Talk:Glycogen storage disease

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[edit] Too many links

I think all of the various names for a various "GSD type #" diseases are synonymous. For example, from Steadman's:

type 3 glycogenosis glycogenosis due to amylo-1,6-glucosidase deficiency, resulting in accumulation of abnormal glycogen with short outer chains in liver and muscle. syn: debranching deficiency limit dextrinosis syn: limit dextrinosis syn: Forbes disease syn: Cori disease

How about each "GSD type #" have one article (perhaps the prevailing eponym, or perhaps "GSD type #") and and we redirect all other names to that article?

Triggtay 00:16, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

I redirected and merged many of the synonym articles to a GSD type # article. This should make it much easier to find information. KBi 01:44, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

I almost reverted your entire set of edits but decided to at least ask what you had in mind. By unlinking the alternate names, you make it impossible for people to find the diseases unless they know the number. Why is this an improvement? Why shouldn't we restore the redirects? alteripse 15:10, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

I made the alternate names redirects, so if they search for them, they will get redirected to the GSD type # article. It's an improvement because there were multiple articles for the same disease (ie von von Gierke's disease and glucose-6-phosphatase deficiency - which are the same thing). So instead of making multiple articles with the information all spread out for essentially the same thing, I considered it better to centralize the information to the GSD type # articles. If you disagree and consider this a bad move, we can have a vote on this talk page on what best to do. KBi 17:29, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

I assumed you were trying to improve things. I would like to be sure we have links and redirects for each version of each name. I was planning to improve the GSD I article but hadn't gotten the proverbial round tuit yet. It looked to me like you were removing links, but if I misunderstood, sorry and lets try it your way. alteripse 19:09, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

I changed the GSD I article to glycogen storage disease type I because the main article should not be an abbreviation. alteripse 11:59, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

I agree to your change regarding the abbreviation. Sorry for the lack of recent feedback. I'll try to move the other GSD abbreviations. Thanks for the great work on GSD I. KBi 04:02, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks and hello

Just wanted to leave a comment since I myself have a glycogen storage disease. Probably type 1 but not sure since back when I was a kid they did not have a proper name for the disease. They ended up calling it "symptomatic ketotic hypoglycemia". And I haven't done any tests for many years now.

I got some trivia to share:

• According to my doctors me and my little sister are the first known cases here in Sweden. That is, the first ones to survive. Apparently that also makes us the oldest ones alive in Sweden and Denmark. I was born in 1969 so I am now 37 years old.

• Nowadays if I haven't eaten for six hours I don't vomit any more. But I still do get "ketone drunk". It's slightly similar to being drunk on alcohol. That is I get more interested in women and get less restrained, but thankfully I don't get as stupid as from alcohol. My female friends think it is funny and know to feed me if I get too annoying. And as a dancer I also notice that I tend to loose my sense of rhythm.

Anyway, I just wanted to thank you guys for writing these articles.

--David Göthberg 04:18, 10 December 2006 (UTC)