Marathon Runner Forced to Nap in Her Car. Labs Were “Normal.”
She was a marathon runner pulling over on the side of the road to nap. Her labs were normal. Her endocrinologist told her to sleep more and move more.
This is a new episode of Diagnose This. Dr. Z is joined by Lisa, health coach, to talk about one of the most common and most dismissed experiences in healthcare: normal labs, abnormal life, and what lives in the gap between them.
Lab ranges aren't built to show you what's optimal. They're built on population averages — sick and well, young and old, men and women — and they're designed to catch disease states, not dysfunction. You can be nowhere…
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