One Simple Dietary Mistake Sent her to the Emergency Department: Medical Mystery Case SOLVED!

Did you figure out the diagnosis before I revealed it in the video?!

The wildest thing about this story was that the patient a) wasn't told it was all in her head and sent home, and b) not accused of being drug seeking and sent home

The fact that doctors do not ask about diet before going into lengthy investigation of 'unusual' symptoms is mindblowing

Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.

Nearly died of heart disease and NAFLD. Plus had a myriad of gastric problems. Not once was I asked about my diet, or given any dietary advice. I discharged myself against all protestations from the doctors and have spent the last 3 years figuring it all out. Grateful for my life! ❤️

I spent 22 years horrific years of my life trying to get an autoimmune diagnosis. In the end, it wasn’t a doctor who figured it out, it was me. Be your own advocate! Unfortunately, my journey with the medical community did not improve after getting a diagnosis. Women, in pain, without obvious reasons, is not taken seriously. Must be hysteria. So my faith has been deeply shaken by doctors.:(

As soon as you said the part about her not touching most of her food I yelled "SCURVY!" at my monitor, lol. Glad I was right and didn't embarrass myself in front of my cat

My husband is chronically ill and is frequently in the hospital. Never ever has a doctor asked so many questions and been so thorough. Investigating every aspect of his symptoms in order to diagnose him correctly.

I think this video just saved my life. I’ve been having severe leg pain and all of these symptoms for a while. I was near my wits end.

I'm shocked the doctors even bothered to keep looking. Most I've seen will order a few tests and when they are normal, they just give up. I'm glad they didn't give up on this lady.

Never had a doctor be that curious about health. Generally if you're not dying they do one test and then tell you to go home and exercise. Your friends keep asking if you've seen the doctor and you've seen 12 useless ones. You occasionally get a sympathetic specialist that says your other doctors should really care more about that but it's outside their field, have a nice day.

I ran the 10k in college on a National level. I have also been anorexic since 12 years old and still struggle at 85 lbs 30 years later. I ended up not being able to hardly walk, with what we thought was shin splints…… but it was bilateral stress fractures. It’s not worth it. Trust me. I just had open heart surgery from complications or severe anorexia. I also have gastroparesis which I didn’t know. So with the most amazing medical service dog, after 10 months in Vanderbilt this last year and a GJ feeding tube, I hope to recover. Just be healthy. Much love from Kentucky Lesley and medical service dog Jake.

You just opened my eyes to my rash, fatigue, and pain in my legs! I have had hemoglobin issues lately, I need to go back to my doctor and have some bloodwork. Thank you.

I had a very good doctor'. My cholesterol was higher than it should be. But instead of pulling out his prescription pad he asked me a question. He asked, 'what are you eating?' So I told him I love cheese and I was eating grilled cheese, cheese omelets, Mac and cheese, cheese crackers and cheesecake, so I don't have to eat much meat for protein. So he said, ' okay, I want you to cut way down on all that cheese and come back in 2 weeks . I did and my cholesterol went down 20 points. So I avoided a prescription drug because this doctor asked questions first. So I changed my diet. Thanks for the video.

It's fascinating how doctors will perform AAAAALL these tests before asking, "Hey, what are ya eatin'?" Nutrition is far more important than we think.

I'm 67, and all my life my family and friends refer to me as a "fruit bat," because I love fruit/veggies so much. No one in our household goes without fruit/veggies, so I can have a big sigh of relief after listening to your video. I am surprised I didn't think of scurvy, we take it for granted that people eat fruit/veggies- but in the US a lot of people cannot afford nutritious varied foods that we need... On that note, we always urge people to donate monies to their local food banks! It is one way people can supplement their diets :).

Your presentation makes a person hold interest into what you are saying. Looking forward to seeing more of your videos.

Please do more medical mysteries just like this! You could even make it a whole series on its own. Just like House!

Two years ago I came down with a rare and painful disease called "polymyalgia rheumatica". I saw a doctor who sent me to a rheumatologist who sent me for regular blood work for over a year (the myalgia typically lasts for 1-5 years). They checked all kinds of things. I also had some rather bad arthritis to go with it (I never had that before). I was also at the same time diagnosed with osteoporosis (I'm a 60 year old very active male who has been weightlifting since I was 17 so that was a surprise). I continued to have problems with my shoulders, even after the rheumatologist declared the myalgia to be resolved. They sent me to a physiotherapist who got me going on a bunch of exercises for my shoulders. I'm Canadian and I got what I thought was rather good health care. I saw my regular doctor and the rheumatologist several times, as well as several phsyio sessions. When I asked the rheumatologist why I got the myalgia, he just said that I was "unlucky". I was dissatisfied with that, especially since I still had significant shoulder pain and arthritis in my hands even though he had declared the myalgia to be resolved. I asked the physio what injury they were treating but they couldn't tell me. On my own I figured out that there must me a missing factor here. I thought that it might be diet related. I was eating a relatively balanced healthy diet but I also ate quite a lot of sugar as well. I exercise a lot so I thought that sugar was no big deal as long as I wasn't getting fat, and I wasn't. How wrong I was. Out of desperation I decided to eliminate sugar (and all drugs) from my diet just to see what happened. What happened was that my shoulder pain, which I thought was never going to go away, went away. And so did the arthritis in my hands. I haven't been tested for bone density recently but I'm willing to bet that that is improving as well. I'm now back to lifting weights and doing active things and other than the usual little aches and pains of a 60 year old lifelong athlete, I'm feeling really good. I'm convinced that all these problems are related to systemic inflammation caused by too much sugar intake. That's a self-diagnosis but I'm willing to bet that it's correct. The thing is that out of the many health practitioners that I came across during my care for the myalgia not one of them ever asked about or talked about diet. Maybe they just assumed that people aren't willing to change dietary habits or maybe they are trained not to deal with "lifestyle" issues and "stick to the facts". It's a shame because in my case I'm convinced that diet was the most important thing to address and yet it was completely ignored. I had to figure it out on my own despite having first world medical care, including highly trained and highly paid doctors and specialists. I think they even tried to help me but somehow diet was not even considered. And that's a real failing of modern medicine. I don't think that mine is an isolated case.

My 17 yr old son when to the dr for severe pain in his back and legs. I have fibromyalgia, herniated discs & nerve damage from a car accident we were in when he was younger. They didn't treat him when he was little because they said he'd heal. Now he's in so much pain, he can barely move without groaning. The dr we saw did an X-ray of his back, told us it was musclo-skeletal (not sure if i spelt it right) and sent him to physical therapy. We also found out he's magnesium deficient. We don't know what his vitamin c is - our son doesn't eat fruit or red meat. My son left angry and ashamed for being in pain. It's heartbreaking.