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A 31-year-old mom says doctors dismissed her severe pain as a gallbladder issue. Later, tests showed she had stage 4 cancer.
Casey Ward says she begged doctors to operate, but they wouldn't because she was pregnant. After bi…
Anna Medaris
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A 24-year-old tried to pop what she thought was a pimple on her chest, but later found out she had breast cancer
Siobhan Harrison thought the pimple she tried to pop was getting bigger because she'd aggravated it…
Anna Medaris
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After a medical misdiagnosis, my kids were wrongfully taken from me. It took 5 months to get them back.
A family's children were taken away after doctors misdiagnosed a benign medical issue as abuse. Now…
Kelly Burch
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A 29-year-old's stroke was misdiagnosed as MS. She's now relearning how to walk after more than a year of misguided treatments.
Jordan Plunkett had vision problems, confusion, and heat sensitivity, which doctors thought was MS.…
Anna Medaris
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A 45-year-old woman thought her grogginess was a hangover but it was really a stroke
After a night out, Francesca Murray, 45, was airlifted to a hospital with slurred speech and paraly…
Anna Medaris
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It took me 10 years of doctors' appointments and a misdiagnosis of IBS before discovering I had Crohn's disease
When I first started experiencing symptoms of Crohn's disease, doctors thought it was IBS. It wasn'…
Katey Lovell
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Doctors told a 29-year-old she had anxiety and that she was 'too young for cancer.' She had stage 4 kidney cancer.
Eight doctors dismissed Katie Coleman's symptoms. After weight loss revealed a mass, she was diagno…
Anna Medaris
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Selma Blair says she suffered with MS symptoms for years, but doctors thought it was leukemia
As a child suffering from physical pain and emotional trauma, Selma Blair self-medicated with alcoh…
Anna Medaris
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Doctors dismissed student's pain, weight loss, and vomiting as alcohol-related. She had incurable cancer.
Even when 20-year-old law student Georgia Ford coughed up blood, doctors said her symptoms weren't …
Anna Medaris
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A 30-year-old YouTuber's breast cancer was dismissed as a cyst, but she had a 'gut-wrenching feeling something was wrong'
Tess Christine said her doctor told her not to worry about the lump in her breast. Christine pushed…
Anna Medaris
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Doctors diagnosed a 20-year-old's stroke symptoms as a migraine and sent him home. The next day, he had a seizure and was given a 3% chance to live.
Xavier Ortiz went to the ER with a headache, a drifting eye, and poor coordination. The next day he…
Anna Medaris Miller
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Doctors dismissed a teacher's worrisome vomiting and stomach pains as anxiety for a year. It turned out to be cancer.
Heidi Richard's pain, weight loss, and vomiting were chalked up to anxiety, mono, and pulled muscle…
Anna Medaris Miller
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Patients are calling out 'medical gaslighting,' saying doctors deny their symptoms and misdiagnose serious illnesses
People are sharing stories of being dismissed by healthcare pros. Women, Black people, and patients…
Julia Naftulin,Anna Medaris Miller
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3 common ADHD symptoms that might actually be something else, according to a psychologist
Many broad ADHD symptoms like distractibility or impulsiveness also exist in other disorders like a…
Julia Pugachevsky
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My doctor didn't believe me when I was sick. I'm using my story to empower my daughters to tell me when they don't feel well.
The author shares how it took her years to feel like herself again after being misdiagnosed. She wa…
Megan Margulies
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I'm a nurse with 30 years of experience. My misdiagnosed menopause forced me to leave a career I loved.
After a panic attack made her quit her job, Tammy Kraushaar was diagnosed with burnout. She had to …
Jamie Orsini
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Autistic women are often misdiagnosed with borderline personality disorder. Here are 4 ways to spot the difference.
Women are generally under-diagnosed with autism and over-diagnosed with BPD. Both have some overlap…
Julia Pugachevsky
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7 tell-tale red flags of medical gaslighting and how it can lead to a horrifying misdiagnosis
On average, doctors interrupted their patients just 11 seconds into an appointment — here are…
Ashley Laderer,Arthur Caplan
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A 27-year-old woman was told by an ER doctor she was having a panic attack. She later found out it was a stroke.
Strokes are a leading cause of death and disability in the US, but they are disproportionately misd…
Allana Akhtar
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A woman said she got an unnecessary hysterectomy after a doctor misdiagnosed her with cancer. Now she’s suing him
After having her reproductive organs removed due to a rare cancer, a woman said she learned she'd b…