Experiences with

Graves' disease

hi everybody, my EP reassured me that my chad’s score was 0 so an AC was not needed . I’ve now read something that has concerned me , if an episode lasts for more than 24 hrs a clot can form and a stroke may follow. my longest episode was 18 hrs and now I’m worried if I get a 24 hr episode I could

Hi everyone. Hope you are all well. I have Cirrhosis of the liver and after a review with my consultant 2 weeks ago we stopped my spironolactone. Everything seemed fine, kept and eye on weight as was told and between Saturday and Sunday I suddenly gained 4 pounds. On Friday I had root canal treatment

I have been on hormone therapy for 10 years with stage 3 non-metastatic prostate cancer. Now I am very close to doubling the PSA < 10 months. Question. What kind of therapy should I expect when I reach a non-metastatic castrate-resistant form?

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Data about overall survival seems immature to me, it seems like there is a slight advantage for the sequential therapy, not very significant, but both arms at 36 months are far away from having reached the median. So I think we have to wait for that parameter. The study enrolled 130 patients with de

I have been diagnosed with Parkinson 2 years now. In 2019 i did a food intolerance test and it was low in trypsin. Trypsin is a protease enzyme that’s produced in the pancreas. It helps to break down proteins into amino acids, which issues an important part of the digestion process. Could this be

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We all know that delaying ADT as long as possible should be a goal and benefit for early detection for men. But with the US healthcare policy in place that is not the case for many of us here on HU as we have a late diagnosis with advanced or metastatic disease that puts on the fast track to BIG pharma

Six years ago I was diagnosed with Young Onset of Parkinson's disease. I was prescribed Madopar and Pramipexole which later was replaced with Rotigotine transdermal patches. I had a very strong but paradoxical reaction to all three dopaminergic medications and eventually l ended up in A&E where my dose

I'm a 77 year old male and after bouncing around in Stage 3b for a couple of years I started to get much lower results of 30 or 33, then my latest is Stage 4 at 26 eGFR. All other renal profile serum results are normal and my urine tests for albumin/creatinine ratio are normal. I've cut out added sugar

People with PD often lose weight quickly. I wonder if the body is burning fat looking for c15? Wild thought. Here is some more from chatgpt: C15:0 (pentadecanoic acid), like other fatty acids, is both used by the body and accumulated in various tissues, depending on several factors, including

Hi Been a while as I have been quite stable. so not been abroad for 6-7 years and on 1st September went on holiday abroad, very very anxious flyer, that day bowels were bad put it down to nervous. All inclusive holiday in Spain day 2, bloating, wind struggling to go to the toilet. Forget to take

Hi Everyone, Does anybody know which blood tests, as in lliver enzymes and LFT's, might reflect portal hypertension and/or liver congestion? Thanks in advance, Terry

For many of us, we may not have autoimmune B12 deficiency but we have comorbid auto[i]immune[/i] diseases such as Hashimoto's thyroiditis, Graves’ disease, Ord's thyroiditis, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative and/or colitis, celiac/coeliac disease, Evans syndrome, Sjögren syndrome, Addison’s disease

Hi all I've had persistent trace or low level amounts of protein in urine tests since April -checked on 5 occasions at hospital. Sometimes there is also trace amounts of blood or white cells too. Is this something to worry about or just part of the disease? I get cystitis a lot, but doesn't necessarily

Hello Folks, I'm getting a fibroscan done on Tuesday, my first time. My doctor and specialist said they don't think I have anything as serious as cirrhosis, given that my last three ultrasounds done jn 2021, 2023 and August 13, 2024 all showed the same thing: grade 1 steatosis (mild fatty liver) with

I have spoken to my liver nurse who said I am on the cusp of liver cirrhosis, does then mean I have liver cirrhosis or still have fatty liver?

Hi there I was diagnosed F3 kp a 9.8 by fibroscan in July lost a stone so far liver blood tests all perfect and Dr mentions no focal lesions (thank heavens) on ultrasound would they see fibrosis im confused will the weight loss help thanks

Once I started dialysis, we could not get the phosphorous to go down. Now mind you, before dialysis, it was always over 5 most times or even over 5.5 and was at 5.8 before I started dialysis. Neph put me on a binder, sevelamer, did nothing, except block me up completely. Then we tried Velphoro, and