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In a 25 March 2021 interview, Marrero said that initial symptoms are often nonspecific, making a diagnosis challenging. He listed symptoms such as "behavioral changes, sleep disturbances, unexplained pain, visual hallucinations, coordination problems, unexplained hair loss, involuntary muscle twitching, formication (a sensation that feels like small insects crawling under the skin), ataxia ...
The initial diagnosis was "peripheral neuropathy, cause of limb pain and redness to be determined". The lumbar puncture performed on the same day yielded normal results. The next day, a neurology consultation ruled out autoimmune diseases, poisoning, and metabolic diseases. PUMCH treated her according to the diagnosis of Guillain-Barré ...
In 2009, Mystery Diagnosis was named the program partner in organizing Rare Disease Day, an observance intended to raise awareness of rare diseases among the general public and policy-makers. Mystery Diagnosis worked with the United States coordinator, National Organization for Rare Disorders , to organize events across the country for ...
The infectious disease community is closely watching a surge of mystery illnesses in China that many have compared to the start of the COVID-19 outbreak.
A woman experiences strange symptoms after breast reduction surgery; though the symptoms are initially attributed to the surgery, she is eventually diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer. A baby has severe developmental delays, difficulty eating, and jerky movements; her unusually happy demeanor eventually leads to a diagnosis of Angelman ...
Similarly, in illnesses where long diagnostic delays are common (e.g., certain types of autoimmune disease and other rare illnesses), the patients' symptoms are classifiable as MUPS right up until the point where a formal diagnosis is made (which, in some instances, can take upwards of five years). Even when a person has received a confirmed ...
Last year, 24 U.S. government employees and family members in Cuba displayed the symptoms, which were similar to those related to concussions and mild traumatic brain injury, according to the ...
Treatment plans for ROHHAD vary depending on each patient's symptoms. There is no cure, so treatment is geared toward managing the symptoms that each patient manifests. [5] ROHHAD is fatal in 50-60% of cases when undiagnosed and untreated, due to cardiopulmonary arrest secondary to untreated hypoventilation. [4] The earlier the disease is ...