It’s Monday at
the office, am busy doing my works, feeding in data in excel sheet and
generating graphs ready to prepare a sensitive report. My boss came in with his
friend whom he spent time with during the days when they were amateurs at the company.
The old guy has been diagnosed with a dangerous inherited disease, Wilson’s disease. Actually he suffered the disease
for about a year before the doctor in India realized the disease which occurs
in rare occasion in Africa.
Hint:
Wilson's disease or hepatolenticular degeneration is an autosomal recessive
genetic disorder in which copper accumulates in tissues; this manifests as
neurological or psychiatric symptoms and liver disease.
The old guy
was complaining that the disease is coming again since he suffers a lot of
pains in the joint and his body become insensitive most of the time, sometimes he
can’t even feel his hand and he can’t do his office works properly. Actually
after they gave him the prescription and the guide on how to survive the
disease he was just filling okay but they forgot to tell him a very important
thing. He was supposed to change is food eating habit. The guy is from northern
Tanzania he likes to eat fish from Lake Victoria and when he is in Dar es
Salaam he ate fishes from the shores of Indian Ocean while shellfish is the strict diet for people with Wilson disease since
there is a lot of copper on it.
Hint:
Shellfish is a culinary and fisheries term for exoskeleton-bearing aquatic
invertebrates used as food, including various species of molluscs, crustaceans,
and echinoderms. Although most kinds of shellfish are harvested from saltwater
environments, some kinds are found only in freshwater. In addition a few
species of land crabs are eaten, for example Cardisoma guanhumi in the
Caribbean.
He was
complaining doctors are not aware of his condition and he is spending a lot of
money just to get details on his eating habits rules and how to survive living
with the disease. I listened to the conversation carefully, it was so touching
and I felt sorrow for the old guy then I realized I could help him with his
problem, I became the Google doctor. I asked him what he needs to know about the disease he told
me, I need to know everything.
I realize,
there is lot of site online which could at least give me the overview of the
disease if not detailed explanation about it. Some of the site they could
provide pictorial presentation about patients with the same cases as the old
guy condition. I searched for PPT file about the condition he is suffering from
likely I got the best presentation ever. It explains everything with images and
confession from people who have suffered from the disease, things to eat and
how to live your life with the disease. If not enough I googled some
information about the balanced diet and eating habits on Google. I got some
links to the eHow most of them were useful to the old
guy. He told me know I understand why the disease was coming back since I was
totally living without following the eating habits each food which is mentioned
in this document are my favorites food, that’s it has never stop. He thanked me
and told me believe me you are my Google doctor you saved me a lot now I can use my money to do other things.