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Myelodysplasia: not quite leukemia

Myelodysplasia (MDS) is often thought of as “pre-leukemia.” Which is kind of misleading, because only some cases of MDS go on to become...

Henoch-Schonlein purpura: the disease you never really learned about

Sometimes in pathology, you hear the name of a disease over and over, but somehow you never really learn about it. So it was for me with...

Does “differentiated” mean it looks different?

                Q. A question: why do you call a tumor...

MedReviewed and inner geeks

I got wind of this website and its very cool review of PathologyStudent on Twitter, and I thought, I have to share this with everyone....

Aplastic anemia

Aplastic anemia falls into the category of “anemias-in-which-the-cells-don’t-look-weird” category. Anemias in this category can...
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Sep 19 2009 by pathologystudent
Wow, you are good researchers. Yes, that sounds very appropriate. It's the vagus nerve that you're talking about - and it certainly does supply the stomach. You should send the endocrinologist a bill!
 
Sep 19 2009 by P S P.
Anyway, thought it might come in handy in case you get the question again from someone else.  Thanks for you help!
 
Sep 19 2009 by P S P.

Therefore, her temp is way off (freezes all the time) and she experiences a "fullness" feeling even though she can only eat tiny amounts.  This nerve seems to tell the stomach when it is time to process food, start digestion, and so forth.  I believe there is a term though I can't remember it right now....  it is a form of stomach paralysis....

 

 

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