Appointment prep
Prepare for a Whipple's disease evaluation
Chronic joint pain, GI symptoms, weight loss, and neurological issues (like cognitive changes or movement disorders) are frequently dismissed as arthritis, IBS, or psychiatric. Medvo helps you document the multi-system pattern and request biopsy and infectious disease referral — framed as evaluation, never diagnosis.
Symptoms patients describe
- · Migratory joint pain and swelling preceding GI symptoms
- · Chronic diarrhea, malabsorption, and significant weight loss
- · Cognitive changes, eye movement abnormalities, or myoclonus
Tests & referrals to request
Framed as evaluation — your clinician decides what is appropriate.
- · Upper endoscopy with small bowel biopsy for PAS-positive macrophages
- · PCR testing for Tropheryma whipplei
- · Referral to infectious disease specialist experienced with Whipple's
If you've been dismissed
- · Joint and GI symptoms treated separately for years without systemic workup
- · Neurological symptoms labeled as 'functional' or Parkinson's-like