QUOTE(Darkmage @ Feb 7 2011, 08:09 PM)
Well, here's the thing. Copper levels are elevated in women taking oral contraceptives and/or hormone replacement therapy. So, does that mean they're naturally that way, or is it a side effect of the medication? How many women are running around with undiagnosed autoimmune diseases? Quite a lot, in fact. I think it's safe to say that the jury is well and truly out on this issue and it's going to take a while to hammer out.
I could speculate an origin of the assumption to be somewhere in the history of
alchemical research, but without proper references I'd better not. Suffice it to say, the jury is out on a vast number of issues, some of which would seem blatantly obvious. I have six patients currently who received the proscribed surgery for
carpal tunnel syndrome, each of which gained varying degrees of relief for between one week to three months, before the nerve pain began to return. I treated them with
nerve mobilization and they have improved by 60-90% (some more like 60 currently, some closer to 80, using a 1-10 subjective pain scale and factoring in frequency of 'flare ups'). All of their doctors scoffed at the idea of going to a
massage therapist, and referred them straight to a
surgeon because 'early intervention is best'. They failed the diagnostics, failed the nerve conduction tests, so they were categorized under 'carpal tunnel syndrome' without any consideration for the actual working physiology of the nerves and the tissues surrounding them. The role of connective tissues in nerve pain is something that every doctor I have talked to about it is surprised to hear.
People are misdiagnosed constantly, suffer the
consequences, and end up seeking some kind of alternative aid. People end up on a list of medications that
literally create chronic pain in their bodies that was not there before, and sometimes these people are convinced that the pain will get -worse- if they try to drop some meds (by talking to their doctor about reducing their medications, not at my personal advice). With the seemingly
haphazard way different doctors seem to treat the same conditions across the board, one begins to realize that the body is still largely a mystery; but you'll not often hear a doctor admit that, and the two doctors I work with in my practice I began a relationship with entirely because I heard them say
"I don't know." I talk to a lot of doctors, both clients and local professionals, and you almost never hear them say it - even though there is more that we know we
don't know, than there is which
we know that we know.
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Disagreement among experts is more common than not. This is one aspect of science and medicine that a lot of people don't understand. A good deal of medicine is still trial and error--this is something that I have personally learned the hard way. :/ And my endo does research too, although given his habit of triple-booking patients (!) and waltzing in an hour late I wonder how much 'research' is him playing fantasy cricket or whatever the hell he does in his office when the patients and staff aren't around. :/ I have found, however, bringing my laptop instead of my DS is a very effective 'Summon Doctor' talisman. He has yet to be late when I bring my computer. Dunno why...
haha, yeah, that's a variant of
Murphy's law, I'm sure. My doctor friend is, I assume, genuinely doing labratory research, although she has
grad students in her lab so she might well delegate if she's smart... but she's always ten minutes late so I doubt it. And if you take your computer, and wait, I bet he doesn't come out until you actually turn it on.
peace
(Okay I know, but it is a
little bit funny.)
Copper Levels In Women (clipped From Earlier Post), And the value of References.
sirius666 Copper Levels In Women (clipped From Earlier Post) Feb 6 2011, 01:47 AM
Feb 6 2011, 01:47 AM
