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How do you know when generic symptoms are masquerading as something serious? Hear the story of Molly Lalonde, a pediatric nurse practitioner, who met a patient with an unexpected concern. To get another perspective, our host Connie Levie spoke with Dr. Raj Bhardwaj, an urgent care physician and host of the podcast DDx, about zooming out, respecting the concerns of your patients, and following your spidey sense.
After a lifetime of treating her rare bone disease, X-linked hypophosphatemia, a patient is at the end of her rope. She’s in pain, frustrated, and nothing seems to help. So when a clinical trial presents itself, her doctor isn’t sure she’ll want to participate. While the decision to participate...
Published 05/29/24
A 45-year-old is out for a drive. As she accelerates her stick-shift car, she starts to experience familiar, and scary, symptoms: facial tingling, numbness around her mouth, and her hands cramp and lock onto the steering wheel … Her story takes many wrong turns, but eventually she is diagnosed...
Published 05/22/24