November 21, 2016
Complex Diagnosis Reshapes a College Student’s Future
When Reilly Steidle came to Mayo Clinic in the summer of 2013 at the age of 20, she brought with her two rolling suitcases full of medical paperwork and a hope that the physicians could make sense of the recurring headaches, chronic fatigue and widespread pain she’d been dealing with for two years. Reilly had […]
Tags: Center for Sleep Medicine, Dr. Maja Tippmann-Peikert, Lyme Disease, Neurology & Neurosurgery, POTS, Transfusion Medicine
July 9, 2009
Diagnosing Nick’s Mysterious Illness
Melissa Shultz, a freelance writer living in Plano, Texas, wrote an article for Newsweek online about her son Nick’s mysterious illness and his diagnosis and treatment at Mayo Clinic. Fatigue set in a day after Nick’s dizziness started. Swollen glands followed close behind. Our general practitioner ordered blood work, including studies for mononucleosis and Lyme […]
Tags: 5249, 5292, 5306, 5407, Diagnosis, ENT, Lyme Disease, Melissa Schultz, Nick Schultz, Patient Story