Metabolic Mysteries: Recurrent abdominal pain, “FMF” and attacks around menstruation

About this episode

Dr Tanyel Zubarioglu discusses a case of a young woman with severe abdominal pain and hidden metabolic diagnoses.

Dr Tanyel Zubarioglu discusses the case of a young woman with years of severe abdominal pain, neurological symptoms, anxiety, and repeated hospital visits, initially thought to represent familial Mediterranean fever. In this episode, we explore how a simple urine test during an acute attack changed everything, and why some metabolic diagnoses remain hidden in plain sight. Read the paper here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13023-026-04308-3

People in this episode

Guest: Dr Tanyel Zubarioglu

Topics covered

• metabolic disorders
• abdominal pain
• familial Mediterranean fever
• diagnosis
• neurological symptoms

Keywords

• abdominal pain
• metabolic disorders
• familial Mediterranean fever
• diagnosis
• neurological symptoms
• urine test
• menstruation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

Books & works: familial Mediterranean fever, the paper

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