Mystery Diagnosis

Amanda Nixon has always struggled with the problems that come with having large breasts. At the age of 27, she has breast reduction surgery, but in the months afterward, she notices strange symptoms.

Todd and Julie are living the dream in Portland, OR with great jobs and two vibrant kids. One day their youngest, two-year-old Brooke, complains her right hip is hurting. They think she's just bumped it and wait for the pain to go away. But it doesn't...

Ever since she was born, young Claire Mantey has had a strange birthmark and swelling on the left side of her face. It didn't seem so serious at first, but the swelling and discoloration persist. Claire gets many ear infections, pain in the left side of her face, and eventually, fibrous displasia that spreads from her left jawbone to some of her other bones.

Kristin Gunther begins to suffer from great anxiety, confusion, and seizure-like movements. At first, doctors believe she simply has a viral form of meningitis, but after Kristin returns home, she becomes extremely anxious and delusional.

For years, Mary has had a problem with constant belching; now having difficulty breathing, she is seen by Gastroenterologist Dr Chey, who discovers something he has never seen before.

Jeff and Dina fear for their child when they discover that he does not cry when he is in pain; a woman in her thirties suffers inexplicable seizures.

When thirteen year old Nicole Beavers starts to slowly loose her hair, no one takes much notice, until the entire right side of her face begins to literally cave in.

When Samantha Lazazzaro was born, she had cataracts, or clouding of her eyes. She had surgery to correct it, but now, she has severe developmental delays, stunted growth, and tremors in her body. Her younger brother, Jake, has been born with the same symptoms, despite all prenatal testing coming back negative.

Since the day he was born he has never looked his parents straight in the eye. Later they will realise his bizarre upward gaze is just the first of a series of harrowing symptoms that may cost him his life.