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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 262028" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>All I know is that there are crazy people on both sides of my kids' family tree, and I feel like now we have a name for what was wrong with those people back in the day... AND it explains some of the bizarro stuff that's gone on in my own little family.</p><p> </p><p>That said, I have no doubt there are lots of people out there with the wrong diagnosis. Very often doctors will find whatever they are looking for in a person. And then they prescribe accordingly.</p><p> </p><p>Our best defense against a misdiagnosis, as consumers, is to not blindly follow what the first "expert" proclaims as the truth, but to seek out multiple opinions from a variety of specialists. Do your homework, do the research, ask questions. And if it doesn't make sense to you or if it leaves too many things unanswered, keep searching until you find an explanation that fits.</p><p> </p><p>Even then, things can change in people. Disorders go into remission. Sometimes for years. Maybe some resolve completely. Maybe other issues break through and cloud what was more apparent before.</p><p> </p><p>Yes, our environment is different today. More toxins. More stressors. More opportunities for genetic mutations to be turned "on" that maybe would have lain dormant without those triggers that are more prevalent today. </p><p> </p><p>For example, the human genome project has helped scientists discover 42 different genes for Crohn's disease (which my son has), but you don't need all 42 to have the disease. You only need between 3 and 6 of them. And even then, you have to be in the right set of circumstances, experience the right kinds of triggers in order for the disease to activate. No triggers, and the genes keep quiet and you don't get the disease.</p><p> </p><p>It's a complicated world. So much we don't understand despite having discovered so much in the last 50 years.</p><p> </p><p>Again, I believe our best insurance for getting proper diagnoses and treatments is education... and persistence.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 262028, member: 3444"] All I know is that there are crazy people on both sides of my kids' family tree, and I feel like now we have a name for what was wrong with those people back in the day... AND it explains some of the bizarro stuff that's gone on in my own little family. That said, I have no doubt there are lots of people out there with the wrong diagnosis. Very often doctors will find whatever they are looking for in a person. And then they prescribe accordingly. Our best defense against a misdiagnosis, as consumers, is to not blindly follow what the first "expert" proclaims as the truth, but to seek out multiple opinions from a variety of specialists. Do your homework, do the research, ask questions. And if it doesn't make sense to you or if it leaves too many things unanswered, keep searching until you find an explanation that fits. Even then, things can change in people. Disorders go into remission. Sometimes for years. Maybe some resolve completely. Maybe other issues break through and cloud what was more apparent before. Yes, our environment is different today. More toxins. More stressors. More opportunities for genetic mutations to be turned "on" that maybe would have lain dormant without those triggers that are more prevalent today. For example, the human genome project has helped scientists discover 42 different genes for Crohn's disease (which my son has), but you don't need all 42 to have the disease. You only need between 3 and 6 of them. And even then, you have to be in the right set of circumstances, experience the right kinds of triggers in order for the disease to activate. No triggers, and the genes keep quiet and you don't get the disease. It's a complicated world. So much we don't understand despite having discovered so much in the last 50 years. Again, I believe our best insurance for getting proper diagnoses and treatments is education... and persistence. [/QUOTE]
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