I'm posting about my husband, not me. He had his second injection (AZ) yesterday. Have you ever woken up and in the first few minutes felt very...
I don't see that as definitive proof of anything, to be honest. I had shocking chest pain as a result of severe iron deficiency anaemia. This...
These links suggest that some people who suffer trauma of various kinds may suffer measurable effects on their cortisol levels : Long term...
I think there are far more stresses on the human body than just the things I mentioned in post #5. So, low or high cortisol, low or high...
I'm a bit baffled by this... According to Dr Myhill's own website she is "Deregistered from the General Medical Council" And yet her entry on...
I assume that any kind of trauma - dramatic and severe, or milder but frequently repeated - e.g. being raped or tortured or suffering domestic...
This article presents the potential benefits of providing literacy-adapted psychosocial treatments to expand pain conceptualization beyond a...
That link no longer exists. What a surprise.
"The Chronic Illness Survey Adventure" Using the word "Adventure" in this makes it sound like it's fun to have a chronic illness. I think it's...
Just some general comments on online surveys generally and that apply to this survey in particular. As a general rule, surveys I have filled in...
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/womens-health-strategy-call-for-evidence The consultation closure date has changed. It now closes at...
I've never had much difficulty getting ferritin tested. What I have difficulty getting is an iron panel. Ferritin was tested annually by my GP...
What I object to is the phrase "patient-centred medicine". Medicine is never, in my experience, determined by the patient or centred on the...
Have doctors/reasearchers/psychologists/psychiatrists decided that psychosomatic and somatic now mean the same thing? Does "somatoform" mean the...
I think there must have been a lot of people who struggled with GPs during the time they stopped seeing patients. I had a (non-life-threatening)...
Just thought people in England might like to know this. Article is from the Evening Standard. Link :...
I can read the article by deleting any cookies associated with the washington post, then it's readable when I refresh the page. I'm curious...
The NICE Clinical Knowledge Summary on Iron Deficiency Anaemia suggests the following investigations when anaemia is suspected. I don't think this...
I would agree. Just because someone knows their ferritin level doesn't mean they know all there is to know about their iron status.
I think that is quite unusual. Zinc and copper compete for absorption, so someone with low copper probably has high zinc, and someone with low...
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