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1920's Pernicious Anaemia film

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Just came across this very interesting film on YouTube of Pernicious Anaemia from the 1920's .

youtu.be/ABx-dSYWzaM

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wedgewood

Fascinating ! Thanks very much for that ! It seems that the health authorities were showing more interest in P.A. in the ‘20s than they are now . Including rehabilitation of patients.

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What a find. Thanks.

The power of visual imagery... you can see why I suggested someone take a video of you if you have problems with balance or walking - not every day being the same and not wishing anyone to have to get to this stage before treatment received.

Prompt diagnosis and treatment, frequency of treatment and continuation of treatment all emphasised here in this film as being vital for recovery of function.

Also noteworthy the time it can take for nerve damage to repair: so also for the EOD B12 injections currently recommended to continue at this frequency long enough to see improvements ! Review at 3 weeks, yes by all means - but don't assume that no/little progress at this point means "now feel free to give up on patient's neural recovery and start maintenance dose".

Discussion not dictation required to establish that point in treatment.

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FlipperTD

Scientist, not medic.

Isn't it good to see how far we've come in the last 100 years? No?? No, I don't think so either! Thank you so much for this fascinating finding. Rather than spending a fortune on adverts for 'rubbish', a re-make of the film using modern techniques and then broadcasting it every night for a few months until we're all thoroughly bored with it would be a great help.

But of course, no-one would believe it nowadays. They all tend to know so much better, don't they?

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MoKayD

Wow! I loved this. Thank you for sharing. It's amazing how advanced treatment was in the 1920s compared to today.

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EllaNore

Fantastic film. I noticed that the RBC needed to be >5,000,000. It it so frustrating. what has changed since 1920's. Greed? Money? How did it go from a miracle treatment in the 1920's to this in 2020's?

Sorry had my b12 mixed up with rbc's

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helvella in reply toEllaNore

Are you sure that 1500 is a reference to red cell count per microlitre?

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EllaNore in reply tohelvella

Oh right i got blood cells and b12 mixed up oops

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EllaNore in reply tohelvella

Thanks for catching that.

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VellBlue

Wow!

"But adequate maintenance dosage varies with the needs of each patient. Treatment must be continued indefinitely."

How and when did this get forgotten?

The next slide with the data is ineligible, I wonder what it says?

"But adequate maintenance dosage varies with the needs of each patient. Treatment must..."
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VellBlue in reply toVellBlue

And when and why did the suggested adequate dosage move from every 3-4 weeks to every 2 to 3 months?

1 vial every 3 - 4 weeks in often adequate
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EllaNore in reply toVellBlue

And why?

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