Speaker 1: I started getting some pretty significant rashes.
Speaker 2: Towards the end of the day. I thought, my scalp
Speaker 2: is tingly and my face feels numb. I started slurring
Speaker 2: my words a little bit. I was struggling to drink water.
Speaker 2: What I was turning into was kind of this person
Speaker 2: that was starting to lose touch with reality a little bit.
Speaker 3: How terrifying would it be to fight an unknown enemy,
Speaker 3: one you don't recognize and didn't see coming. What if
Speaker 3: that enemy was coming from within a disease that even
Speaker 3: doctors couldn't identify.
Speaker 2: It's such a baffling set of symptoms. I was confused.
Speaker 1: I was completely lost, doctor saying yes, there is something wrong,
Speaker 1: but not knowing what it was.
Speaker 3: Nearly half of all Americans suffer from a chronic illness,
Speaker 3: and many struggle for an accurate diagnosis. I'm Lauren Bride
Speaker 3: pacheco host of Symptomatic medical mystery podcast. Last season on Symptomatic,
Speaker 3: we investigated the stories of everyday people who have battled
Speaker 3: with the baffling symptoms of an unknown medical condition, and
Speaker 3: for season two, we're out to uncover even more.
Speaker 2: There were three very tiny dots on my brain. You
Speaker 2: couldn't imagine that anyone could be alive and have a
Speaker 2: mutation in that gene.
Speaker 3: And so we were all just like, Wow, there's really
Speaker 3: a name for this. Join us each episode as we
Speaker 3: witness firsthand the threatening disruptions these symptoms caused in the
Speaker 3: lives of those desperate for answers, from the onset of
Speaker 3: symptoms to the relief of a life changing diagnosis. These
Speaker 3: are their stories. This is Symptomatic, a production of Ruby
Speaker 3: Studio from my Heartmedia. Symptomatic, a medical mystery podcast, premieres Tuesday,
Speaker 3: October third, and you can look for new episodes dropping
Speaker 3: every other week. Listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts,
Speaker 3: or wherever you get your podcasts.