Months After a Stroke, the Man Was Wasting Away. What Was Wrong? - The New York Times

Swallowing food was strangely difficult, and he was getting weaker by the day.

Finally, he agreed to see Dr. Richard Kaufman, their primary-care doctor. Kaufman was shocked by the mans appearance, how the skin on his face hung in folds as if air had been let out of his cheeks. … [+2688 chars]

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