• Question: Did you ever did not discovered the problem that the patient has?

    Asked by Candela to Ben on 6 Mar 2018. This question was also asked by Evita05, 246munm24.
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      Ben Mulhearn answered on 6 Mar 2018:


      Yes, this does sometime happen. If a patient has a problem we can usually diagnose it, but sometimes it is difficult to diagnose, either becuase the tests come back negative, or the disease might be very rare and the doctors may have never seen it before. For instance, lupus (a disease of the immune system) can take years to diagnose!

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