2 ms·
When neurologists just postulate virus to explain the problems like you had, they are just BSing. Oliver Sacks described many cases of neurosyphilis in his book
by raincom 6y ago
When neurologists just postulate virus to explain the problems like you had, they are just BSing. Oliver Sacks described many cases of neurosyphilis in his books. These doctors are just extrapolating based on that.
- centimeter 6y agoYeah, I got the sense that this was just the default box-filling diagnosis they defaulted to when they ran out of obvious stuff to check for (strokes, gross swelling, bacteria in CSF, etc.)