Why didn’t my doctor LISTEN TO ME?
Jul 29, 2021
3 minutes
For almost 10 years I suffered awful pain in my joints and muscles, along with other mysterious symptoms. Doctors dismissed it as hormones, PMT or work stress – one claimed it was growing pains, while another suggested I was pregnant or had gout! No one referred me for further tests, or even considered that I might have had an underlying condition.
Then, when I was 30, I was finally diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus – an autoimmune disease that mostly affects women, and causes symptoms
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