Items Tagged ‘Familial Mediterranean Fever’
June 23, 2022
By Joel Streed 
From the beginning of Hussein’s life, a shroud of worry surrounded him. Something was wrong. The infant couldn’t keep down anything he ate. When he was 6 weeks old, his mother, Manal, noticed blood in his stool. He lost precious weight and was hospitalized due to failure to thrive. Hussein’s first few months were defined […]
Tags: Dr. Ann Moyer, Familial Mediterranean Fever, Mayo Clinic Laboratories
March 1, 2017
After Years of Pain, a Clear Diagnosis Restores a Teen’s Life
Written by Sanan Malkadjian I was only 14 at the time. I would be ashamed of myself because of how often my stomach hurt. It came to a point where no one would believe the excruciating pain I was facing. This was pain unlike no other. My doctors here in Michigan would blame one another. […]
Tags: Clinical Genomics, Dr. Magnus Halland, Familial Mediterranean Fever, Gastroenterology