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Trinity Hutchins spent her life in and out of hospital - she had multiple surgeries, bowel obstructions and intestinal failure. But doctors couldn't figure out the cause | Subscribe: youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
Then, they accused her of never being sick and faking all her symptoms.
They said she had Munchausen's syndrome - also known as Factitious Disorder. They even accused her mum of making her sick. Then, after years of fighting to be believed, a new medical team found the real cause: a rare genetic disorder called visceral myopathy 2 which explained all of her symptoms.
Listen to the All In Her Head podcast: rnz.co.nz/programmes/in-depth-special-projects/story/2019050012/years-of-struggling-against-an-accusation-of-faking-her-illness-were-finally-relieved-when-a-genetic-test-revealed-a-rare-disorder
Trinity Hutchins spent her life in and out of hospital - she had multiple surgeries, bowel obstructions and intestinal failure. But doctors couldn't figure out the cause | Subscribe: youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
Then, they accused her of never being sick and faking all her symptoms.
They said she had Munchausen's syndrome - also known as Factitious Disorder. They even accused her mum of making her sick. Then, after years of fighting to be believed, a new medical team found the real cause: a rare genetic disorder called visceral myopathy 2 which explained all of her symptoms.
Listen to the All In Her Head podcast: rnz.co.nz/programmes/in-depth-special-projects/story/2019050012/years-of-struggling-against-an-accusation-of-faking-her-illness-were-finally-relieved-when-a-genetic-test-revealed-a-rare-disorder
