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Is there any actual evidence that this is a novel brain disease? Or is it an assortment of FND, dementia, Alzheimers and Parkinson's at the same levels seen els
by cpncrunch 2y ago
Is there any actual evidence that this is a novel brain disease? Or is it an assortment of FND, dementia, Alzheimers and Parkinson's at the same levels seen elsewhere? From my understanding, it seems to be the latter, and has been blown up out of all proportion because people are worried that it might be something else. However, they have done a lot of research on these cases and not found anything abnormal.
We can certainly see the worry, even in all the comments here speculating about various causes.
- atombender 2y agoMany of the patients are young (the youngest ones are teens), and in some cases it's happening to several members of the same family around the same time. The doctor who raised the alarm here does not come across as alarmist, and it's being taken seriously. It also seems too homogenous (hits women and men, young and old equally) to be chance.
- cpncrunch 2y agoFND checks all those boxes and is the most common neurology diagnosis.