Mystery Diagnosis

Mystery Diagnosis
TV Show · Documentary

Every year, millions of Americans fall prey to real-life medical mysteries — ailments that go undiagnosed or misdiagnosed for years. Their lives are thrown into turmoil — sometimes their sanity is called into question — as medical professionals struggle to understand their baffling conditions. Mystery Diagnosis tells their stories.

2005 · 1h 0m
  • 12+

Season 2

  • Man Who Never Sweats
    EPISODE 6
    Man Who Never Sweats
    Since childhood, Scott Gober battled an array of symptoms - severe joint pain, strange rashes, and an inability to sweat. First diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, his pain continued for years and doctors are still searching for the cause.
    43m
  • Fatal Secret
    EPISODE 7
    Fatal Secret
    Roman Magana was just a baby when his parents noticed that his head was constantly tilting to one side. To make matters worse, his eye rolls back into his head when he looks up. Could both of these peculiar symptoms stem from the same condition?
    43m
  • Stabbing Sensation
    EPISODE 8
    Stabbing Sensation
    Jackie Spar is an outgoing, active teenager who is full of promise until mysterious pains take over her entire body. The joint problems become so bad that Jackie must drop out of high school. Will doctors find out what is causing her malady in time?
    43m
  • Sleeping Beauty
    EPISODE 1
    Sleeping Beauty
    Jessica is a healthy teenager living with her parents in suburban New York. At the start of her freshman year in high school, she has bizarre episodes where she sleeps for 10 days straight. Doctor are baffled when her EEGs, EKGs, and MRIs appear normal.
    43m
  • The Man Who Turned Orange
    EPISODE 2
    The Man Who Turned Orange
    A doctor administers surgery to identify and remove a young women's tumor, but finds something no one had noticed before. An avid marathon runner experiences escalating and unexplainable fatigue. His doctor tries to find out why.
    43m
  • The Man With Rocks In His Chest
    EPISODE 5
    The Man With Rocks In His Chest
    Charlotte and Roy Hagelin are overjoyed when they give birth to their second child Jack. But just two weeks after his birth, joy turns to horror when Jack is stricken with nonstop vomiting. He soon becomes malnourished. Can doctors diagnose Jack in time?
    43m

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About

Mystery Diagnosis

Documentary

Every year, millions of Americans fall prey to real-life medical mysteries — ailments that go undiagnosed or misdiagnosed for years. Their lives are thrown into turmoil — sometimes their sanity is called into question — as medical professionals struggle to understand their baffling conditions. Mystery Diagnosis tells their stories.

12+

COMMON SENSE

Patients search for answers to vexing questions.

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Studio
discovery plus
Released
2005
Rated
TV-PG
Region of Origin
United States
© 2006 Discovery Communications Inc.

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