In May, 2012, my 21 year old daughter had very swollen legs and ankles and was diagnosed with Nephrotic Syndrome. We went the usual route that lead to an appointment with a kidney specialist. The specialist wanted to put my daughter on 5 different drugs, the main one being a steroid, and also wanted to…
Doctors have been left baffled by a strange condition which saw a woman of 23 age 50 years in a matter of days. 8:38AM BST 14 Oct 2011 Vietnamese woman Nguyen Thi Phuong now looks like a septugenarian after the rapid aging affliction took hold following an allergic reaction to seafood. Her sad story began…
“I had a problem with the skin on my torso for about ten years. I had a rash that turned red and scaly around my waist and was very unsightly, although I don’t remember what the diagnosis was. My dermatologist prescribed a steroid cream, Triamcinolone, which I used twice a day for years. The ointment…