Happy Friday Patient Worthians! This week, we have some riveting stories by three PW contributors. Firstly, we have Alexis battling Lyme disease for 8 years and a surprising ending to Part 1…
Rare diseases often go undiagnosed because they are, after all, rare. A rare disease isn't usually the first thing anyone thinks of, in light of certain symptoms. It's only when doctors know what…
Wilson Disease: the rare, autosomal (meaning it occurs in both men and women), recessive (meaning that an individual must inherit one copy of the mutated allele from each parent to…
When talking about genetic diseases, rare and otherwise, it helps to know a little bit about genetics. Every person's body has thousands of genes that are responsible for generating proteins…
For more than half a century, Grandview, Michigan, resident Bruce Mannes has taken a drug Cuprimine (penicilamine) to manage his Wilson's disease, a genetic disease that prevents the liver from properly filtering the…
Okay, call me crazy. Call me SNARKY, but this is ridiculous! Here’s another perfect example of: Not having all of the facts! OR Stupidity that almost gets an innocent young…
On a Friday night, Torrie Kruse's world went black. The teenager can't recall being rushed to the hospital. She can't recall doctors scrambling around her hospital bed, trying to make sense of the problem. She…
Raise your hand if a doctor’s accused you of pill-seeking? Blamed your symptoms on your weight or claimed you were too young, too black, too old, too Latino to be…
You know how that saying goes: “All that glitters is not gold.” Or maybe, “too much of a good thing can make you sick.” Both apply to the metal copper.…
Gun range employee Chris Twardy didn't know how many of his customers cared about him--but he found out and as a result he has a new lease on life. Twardy,…
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