Re: History of Medicine

On Jul 14, 2:39 pm, wri...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (David Wright) wrote:
In article <1184151615.649044.73...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,

<Alan_K...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Before the coining of terms 'GRID', 'AIDS', and 'HIV', what dx's did
symptomatic HIV-patients receive from M.D.'s?

Depends on how they presented.... how do you diagnose something you've never seen before?

If you follow the APA's guidelines, and a patient presents with an
infectious-disease that's unknown to you, and the patient presents
with certain symptoms, and you fail to identify the infectious-
disease; then you diagnose with Somatization Disorder - no?

If you follow the APA's guidelines, and a patient presents correctly
interpreting his symptoms as signifying the presence of a serious
infectious-disease, and you fail to identify the infectious-disease;
then you dx with Hypochondriasis - no?

.

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