MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'cidp'. Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:29:54 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2365164&cid=t_236895_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FOYRzLHHylz4%2F If you were a football fan back in the late 80s and early 90s, then you’ll likely know who William ‘The Refrigerator’ Perry is. The 6 foot 2 inch tall and 370 pound Perry was a larger than life defensive lineman and Superbowl winner has been diagnosed with a rare neurological (nerve) disease called chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). CIDP is a very rare illness but it’s often compared with Guillain-Barre syndrome, another rare neurological illness. Unfortunately, I erred when we first published this article when I described the disease that Perry has as acute and GBS as chronic. Obviously, that didn’t make any sense considering the word “chronic” in the name and I’m sorry about that. I should have reread my ... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2365164 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:46:30 +0100 2365164