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re: Woman dies after contracting flesh-eating bacteria, Husband blames delayed diagnosis
Posted on 5/11/18 at 10:10 am to lsupride87
Posted on 5/11/18 at 10:10 am to lsupride87
My brother came down with Gilliam Barre Syndrome last month and the doctors missed his diagnosis twice. First visit they gave him pain meds only. Didn't improve and he went back. By this time, he was paralyzed from the waist down and still in tremendous pain. He was on the verge of having a heart attack due to blood pressure from the weeks of extreme pain and no sleep. They ran tests on him for 5 days and still couldn't figure it out.
Another doctor in the area was brought in and recognized it right off the bat.
He went 23 days undiagnosed. Went from 180 pounds to 150 in a few weeks. Brother is considering suing.
The longer you go without treatment, the longer the recovery (up to three years to fully recover on extreme cases).
Another doctor in the area was brought in and recognized it right off the bat.
He went 23 days undiagnosed. Went from 180 pounds to 150 in a few weeks. Brother is considering suing.
The longer you go without treatment, the longer the recovery (up to three years to fully recover on extreme cases).
This post was edited on 5/11/18 at 10:13 am
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Posted on 5/11/18 at 10:14 am to i am dan
quote:
My brother came down with Gilliam Barre Syndrome last month and the doctors missed his diagnosis
quote:This one will be tough
Brother is considering suing.
I feel for your bro (one of my best friends had Gilliam Barre, dont worry your bro will be fine
), but I doubt your brother has a shot in hell with this one GB actually cant be diagnosed with a test or anything, it is simply diagnosed with other issues being ruled out. It is normal and not considered negligence for it to be missed
Posted on 5/11/18 at 10:15 am to i am dan
Medicine will progress dramatically when super computers start doing all the diagnosis. Doctor's can only remember and Google so much.
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