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    Probiotics in Pregnancy

    Sorry, I already posted my questions here #61 http://forums.phoenixrising.me/index.php?threads/rethinking-probiotics.24643/page-4 but I wasn’t sure if it is the right place. I ask for my friend, who is pregnant with her first children, twins. I recommended that she take a probiotik because I...
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    Rethinking Probiotics.

    Hello, sorry for jumping in... but I don't know where else to post my questions. I ask for my friend, who is pregnant with her first children, twins. I recommended that she take a probiotik because I read that it is beneficial e.g. to reduce the incidence of atopic illnesses later in life for...
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    are people with ME/CFS a risk for pregnant women

    @ Jonathan Edwards, @ Justy thank you very much for your speedy and helpful answers! So I’m relieved. I’m so grateful that this forum exists, for the possibility to ask questions and for all the people who contribute their knowledge and their experiences. Thank you.
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    are people with ME/CFS a risk for pregnant women

    I need your help please. My urgent question is this: is there any risk for a pregnant women to come together with people with CFS. I’m diagnosed having CFS since 20 years (or maybe another chronic illness; getting a clear diagnosis is very difficult in Europe). My daughter-in-law is pregnant...
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    Prednisolon and pituary MRI Imaging

    Hello I suppose that there is a reason, no one comments regarding my last post. Maybe, I have written too much or too confused? I write English for the first time in my life and without a dictionary I would be lost. At the moment my energy and especially my impetus (gear/push/stimulus) is...
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    Prednisolon and pituary MRI Imaging

    I M M U N E S Y S T E M One more suggestion for you is to test your immunoglobulins (IgG, Total and Subclasses). If you have low levels of antibodies in general, it might make it more difficult to diagnose an autoimmune disease. 6 February 2014 Alpha1 globulin 4 % (2.9-4.9) Alpha2 globulin...
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    Prednisolon and pituary MRI Imaging

    Thank you very much for input, Ema. I’m very grateful for that. AUTOIMUNE Situation But that will leave you with no diagnostic answers and possibly a lifetime of pharmacological steroid treatment which itself carries significant risks. The crucial factor here is that they are *all* positive in...
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    Prednisolon and pituary MRI Imaging

    Thank you very much, Ema. These are my thoughts too, I'll try to get the MRI earlier, though it would mean traveling to another town supposedly. To deal with an autoimmune issue is not easy, so to say. The word rapid seems not to exist in the medical world of my country. When I reviewed my lab...
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    Prednisolon and pituary MRI Imaging

    Hi I ought to take Prednisolon (rheumatologist) for a newly found autoimmune disorder but I have several hormone issues too and will have a MRI scan cranium in about 4 weeks for a pituary diagnosis. My 'normal' physician, however, isn't sure if the Prednisolon would influence the imaging and...