Looking for info on Gideon Beret Syndrome. Can you help?
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I think you're refering to Guillain Barre Syndrom. The Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) in its classic form is an acute idiopathic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy characterized by progressive muscle weakness and areflexia, usually associated with spontaneous remission. It has an annual incidence of 0.6 to 2.4 cases per 100,000 population, and occurs at all ages and in both sexes. With the marked decline in the incidence of polio, the GBS is now the most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis in healthy people.
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Try this website it seems to have a lot of info;\nwww.emedicine.com/derm/topics677.htm
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The Maltase Falcon Syndrome
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here's a site that might help you http://www.diseasesdatabase.com/ddb31745.htm
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The government keeps a list of clinical trials on the website below. \n\nShe will most likely need a diagnosis from a dermatologist or other specialist first. \n\nShe could have psoriasis, lupus, scleroderma, or other disorders. Here are a few links.
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Have a look at this link it gives you a lot of answers about the condition. Hope it helps x http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prinzmetal_angina
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This should keep you busy for hours.....\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_genetic_disorders
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Thanks for the information, I saved the link and will read thought it later. I have a 5 year old nephew who has been diagnosed as autistic, he also has vision problems. I have had my doubts about the diagnosis from the beginning, hope your paper helps bring some light to the situation. \nThanks.
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the best one is definitely Jumping Frenchmen of Maine disorder.\n\nThose who suffer from Jumping Frenchman of Maine have highly exaggerated startle reflexes, and tend to leap about wildly, whooping and flailing their elbows ineffectually when they are frightened.\n\nThe disorder was named after a pair of French-Canadian lumberjack brothers who worked in Maine.\n\nI can only imagine the living hell it must have been for them living in a lumber camp where their reaction was well known enough to get the disorder named after them.  I know if I were working with them, I'd be compelled to test their reactions at least once a week.
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HI. My son was diagnosed with MODY 3.  You are right there is not a lot of comprehensive information.  What i can tell you is what my late husband experienced, but it's not pleasant.  My son is currenly 13 years old, I don't expect him to show symptoms until he is 16, but we keep him checked.  My husband was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 24, he had it unbeknownst to him since he was about 17, he did not do the greatest job taking care of it, he had multiple eye surgerys and was diagnosed with kidney failure at the age of 31.  He was on dialysis for 3 years and died on his 35th birthday. It is a very tragic tale, and I am going to do everything I can to keep my son from going that same route.  My late husband was not a drinker, not a smoker and not over weight, but his diabetes was very progressive and aggressive. All I ask is that you PLEASE take this very seriously and take care of yourself.  If you want to chat more on this..I'd love to hear from you.
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Here is the Yahoo Groups link for people with NF. Hope it helps. Good Luck.\nhttp://groups.yahoo.com/search?query=Neurofibromatosis
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Hello Jen K,\n\nI am not sure if you need an overview of the syndrome or something specific.\n\nSo, here's a few, and I am hoping one of them fits your needs.\nIf none of these work, please email me through my profile,\nand I will continue to work on it!\n\n[These came from MedlinePlus [ http://www.medlineplus.gov]\n[Other links are at the site...Marfan Syndrome]\n\nNational Marfan Foundation      \n     http://www.marfan.org/nmf/index.jsp\n            Good explanation/overview, with links to support \n            services, education and awareness, and a marketplace, \n            links for professionals, clinical trials, and conferences \n            and events\n\nWhat is Marfan Syndrome\n  [US National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute]\n  http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/mar/mar_whatis.html\n    Short overview including causes, who is at risk, diagnosis, treatments, living with, and links\n\nMarfan Syndrome (Mayo Clinic)\n    http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/marfan-syndrome/DS00540\n     Overview with  info on Signs and symptoms,Causes, Risk   \n    factors When to seek medical advice , Screening and \n   diagnosis, Complications , Treatment , Prevention , Self  \n   care ,Coping   skills \n\nGenetics Home Reference - Marfan Syndrome\n   http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=marfansyndrome\n   General info on genes responsible for this syndrome, and links\n    to treatment and additional info (for both health care \n   professionals and consumers)\n\n\nOther Web Directories that may contain good info on Marfan\nSyndrome\n--NetWellness     http://netwellness.org/\n    "highest quality health information and education services created and evaluated by faculty of our partner universities. "\n   Has an "Ask an expert" link \n                http://netwellness.org/healthtopics/help/aaehelp.cfm\n\n--NOAH (New York Online Access to Health)\n      http://www.noah-health.org/\n    "NOAH provides access to high quality full-text consumer health information in English and Spanish that is accurate, timely, relevant and unbiased. "  Started at the NY Public libraries\n\nAlso, not everything is on the Internet!\nDon't discount libraries for books and databases (indexes) which\nmay contain full text articles not avialble on the internet.\nYour public library may have access to databases as InfoTrac,\nAcademic Search Premier, and Health Source...just ask a reference librarian to get you started.\n\nMost (if not all) public supported academic and medical libraries\nare open to "walk ins"...Call ahead to see what resources they have. Any reputable medical librarian can get you started.\nA few databases they may subscribe to included MD Consult,\nUpToDate, Access Medicine, StatRef, Medline (with some links to full text medical articles).\n\nHoping I didn't overload you....\nand at least one of the websites above is useful.\n\nJanice\npart time medical librarian at the local medical college (affiliated with a hospital)
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oh honey, sorry to hear about this!!!! one of my daughters has it. educate yourself, look it up om the web and research. get counseling, there are meds to help you, remember, you are BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
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This is a very inforamtive site.  Also, try joining a support group and you will get a lot of information.  I have a daughter that has VCFS and I have actually learned more from the support group than I have from reading about it.
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You are probably thinking this is a matter of idle curiosity, Au contraire--it's a threat to  national security.\n\nListen to this frightening headline: "The photic sneeze reflex as a risk factor to combat pilots," Military Medicine, Breitenbach et al, 1993.\n\n"Photic sneeze reflex" is the medical term for what you've got. Researchers fear they'll get a guy like you in a screaming dogfight, you break through the clouds into bright sunlight, you sneeze, your eyes snap shut, and the next thing you know they're picking you up off the landscape with a rake.\n\nPhotic sneeze reflex occurs in something like one-sixth to one-quarter of the population. It occurs more often in Caucasians than Afro-Americans or Orientals.\n\nAccording to a Johns Hopkins medic named Stephen Peroutka, the trait is passed along genetically, with a 50 percent chance of inheritance. \n\nResearchers in Sweden found that out of 460 subjects, 24 percent sneezed in bright light, and 40 percent had at least one sneezing parent.\n\nSixty-four percent of children with one sneezing parent were themselves sneezers, but two nonsneezers never produced a sneezer. (Isn't it amazing how I can make these things so easy to understand?) \n\nNobody's exactly sure what causes photic sneeze reflex but \nbasically you've got a lot of nerves crammed together in the front of your head, and maybe there can can be leakage of sorts from one nerve pathway to another. So perhaps the reflex is just a case of congenitally crossed signals. \n\nAt this point nobody's prepared to go in there with a pliers and fix it. So your best bet is to wear sunglasses and stay out of fighter jets.
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Hope this link helps you and the little guy. Seems to have alot of helpful information.\n\nhttp://emedicine.com/derm/topic686.htm
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Saw it on Sportscenter in my gym.  Touched a nerve -- my son has the same condition, and actually made the basketball team this year, but quit because other kids made him feel like he didn't belong.  He obsessed about it for months.\n\nhere's the story: