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US Woman Vomits Up To 15 Times An Hour, Misdiagnosed For Years Until Rare Illness Found
Sharisse Zeroonian battled undiagnosed vomiting episodes for years before learning she had a rare disorder called CVS. Now managing her condition, she's using film to share her story and spread awareness.
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UK Girl Misdiagnosed 30 Times Before Real Cause Of Her Headaches Was Uncovered- A Brain Tumour
She was given an emergency scan which showed she had a 3.5cm brain tumour, which is a pilocytic astrocytoma.
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US Woman Undergoes Chemotherapy Only To Find Out She Never Had Cancer
Lisa Monk, a Texas mother of two, endured a harrowing ordeal after being misdiagnosed with a rare form of blood vessel cancer.
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UK Man, 25, Dies Of Brain Tumour After Doctors Misdiagnose It As Appendicitis
Doctors gave him only three months to live, but he died just 12 days after the diagnosis on September 17.
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Diagnostic Errors Kill Hundreds Of Thousands In US Each Year, Study Estimates
The study found that these diagnostic mistakes frequently happen when individuals display symptoms other than those that are most frequently linked to the illness.
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Girl, 12, Was Told She Had Flu. Misdiagnosis May Have Caused Her Death.
Alyssa Alcaraz loved to sing, not only in her school's choir but in videos she would post to Musical.ly, an app that allows users post short music, lip-syncing and dance videos.
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US Woman Vomits Up To 15 Times An Hour, Misdiagnosed For Years Until Rare Illness Found
Sharisse Zeroonian battled undiagnosed vomiting episodes for years before learning she had a rare disorder called CVS. Now managing her condition, she's using film to share her story and spread awareness.
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UK Girl Misdiagnosed 30 Times Before Real Cause Of Her Headaches Was Uncovered- A Brain Tumour
She was given an emergency scan which showed she had a 3.5cm brain tumour, which is a pilocytic astrocytoma.
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US Woman Undergoes Chemotherapy Only To Find Out She Never Had Cancer
Lisa Monk, a Texas mother of two, endured a harrowing ordeal after being misdiagnosed with a rare form of blood vessel cancer.
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UK Man, 25, Dies Of Brain Tumour After Doctors Misdiagnose It As Appendicitis
Doctors gave him only three months to live, but he died just 12 days after the diagnosis on September 17.
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Diagnostic Errors Kill Hundreds Of Thousands In US Each Year, Study Estimates
The study found that these diagnostic mistakes frequently happen when individuals display symptoms other than those that are most frequently linked to the illness.
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Girl, 12, Was Told She Had Flu. Misdiagnosis May Have Caused Her Death.
Alyssa Alcaraz loved to sing, not only in her school's choir but in videos she would post to Musical.ly, an app that allows users post short music, lip-syncing and dance videos.
