Doctors Dismissed Her Monthly Suffering as Period Pain—Until an Ultrasound Revealed Something Strange
“They’re not allowed to tell you anything, but the technician looked scared. She left to get her supervisor...”
For Years, Her Excruciating Stomach Pain Would Strike at Random—And Doctors Were Stumped
Every time Genevieve made it to the ER, her debilitating symptoms would vanish as quickly as they'd appeared...
This Teen’s Vision Loss Was a Mystery—Until a Doctor Asked Him What He Ate
For years, Jerome was losing his ability to see and hear, and became easily exhausted. Could his bad eating habits...
She Was Sure Her Symptoms Were Lyme Disease—But the Bull’s Eye Rash Never Appeared
Vera thought she felt a tick bite her shoulder, but never saw the actual tick. Would the doctors take her...
This Young Woman Figured She Only Had a UTI—Until Her Kidneys Started Failing
Read the incredible true story of how doctors stopped at nothing to solve a medical mystery.
Victoria Had Always Suffered Headaches, But This One Left Her in a Dreamlike Fog For Three Weeks
It wasn't until the 26-year-old student went in for a CT scan that she realized the gravity of her situation...
For 15 Years, This Woman Assumed She Was Blind—Until a Second Opinion Turned Her World Upside-Down
After running some tests, the doctor delivered confounding news: “I don’t know how to tell you this, but there is...
This Toronto Man Had a Headache For 12 Years—But One Doctor Wouldn’t Give Up on a Cure
Could an experimental procedure provide relief from the unbearable pain?
Doctors Thought This Three-Year-Old Had Appendicitis—Until the Surgery Started
To their surprise, little Daniel's appendix looked perfectly healthy. It was when they started moving the camera through his intestines...
Doctors Thought This Young Girl Had Simply Pulled a Muscle—Days Later, She Was in the ER Screaming
Even after they'd ruled out appendicitis or a potential sports injury, 10-year-old Sophie remained wracked with pain.
This 38-Year-Old’s Deteriorating Vision Stumped Doctors. What Tests Revealed is the Stuff of N...
For weeks, an eye parasite had been tunnelling, undetected, through the Ontario woman’s macula. Read the true story of how...
For 20 Years, This Woman’s Mysterious Fainting Spells Stumped Doctors
Finally, Kim Ryberg turned to Google, where she found others suffering from the same strange symptoms. “Once I read about...
What Was Eating Away at This Young Woman’s Sternum?
27-year-old Amber was worried her chest pain was a sign of cancer. What the MRI revealed threw her—and her doctor—for...
Doctors Were Baffled by the Black Spot on This 65-Year-Old’s Lung Scan
Could it somehow be the source of his flu-like symptoms and heart palpitations?
This Man’s Medical Nightmare Will Make You Think Twice About How You Dress Your Bed
No one thought to draw a connection between his severe breathlessness and a recent purchase...
What Was Causing Little Kelly’s Uncontrollable Muscle Spasms?
The child's debilitating symptoms were a medical mystery, until a doctor discovered a genetic mutation so rare as to be...
His Tests Ruled Out a Heart Attack—But One Doctor Wasn’t Convinced
Unfortunately, a number of challenges stood in the way of diagnosing the young man's rapidly deteriorating condition...
This Young Woman Was Haunted By the Sounds of Elevator Music and Seagulls Squawking—But Nothing Was ...
The auditory hallucinations were only the beginning of her terrifying medical mystery.
Doctors Thought This Ontario Teen Had E. Coli—Until Her Organs Started Failing
But if it wasn't the raw cookie dough Claire had eaten, what could possibly be causing her body to shut...
A Woman’s X-Ray Reveals the Astonishing Reason for Her Lifetime of Stomach Pain
The x-ray technician seemed confused. She fetched a few more hospital staff to analyze the scan before she finally said,...
This Toronto Teacher’s Back Pain Stumped Doctors—Until the CT Scan Picked Up Something Strange
But were the nodules on her lungs a symptom of tuberculosis, cancer, or something even rarer?
“It Was Like a Flat Iron Pressing Down on My Brain”
Wracked with debilitating headaches and joint pain, this Ottawa man's search for a diagnosis led to a series of dead...
This Halifax Man Thought He Just Had a Weak Immune System—Until He Started Hallucinating
The 36-year-old high school teacher figured his recurring fevers and pneumonia were manageable. Then he started seeing water pour from...
Doctors Said Her Pain Was a Result of Being Overweight—They Were Wrong
Even after Gia lost 45 kilograms, her unbearable period pain only seemed to get worse...
If You’ve Got Mice, This Story Will Convince You to Call the Exterminator
A rare disease transmitted by the microscopic mites that live on mice turned one woman's life upside-down.
She Was Losing Her Vision, and Her Son Had Life-Threatening Dehydration—Could the Cases Be Linked?
When a mother and son began to experience health issues at the same time, doctors struggled for answers. Was a...
His Doctor Told Him He Had a Benign Cyst—Then It Grew to the Size of a Baseball
Could Vietnam veteran Richard Danzer cheat death a second time?
This Woman’s Medical Nightmare Will Make You Think Twice About Essential Oil Diffusers
The itchy, swollen bumps on her face were becoming unbearable. The cause? An allergic reaction to the most unlikely household...
Could the Answer to This Boy’s Mysterious Seizures Be in His Genes?
This six-year-old's sister was born with a rare disorder—and later died. When it was discovered that he had the same...
Why Was Sushma Losing Her Voice? A Terrifying Medical Mystery
Doctors initially thought her weak voice was caused by allergies or an infection, but tests revealed something much more rare—and...
This 10-Year-Old Got Impaled By A Skewer. Could Doctors Remove It In Time?
Xavier Cunningham fell onto a rotisserie skewer and impaled his face. Doctors couldn’t believe he was still alive.
