Comments on: Head Tilt = Bad http://erstories.net/archives/1473 ER Stories Real Life Tales from the Emergency Room Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:19:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: ShockUrMomma http://erstories.net/archives/1473#comment-11385 ShockUrMomma Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:42:27 +0000 http://erstories.net/archives/1473#comment-11385 I feel your pain. Once had a young girl that came in with 'trouble with her contacts'. On assessment, her eyes were all over the place, clearly a nerve issue. CT showed a big ole' nasty glioblastoma. Admitting doc gave her 3 months. Several years later, had a teen come in with sudden onset loss of vision in one eye. She acted like it didn't really bother her, like her parents made her come in with a runny nose. However, with my other bad experience still painful, I was quite upset. We transferred her, I asked the parents to please call me and let me know what happened. No need-the doc we transferred her to called within an hour-she was faking. I could have strangled her. What a waste of time, money and 'neggie' emotions. I feel your pain. Once had a young girl that came in with ‘trouble with her contacts’. On assessment, her eyes were all over the place, clearly a nerve issue. CT showed a big ole’ nasty glioblastoma. Admitting doc gave her 3 months. Several years later, had a teen come in with sudden onset loss of vision in one eye. She acted like it didn’t really bother her, like her parents made her come in with a runny nose. However, with my other bad experience still painful, I was quite upset. We transferred her, I asked the parents to please call me and let me know what happened. No need-the doc we transferred her to called within an hour-she was faking. I could have strangled her. What a waste of time, money and ‘neggie’ emotions.

]]> By: Nurse Toni http://erstories.net/archives/1473#comment-11337 Nurse Toni Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:41:24 +0000 http://erstories.net/archives/1473#comment-11337 Any theory on why MS has a higher incidence in the Pacific Northwest and Epstein Barr Virus? Any theory on why MS has a higher incidence in the Pacific Northwest and Epstein Barr Virus?

]]> By: Mandy http://erstories.net/archives/1473#comment-11332 Mandy Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:59:28 +0000 http://erstories.net/archives/1473#comment-11332 Why don't you do MRIs in the ER? Just interested in your thinking there. Very sad case. Why don’t you do MRIs in the ER? Just interested in your thinking there. Very sad case.

]]> By: stacy http://erstories.net/archives/1473#comment-11330 stacy Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:59:52 +0000 http://erstories.net/archives/1473#comment-11330 awww The poor kid! my hubby has MS, just diagnosed this past sept. he is on betaserum, and all greens diet! he has about 8 lesions on his brain, and only one of them is right next to his spinalcord, which causes lower back pain, leg pain, arm pain.His lesions are white, for now, we are hoping that with the medication and his diet change will stop or slow the progression, I feel bad for this teenager on your post, he is soo young, I hope he recovers from this! awww The poor kid! my hubby has MS, just diagnosed this past sept. he is on betaserum, and all greens diet! he has about 8 lesions on his brain, and only one of them is right next to his spinalcord, which causes lower back pain, leg pain, arm pain.His lesions are white, for now, we are hoping that with the medication and his diet change will stop or slow the progression, I feel bad for this teenager on your post, he is soo young, I hope he recovers from this!

]]> By: Molly http://erstories.net/archives/1473#comment-11324 Molly Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:10:41 +0000 http://erstories.net/archives/1473#comment-11324 Poor kid. I hope they can do something for him. Poor kid. I hope they can do something for him.

]]> By: Donkaloosa http://erstories.net/archives/1473#comment-11320 Donkaloosa Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:42:06 +0000 http://erstories.net/archives/1473#comment-11320 Ouch. Not good news. I began having double vision problems about a year ago --- found out I had MG --- but my doctors were all more panicked than I was thinking that I probably had a brain tumor. Double vision is never a good, or fun, thing. Ouch. Not good news. I began having double vision problems about a year ago — found out I had MG — but my doctors were all more panicked than I was thinking that I probably had a brain tumor. Double vision is never a good, or fun, thing.

]]> By: Dr. Grumpy http://erstories.net/archives/1473#comment-11312 Dr. Grumpy Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:17:50 +0000 http://erstories.net/archives/1473#comment-11312 Interesting case. Yeah, onset that young can be tough. But the heavy hitters (Tysabri and Novantrone) are there, and several new agents (not on market yet) are looking impressive. What US President had a congenital head tilt from a IV palsy: Buchanan. His opponents used negative campaigning to claim it was tilted from breaking his neck in an attempted suicide by hanging. Showing that politics has always been dirty. Interesting case. Yeah, onset that young can be tough. But the heavy hitters (Tysabri and Novantrone) are there, and several new agents (not on market yet) are looking impressive.

What US President had a congenital head tilt from a IV palsy: Buchanan. His opponents used negative campaigning to claim it was tilted from breaking his neck in an attempted suicide by hanging. Showing that politics has always been dirty.

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