Doctors are baffled by a woman's mysterious respiratory problem. Featuring Cushing's syndrome, gout, carcinoid cancer.

Grasping for Straws

Like Mother, Like Son

A child with celiac disease is intolerant of gluten; a woman has her left frontal lobe removed to stop seizures; another woman suffers from fatigue and mood swings. Featuring celiac disease, mitral valve prolapse (MVP), epilepsy.

A child with Hurler's disease undergoes a stem-cell transplant procedure; a woman is diagnosed with myasthenia gravis; A father has seizures and fainting spells due to a heart arrhythmia. Featuring Hurler syndrome, myasthenia gravis, cardiac arrhythmia.

Not A Normal Newborn

A young boy's body is not producing antibodies to fight infections; a cancerous tumor must be removed; a woman loses the ability to walk. Featuring common variable immunodeficiency (CVID), gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST), reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD).

Isaac's Nightmare

A baby who cries and holds her cheek; a woman who gained 100 pounds in three months and developed severe acne; and an avid athlete struggling to catch his breath. Featuring trigeminal neuralgia, polycystic ovary syndrome and alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.

Why Is Emily Screaming?

A 12-year-old girl experiences abdominal pains and severe headaches until she is diagnosed with a retroflexed odontoid and Chiari One malformation; a firefighter and paramedic is diagnosed with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

Blood & Fire

A 5-year-old has a persistent fever and stomachache. A man crippled with a neck tilt. A woman falls ill after traveling abroad. Featuring Crohn's disease, cervical dystonia, brucellosis.

Desperate for a Cure

Two brothers suffer the same heart problem. Joanne suffers from joint pain, mouth ulcers, genital sores, skin lesions, and vision problems. Featuring Barth Syndrome, Behcet's Disease

Blood Brothers

Mystery Diagnosis is a television program that airs on the OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. Each episode focuses on two or more individuals and their struggles to find out what ailments they suffer from. As the program's title suggests, doctors have a difficult time finding a diagnosis, often due to nonspecific symptoms, the rarity of the condition or disease, or the patient's case being an unusual manifestation of said condition or disease.

The series debuted on Discovery Health Channel in 2005, and was continued when the Oprah Winfrey Network replaced Discovery Health on January 1, 2011; the current season premiered January 5, 2011.

Grasping for Straws

Seasons10

Season 1 Episodes8

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