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Teen diagnoses her own disease in science class
# For eight years, doctors were unable to pinpoint what was wrong with girl
# The teen suffered from stomach pain, diarrhea, vomiting and fever
# Examining her own pathology slides in science class, she discovered cause
# Teen's diagnosis was confirmed by a pathologist
In her Advanced Placement high school science class, she was looking under the microscope at slides of her own intestinal tissue -- slides her pathologist had said were completely normal -- and spotted an area of inflamed tissue called a granuloma, a clear indication that she had Crohn's disease.
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Its nice to come across like this empowered patients. Do you have any similar stories of your patients to share?
# The teen suffered from stomach pain, diarrhea, vomiting and fever
# Examining her own pathology slides in science class, she discovered cause
# Teen's diagnosis was confirmed by a pathologist
In her Advanced Placement high school science class, she was looking under the microscope at slides of her own intestinal tissue -- slides her pathologist had said were completely normal -- and spotted an area of inflamed tissue called a granuloma, a clear indication that she had Crohn's disease.
Link to Video on CNN
More at CNN
Its nice to come across like this empowered patients. Do you have any similar stories of your patients to share?
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empowered patients or empovered profesionals ???the ones who misses diagnosis ......
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