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With a humanities background and board-certifications in anatomic pathology, clinical pathology, and ringside medicine, "The Pathology Guy" accidentally created one of the first medical sites providing information to individuals during the 1990's, and during those heady times handled 20-30 questions like these per day. http://www.pathguy.com remains a popular site for pathology teachers, learners, and the curious public. He has chaired the pathology department at Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences since February 1992. His medical school roommate, distinguished radiologist Joe Panella MD, described him as the only loner he knows who doesn't whistle. "The Pathology Guy" is glad to see so many colleagues now answering the public's questions. Keep it up teammates -- where there is love of medicine, there is love of humankind.
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Pathology 46 years experience
Any physician: However, it depends on the type of situation. In a difficult homicide, it is good to have two or more pathologists, one or more with specialty board ... Read More
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Your call: If you had more than mild sneezing, wheezing, and/or hives from you last beesting, you'd do well to get an Epinephrine needle. Better safe than sorry... Read More
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Why?: This is likely to result in pregnancy even if there is spermicide. If your friend is trying to become pregnant by a man who does not want to be her c... Read More
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Absolutely: And he should be seen. Also, rule out a focal epilepsy variant.
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Yes: As this becomes legal, you'll want to find out whether you can tolerate it. I'd much rather you do this (if the law allows) than get involved with tob... Read More
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Yes: Every once in a while, it spreads to a remote site. However, you might do well to find some pictures of what an untreated, neglected basal cell carci... Read More
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Genetics, I bet: Despite all the talk about controlling coronary risk factors through lifestyle, most (but by no means all) of your basic cholesterol picture is determ... Read More
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Not a correct Rx: Perhaps there is a misunderstanding.
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Genetic: Ehlers-danlos syndrome is genetic, and is tremendously diverse -- from mere double-jointedness to life-threatening fragile vessels.
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From my memory: I recall a case from a patient who was around 60. Late-onset Wilson's is not unknown. There's a Slavic gene that tends to present late. http://www.ncb... Read More
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Please explain: What do you think you're going to get? One disease that's always lethal when symptoms develop is rabies. If you are the person who is asking all the q... Read More
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Yes: Since about 2005 it has been well-established that immunocompromised people are more likely than others to get serious brain involvement from this vir... Read More
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Eat what you wish: Nothing will slow or speed the brain pathology. Huntington's patients often have swallowing difficulties; a high-protein, high-calorie (your energy n... Read More
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Let's talk: When there's danger to life, the mind naturally focuses on the danger until the situation resolves. We all must learn to manage our own thoughts and s... Read More
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The facts: It's the definitive, and often only effective, rx for severe acne. You must not become pregnant while taking it. It is not pleasant. You'll be monitor... Read More
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Slightly: The tendencies to atherosclerosis (the cause of most ischemic strokes), berry aneurysms (the cause of most subarachnoid bleeds), and high blood pressu... Read More
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Speed of diagnosis: Diagnosed and treated early, the mortality is still several percent. Missed, it's well into the double digits. Good luck.
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No: Life is difficult enough without worrying about something this basic. Relax and enjoy yourself.
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Why do you ask?: If you feel well, low diastolic pressure is almost never a problem. The one exception is a leaky aortic valve. You would have been told.
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For a lifetime: Especially if not treated, it can keep coming back for decades. We saw this in our World War II personnel long after they returned.
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Biopsy: Usually we see a spot on the lung on imaging. A piece of it is taken with needle through the lung or forceps down an airway, and the pathologist makes... Read More
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Prion: This is an abnormal protein, neither a virus nor a bacterium. It is an altered version of a normal brain protein that catalyzes the transformation of... Read More
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That's moot: Hemochromatosis is able to produce a huge number of different symptoms -- everything that diabetes or liver failure can do, as well as gray-bronzing o... Read More
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Find out why: Iron deficiency depletes myoglobin and cytochromes as well as red blood cells. The key is to find out why the person is iron deficient. Bad diet / Veg... Read More
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Atherosclerosis: This is the usual cause of stroke, heart attack, gangrene of the legs, and sudden cardiac death. High cholesterol level correlates with risk and lower... Read More
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Nothing works well: You've already discussed urea, lactic acid, retinoic acid derivatives, salicylic acid, and perhaps lasers with your physician. Truth be told, nothing ... Read More
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Up to 90 or so: Lower in kids. In people who feel well, there's no value that's too low. The body will keep the diastolic pressure just as low as is required to maint... Read More
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No: So far it only seems to be transmissible via mosquito. However, tick-borne rickettsial diseases can mimic the flu-like / brain-effecting west nile in... Read More
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Circumstances: Liver laceration is one of the most common forms of fatal or near-fatal child abuse. It won't result from falling off a sofa, the dog didn't... Read More
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Five inches erect: Numbers vary; this was from a urology journal that i saw a few years back. If you have 3" or more, you can give and receive satisfaction from the vast... Read More
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Same as anyone: It's largely hereditary, there's a component of lack of exercise, and there are plenty of vegan foods that are loaded with the saturated fats that som... Read More
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It's to be expected: Vegetarianism is a moral rather than a health-promoting choice. Strict vegetarians who don't supplement become seriously sick. B12 deficiency is inevi... Read More
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Nothing that works: This is technically a cancer but often it requires no treatment at all. The stuff that actually works, if it needs treatment, is simple. If you get in... Read More
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No: In a blood dyscrasia (an old-fashioned term), the blood contains very abnormal formed elements. In idiopathic / autoimune thrombocytopenic purpura, an... Read More
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Drain out blood: If you have hemochromatosis, a very common disease which will kill you if neglected but is extremely easy to manage, your physician will arrange for y... Read More
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Complicates "cold": Many cases of lymphocytic myocarditis are probably caused by the coxsackie virus, which produces mild viral illnesses most of the time. Some people, ... Read More
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No: Keep an eye on your skin here as you would anywhere. A rapidly-growing, irregular, bleeding, or just strange-looking new lesion should prompt a physic... Read More
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No: One grown-up out of maybe four has a kidney cyst. It's not going to damage the nearby adrenal gland.
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Why do you ask?: Serum iron can reflect simply having taken a multivitamin with iron a few hours before the blood was drawn, or being seriously sick with hemochromatos... Read More
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Not the key: If by "iron level" you mean your hemoglobin, you must first determine the cause of your anemia with your physician's help. If you are truly iron-defic... Read More
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No: Ringworm will not grow at body temperature, which is good. Reptiles (cold-blooded) have been known to die of these fungi. If you were this severely ... Read More
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I doubt it: Despite the presence of nitrites as preservatives and heterocyclic hydrocarbons that mutate DNA in cell cultures (as in any flame-cooked food), studie... Read More
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Eating bad beef: Infected cattle, which got the disease by eating animal by-products, produce infectious beef. The prion is not damaged even by thorough cooking. It ... Read More
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Yes: Papillary carcinomas of the thyroid often contain flecks of calcium, but so can common benign nodular goiter. Your physician and imaging specialist ca... Read More
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Tetanus: In the past, the painful hypercontraction of all muscles made breathing impossible. The tetanus bacillus, unlike most bacteria, grows best in dead ti... Read More
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Won't make you sick: You will simply pee out whatever you can't use. Vitamin B6 in very large doses can make you sick
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No: Unlike many cancers, so far there's no familial syndrome where a mutant gene increases the risk.
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Which system?: "breath training" may describe anything from evidence-based techniques used in the treatment of people with chronic lung disease, to techniques for me... Read More
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What do you mean?: If by "nf" you mean "nightfall", nocturnal emissions, as is used in some "traditional societies", you have my sympathy. It's something that's natural,... Read More
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Yes: It is transmitted most often by mouth-to-mouth kissing. Most people have already met CMV (and thus you cannot make them sick again), and many continu... Read More
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What a delight it is to read Dr. Friedlander's posts. He is direct and his advice is personalized clearly. He's kind as he tells it like it is, without waffling. While doing so, he also recognizes f...Read More
Dr. Donald Jacobson
Oct 30, 2013
Very knowledgeable and capable of conveying his thoughts in a very clear way. Uncommon gift of empathy for those asking the questions, yet answers directly and unhesitatingly. It is a pleasure to read...Read More
Dec 13, 2020
Dr. Friedlander's experience and willingness to teach has impacted many (probably in the thousands) physicians in training (including myself in medical school) over many years as the Pathology Guy- wh...Read More
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ear doctor,i have been working as a Medical/Engineering entrance coaching classes.i have some kind of problem for my throat,somewhat like dryness..and sometimes feels something when swallowing saliva....Read More
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Thank you so much for your response. I have taken enbrel and remicade both for roughly two years. The issue with tnf blockers is that they seem to work for a couple years then they lose their punch. I...Read More
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thanks so much for your response. turns out i have Selective Antibody Deficiency. They also believe i have Mitochondrial Disease...going thru testing. i have 2 family members with it & 7 total w/Immun...Read More
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, IL
Graduated 1977MD
Awards
Liberty Bell Award, Bar Association
Top Doctor, First Place, Missouri - Winter
2013
Most Influential, Second Place, Missouri - Winter
2013
Affiliations
Kansas City Univeristy of Medicine and Biosciences
USA Boxing
William Carey University, College of Osteopathic Medicine
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