User talk:Alarchdu

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Rhabdomyolysis[edit]

Unfortunately, your addition to renal failure seems to be original research, given that the link between lactose intolerance and rhabdomyolysis has not yet been published in a reliable source. I have responded to your comment on Talk:Rhabdomyolysis.

In general, I would counsel you not to leave your medical record number in the public domain. JFW | T@lk 06:36, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My comments on medical matters relate to my experience in medical establishments after having suffered through some severe remediation since the mid-1980s. I am a scientist of the old school, much given to leaping into careful observation and analysis instead of dawdling into current orthodoxy. I admit that my life has been saved by quick action. By the same token, I have been consigned to spend the rest of my life as severely damaged goods because the same medical staff seem to have forgotten some basic medical tenets. In my case, no one noticed I was lactose-intolerant.

My comments on Rhabdomyolysis and lactose poisoning come from experience with my own metabolic reactions to my own case of Rhabdomyolysis. It was apparently started (amongst multiple other organ failures) by septic shock from advanced Legionella, and even though the sepsis was treated, the rhabdomyolysis continued until I had lost 40kg in less than a month. From the viewpoint of a scientist who suffered through it, I have little choice but to explain the continued Rhabdomyolysis as a consequence to my reaction by being force-fed a lactose-normal diet. The increased metabolic rate that followed previous accidental lactose-poisoning issues should have occurred again, and as a consequence the higher metabolic rate would have promoted Rhabdomyolysis (again, as had occured previously).

I have no issue with my case files being examined. Without a MRN, they can't be accessed, and my identity would not be available in any case unless it was authorised.--Alarchdu (talk) 00:43, 30 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

But this is an encyclopedia, not a medical journal. If you think lactose caused your rhabdomyolysis, consider discussing with your physician about having it published in a medical journal. At the moment, instructing readers to examine your case files amounts to no original research, which is one of our guiding policies. JFW | T@lk 10:06, 30 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I am not arguing that Rhabdomyolysis, either mine or any others', is due to lactose poisoning. It would be interesting, no doubt, to see if an increase in metabolic rate without a matching increase in calorific intake did result in the body scavenging itself for food (this was a concept I first ran across in medical articles published in the 1940s). It would be also interesting to see if lactose poisoning was generally accompanied by an increase in metabolic rate, although in this case I would tend to feel sympathy for the subjects rather than any excitement about advancing medical research. My reason for making the original comment was that there seemed to be a synergy that was not considered by some doctors because they were not aware of the lactose poisoning issue. I am not a medical specialist. Just a generalist whose ambit covers a broad range, and would have trouble understanding all of an article published in a medical journal. On the other hand, my experience is such that I am well-qualified to comment on encyclopaedic articles. My use of Wikpedia to date has been as a source of more original and verifiable sources. My comment on Rhabdomyolisis was, I hope, designed to be more useful than what was made to me in March this year: "We think it is caused by some kind of bug." I mentioned Rhabdomyolysis and lactose poisoning together solely in the interest of further muddying the waters, complementing other remarks found in medical articles in Wikpedia: one symptom can be attributed to one cause, but may be the result of either a comletely different or related cause. I included my own record number to verify that results were indeed true, for those medical practitioners who had access to such records. I am not advocating original research (in this particular matter, since it includes MRSA, medical practitioners (in Australia at least) would be loathe to become involved), but rather providing a source of data. After all, very few scientists would have managed to live what I've been through and be able to give fair comment. My only other comment on this matter, with regards to my qualifications to comment, is that no medical specialist in a major teaching hospital was able to discern what four weeks in a coma did to me. I was. I thank you for your comments. Although I have been a part-time computing specialist for over 35 years, navigating through Wikpedia is not easy for me, and your help has been invaluable. All I need is a lot more time! --Alarchdu 15:32, 4 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]