Endocarditis

Angela M. Hebert

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Jan 11, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/11/97

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What are the symptoms of endocarditis?

How is it diagnosed?

Thanks.

Angela

David Brinkley

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Jan 11, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/11/97

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Angela M. Hebert (hebe...@spcunb.spc.edu) wrote:
: What are the symptoms of endocarditis?
: How is it diagnosed?

Ask yer damn doctor.

Sheesh.

--
toon Metric years are ten months long.
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Angela M. Hebert

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Jan 12, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/12/97

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David Brinkley (adca...@unix.amherst.edu) wrote:

Yes, I know asking a doctor is in order. And I've been laid up and unable
to get to a library (another logical solution). Call it my too quick and
easy demand for an answer to just what symptoms and diagnosis is
involved in endocarditis. I am not asking in order to diagnose myself.
I was surprised when a friend who is being checked for endocarditis was
given a blood test.

Angela

iq...@globalserve.net

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Jan 17, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/17/97

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re: Endocarditis

The short answer is, to have endocarditis you need to have a clinical
suspicion - i.e. recurrent fevers, and an investigation that is
complementary: positive blood cultures for the organism involved, or
evidence of a vegetation on a valve of the heart as assessed by
transesophageal echocardiography. Your friends doctor was probably
doing blood cultures to see if there was any growth of bacteria.

For the long answer, just do an internet search of endocarditis -
there's a lot of good stuff.

Dr. I. Mangat, Cardiology Resident, Toronto Canada

YNishikawa

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Jan 25, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/25/97

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Let me explain briefly about endocarditis. This disease is caused mainly
by bacteria on the diseased intracardiac valves, as mitral or aortic
regurgitation. There are some precipitating factors, including dental
procedures, ear and oral infection, unirary infection, etc. The initial
symptoms are just like common cold, so it is often difficult to diagnose
it. The doctors first have to suspect if the patient may have this
disease, then they will order blood culture test to test the presence of
some pathogenetic bacteria in the blood. The motality for this disease was
more than 90 % in the pre-antibiotics era. Even now, if a doctor can not
detect this disease promptly and let a patient alone without proper
treatment (at least 4 weeks of intravenous antibiotics) for a while, the
patient may have suffer serious complications.

Elisabab

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Jan 25, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/25/97

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Dear David Brinkley,

Just what type of answer was that you sent off to Ms. Angela M. Herbert?
All the poor lady was trying to do is get some information from this so
called sci.med.cardiology. You have truly shown your stupidity with by
your ignorant answer . You must be one of those stupid Interns who think
they know it all. If, I should ever run into you I will slap your face
for such an insensitive response.

Is this sci.med.cardiology a real professional group?

If so who is in charge? Do you have a professor or Dean?

Someone who is more professional should be answering the Internet peoples
questions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Elisa

Dean Jenkins at work

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Jan 28, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/28/97

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Elisabab flamed:

> Dear David Brinkley, [Who had said 'see your damn doctor'.]

> Just what type of answer was that you sent off to Ms. Angela M. Herbert?
> All the poor lady was trying to do is get some information from this so
> called sci.med.cardiology. You have truly shown your stupidity with by
> your ignorant answer . You must be one of those stupid Interns who think
> they know it all.

Maybe just someone who has no interest in or knowledge of Usenet
manners.

> Is this sci.med.cardiology a real professional group?

No it isn't.

> If so who is in charge? Do you have a professor or Dean?

No one is in charge. It was set up by a group of American cardiologists
to promote academic and patient discussion on various topics in
cardiology. The most popular conversation seems to be about various
types of palpitations.

> Someone who is more professional should be answering the Internet peoples
> questions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Does that mean we may get paid for answering questions? Oh I'd better
get in touch with my medical defence insurers. ;-)

--
Dr Dean Jenkins, St Woolos, Newport, Wales. <djen...@enterprise.net>
ECG library http://homepages.enterprise.net/djenkins/ecghome.html
comments and additions welcomed - obquote "Romani ite domum"

Paul Lee

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Feb 2, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/2/97

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> Someone who is more professional should be answering the Internet
peoples
> > questions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Does that mean we may get paid for answering questions? Oh I'd better
> get in touch with my medical defence insurers. ;-)
>
> --
> Dr Dean Jenkins, St Woolos, Newport, Wales. <djen...@enterprise.net>

Does your insurance from UK cover American malpractice suits?

Seriously though, can one be sued because he gives bad or wrong advice
on the newsgroup posting?

Paul
P.S. I am not a lawyer.

maroon.tc.umn.edu

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Feb 3, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/3/97

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I do not think anyone should be sued for posting any science or
patient care related advice on the Internet (whatever the place).
It's just an advice. Any person who follows it should evaluate any
advice first, talk to his/her medical professonal, make or not this
information applicable to his/her current condition. I think we all
here give information based on both theory and practice but we do not
see a real person !!! So, it's basically, more of he theory than
practice. Only malpractice must be sued. What we are doing here is no
way a malpractice!!!
Andy

Andrew Chung

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Feb 7, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/7/97

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Also most people acknowledge "good samaritan" laws to protect those who
freely help people.
--
Andrew Chung
http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~achung