Old name for OI, <<deconditioning>> ... Interesting reading

[Guest guest]

A stress test some years ago found me diagnosed with deconditoining. Now I

read that it is part of OI. Interesting. See the below paragraph and the link.

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The etiology of OI is unknown. For many years, such patients were felt to

have deconditioning and were encouraged to pursue a more vigorous exercise

regimen. However, recently it has become clear that many individuals with these

symptoms have a more serious problem than mere deconditioning. The onset of OI

is

often predated by a recent viral infection. Patients can undergo extensive

clinical evaluation without identification of a specific abnormality, and

therefore most patients remained undiagnosed.  These difficulties are compounded

by

the heterogeneity of disease states in patients with orthostatic symptoms,

spontaneous fluctuations in disease severity, and no uniformity in nomenclature

of

disease classification. Another problem in the diagnosis of OI is its overlap

with other conditions such as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), Neurally

Mediated Syncope (NMS), physical deconditioning, etc. Improving characterization

of

the underlying circulatory responses may lead to a clarification of some of

those issues, and will facilitate the discovery of the pathophysiology of OI.

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Article is at: http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/gcrc/adc/oi.html

[Guest guest]

He-he... At first when I read it, I didn't understand a thing, it

just didn't make sense... The reason being that the condition I am

used to being called OI, is Osteogenesis Imperfecta, not Orthostatic

Intolerance... Sometimes all these abbreviations are so confusing...

Aase Marit