Dr. Bex

diagnosing these oddball diseases, which probably exist in a small number of people, but everybody they see has that disease.

Oh, yes. Oh, yes. They just flock to them. There's a problem in the medical care community, too. There's doctors who make the same diagnosis over and over and over. And the mothers get online and they say, oh, everybody that he sees has mesenteric artery syndrome. And that if you go there, you'll get surgery for that.

Oh, yes. Oh, yes. They just flock to them. There's a problem in the medical care community, too. There's doctors who make the same diagnosis over and over and over. And the mothers get online and they say, oh, everybody that he sees has mesenteric artery syndrome. And that if you go there, you'll get surgery for that.

Oh, yes. Oh, yes. They just flock to them. There's a problem in the medical care community, too. There's doctors who make the same diagnosis over and over and over. And the mothers get online and they say, oh, everybody that he sees has mesenteric artery syndrome. And that if you go there, you'll get surgery for that.

Now, what happens most of the time is that doesn't cure the pain, strangely enough. But they still go and they still get their surgeries.

Now, what happens most of the time is that doesn't cure the pain, strangely enough. But they still go and they still get their surgeries.

Now, what happens most of the time is that doesn't cure the pain, strangely enough. But they still go and they still get their surgeries.

Exactly. Or the pain is totally unrelated.

Exactly. Or the pain is totally unrelated.

Exactly. Or the pain is totally unrelated.

The other problem is that once these kids get to be a certain age, they're very much part of the problem. They're very much trained to be in constant pain, in constant distress, unable to eat. Whatever. And then, you know, then it's a real hard problem because to turn that around is really an issue.

The other problem is that once these kids get to be a certain age, they're very much part of the problem. They're very much trained to be in constant pain, in constant distress, unable to eat. Whatever. And then, you know, then it's a real hard problem because to turn that around is really an issue.

The other problem is that once these kids get to be a certain age, they're very much part of the problem. They're very much trained to be in constant pain, in constant distress, unable to eat. Whatever. And then, you know, then it's a real hard problem because to turn that around is really an issue.

Hi, Andrea. I'm good.

Hi, Andrea. I'm good.

Hi, Andrea. I'm good.

I mean, it's a whole spectrum. So I would say it's kind of mitochondrial disease. pathology, I guess. I mean, there's a whole lot of diseases and things that are affected or start at the level of the mitochondria. So your mitochondria are in every single cell of your body. They're what creates our energy. So it's kind of the energy source of all of our cells. And the thing is that

I mean, it's a whole spectrum. So I would say it's kind of mitochondrial disease. pathology, I guess. I mean, there's a whole lot of diseases and things that are affected or start at the level of the mitochondria. So your mitochondria are in every single cell of your body. They're what creates our energy. So it's kind of the energy source of all of our cells. And the thing is that

I mean, it's a whole spectrum. So I would say it's kind of mitochondrial disease. pathology, I guess. I mean, there's a whole lot of diseases and things that are affected or start at the level of the mitochondria. So your mitochondria are in every single cell of your body. They're what creates our energy. So it's kind of the energy source of all of our cells. And the thing is that

So mitochondrial disease takes on many forms. And I think any pediatrician or metabolic specialist can tell you that there are severe forms of mitochondrial disease that are devastating. These are the ones we know the most about. There are names, MELAS, they're all kind of acronyms, but M-E-L-A-S is one syndrome. and others that are much more well studied and much more understood.