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Cannot Decipher Diagnosis

by mungufuata, Sep 21, 2006 12:00AM
After a visit to the doctor today, I saw that on the insurance form where he'd indicated diagnosis, he put down two things that I don't quite understand.  Anyone know what either one means?

A.N.

RAD
Member Comments (3)

by mungufuata, Sep 21, 2006 12:00AM
If you search back through the archives for things I've posted, you can see the symptoms that have been going on.  It gets rather lengthy, though.

by Demiguise, Sep 21, 2006 12:00AM
To: Mung
A.N. is pretty vague but my first guess w/o why you were there,
is ANS 'Autonomic Nervous System'. It simply means automatic-
reflex you can't control. Ex: contraction/constriction/eye-
reflexes/BP. Only post I found recent was the sensitivity to
the lights at school causing hdaches. That can be ANS at work.
Sometimes letters will be the Dr's own code for remembering a
thought.

by star queen, Sep 26, 2006 12:00AM
The most common diagnoses that are abbreviated by A.N. are Anorexia Nervosa, Acanthosis Nigricans (skin disorder), and Acoustic Neuroma.
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