Medical News Summary: Woman’s worrying weight loss took years to be diagnosed

About: Woman’s worrying weight loss took years to be diagnosed
Date: 15 June 2004
Source: The Boston Globe
Author: Terry L. Schraeder
Medical News Summary (summary of medical news story as reported by The Boston Globe): A healthy but overweight woman changed her diet and lost a lot of weight. However, other persistant symptoms such as abdominal bloating, intermittent diarrhea and fatigue continued to plague her. Doctors could not find anything wrong. Several years later, she was prevented from donating blood due to anaemia and eventually her hematologist-oncologist worked out she had celiac’s disease.
URL: http://www.boston.com/news/globe/health_science/articles/2004/06/15/when_weight_loss_is_a_symptom/
Related Disease Topics: Celiac’s disease, Anemia
Related Symptom Topics: Weight loss, overweight, abdominal bloating, intermittent diarrhea , diarrhea , fatigue

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• nondiagnosis of celiac disease
• misdiagnosis of celiac disease
• Misdiagnosis of abdominal bloating
• misdiagnosis of diarrhea
• Misdiagnosis of fatigue
• causes of anemia
• misdiagnosis and anemia

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