A patient's journey  

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Danzig, Jon

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: British Medical Journal (keterangan: ada di Proquest) vol. 335 no. 7624 (Oct. 2007), page 825.

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: B16.K.2007.02 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Acromegaly may be a rare condition and difficult to diagnose. This patient's story highlights the importance of inquisitive questioning in cases with no obvious diagnosis. Introduction Something strange started happening to me around 10 years ago. My shoe size grew from 9 to 11, my income permanently dried up, and the girlfriend I was going to marry left after we stopped having sex. It wasn't just the sex, or lack of it. I also dramatically changed, both personally and physically. My nose grew bigger, my forehead enlarged, and my face and hands became puffy and coarse. But these were all gradual changes that I only realised in retrospect. Some friends noticed more acutely. One, who hadn't seen me for four years, looked shocked when I opened my front door. "You've rearranged your face," he blurted. My younger sister was blunter. She said I looked like I'd been in a fight. I went from being dynamic and creative to someone who was apathetic and exhausted. My moods became widely variable. I was more anxious and easily fatigued. . . .

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