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In hospital for 34 years

75 pointsby fern12over 7 years ago

9 comments

bufferoverflowover 7 years ago
Just over two months ago I got myself a mysterious sickness, and it&#x27;s puzzling doctors. I&#x27;ve been in bed most of the time, between visiting hospitals.<p>I have constant dizziness, borderline fainting (but never faint), weakness&#x2F;fatigue, lots of gas (burping), ringing in my ears, dry skin, I&#x27;m losing weight despite moving very little, slow metabolism probably. I randomly get better when I can walk around for a few hours. I also get bad &quot;attacks&quot; when my mouth gets dry, heart races, I can&#x27;t get up, and I generally feel like I&#x27;m dying, but it passes in ~10 minutes.<p>I had multiple blood tests, which are nearly perfect, except glycated hemoglobin, which is slightly elevated, but not at the diabetes level. I had gastroscopy, X-rays, and head MRI, two EKGs, echocardiogram, all normal. I&#x27;m finishing some heavy antibiotic treatment, which seems to have done nothing.<p>It&#x27;s all very frustrating, my symptoms fall under so many diseases&#x2F;conditions, it&#x27;s extremely hard to pinpoint even with modern medicine. It can be anything from sleep deprivation, dehydration, panic attacks to more serious things like heart infection, arythmia, tumor, cancer, vestibular apparatus disorder, etc.<p>Diagnostics is still very very hard.
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ggg9990over 7 years ago
Reminds me of the recent recommendation to not use metal barbecue brushes as the bristles can get on the food and lodge in one&#x27;s throat, leading to debilitating disease and death.
prbuckleyover 7 years ago
This story reminds me of the dangers of metal grill brushes. Public service announcement, don&#x27;t use a metal brush to clean your grill. The metal strands can breakoff and if they get lodged in your food and accidentally swallowed it causes serious health issues and surgeons have a very difficult time removing them. These brushes are actually outlawed in Canada but not in the USA.<p>Here is an article on why they are dangerous if you want to know more... <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cbsnews.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;grill-barbecue-metal-brush-dangers&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cbsnews.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;grill-barbecue-metal-brush-dang...</a>
ladbergover 7 years ago
I&#x27;m insanely curious how so many people managed to lodge needles in their heart and either not know it was there or not know to have it looked at.
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rageshover 7 years ago
I feel immensely grateful for being alive at a time when something like this could have been diagnosed (if I may be allowed a pun) in a heartbeat, but at the same time I cannot help but wonder about the ailments that our machines cannot see and our knowledge cannot diagnose yet.
spraakover 7 years ago
Creepy! It makes me wonder what other ailments people may currently have for which their isn&#x27;t yet technology to discover. Had they done an Xray of Nellis they surely would have seen the needle, I&#x27;d imagine.
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13of40over 7 years ago
Stumbled across this while looking for similar cases: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wired.com&#x2F;2009&#x2F;06&#x2F;revealed-britains-wwii-poison-sewing-needle-bomb&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wired.com&#x2F;2009&#x2F;06&#x2F;revealed-britains-wwii-poison-...</a>
justboxingover 7 years ago
Kinda ironic, that her last name is Steel(e).
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chrthrowawayover 7 years ago
I have been to more than a dozen doctors over the past 4 years and nobody has been able to diagnose what&#x27;s wrong with me.<p>I have the following symptoms:<p>- <i>Constant phlegm in throat and upper airways</i> (This is the most annoying).<p>- Fatigue<p>- Low-quality sleep<p>- Phlegm increases after eating and during exercise and causes me a runny nose<p>I am in my mid 20s, used to smoke, quit ~5 years ago, I have a deviated septum.<p>I have been through the following treatments and diagnoses:<p>- H.Pylori diagnosis – Negative.<p>- Treatment for GERD – No improvement.<p>- Treatment for LPR and Chronic Bronchitis – Caused me breathing problems.<p>- Treatment for anxiety – No improvement.<p>I feel hopeless of ever living normally again, I can&#x27;t exercise because phlegm keeps running up my nose and throat, I can&#x27;t eat outside because I have to use an obscene amount of tissues.<p>I&#x27;ve seen multiple ENTs, gastroenterologists, and respiratory system physicians. Once I looked closely at &quot;modern&quot; medicine, it seems to me that it&#x27;s not very modern per se.
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