It was the third or fourth Time, when he almost died. As David Fajgenbaum made a decision. “I came out of the hospital and had the intense feeling that I need to get the most from every second of most of it,” he said in 2016, the “Science Mag”. In 2010, the then medical student in the third year and by trained College Football players began to sweat with 25 years suddenly among night, to suffer fatigue and weight loss. At the time, he worked in the hospital in gynecology and no longer knew why he was suddenly well. And also as he was poor, he bite the teeth together and continued to baby to the world. After graduating, however, he made it directly on the way to the emergency room of University hospital in Pennsylvania.
After various blood tests, the Doctors told him his liver, his kidneys and his bone marrow would not “work”. They kept him right there. A retinal hemorrhage Fajgenbaum temporarily blind, a parallel organ brought failure to him on the intensive care unit. He remained there for seven weeks without a diagnosis. As Fajgenbaum slowly recovered, said his stunned Doctors: “Let us hope that it comes back.” No one knew what he had.
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He researched in his own Childhood
As Fajgenbaum had been released, he spent weeks looking for in his medical records as a child, according to a statement. After something has been overlooked by Doctors maybe. His medical history revealed that he suffered from a rare and insidious immune disease, Morbus Castleman, was on the still relatively little known. Fajgenbaum abandoned his plans to become an oncologist, completed his Residency and enrolled at the University of Economics – there is a competence network made up of hundreds of Doctors, researchers and pharmaceutical-building experts from all over the world. He brought out his doctor article, wrote studies of his case, found a new variant of his disease, collected for further studies to Castleman.
It was clear that he could die before he finds a cure for his Suffering. But he had his goal in mind and did everything possible to save themselves and many others. “It’s fun for me to chase something Unknown,” he said at the time, the “Science Mag”. For him, the most dangerous type of Castleman was diagnosed, Fajgenbaum had to make an aggressive chemotherapy. In spite of the treatment, the Doctors his Catholic family, said that he would not survive. The parents called the priest and Fajgenbaum received the last Rites. In November 2010, with 25. Two days later, his body recovered. Fajgenbaum was hope.
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Initiative was required
Fifteen months later, the symptoms returned. Fajgenbaum decided to investigate: Which immune cells are responsible for this? What course is it? Why not the treatment? What emergency plan is there? The Doctors had done everything, but nothing hit. He had to undergo a Chemo under. In the summer of 2012, he was able to leave the hospital.
Fajgenbaum continued on swarm intelligence. In a public medical database, he sought out each of the researchers who had published to Castleman. He wrote hundreds of Mails, and invited to a conference in Atlanta. Knew his astonishment, most of the nothing of the Work of the other. There are 27 experts met, a further five were on the phone switched on. Fajgenbaum, at that time still six months before its completion, oversaw the event. It turned out that among the Physicians of great disunity prevailed. Of the terminology to worthwhile research. There was no strategy. Fajgenbaum came to the conclusion that he needed business knowledge, applied to the excellent Wharton School in Pennsylvania – and impressed his Professor.
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A new beginning
Fajgenbaums treatment followed the classical course. He fell ill again. He came up with the idea, this Time to go a different way, by activating T-cells. His Doctors agreed. The aspiring doctor was clear that he had to take things into her own hands – and other experts needed; brilliant minds with a different approach. Fajgenbaum networked hundreds of researchers through an Online Portal, wore possible Castleman studies and priori categorized.
To be a world-wide network of researchers had success. 2014, the laboratory developed an antibody medicine for the disease Castleman. Fajgenbaum has been increasing since January 2014, the immunosuppressant Sirolimus and since then has been healthy. His weekly blood tests showed that his immune system recovered. The now 34-Year-old works as an assistant Professor and is researching rare diseases. He is married with his girlfriend, who was with him during his illness, emotional support, and is the father of a daughter. A few days ago, published his book: “Chasing My Cure”, “On the hunt for my cure.”
Source: “Science Mag”
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