| Illness |
Treatment |
Notes |
| Asthma |
|
Contra- indication for treatment with
beta-blockers |
| Multiple
Sclerosis, first diagnosed in 1982, but at least one doctor has
subsequently refused to confirm the diagnosis to the Multiple Sclerosis
Society |
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH) injections. Superseded by |
No warning of side effects (other than slight weight gain)
or monitoring |
|
Prednisolone 20 mg a day for six months. |
No monitoring. Side effects of prolonged treatment
included agoraphobia. NHS acknowledged inadequate advice, monitoring
and treatment. |
|
Propranolol for tremors. Superseded by |
Treatment with these beta blockers persisted for
seven years without regular monitoring. Complaint about neglect led to
removal from GP list and brutal withdrawal of treatment. |
|
Atenolol
100 mg for breathing problems and high blood pressure resulting from
propranolol |
| Agoraphobia |
|
Developed after prednisolone treatment |
|
Hepatitis |
|
|
|
Pulmonary
hypertension |
|
|
|
High
blood pressure |
|
|
|
Cushing’s Syndrome. High cortisol as a result has damaged every
organ in the body: the brain shrinks, the thymus gland atrophies, there are
cardiovascular derangements. |
|
Caused by a tumour that the beta blockers had suppressed.
See photograph [pdf]. |
| Oedema. The
eyelids are
swollen, with periorbital oedema, massive fluid retention which has
worsened. Also pulmonary oedema. |
|
|
| Diabetes |
|
Not monitored or comprehensively tested. Malnourished. |
| Osteoporosis
leading to collapse of the spine |
|
|
| Gynaecological
disease |
|
|
| Chronic
obstructive airways disease |
|
|
| Heart
murmur |
|
|
| Severe
congestive heart failure |
|
|
| Mitral
stenosis heart valve disease |
|
A tooth abscess left untreated late in 2005
can damage the
heart valve. |
| Hypoxia |
|
|
|
2 ECGs done at
home. One disappeared. The other shows P pulmonale damage to the right
side of the heart from lung disease. |
|
|
|
Numerous
abnormal blood tests showing serious kidney disease which doctors have not
yet admitted, except one doctor stating, "Your kidneys are out of synch."
There has been a serious excess of protein in the urine for many years which
has been neglected. Microalbuminuria is damage caused to the kidney by
diabetes. |
|
|
| Systemic
sepsis |
|
|
| Tooth Abscess |
|
Needs admission to hospital |