werner@aecom.YU.EDU (Craig Werner) (02/25/88)
In article <20139@bu-cs.BU.EDU>, bzs@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Barry Shein) writes: > Just a clarification. At one point I referred to gynecomastia (the development of breast tissue in the male) as "indicative of a disease state." What I meant to convey was that usually when a doctor encounters a man who is actively lactating, the main concern expressed to the doctor is that the man wants you to stop it. Furthermore, there are quite a few nasty diseases, tumors, and conditions, for which this is a symptom. If the La Leche League wants to call it a joyous event, well, then maybe we should let them after all. -- Craig Werner (future MD/PhD, 3.5 years down, 3.5 to go) werner@aecom.YU.EDU -- Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1935-14E Eastchester Rd., Bronx NY 10461, 212-931-2517) "When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day."
bzs@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Barry Shein) (02/26/88)
>In article <20139@bu-cs.BU.EDU>, bzs@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Barry Shein) writes: >> > Just a clarification. At one point I referred to gynecomastia (the >development of breast tissue in the male) as "indicative of a disease state." >What I meant to convey was that usually when a doctor encounters a man >who is actively lactating, the main concern expressed to the doctor is >that the man wants you to stop it. Furthermore, there are quite a >few nasty diseases, tumors, and conditions, for which this is a symptom. >-- > Craig Werner (future MD/PhD, 3.5 years down, 3.5 to go) Where's the quote? I acknowledged that, here it is again, c'mon, I really am trying to be even-handed here... From the article Craig references >Well, ok, I'll certainly grant that if it occurs spontaneously and I >were an MD I'd consider it a "significant of a disease state", you did >say "usually", and would want to look into it, but that's not what was >being discussed, was it? We were discussing lactation in men >apparently induced by allowing an infant to suckle the breast. What next? We flame about whether or not we flame? Meta-flames? -Barry Shein, Boston University