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• Pulmonary Embolism
  

  Interstitial markings

  Posted by: cave76

  Last Reply: Sunnyyadav 03/01/2019

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  Has anyone been told of the presence of 'interstitial markings' on a chest x-ray?I recently had x-rays on my thoracic and lumbosaccral spine. My complaint was 'back pain'.Although nothing 'remarkable' or serious was found about my spine the radiologist found 'interstitial markings' interesting enough comment on them."Increased interstitial markings are seen in the lung zones bilaterally"Impression was:"Prominent interstitial lung disease present"My PCP is reluctant to comment on them until I...

• Lyme Disease
  

  "When doctors make bad calls"

  Posted by: cave76

  Last Reply: jasonalission0401 08/25/2018

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  When doctors make bad callsERIN ANDERSSENFrom Saturday's Globe and MailPublished Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 8:19PM ESTOne morning last June, my husband, Joel, sat down with the newspaper and discovered he couldn't drink his coffee without it dribbling out the corner of his mouth. He looked in the mirror and the right side of his face was drooping, like a one-sided frowning clown, and his right eye was frozen into an unblinking squint. This was especially alarming, because he's been legally blind in...

• Lyme Disease
  

  Diagnosed with fibromyalgia?

  Posted by: cave76

  Last Reply: jasonalission0401 08/25/2018

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  Belle mentioned fibromyalgia in a different post and I thought I'd pick up on that for a bit.Here's what a famous Lyme doctor said about FM, which happens to agree with my thoughts. (grin)[...]fibromyalgia or chronic fatiguesyndrome, two "garbage can" diagnoses that describe symptoms that areextremely common in Lyme disease.Found on:http://www.biomedcentral.com/imedia/2025270465676362_comment.pdfFor people so inclined to read more the entire review process of a new article proposed in BMC...

• Lyme Disease
  

  Tooth pains? Facial pains?

  Posted by: cave76

  Last Reply: jasonalission0401 08/04/2018

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  If no 'real' reason can be found for them---- suspect Lyme disease.A real reason would be an x-ray showing decay or abscess or other problems. TMJ pain is a bit more problematic but before a person has the expensive procedure(s) done for correcting it----- suspect Lyme. This was written by a Dental Hygienist for Dental Hygienists:"Dental HygienistsThe best time for dental hygienists to detect symptomsof Lyme disease is during an oral cancer exam. Many signscan appear in or around the mouth. For...