This reminds me of Morgellan's disease. Insisting something is real doesn't make it real. I don't know anything... can someone share a more evidence heavy article from the same side of the argument? The medical profession doesn't just turn it's back on treatable (e.g. profitable) diseases.
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#22> Every day, in doctors’ offices across the US—as well as in Canada, the UK, Ireland, Amsterdam, Australia, Sweden, in 80 countries and on every continent Amsterdam is not a country. The country is called The Netherlands. Amsterdam is the capital.
Where will it end? Somebody quick dispatch an MA/RP to Bellingshausen Station!
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#23This reminds me of Morgellan's disease. Insisting something is real doesn't make it real. I don't know anything... can someone share a more evidence heavy article from the same side of the argument? The medical profession doesn't just turn it's back on treatable (e.g. profitable) diseases.
After reading the description of "Morgellan's", it actually makes other pseudodiagnoses seem reasonable.
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#25It's so frusterwting that there's a Lyme vaccine for dogs but no one will make one for humans.
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#26Well now I don't know who to believe.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
Pointing out that Amsterdam is a city and not a country isn't really "being difficult."
But it's off topic and not constructive.
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#28This reminds me of Morgellan's disease. Insisting something is real doesn't make it real. I don't know anything... can someone share a more evidence heavy article from the same side of the argument? The medical profession doesn't just turn it's back on treatable (e.g. profitable) diseases.
Yes it does, all the time. Before Diabetes was a known condition, it was considered a mental disorder. Then diabetes became widely understood, but for a short time hypoglycemia was considered a mental disorder. Nowadays, hypo and hyperglycemia that are triggered without actual blood sugar level changes, are considered a mental disorder. I know, because there is someone in my family with that last one. But if you do e…
That's a disingenuous comparison. Lyme disease is a known condition, with empirical tests to detect it and clinically proven treatments.