Mystery Diagnosis

Season 9

TV-PG
People suffering from illnesses un or misdiagnosed, discuss their journey to finding a diagnosis.

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10 Episodes

  • The Woman Whose Flesh Was Eaten Alive
    E1
    The Woman Whose Flesh Was Eaten AliveJune has a biopsy and, when a mark appears on the site, she has surgery, leaving her with a growing open wound. Her doctor diagnoses her with a flesh eating virus. Can June's life be saved?
  • The Boy Who Only Hopped
    E2
    The Boy Who Only HoppedAfter moving houses, and months of strange behavior, 12-year-old Sammy stops walking and only hops; the doctors are the only hope to discover the cause of his bizarre symptoms. He is eventually diagnosed with PANDAS, a condition in which antibodies mistake his brain for Streptococcus bacteria.
  • The Man With Hundreds of Lumps
    E3
    The Man With Hundreds of LumpsJessica is stricken with fevers and crippling migraines, and after Jake starts a military training program he finds hundreds of painful, fatty lumps appearing on his body.
  • The Baby Who Bruised Easily
    E4
    The Baby Who Bruised EasilyA baby continuously gets bruises and spots all over her body, and even the smallest cuts cause her to lose shocking amounts of blood. Genetic tests reveal that the infant has the rare coagulopathy Glanzmann's thrombasthenia, a recessive genetic condition which prevents platelets from forming blood clots.
  • The Girl With No Bowel
    E5
    The Girl With No BowelAfter suffering a series of debilitating incidents believed to be the result of Crohn's disease, Karen, an albino, has to have most of her colon removed. Several decades later, at the age of 38, she receives a phone call from someone who suggests she is suffering from a rare and fatal disease, Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome, which is also the cause of her albinism.
  • The Man Covered in Boils
    E6
    The Man Covered in BoilsLonnie's dreams of playing in the NFL are destroyed when boils develop on his head as a symptom of the painful skin condition hidradenitis suppurativa. Theresa suffers sight loss during her pregnancy; physicians struggle to find a diagnosis.
  • The Toddler That Went Through Puberty
    E7
    The Toddler That Went Through PubertyA three-year-old's unexplained vaginal bleeding sends her parents searching for answers to help their baby girl. Also, a student plagued by cramps is unable to hold her food down.
  • The Toddler That Stopped Walking
    E8
    The Toddler That Stopped WalkingA mother rushes her toddler to hospital when she loses the ability to walk or stand. Plus, a runner tries to sleep off a numbness in his foot, but finds the sensation spreading.
  • The Woman With Unusual DNA
    E9
    The Woman With Unusual DNAWhen Jeanne fails to hit puberty, doctors discover that something truly bizarre is the cause; analysis of her DNA finds that she is genetically male, possessing Y chromosomes, but due to the rare genetic disorder Swyer syndrome, she appears outwardly female. Mary is stricken with a collapsed lung and breathing problems.
  • The Boy With the 150lb Leg
    E10
    The Boy With the 150lb LegBy the time Adrian is in high school his right leg weighs 150 lb (68 kg) and limits his mobility. Kathy is struggling to treat a rash and is experiencing weight loss. Can doctors help?

 

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