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Part 2 of 2 of HPS Mystery Diagnosis (Uncut Version). First broadcast on the Discovery Health Channel on August 16, 2010. Now it is a part of OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network). This Mystery Diagnosis episode is about Hermansky Pudlak Syndrome. Mystery Diagnosis is a wonderful program on the Discovery Health channel – new episodes are shown on Monday nights at 10PM EST, but you can catch many older episodes during the week at various times…. and they sometimes pop up on Discovery and TLC. What is HPS? Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome (HPS) is a genetic metabolic disorder which causes albinism, visual impairment, and a platelet dysfunction with prolonged bleeding. Characteristics HPS is described by five major characteristics which may include albinism, platelet dysfunction, inflammatory bowel disease, and pulmonary fibrosis. Diagnosing HPS The current diagnosis for HPS involves a simple non standard blood test. Standard of Care At the moment there is no one particular treatment for HPS. You can get informtion about HPS at… www dot hpsnetwork dot org And Thank You to the Mystery Diagnosis crew for their hard work, and special thanks to those who dedicated their time and hours to make this show possible. And Special Thanks to the Discovery Health Channel for this wonderful show.

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beavis and butthead

For the past week I’ve been having my mom make me meals and I’ve been eating three meals and day. I haven’t really been hungry and I get full easily but it’s ok, and I’ve been eating about 1200 calories a day and definitely gained some weight. My metabolism is basically shot, I have a really slow heart rate and low body temperature.

Well, unfortunately, I haven’t had a bowel movement for like a week now. I took a laxative last night (my mom gave it to me) and another this morning, and this morning I’ve eaten like 3 cups of Fiber One bran cereal, which usually helps me, you know, go.

But it’s not working! Do you have any suggestions? Anyone else been through this?

Very embarassing question. But I have an eating disorder (anorexia), I don’t abuse laxatives, diuretics, diet pills, etc. But lately for one random hour of the day I feel like I constantly have to go number 2, and I try many times, and “succeed” around the 6th attempt. But it doesn’t stop my stomach from cramping and making me feel like I’m about to ruin my pants. I’m actually about to go to an inpatient unit in a hospital for eating disorders early next week. But this is bad and affecting me now. Does anyone know what I can do? Without abusing fiber or laxatives or anything of those sorts.

So, I have been having intense (like numbingly intense) lower adombinal/pelvic pain for the past three weeks and the doctor just figured it was the cysts on my ovaries. They did an ultrasound today and it turns out the cysts are gone. Right now they think it’s my colon, but I’ve been having normal bowel movements even though I can not maintain my weight and have needed to pee all the time.
It does not burn when I pee and I took several vaginal cultures, a urine culture, and a pap smear and all came back normal so there are no signs of infection. And the soonest any area doctor (minus one on Park and 5th that wanted $500 for a CONSULTATION and does not take insurance) is August 2nd.
Oh, and I had a few cysts and they prescribed me hig dose hormones so it is possible that the cysts did burst.

I’m mildly lactose intolerant, and whenever I have cheese I start to just feel awful later and the next day my bowels are usually…not in the greatest shape.

I’m out of lactaids, and I accidentally ate cheese tonight, I forgot I shouldn’t

I don’t want to feel like crap, so I’d like to just throw it up before it passes from my stomach. The thing is my mom has been convinced that I have an eating disorder ever since i became a vegetarian a year ago… she’ll hear me and send me to a mental hospital…I swear she’s nuts. I once had an actual stomach flu and until I projectile vomited while she was in the room, she thought I had been making myself puke.
shit, sorry, didn’t mean to put this in diet and fitness…
Okay I lied, I’m sorry.
Now not only am I embarrassed to look in the mirror, I’m embarrassed to even look at myself. The vegetarian thing had nothing to do with losing weight, and I actually am lactose intolerant (as is my mother and my grandmother and my brother…) but these past couple months have been… different. I don’t even know what’s become of me. I’m obsessed with food and losing weight when I used to be obsessed with reading and playing music…
F**k, what’s happened? I used to tell myself since grade school that it was stupid to starve/purge.
Thanks for…i don’t know…pointing it out I guess.