Nearly half of all Americans suffer from a chronic illness and many struggle for an accurate diagnosis. Welcome to “Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast,” a brand new podcast from iHeartRadio. Each week, host Lauren Bright Pacheco (Happy Face, Murder in Oregon) unravels the medical mystery of a patient’s baffling symptoms and explores how their lives were turned upside down in search of answers.
From the first signs of trouble, through a swirl of misdirection and failed treatment attempts, to the final relief at a confirmed diagnosis - these are their stories.
Listen to the first episode of “Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast" on October 10th, 2022.
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Episode Transcript
How terrifying would it be to fight an unknown enemy,
one you didn't recognize and didn't see coming. What if
that enemy was coming from within a disease that even
doctors couldn't identify. The way I would describe it is
like an elephant setting on you. It was debilitating, and
(00:23):
there really was no one else to turn to. Their
doctor doesn't believe them. They've been told it's in their head,
the symptoms because they can be vague again, they come
and go. That's living in a real nightmare. That's a
horror movie happening in real life. Nearly half of all
Americans suffer from some chronic illness, and many struggle for
(00:45):
an accurate diagnosis. I'm Lauren Bright Pacheco and each week
on Symptomatic, an original podcast from my Heart Radio, when
we unravel the medical mystery of a person's baffling symptoms
and explore how their lives were turned upside down in
search of answers, from the first sign of trouble, through
a swirl of misdirection and failed treatment attempts, to the
(01:09):
final relief of a confirmed diagnosis. These are their stories.
This is Symptomatic. Listen to Symptomatic, a medical mystery podcast
every Monday starting October. You can find it on the
I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get
your podcasts.
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