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Originally Posted by hopeful
I have always wondered if I had acquired an infection that caused this. I was in China and Mexico the year this started.
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That would certainly fall under that last case I mentioned. Something tells me (and I could be wrong) that an ID specialist would be interested in treating the infection, but if you're over it, or something arose
from it, s/he may hand you off to a different, more knowledgable specialist—in this case, a neurologist. Feel free to disagree and follow this up; a quick question or two to your PCP should get you an answer.
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An infectious disease (ID) specialist is a doctor of internal medicine (or, in some cases, pediatrics) who is qualified as an expert in the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. After seven or more years of medical school and postgraduate training, ID specialists complete two to three years of additional training in infectious diseases.
http://www.acponline.org/patients_fa...tious_disease/
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