Friday, May 21, 2010

Allergic medical examiner gets ruff idea of culprit

[Comment:  It is doubtful that an allergy to a dog would require someone to sleep outside to avoid the exposure.  His symptoms sound more toxicological than allergic in nature.  If medicine took mycotoxicosis more seriously instead of dismissing it as a possibility, people would find answers before they spend ten grand on testing the home.]
 
Allergic medical examiner gets ruff idea of culprit
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20100521_Allergic_medical_examiner_gets_ruff_idea_of_culprit.html#axzz0oc6FKkzL
"In the end, it was probably Dinky. In the parlor. With dander.

The clues all pointed to him, but South Jersey medical examiner Gerald Feigin wanted to rule out other suspects first.

Now, Feigin has deduced that his own mutt, Dinky Little Dog, has been slowly "killing me." The Chihuahua-terrier mix looks innocent as he snoozes by the sofa, but Dinky's black-and-white fur has been harboring tiny doses of allergens from sloughed-off skin cells.

Feigin began sleeping in a backyard tent in June to escape a mysterious illness he blamed on invisible mold mycotoxins inside his tony home in Washington Township."

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