Posts Tagged ‘Differential’

Diagnosing IBS: The Most Common Symptoms

What is IBS? IBS or Irritable Bowel Syndrome is a type of functional gastrointestinal disorder. It affects 10 to 20 percent of people. It is a chronic or long-term condition affecting the small or large bowels. IBS can cause pain and discomfort and distorted bowel habits. A substantial amount of patients visit physicians for gastrointestinal [...]

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Diagnosing Spells: Fits, Faints, and More

Spells. Things that go bump in the night. Such events are medical mysteries in need of solving. As a consulting neurologist, I’ve learned that part of my job is to be a “phenomenologist.” To explain, if possible, the unexplained. To puzzle out mystery-symptoms and odd phenomena.
And one of the hardest [...]

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