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What’s Wrong

with Me?

The Frustrated

Patient’s Guide to Getting

an Accurate Diagnosis

LYNN M. DANNHEISSER

AND

JERRY M. ROSENBAUM, M.D.

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Contents

Acknowledgments

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

Authors’ Note

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

Part 1 Becoming Your Own Medical Detective

1 The Diagnosis Dilemma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2 All About Mystery Maladies: A New Mind-Set . . . . . . . . . . 21

3 The Eight Steps to Self-Diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

4 Creating a Proactive Partnership with Your Physician . . . . . 57

5 Medical Detective Work on the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Part 2 Diagnosing Your Mystery Malady

6 Are You Tired and Aching All Over? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

7 Is Something You’re Ingesting Making You Sick? . . . . . . . 103

8 Do You Have Mysterious Pelvic Pain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

9 Is Your Weight Problem Really Diet-Related? . . . . . . . . . . 131

10 Are Your Ways of Staying Healthy Making You Sick? . . . . 149

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