I Thought My Strange Symptoms Were All In My Head—Then I Got These 2 Diagnoses
The doctor came in to discuss my blood tests. “Everything looks fine,” she shrugged. I knew she was going to
Read moreThe doctor came in to discuss my blood tests. “Everything looks fine,” she shrugged. I knew she was going to
Read moreBecause my mother has Graves’ disease (an immune system disorder that leads to an overproduction of thyroid hormones), I assumed
Read moreBesides the fact that bulimia has some obvious outward symptoms of purging, my parents began to notice I was tired,
Read moreWhile in college, my dystonia progressed and traveled to my other leg: My toes curled into claws so I had
Read moreI saw my primary care provider (PCP) to address the dizziness, and she wrote it off as an ear infection
Read moreUnlike other illnesses, there’s no test you can take to show whether you have Ehlers Danlos. It requires a clinical
Read moreI saw a pulmonologist who took an X-ray, CT scan, and blood work in one day. The results of the
Read moreI worked with Lipman for a while, until he introduced me to Steven Bock, M.D., one of the foremost knowledgeable medical
Read moreFour years ago, I was on a plane en route to a family trip in Europe, when I started having
Read moreI vividly remember lying on my bed as a teenager doubled over with sharp, shooting stomach pains. I linked it
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