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Thirty-nine patients with longstanding oesophageal dysphagia took part in an interview and a questionnaire study to investigate whether they considered themselves met with interest, respect, understanding and knowledge (felt confirmed) when consulting their physician for the first time (mostly general practitioner), whether non-confirmed patients have any distinguishing attributes, and whether confirmation affects the patient's impression of being helped. Twenty-five of these considered themselves as non-confirmed. There was no difference between the groups as regards sex, age, education, degree of swallowing difficulties and incidence of chest symptoms other than dysphagia. There was a greater fear of cancer (P less than 0.05) and a stronger indirect aggression (P less than 0.05) among the non-confirmed patients. Patients who felt confirmed reported more often that a correct oesophageal diagnosis had been given (P less than 0.05), felt they had received adequate help (P less than 0.001) and experienced improvement in swallowing difficulties (P less than 0.05). It is concluded that patient attributes seem to slightly influence the patients' possibilities of being confirmed, and that confirmation is of great importance for the patient's feeling of being helped and improved.
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PMID:Do physicians care about patients with dysphagia? A study on confirming communication. 150 11

Madelung's disease (Md) is a rare metabolic disorder which presents with multiple symmetrical nonencapsulated fatty masses situated mainly around the head, neck and nape. The main indications for Md treatment are: shortness of breath, head's movement restrictions, swallowing disorders (dysphagia), aesthetic considerations, and the fear of cancer. The standard treatment of Md is the surgical excision of pathological tissues. The disease is progressive, relapses after removal of tissue are often observed. The discussion is based on a three-year observation of Md patient operated by the authors. A good cosmetic result and symptoms subsidence were observed. There were no sings of disease recurrence.
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PMID:[Madelung's disease]. 2022 12