> Hi, Paul,
>
> Here in the US, the dx has to be recognised by the AMA to take on
> credibility. But even then this is not actually always the case. As I
> mentioned earlier, celiac disease is still questioned by some docs. Also,
> prior to the arrival of Dr Alessio Fasano (from Italy) on America's shores
> in the late 1990's, celiac disease was taught in US med schools as a rare
> disease, mainly of children, causing wasting and diarrhea, which the normal
> physician would likely never encounter in his practice during his lifetime.
> We all now know this is bunk! Dr. Fasano did a study of the US Red Cross
> blood supply (in blood banks) in, I believe the late 1990's, and found an
> incidence of celiac disease in 1/133 people. Since then, in 2003, he redid
> his study on actual people in various parts of the US and found the
> incidence to be 1/100 people. This was not a genetic test, which would net a
> much larger incidence, but a blood test for active cd. So that tells you
> alot about how flawed our
> medical system is. I had cd from infancy and was dxed at age 49 (in 2000).
> I can thank Dr. Fasano directly for that, because without him, docs would
> still not be able to dx it.
>
> My 2 cents,
> Diane
>
>
> [hidden email] <paulpjc%40aol.com> wrote:
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> In a message dated 3/25/2008 7:02:55 AM GMT Standard Time,
> [hidden email] <prentice_jon%40yahoo.com> writes:
>
> > I have severe electrosensitivitie I have severe electrosens
> have not
> > been diagnosed "officially" by a medical doctor. If you are
> interested,
> > please write to the producer.
> >
> > Carol
>
> What is the definition in medical terms of Diagnosis, what established
> criteria do we have and if so has the medical mainstream taken this on
> board and
> oficially endorsed the diagnostic criteria and so on... There are many
> diseases
> that have diagnostic markers,clues but often a process of illimination is
> used to arrive at a ultimate diagnosis, ES like so, for many the symptoms
> are
> so difuse that simply placing someone close to an offending device/devices
>
> will not serve as a diagnosis particularly as we are now swamped by esmog.
>
> I have had written oppinion from Dr David Dowson here in UK for purposes
> of
> employment tribunal, where he stated that he considered that I was ES on
> balance of subjective evidence, but a Diagnosis was not expressed.
> Who is qualified to diagnose and so on ....
>
> Paul UK
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