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Month: August 2020

What is wrong with Paediatric Psychiatry?

August 17, 2020 by Dr LIz MIller Leave a Comment

There are times when I have to pinch myself to make sure I am awake and living in the twenty first century. Why do we spend so much children’s services, yet value children so little? This 9 year old boy has long standing behavioural problems, admittedly it is a family with problems. Other children are … [Read more…]

Posted in: Brain Science, Children - Paediatrics

23yrs and crippled by “Back Pain”?

August 12, 2020 by Dr LIz MIller Leave a Comment

I would not suggest that this young man does not feel pain, or that he doesn’t feel pain in his back. However there is something else going on. At 23, young men are usually going out with their mates, causing mayhem, trying to date girls and sowing their wild oats. Not living at home with … [Read more…]

Posted in: Bones - Orthopaedics

58 yrs, Housebound, too young for hip replacement?

August 11, 2020 by Dr LIz MIller Leave a Comment

Carer for the previous 9 years, had a fall at work in 2016. She injured her right knee, she was given crutches and painkillers. This put an increased strain on her left hip, which is now so painful she cannot go outside on her own. She takes Tramadol 50 mg three times a day (an … [Read more…]

Posted in: Bones - Orthopaedics

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