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Christina Applegate says she was misdiagnosed with MS—how could that happen?
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Every time a blood test comes back as "perfectly normal" I want to throw shit at people.
My kid is going through this right now. As a girl, she has the added benefit of "let's try the pill and see if it helps!". She has fatigue, heart palpitations and occasional chest tightness (EKG didn't detect anything, bloodwork all normal with iron on a lower side but not bad). I wonder what would be the recommendation if she were a boy.
My BIL and I (a girl) both had terrible stomach issues, something I had been dealing with for almost 7 years before he got his issues. Within a year and a half he was diagnosed with severe celiac and kidney stones and is now perfectly pain free. Meanwhile I’ve now been dealing with my issues for 9 years, had a laporoscopy that helped a bit, and have a medication that helps most of the time, but I still get horrible flare ups now and then with my doctors shrugging their shoulders and telling me that’s life.
I’m so happy for my BIL to be healed but I can’t help but be enraged that I’m still dealing with my issues with little to no answers.
Anxiety disorder? IANAD.
I suppose you probably mean well but anxiety disorder, menstrual cycle and weight problems are the unholy trinity of excuses for dismissing women's health issues. In my kid's case, it's most likely a heart issue she got from her dad, occasional skipping of a beat. Doesn't show in a regular EKG, doesn't give acute symptoms most of the time. Makes her life absolutely miserable, might cause issues later if her dad's case is any indication.
That's how I was with pots
Literally what is happening to my partner right now. All the symptoms point to pots and it's been going on for years but no one wants to diagnose her since her bloodwork is "healthy". Meanwhile she can barely stand half the time and has to fight tooth and nail every time she needs a propananol refill
It's incredibly common now and research suggests it could be caused by COVID. Anything to do with women and you get this sexist bullshit in medicine. I hope your partner can get her diagnosis soon, I wish you both the best of luck.
Yeah, that sucks! Good luck :(