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carbonel ([personal profile] carbonel) wrote in [personal profile] rachelmanija 2016-01-20 08:45 pm (UTC)

I wonder if there are cases where someone has two conditions with opposing treatments.

That's a classic problem with heart and respiratory issues. As a vast simplification, what will improve heart function will often decrease lung function, and vice versa. For a long time, it can be a maintainable balancing act, but at the end stage, there's no way to optimize both, and the patient goes into heart failure and/or respiratory arrest.

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