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Dear Wiggo said:Brilliant, thanks. Would be great to piece it all together!
Nathan12 said:I have. It doesn't look good, for Froome or the journalists who wrote all these fluff pieces.
Dear Wiggo said:Did you happen to find the original interview where Froome mentions, "She" as the doctor? I looked but it's only really quoted on the Froome Thoughts site, so I am guessing perhaps a radio or video interview?
Nathan12 said:It's from a Velonation article titled 'Froome reiterates Tour de France ambitions', but interestingly the article no longer exists. http://t.co/edLznsc3 Here's the link, but it just take you straight to the homepage.
Nathan12 said:It's from a Velonation article titled 'Froome reiterates Tour de France ambitions', but interestingly the article no longer exists. http://t.co/edLznsc3 Here's the link, but it just take you straight to the homepage.
Bernie's eyesore said:They were probably told to take it down by Froome's lawyers. Very suspicious that it is no longer available to view.
Dear Wiggo said:
Dear Wiggo said:
“I've been receiving treatment for two years now. For the first half of the year I take heavy medication to suppress the disease, but when you are diagnosed with bilharzia you never lose it,” he said.
Let's ask a fellow posterGranville57 said:Is that true?
furtherfaster said:Folks, I think it's time he whole bilharzia issue was put to bed wrt froome. It's a disease which is easily eliminated with a single treatment. I also had it, and much like froome didn't know I had it until the doctor noticed I was pee'ing blood when doing a regular medical. I got the treatment and no more pee'ing blood. It's a total non event and thereafter you are no different to anyone else. As soon as froome had the treatment he goes back to normal. People are talking about it like its some rare spectacular disease. Ain't so and I don't believe has anything to do with his current performance at all. The weird thing is that he had it for any period of time - one would margins a pro-cyclist gets plenty of medical checks and it would have showed up pretty easily at any of those.
Granville57 said:Is that true?
Alphabet said:Oh God
Failing to remember if the doctor who made the most important diagnosis of your life was a man or a woman (their name, as well, surely) is inexplicable. Well, there is one explanation, and it involves pants on fire.
when you are diagnosed with bilharzia you never lose.
Bernie's eyesore said:They were probably told to take it down by Froome's lawyers. Very suspicious that it is no longer available to view.
Alphabet said:Oh God
Failing to remember if the doctor who made the most important diagnosis of your life was a man or a woman (their name, as well, surely) is inexplicable. Well, there is one explanation, and it involves pants on fire.
The Hitch said:Well they did take down wiggos first "auto"biography from the shelf and serve up a quick replacement in late 2012. Had nothing I'm sure to do with the fact that it had lance Armstrong on the front cover and a chapter dedicated to lance
Schistosomiasis is readily treated using a single oral dose of the drug praziquantel annually.
A single dose of praziquantel is usually required, but sometimes a longer course is needed.
chronic schistosomiasis – symptoms develop months, or possibly years, after infection with the parasites
feeling tired all the time (fatigue)
Granville57 said:Is that true?
ScienceIsCool said:The adult parasite in the blood is easily eliminated by a single drug treatment.
ScienceIsCool said:Also note that it's odd that his bilharzia was detected by blood test. Normally the diagnosis is made by counting the number of eggs per gram (epg) in the stool or urine. I doubt the actual mature parasite would be captured by a thin guage needle used in blood sampling.
If your GP suspects you have schistosomiasis, you will probably be referred to an expert in tropical diseases. The diagnosis is usually made by testing a sample of your blood. In some cases, eggs may be seen in a urine or stool (faeces) sample.
http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/schistosomiasis/Pages/Introduction.aspx
EnacheV said:A single treatment ? What is this disinformation bullcrap? A 5 sec Google search lands multiple results that treatment can last for years.
Schistosomiasis is readily treated using a single oral dose of the drug praziquantel annually.