My Mom's pancreatic cancer was brushed off as 'stress'.
My severe protein losing enteropathy was blamed on 'weight gain'
My post operative hysterectomy abscess was me being 'dramatic' and 'hysterical'.
Very nearly lost my life to that one.
Listen to women.
My severe protein losing enteropathy was blamed on 'weight gain'
My post operative hysterectomy abscess was me being 'dramatic' and 'hysterical'.
Very nearly lost my life to that one.
Listen to women.
I’m so sick of these stories.
I’m exhausted, enraged & frustrated.
Misogyny in medicine kills. The patriarchy kills. The health gap kills.
We all have these stories. Some of us are lucky enough to survive, but many aren’t.
Tell your stories. Keep screaming until this never happens again:
I’m exhausted, enraged & frustrated.
Misogyny in medicine kills. The patriarchy kills. The health gap kills.
We all have these stories. Some of us are lucky enough to survive, but many aren’t.
Tell your stories. Keep screaming until this never happens again:
Georgia O'Connor, U.K. boxer, dies at 25 after saying doctors 'gaslit' her on cancer concerns for months
O'Connor announced her cancer diagnosis in January, saying, "Not one doctor took me seriously."
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May 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
My Mom's pancreatic cancer was brushed off as 'stress'.
My severe protein losing enteropathy was blamed on 'weight gain'
My post operative hysterectomy abscess was me being 'dramatic' and 'hysterical'.
Very nearly lost my life to that one.
Listen to women.
My severe protein losing enteropathy was blamed on 'weight gain'
My post operative hysterectomy abscess was me being 'dramatic' and 'hysterical'.
Very nearly lost my life to that one.
Listen to women.
Thankfully, a friend convinced me to file a complaint and go see a different doctor.
That doctor listened. They realized right away that it was swelling and not weight gain.
They ordered tests.
The result? Dangerously low albumin from a protein losing enteropathy.
That doctor listened. They realized right away that it was swelling and not weight gain.
They ordered tests.
The result? Dangerously low albumin from a protein losing enteropathy.
October 1, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Thankfully, a friend convinced me to file a complaint and go see a different doctor.
That doctor listened. They realized right away that it was swelling and not weight gain.
They ordered tests.
The result? Dangerously low albumin from a protein losing enteropathy.
That doctor listened. They realized right away that it was swelling and not weight gain.
They ordered tests.
The result? Dangerously low albumin from a protein losing enteropathy.
To program a T cell to be a regulatory T cell requires the action of a transcription factor (a protein that turns genes on or off) called FoxP3. In 2001, Mary Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell identified that IPEX syndrome was caused by mutations in FoxP3:
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The immune dysregulation, polyendocrinopathy, enteropathy, X-linked syndrome (IPEX) is caused by mutations of FOXP3
Nature Genetics - The immune dysregulation, polyendocrinopathy, enteropathy, X-linked syndrome (IPEX) is caused by mutations of FOXP3
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October 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
To program a T cell to be a regulatory T cell requires the action of a transcription factor (a protein that turns genes on or off) called FoxP3. In 2001, Mary Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell identified that IPEX syndrome was caused by mutations in FoxP3:
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Friends, we're ok
I spent the evening thoroughly disinfecting the balcony and doing a deep clean of the apartment
The vets told my son that the intestinal problems in all three kittens seem to be related to parasite-related enteropathy just like their mama cat
They're now being examined and treated
I spent the evening thoroughly disinfecting the balcony and doing a deep clean of the apartment
The vets told my son that the intestinal problems in all three kittens seem to be related to parasite-related enteropathy just like their mama cat
They're now being examined and treated
June 10, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Friends, we're ok
I spent the evening thoroughly disinfecting the balcony and doing a deep clean of the apartment
The vets told my son that the intestinal problems in all three kittens seem to be related to parasite-related enteropathy just like their mama cat
They're now being examined and treated
I spent the evening thoroughly disinfecting the balcony and doing a deep clean of the apartment
The vets told my son that the intestinal problems in all three kittens seem to be related to parasite-related enteropathy just like their mama cat
They're now being examined and treated
#GastroEdPick The Genetic Architecture of Congenital Diarrhea and Enteropathy @nejm.org www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
The Genetic Architecture of Congenital Diarrhea and Enteropathy | NEJM
Next-generation sequencing has enabled precision therapeutic approaches that have improved the lives of children with rare diseases. Congenital diarrhea and enteropathies (CODEs) are associated wit...
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April 10, 2025 at 8:44 AM
#GastroEdPick The Genetic Architecture of Congenital Diarrhea and Enteropathy @nejm.org www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Oh I’m glad you have eggs! I ended up with a severe protein losing enteropathy because my albumin was so low. Not fun. At least they can be prepared lots of different ways? I made sauce out of hemp seeds lol. It wasn’t too bad!
November 12, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Oh I’m glad you have eggs! I ended up with a severe protein losing enteropathy because my albumin was so low. Not fun. At least they can be prepared lots of different ways? I made sauce out of hemp seeds lol. It wasn’t too bad!
Enteropathy produced in mice by intergenerational transmission of small intestinal microbiota from undernourished children @natmicrobiol.nature.com @kalipruss.bsky.social @washumedicine.bsky.social
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June 16, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Enteropathy produced in mice by intergenerational transmission of small intestinal microbiota from undernourished children @natmicrobiol.nature.com @kalipruss.bsky.social @washumedicine.bsky.social
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Diagnosis is settled on a non specific chronic inflammatory enteropathy, which is partially responsive to dietary changes (good news !) - but not completely. We’ll have to try and fiddle with a few other levers before seeing whether it might be auto immune, chances are high it’s not tho !
We FINALLY know what we’re dealing with. I’ve been chin deep in managing his discomfort and now we have to hunt the complements he needs down (they’re hard to find), thank you so much to all current clients for your patience and understanding !
Vet in four hours, he's not doing good at all. Trying to get this one to refer us to another vet who specialises in internal medicine. All of this will cost me money I do not have.
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August 13, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Diagnosis is settled on a non specific chronic inflammatory enteropathy, which is partially responsive to dietary changes (good news !) - but not completely. We’ll have to try and fiddle with a few other levers before seeing whether it might be auto immune, chances are high it’s not tho !
ICYMI: New online! Congenital diarrhoea and enteropathy genetics
Congenital diarrhoea and enteropathy genetics
Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Published online: 01 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41575-025-01074-8Congenital diarrhoea and enteropathy genetics
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May 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
ICYMI: New online! Congenital diarrhoea and enteropathy genetics
It's also a useful model for examining 'enteropathy': diseases of the gut that result from various causes, including environmental toxins & pathogens.
Discoveries that extend human longevity, reduce disease could result from studying these Smurfs.🧪
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Discoveries that extend human longevity, reduce disease could result from studying these Smurfs.🧪
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Alt: Gargamel, the antagonist of the Smurfsis smiling with his hands folded in front of his face, rubbing them together while smiling.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
It's also a useful model for examining 'enteropathy': diseases of the gut that result from various causes, including environmental toxins & pathogens.
Discoveries that extend human longevity, reduce disease could result from studying these Smurfs.🧪
Gargamel could not be reached for comment.
Discoveries that extend human longevity, reduce disease could result from studying these Smurfs.🧪
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No problem. It was a protein losing enteropathy. I was starving and my albumin was so low I had fluid weeping out of my legs.
It was awful and I was suffering, but it was 100% treatable.
It was awful and I was suffering, but it was 100% treatable.
September 12, 2026 at 5:16 AM
No problem. It was a protein losing enteropathy. I was starving and my albumin was so low I had fluid weeping out of my legs.
It was awful and I was suffering, but it was 100% treatable.
It was awful and I was suffering, but it was 100% treatable.
Exome and genome sequence analysis, together with follow-up functional analyses, yielded a genetic diagnosis in 62 of 129 infants (48%) with congenital diarrhea and enteropathy. Full study results: nej.md/3E1p2Md
#MedSky #PedSky #GastroSky
#MedSky #PedSky #GastroSky
The Genetic Architecture of Congenital Diarrhea and Enteropathy | NEJM
Next-generation sequencing has enabled precision therapeutic approaches that have
improved the lives of children with rare diseases. Congenital diarrhea and enteropathies
(CODEs) are associated wit...
nej.md
April 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Exome and genome sequence analysis, together with follow-up functional analyses, yielded a genetic diagnosis in 62 of 129 infants (48%) with congenital diarrhea and enteropathy. Full study results: nej.md/3E1p2Md
#MedSky #PedSky #GastroSky
#MedSky #PedSky #GastroSky
It was first offered to me in an ER setting because I was begging to be admitted. I was less than 90lbs with severe protein losing enteropathy. My legs were so swollen I couldn’t stand.
They said “if you’re unhappy with the care there’s always MAiD”. I never forgot that.
They said “if you’re unhappy with the care there’s always MAiD”. I never forgot that.
May 6, 2025 at 4:50 AM
It was first offered to me in an ER setting because I was begging to be admitted. I was less than 90lbs with severe protein losing enteropathy. My legs were so swollen I couldn’t stand.
They said “if you’re unhappy with the care there’s always MAiD”. I never forgot that.
They said “if you’re unhappy with the care there’s always MAiD”. I never forgot that.
Hey all,so the GI blood test came back and it’s pancreatitis and small intestine enteropathy. We need to go ahead with the biopsy this week to understand the full nature of what’s going on but the vet say with his new fancy prescription vegetarian diet, new ongoing meds and care he should be ok!
Hey all, so the ultrasound results are back for Falkor and they aren't great.
It's been a long journey getting a diagnosis- we still aren't fully there but my baby is sick and I need your help. Full details in the Gofund me link www.gofundme.com/f/save-falko...
It's been a long journey getting a diagnosis- we still aren't fully there but my baby is sick and I need your help. Full details in the Gofund me link www.gofundme.com/f/save-falko...
Donate to Save Falkor: My Cancer Companion Needs Emergency Care, organized by Kate Burns
My sweet prince needs help.
In 2020, I rescued Falkor from a… Kate Burns needs your support for Save Falkor: My Cancer Companion Needs Emergency Care
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September 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Hey all,so the GI blood test came back and it’s pancreatitis and small intestine enteropathy. We need to go ahead with the biopsy this week to understand the full nature of what’s going on but the vet say with his new fancy prescription vegetarian diet, new ongoing meds and care he should be ok!
First, let's talk about IPEX. It is short for "Immune dysregulation, polyendocrinopathy, enteropathy, X-linked syndrome", which is a bit of a mouth-full. Essentially, it is a severe autoimmune disease, impacting boys (inherited only from the mother), which is fatal in early childhood unless treated.
October 6, 2025 at 11:21 AM
First, let's talk about IPEX. It is short for "Immune dysregulation, polyendocrinopathy, enteropathy, X-linked syndrome", which is a bit of a mouth-full. Essentially, it is a severe autoimmune disease, impacting boys (inherited only from the mother), which is fatal in early childhood unless treated.
New online! Congenital diarrhoea and enteropathy genetics
Congenital diarrhoea and enteropathy genetics
Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Published online: 01 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41575-025-01074-8Congenital diarrhoea and enteropathy genetics
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May 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
New online! Congenital diarrhoea and enteropathy genetics
have significantly lower mean weights for age than do children of the same age who do not develop measles. Measles can also be a cause of protein-losing enteropathy, which makes the acquisition of nutrients from diet FAR more complicated and requires extensive guidance from dieticians to manage.
The Clinical Significance of Measles: A Review
Abstract. Forty years after effective vaccines were licensed, measles continues to cause death and severe disease in children worldwide. Complications from
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March 12, 2025 at 2:52 AM
have significantly lower mean weights for age than do children of the same age who do not develop measles. Measles can also be a cause of protein-losing enteropathy, which makes the acquisition of nutrients from diet FAR more complicated and requires extensive guidance from dieticians to manage.
Extended use of #NSAIDs can lead to NSAID enteropathy, a frequently underdiagnosed condition of the small intestine that manifests as mucosal damage, ulcerations, strictures, and increased intestinal permeability.
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#GastroSky #MedSky
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From pain relief to mucosal grief: A comprehensive review of NSAID enteropathy
Extended use of NSAIDs can lead to NSAID enteropathy, a frequently underdiagnosed condition of the small intestine that manifests as mucosal damage, ulcerations, strictures, and increased intestinal…
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January 10, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Extended use of #NSAIDs can lead to NSAID enteropathy, a frequently underdiagnosed condition of the small intestine that manifests as mucosal damage, ulcerations, strictures, and increased intestinal permeability.
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#GastroSky #MedSky
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Out Now! Enteropathy produced in mice by intergenerational transmission of small intestinal microbiota from undernourished children #MicroSky
Enteropathy produced in mice by intergenerational transmission of small intestinal microbiota from undernourished children
Nature Microbiology, Published online: 16 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41564-026-02394-4In mouse models, small intestine microbiota of children suffering from environmental enteric dysfunction is transmitted maternally and recapitulates growth defects by modulation of inflammatory pathways
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June 17, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Out Now! Enteropathy produced in mice by intergenerational transmission of small intestinal microbiota from undernourished children #MicroSky
Celiac disease is a chronic, small-intestinal, immune-mediated enteropathy precipitated by exposure to dietary gluten in genetically predisposed persons. It is increasingly common, affecting persons of all ages, and has a wide geographic distribution. Learn more: nej.md/3QrsmWF
April 15, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Celiac disease is a chronic, small-intestinal, immune-mediated enteropathy precipitated by exposure to dietary gluten in genetically predisposed persons. It is increasingly common, affecting persons of all ages, and has a wide geographic distribution. Learn more: nej.md/3QrsmWF
We found some really exciting evidence of protein deficiency and adaptive response to infection driving enteropathy, as well as signals possibly explaining variation in allergic and autoimmune disease between the global north and south
November 24, 2024 at 6:22 PM
We found some really exciting evidence of protein deficiency and adaptive response to infection driving enteropathy, as well as signals possibly explaining variation in allergic and autoimmune disease between the global north and south
I gave my girl sweet potato, pasta and tilapia, so low fat and low protein. She had something called Protein Losing Enteropathy- not the same as Diego, but it did affect lymphatics.
February 27, 2026 at 1:19 PM
I gave my girl sweet potato, pasta and tilapia, so low fat and low protein. She had something called Protein Losing Enteropathy- not the same as Diego, but it did affect lymphatics.
Case report: X-Linked immune dysregulation, polyendocrinopathy, and enteropathy (IPEX) syndrome with concurrent membranous and IgA nephropathy: a case report
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X-Linked immune dysregulation, polyendocrinopathy, and enteropathy (IPEX) syndrome with concurrent membranous and IgA nephropathy: a case report - BMC Nephrology
Background X-linked immune dysregulation, polyendocrinopathy, and enteropathy (IPEX) syndrome is a rare X-linked disorder caused by mutations in the forkhead box P3 (FOXP3) gene. It typically…
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May 15, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Case report: X-Linked immune dysregulation, polyendocrinopathy, and enteropathy (IPEX) syndrome with concurrent membranous and IgA nephropathy: a case report
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