Recent content by Tadeusz

Father-in-law passed away last Saturday. Incredibly sad. Tadeusz 'Ted' Shooter (Strzelczyk). 15 November 1945 - 22 January 2011. After a courageous battle with Motor Neurone Disease. Terrible, terrible disease. He went from being an amazingly fit 65-year-old to being a bed ridden quadriplegic in...

I like the bird / cat connection. Birds have a lot of parasites. An estimated 63 percent of American households have a pet, according to the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association. That's a lot higher than I thought. Maybe less in Australia. Anyway I think we still need a few more...

eMJA: Parasitic myositis in tropical Australia Parasitic myositis in tropical Australia Three patients with Australian parasitic myositis caused by the muspiceoid nematode Haycocknema perplexum are described. Treatment with albendazole led to a slow and incomplete recovery, but treatment with...

Nematode Infections? Have been know to cause all the same symptoms. It has been estimated that the total number of described and undescribed nematodes might be more than 500,000.

Leave no stone unturned! It is just a question I believe is worth asking. An animal may not outwardly show signs of infection. So the question was not: Do you have a sick cat? They have stated that ALS is non contagious based solely on the fact that there is no statistical increase in sufferers...

Jim It is interesting that so little is known about ALS. I thought there would be lots of online surveys. I would be very happy to offer my technical assistance. If you can pull together the survey info I would be happy to register a URL and put it online with the running results. But I will...

I am just exploring a startling coincidence. There are not many diseases that can jump species so it is unlikely. Unless it is some sort of microscopic parasite. It is so frustrating that so little is known about the cause. Just thought I would throw the question out there.

I am unfortunate to know three ALS sufferers in my life, the latest my father inlaw. I thought it very odd that his cat died of almost exactly the same symptoms six months before he was diagnosed. It reminded me that the other two people I know both are cat lovers. Has anybody done a survey on...