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The Search for a Diagnosis: A Man's Journey with Unexplained Symptoms
TLDR Barry experiences a range of unexplained symptoms and undergoes multiple tests and visits to doctors, but is unable to receive a diagnosis. Despite facing personal and financial hardships, Barry continues to search for answers and remains optimistic about his life.
Timestamped Summary
00:00
A man named Barry experiences a health issue where he constantly feels the need to urinate, which greatly impacts his daily life and job.
04:14
Barry experiences a range of symptoms including constant need to urinate, fatigue, and a low-grade fever, and after multiple tests and visits to doctors, he still does not have a diagnosis.
07:50
Barry is diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) after seeing a doctor in India, but despite treatment, he continues to experience a range of worsening symptoms that doctors cannot explain or treat.
11:29
Barry goes through a series of personal and financial hardships, but continues to search for a diagnosis for his medical issues, eventually turning to the website CrowdMed for help.
15:38
Barry is given a diagnosis of a cluster of autoimmune disorders that cannot be cured, but there is still a possibility that the diagnosis is wrong and there is one specific diagnosis that has not been found yet.
20:12
Barry's doctor suspects that he may have had TB in 1986 which went undiagnosed and caused permanent damage, and that his symptoms could be explained by chogrens, an autoimmune disorder, but Barry has already tested negative for chogrens twice.
24:26
In medicine, patients can have multiple diseases and there isn't always a single answer or solution to their symptoms, which goes against the idea of Occam's razor.
28:30
Barry is not disappointed that he may never have a definitive answer to his medical condition, and instead focuses on the positive aspects of his life and has created inspirational quotes to motivate himself.
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