it will be before such testing is available in the UK. Ten years?...
I just remembered an article I read on UTIs and interstitial cystitis :...
The brain can run on ketones as well. I accept that some/many people do better with glucose as their main brain food - but ketones shouldn't be...
This link may be of interest : https://liveutifree.com/interstitial-cystitis-treatment/ I can't find a link but I'm sure I've read of IC being...
I live in the UK. The NHS has never measured my RDW. I've only ever had it measured as part of blood tests I've paid for privately. My RDW has...
Thanks, @longtermcase . I'll try the imaginary tennis ball.
And never, ever tell the patient what they've written about them for future doctors to read.
I grew up learning that illnesses had a single treatment e.g. antibiotics for tonsillitis or cough medicine for a cough, and once I'd had that...
If a physical cause for a mental disorder is found doesn't that immediately move the condition out of the hands of the psychiatrists and into the...
One reason I think society has to be wary of psychiatry is because they keep expanding the definition of what constitutes a mental disorder, and...
This kind of research investigating gender bias in diagnosis and treatment has been done many times before over many years. How many more times...
Anecdotal info about things that have helped me with various symptoms : Cramp I used to suffer from severe cramp in my feet and lower legs a lot,...
I think blackmailing patients to take drugs is despicable and ought to be a crime.
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