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Steroids are so commonplace and old, I really doubt anyone was getting pharma kickbacks in the case of your son. There's just a large range in quality amongst

Steroids are so commonplace and old, I really doubt anyone was getting pharma kickbacks in the case of your son. There's just a large range in quality amongst doctors. What you're calling "willful blinders" or "true embodiment of evil" is more likely just a failure to adapt out of a simple paradigm: {Inflammation}->{Treatment = steroids}. And a failure to recognize when that was causing a loop. Maybe they forgot about steroid withdrawal. In fact, as someone with quite an interest in pharmacology and some background as a paramedic, this is the first I've ever heard of it, and I love obscure medication issues.

reedjosh 5y ago
> Maybe they forgot about steroid withdrawal. As I mentioned in my comment I mentioned steroid withdrawal to many doctors when my son was literally only sleeping an hour or so a night from itching and I was dismissed out of hand. If its not kickbacks, then its such a terrible arrogance as to be evil. How can a dermatologist not know of my son's condition? Particularly seeing as steroids have been around for a while as you've mentioned. Even when I brought the idea to the dermatologist, after a bit of head nodding his solution was another two weeks of a yet stronger steroid to `calm it down`, and then to taper. There's a nonprofit trying to get doctors to properly acknowledge the condition. https://www.itsan.org/ https://www.itsan.org/ There's as I linked above about a million videos of people recovering from TSW as well. There's even a study out of Autstralia that followed 10 children with what was called bad eczema, but after a withdrawal period every child at max had pruritis on elbows or knees. https://www.medicaljournals.se/acta/content_files/files/pdf/99/6/5412.pdf https://www.medicaljournals.se/acta/content_files/files/pdf/... If my job were skin, and topical steroids was one of the main things I used as a tool, how could I not know about these issues? You'd have to be such a hack that nobody would consider you a professional, yet the same dermatologist that offered yet another round of steroids had his office on the penthouse suite of a downtown building with a showcase displaying awards. It may seem hyperbolic to you, but you didn't live through this like I did. You didn't see your young child in complete misery due to medical authorities you thought you could trust misguiding you. It's evil of some form.
- hedora 5y ago
  I had some digestive issues, and the specialist’s diagnosis boiled down to: I have the same issue. You’re getting older. The correct diagnosis was: That sounds like chronic inflammation. Hit the gym and lose 20 lbs, fattie.

reedjosh 5y ago

> Maybe they forgot about steroid withdrawal. As I mentioned in my comment I mentioned steroid withdrawal to many doctors when my son was literally only sleeping an hour or so a night from itching and I was dismissed out of hand. If its not kickbacks, then its such a terrible arrogance as to be evil. How can a dermatologist not know of my son's condition? Particularly seeing as steroids have been around for a while as you've mentioned. Even when I brought the idea to the dermatologist, after a bit of head nodding his solution was another two weeks of a yet stronger steroid to `calm it down`, and then to taper. There's a nonprofit trying to get doctors to properly acknowledge the condition. https://www.itsan.org/ https://www.itsan.org/ There's as I linked above about a million videos of people recovering from TSW as well. There's even a study out of Autstralia that followed 10 children with what was called bad eczema, but after a withdrawal period every child at max had pruritis on elbows or knees. https://www.medicaljournals.se/acta/content_files/files/pdf/99/6/5412.pdf https://www.medicaljournals.se/acta/content_files/files/pdf/... If my job were skin, and topical steroids was one of the main things I used as a tool, how could I not know about these issues? You'd have to be such a hack that nobody would consider you a professional, yet the same dermatologist that offered yet another round of steroids had his office on the penthouse suite of a downtown building with a showcase displaying awards. It may seem hyperbolic to you, but you didn't live through this like I did. You didn't see your young child in complete misery due to medical authorities you thought you could trust misguiding you. It's evil of some form.

hedora 5y ago
I had some digestive issues, and the specialist’s diagnosis boiled down to: I have the same issue. You’re getting older. The correct diagnosis was: That sounds like chronic inflammation. Hit the gym and lose 20 lbs, fattie.