Teen Diagnoses her Crohn’s Disease
by Megan on Monday, June 15, 2009 12:54This entry is filed under: News
Teen Outsmarts Doctors
In a timely fashion to Liz’s post on Lets Just Call it IBD, I just stumbled on this story this morning on the yahoo home page. Apparently a teenage female had been sick with IBD-related symptoms for many years. The doctors called it IBD, probably colitis. She took tissue from her intestine to her high school biology class and she found signs of inflammation indicated Crohn’s Disease.
Read the full story here: Teen Diagnoses Crohn’s Disease Before Doctors in Science Class
Lesson of this story is that we know our bodies well and we must be active participants in the identification and maintenance of our health care.
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Lizz says:
June 15th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
I saw this too! I’m glad you posted it!
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