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From: lv08+@andrew.cmu.edu (Lili Velez)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: RE: Guess my disorder
Message-ID: <0bmKt9200WBLM2xYl_@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 25 Feb 91 20:06:33 GMT
Organization: English, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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This is going to the net because the mailer at Eng.Sun.com doesn't
believe in Valhalla:


I have an odd disorder myself (diffuse esophageal spasm:  it _feels_
like angina, it's actually treatable with calcium-blockers used for
angina, but doctors thought I had ulcers, hiatal hernias, and an
overactive imagination prior to final diagnosis), and so have great
sympathy with others who have difficulty convincing their doctors that
something is really wrong.
 
What finally got me diagnosed and treated was a combination of changing
doctors and keeping good track of my symptoms and when they occured,
along with anything that I had tried to make them go away.  In your
case, perhaps you could invest in one of those liquid-crystal
thermometers, and carry it around with you.  That way you could have a
good idea of your normal baseline temperature, and when the symptoms
showed up, you could pop in the thermometer and see if it's a real body
temperature change, or maybe a surface temperature change.
 
I've never met anyone with cold flashes, although what you describe as
your second odd condition seems almost like a variety of hot flashes
(which, granted, would clash a bit with your gender, but biology is a
mysterious realm...).
 
How long have you had these problems?
 
Lili Fox Velez
Dept. of English/Dept of Biological Sciences
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA  15213
 
lv08+@andrew.cmu.edu
 


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