NEWS Dr Pierre Margent | 04 June 2024 Each year in the United States, 750,000 patients are diagnosed with myocardial infarction (MI). Far more patients are evaluated for suspected MI. The diagnosis is often considered during an emergency department visit, sometimes with atypical signs, nonspecific symptoms, or even in the absence of symptoms. Up to...
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Are You Misdiagnosing IBS? Watch Out for This Mimic
Nick Tate March 10, 2023 UPDATED May 25, 2023 // Editor’s note: This story has been updated to address issues regarding confidentiality of a source. Could an allergy be the real culprit behind gastrointestinal symptoms similar to irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)? For at least some patients, the surprising answer is: Yes. That’s the conclusion of New York gastroenterologist Yevgenia Pashinsky,...
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Are You Misdiagnosing IBS? Watch Out for This Mimi
Nick Tate March 10, 2023 Josh struggled for more than a decade with what his doctors had told him was irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). But curiously, the 39-year-old’s flare-ups were caused by some foods that aren’t typical IBS triggers. Peanuts and shellfish caused “stabbing” abdominal pains, and he would feel lightheaded after simply inhaling the scent of...