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This 30ish woman of mean height has a recurrent right spontaneous #PTX 18 months after the first. She has a history of thoracic pain receiving spinal steroid injections; o/w healthy. The best way to get the #diagnosis is (poll next) 
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Remarkable @bmj_latest @BMJCaseReports report documenting the extreme lengths a bedbound patient went through to get a diagnosis of #POTS, #MCAS, #SIBO and #tachycardia
read her story here
#MedEd #MedTwitter @MayoClinic
casereports.bmj.com/content/2018/b…
Remarkable @bmj_latest @BMJCaseReports report documenting the extreme lengths a bedbound patient went through to get a diagnosis of #POTS, #MCAS, #SIBO and #tachycardia
read her story here
#MedEd #MedTwitter @MayoClinic
casereports.bmj.com/content/2018/b…
2. After suffering for 16 years, seeing 19 docs with repeated misdiagnosis:
Her cardiologist couldnt diagnose #POTS
Her gastroenterologist couldnt diagnose #SIBO
Her immunologist couldnt diagnose #MCAS
Her neurologist referred her to a #psychiatrist!
casereports.bmj.com/content/2018/b…
Her cardiologist couldnt diagnose #POTS
Her gastroenterologist couldnt diagnose #SIBO
Her immunologist couldnt diagnose #MCAS
Her neurologist referred her to a #psychiatrist!
casereports.bmj.com/content/2018/b…
3. Patient: the "neurologist was out of ideas and suggested I get a psych evaluation, which I declined"
the patient <referred herself> to @MayoClinic
#SickNotWeak #chronicillness #chronicpain #MedEd #medtwitter
casereports.bmj.com/content/2018/b…
the patient <referred herself> to @MayoClinic
#SickNotWeak #chronicillness #chronicpain #MedEd #medtwitter
casereports.bmj.com/content/2018/b…
