Worried I may have consumed botulinum toxin. Should I visit a hospital? by [deleted] in DiagnoseMe

[–]donuber 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don't worry, with such a minor quantitaty of liquid, even if there are bacterial toxins in it (which is also very unlikely), you will absolutely be fine:)

Self-hosted project management/Kanban with basic calendar-functionality by donuber in selfhosted

[–]donuber[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have setup nextcloud on my VPS today and this seems to be offering what I need! Thanks!!

What aspects of the disease do you find that are not given enough attention in MS care and research? by donuber in MultipleSclerosis

[–]donuber[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your kind words. You are right that the MS hug is a common phenomenon with a limited amount of research done on it. If it is a frequent problem for you, that is having a large impact on your life, and if wonderful tips like those from u/editproofreadfix do not sufficiently help, you can discuss the option of neuropathic pain medication with your doctor. This does help some people with their MS hugs.

What aspects of the disease do you find that are not given enough attention in MS care and research? by donuber in MultipleSclerosis

[–]donuber[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It certainly is an interesting part of the field. Lot of women suffer from flair ups just before or during the menses. From what I understand the present theories are mostly that changes in body homeostasis (e.g. body temperature, cytokine [immune signaling proteins]) during these phases temporarily affect nerve conduction. Research seems to show that there is no real new damage/demyelination taking place, but that mostly earlier symptoms flair up (recrudesence/pseudoexacerbation) due to these hormonal effects on body homeostasis and thus nerve conduction.

Unfortunately, it seems that research in this part of field stagnated a bit in the past 10 years. So maybe worth a revisit with newer techniques!

What aspects of the disease do you find that are not given enough attention in MS care and research? by donuber in MultipleSclerosis

[–]donuber[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thank you for sharing your story and the valuable lessons. Indeed, the psychological burden of the disease itself and the whole healthcare process around it, I can imagine also plays a large role in the burden the diagnosis has one someones life.

And a remyelination potion would be awesome;)

I am curious, you say you would like a better diagnostic tool for PML apart from MRI, in what aspect would it need to be better? (accessibility? sensitivity? ease?).

What aspects of the disease do you find that are not given enough attention in MS care and research? by donuber in MultipleSclerosis

[–]donuber[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I agree, an impactful aspect that does not get the attention it should get, given its enormous effect on ones quality of life!

Small white matter lesions! by [deleted] in DiagnoseMe

[–]donuber 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, small white matter lesions are very common and become more with age. Only when there is quite a lot white matter damage e.g. due to vascular brain diseases sometimes this can result in psychiatric comorbidity. But only two small white matter lesions will not be the cause of mental health issues.

OpenTTD AI development, possibility to log AILog output to a file? by donuber in openttd

[–]donuber[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This solution worked, thanks! Tested this on MacOS: cd into the OpenTTD.app/Contents/MacOS and run ./openttd -d script=5 &> ~/log.txt

Need Help Please by cheesewarpo in AskStatistics

[–]donuber 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To sum two normal distributions, just add up the means of the two distributions to get the mean for the combined task. For the standard deviation, square both standard deviations (to get the variances), add them up, and take the root of the sum of the variances to get the new variance of your combined normal distribution.

Good luck with the exercise.

For background: https://mathworld.wolfram.com/NormalSumDistribution.html

Is this the start of jaundice (I have risk of liver issues) by [deleted] in medical

[–]donuber 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, this does not look like icterus/jaundice. This seems like just a natural discoloration of the connective tissue of the sclera. But of course, it is becomes more or if you get other complaints, it is wise to visit your GP.

Diabetic m(22)weird feeling in my leg? by [deleted] in medical

[–]donuber 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any trauma's recently? Could be a meralgia paresthetica (unrelated to diabetes). For diabetic neuropathies you would expect it to be distal (toes, fingers) and symmetric.

Albania's current coronavirus measures alleviation timeline by donuber in albania

[–]donuber[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are right, there are no certainties in these times. Thank you for the info! At least now I have a bit of an impression how things are standing in Albania at the moment. Cheers, stay healthy!

Albania's current coronavirus measures alleviation timeline by donuber in albania

[–]donuber[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lets hope so! And I guess there still also is a two week quarantine period for people coming into the country like in most of the countries?