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• Grail@multiverse.soulism.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s possible to be delibitated and not know why. Until you stop eating gluten and get better. You should watch House MD, House is always using the treatment as the test. He tries something and sees if the patient gets better. Many of those patients are dying and he still doesn’t know what they have until he tries a treatment.

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  • FooBarrington@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    House is in no way a realistic medical show

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    • Grail@multiverse.soulism.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Are you saying doctors don’t give patients treatments for unknown diseases to see if they’ll work?

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      • FooBarrington@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Not the way House does!

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      • CoolCat@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It’s obvious you’ve never had to go through this because generally no, that does not happen often.

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    • NannerBanner@literature.cafe ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I remember a medical friend rolling his eyes at the show when it was airing, because usually he could guess what the end diagnosis could be from the symptoms. House was just really good at making the drama about the doctor interject and extend the eyeball time into the hour long episode

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  • FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    ^ This.

    • There’s coeliac which is the most easily identifiable,
    • a generalised gluten allergy, which - last time i checked - needs you to stay off/stay on gluten consumption for a week leading up to a blood test
    • allergy to one specific grain like wheat, but not all gluten.
    • and there are people who just have really bad digestive issues but have found that going gluten free helps.

    We should have more sympathy for people who have to grapple with this shitty, under-researched allergy

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• angrystego@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I know a case like that. He was unfortunate enough to have doctors that were unable to diagnose him properly. When he started the diet in his thirties and his absolutely debilitating health condition got a lot better in so many ways, it was such a relief!

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  • Gladaed@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah, but that’s not the gluten allergy.

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    • angrystego@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The guy I was talking about in the first paragraph was a celiac.

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      • Gladaed@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I was talking about the second.

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