Dr. Ron Falk

ANCA Vasculitis

Dr. Ron Falk, at the May 2008 patient support meeting of the Vasculitis Foundation- North Carolina/Raleigh chapter, engages in a conversation with Vasculitis patients. Questions and answers pertain specifically to the kidney disease ANCA Vasculitis.

During this meeting, Dr. Falk begins by addressing questions that his patients frequently ask and then opens up the discussion by taking questions from patients. In this "conversation", Dr. Falk hits on various topics, which are divided into several podcasts below.

 

You may listen to the podcasts by clicking on the links below, or you may download the podcasts from iTunes.

Listen to the full length recording. ( 1 hr 9 min)

Click to listen to a specific topic:

Listen: The Top Three Questions Listen: Is my disease inheritable? Listen: Am I contagious? Listen: Why can't you turn off my disease? Listen: Communicating with your physician Listen: Communicating with your spouse Listen: What is the value of antibiotic therapy? Listen: What is the evidence of relapse? Listen: Is there hope? Listen: Is there research being done to predict and prevent the disease? Listen: How do I know what is causing my sinus inflammation? Listen: Who should be your physician? Listen: Is disease in another organ an indicator of the underlying disease? Listen: Is ANCA testing a good marker of disease activity? Listen: How do the patient and physician know when you're in remission? Listen: How to educate physicians Listen: Why this disease should not be called Wegener's

Click to read the full transcript on a specific topic:

Read: The Top Three Questions Read: Is my disease inheritable? Read: Am I contagious? Read: Why can't you turn off my disease? Read: Communicating with your physician Read: Communicating with your spouse Read: What is the value of antibiotic therapy? Read: What is the evidence of relapse? Read: Is there hope? Read: Is there research being done to predict and prevent the disease? Read: How do I know what is causing my sinus inflammation? Read: Who should be your physician? Read: Is disease in another organ an indicator of the underlying disease? Read: Is ANCA testing a good marker of disease activity? Read: How do the patient and physician know when you're in remission? Read: How to educate physicians Read: Why this disease should not be called Wegener's

Oprima aqui para escuchar en Espanol:

Las tres preguntas más populares que los pacientes tienen. Es mi enfermedad hereditaria o sucede en varios miembros de la familia? Por qué no puedo controlar mi enfermedad? Comunicandose con sus médicos Comunicandose con su esposa ó esposo Cuál es el valor de usar un antibiotico? Cómo se que es lo que esta causando inflamción en mis senos paranasales? Hay alguna esperanza?

中文收听   血管炎的三大问 我的病会传染吗 我的病会遗传吗 与你的妻子（丈夫）沟通 与你的医生沟通 为什么不能治愈我的病？ 抗生素治疗的意义是什么？ 疾病复发的依据是什么？ 我还有希望吗？ 有没有研究能预测和预防这种疾病 我怎么才能知道是什么原因引起的鼻窦炎？	中文阅读   血管炎的三大问 我的病会传染吗 我的病会遗传吗 与你的妻子（丈夫）沟通 与你的医生沟通 抗生素治疗的意义是什么？ 疾病复发的依据是什么？ 我还有希望吗？ 有没有研究能预测和预防这种疾病 我怎么才能知道是什么原因引起的鼻窦炎？

 

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