Sunday, March 05, 2006

Like Creepy Crawlies

I wish there was a website that had all the medical information in one place. Every case, every experiment, every finding. With an easy search engine.

My urticaria has been driving me insane today. Imagine ants/flies crawling on your legs and arms, and every time you try to brush them away, they multiply.

Apparently it's because I have too much cobalt in my system. How it got there nobody knows. What I'm more interested in is how to get it out. I've been following my naturopath's advice but it hasn't really improved. She said to give it 6 months which are not up yet. I worry that nothing will change.

After vigorous internet research, I still haven't managed to find anything useful. I wish there was some study going on about this condition. I know the specialist I went to ages ago had some conference about it years ago. Maybe I should call him and let him know that my naturopath found a very likely cause. Funny, an experienced doctor couldn't do anything other than try to relieve my symptoms while a young health practitioner managed to find the invisible cause of my problem.

Medicine has so much further to go in its development. My Dad told me that there are only several mathematical problems which haven't been solved. While in medicine... well, too many to count.

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