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The Worst Episodes of Mystery Diagnosis

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The Worst Episodes of Mystery Diagnosis

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...
  1. Background image for Grasping for Straws
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    #1 - Grasping for Straws

    S1:E1

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #2 - Like Mother, Like Son

    S1:E2

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #3 - Not A Normal Newborn

    S1:E3

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #4 - Isaac's Nightmare

    S1:E4

    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).

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #5 - Desperate for a Cure

    S1:E7

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #6 - Blood Brothers

    S1:E8

    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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for A Puff of Smoke
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    #7 - A Puff of Smoke

    S2:E1

    A baby is irritable, has trouble nursing and stops gaining weight. When the infant begins suffering repeated seizures and eventually begins sustaining rapid-onset cerebral ischemia, they are diagnosed with moyamoya disease, and must be treated before they suffer lethal brain damage from the repeated ischemic incidents. A man initially diagnosed with hypoglycemia finds out he's got a tumor in his lung. A woman battling coughs, hives, and muscle weakness, was revealed to have an elevated eosinophil count.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #8 - An Unquenchable Thirst

    S2:E2

    A baby drinks excessively, projectile vomits and stops growing. A professional baseball player's wife struggles to get pregnant due to a brain tumor. An old man is robbed of his eyesight.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #9 - Lethal Diet

    S2:E3

    Parents deal with a son with sinus infections and unsteady feet; a woman gains weight and has oily skin, hair loss, body cramps and irritable bowel syndrome. A reverend has trouble sleeping.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #10 - Falling Through the Cracks

    S2:E4

    A man has suffered from vertigo and ear infections since childhood. A 16-year-old girl has headaches and neck twitching, that led to preeclampsia. A girl has a serious heart condition and stops growing and gaining weight.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #11 - Eaten Alive

    S2:E5

    A baby's hair appears brittle, and she is slow in developing after a case of whooping cough. Following a tube-tie procedure, Jackie contracted a flesh-eating disease. A boy develops nosebleeds, a sign of something much more terrifying.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #12 - The Man Who Never Sweats

    S2:E6

    A baby shows signs of a genetic disorder. A college graduate developed bloating, decreased sex drive, and yellowing of the eyes. Since childhood, Scott has battled an array of symptoms—severe joint pain, strange rashes, and an inability to sweat. Could his symptoms be related to his kidneys?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #13 - Fatal Secret

    S2:E7

    Roman was a baby when his parents noticed his head always tilting to one side and his eyes rolling back into his head when he looked up. Could the cause be just one condition? Sharon was an active varsity diver but after a car accident, she developed an unquenchable thirst that would soon take over her life. Peggy lived a healthy and active lifestyle, until one day when the mother of two experienced coughing, joint pain, and swelling.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #14 - The Stabbing Sensation

    S2:E8

    Nicky was a healthy five-year-old boy until terrifying symptoms landed him in the hospital, fighting for his life. Kristine was a super mom until crippling abdominal pains would change her life forever. Jackie was active until mysterious pains wracked her entire body, eventually becoming so bad that she had to drop out of school.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #15 - The Man With Rocks in His Chest

    S2:E9

    A baby boy suffers from the same symptoms that killed off male offspring on his mother's side of the family, Could doctors figure out what it is before it's too late? A man in his late thirties experiences a constant, painful burning sensation in his chest, making breathing difficult, but an initial trip to the ER reveals nothing. A woman lives with joint pain, redness in her eyes, and a blood test revealed an elevated anti-nuclear antibody.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #16 - Sleeping Beauty

    S3:E1

    A girl sleeps for ten days in a row, but tests are normal and doctors are perplexed; a marathon runner experiences unexplainable fatigue.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #17 - The Man Who Turned Orange

    S3:E2

    A doctor makes an unexpected discovery when he operates on a young woman; doctors try to reach a diagnosis when a marathon runner experiences mysterious fatigue.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #18 - Deadly Sore Throat

    S3:E3

    A man suffers from a series of debilitating symptoms; doctors cannot diagnose his illness, but thanks to a chance meeting this mystery will be solved; a woman undergoes a risky left temporal craniotomy.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #19 - The 13 Year Stomach Ache

    S3:E4

    A teenager is rushed to the hospital after taking aspirin to help alleviate altitude sickness; a woman has pain in her arm that mysteriously spreads.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #20 - The Bearded Lady

    S3:E5

    A woman and her husband decide to start a family after numerous negative pregnancy tests; a man appears to suffer an embolism

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #21 - The Boy Who Couldn't Breathe

    S3:E6

    A 3-month-old boy has breathing difficulties; a woman has stomach problems; stepping on a crochet hook causes strange problems for a patient.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #22 - Frenetic Genetics

    S3:E7

    An infant shows diverse symptoms; an ER nurse gets a diagnosis of lymphoma, before another symptom reveals her true illness.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #23 - The Baby Who Changed Colors

    S3:E8

    Brenda and Jake are delighted when their daughter Isabel is born, but their euphoria quickly turns to panic when Isabel stops eating and her skin turns grey. Noah and Alexis were healthy twins until they suddenly lost all their milestones. Charlie, an active pastor, has difficulty reading; doctors must act quickly to save his eyesight.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #24 - The Girl Who Couldn't Eat

    S4:E1

    Doctors wonder why an apparently healthy baby fails to achieve its developmental goals; on the other hand, a woman who seemed to be in good health suddenly becomes ill.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #25 - Bizarre Visions

    S4:E2

    A woman experiences chronic stomach pain and diarrhea attributed to irritable bowel syndrome; another faces extreme fatigue and night sweating while pregnant.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

Worst Episodes Summary

"Grasping for Straws" is the worst rated episode of "Mystery Diagnosis". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/7/2005. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Like Mother, Like Son".