British woman Louise Chapman mistook symptoms of multiple sclerosis for migraines for years
British resident Louise Chapman suffered from migraines for several years, which eventually turned out to be signs of an incurable disease. The story of a woman published Metro edition.
When Chapman was about 20 years old, she began to experience regular tinnitus – tinnitus, migraines, attacks of fatigue and internal trembling. What bothered her most was severe dizziness, which required her to lie down for hours and sometimes days. The woman made an appointment to see a doctor, but she rarely saw the same therapist, and she came every time with different symptoms, which prevented a correct diagnosis. Various doctors attributed her condition to the consequences of migraines or assumed that Chapman had increased anxiety, which she herself began to believe.
In 2017, while shopping, a British woman lost vision in her right eye. “I made an appointment with my GP as soon as I could and was told again it was a migraine. It was only when I myself asked another doctor about the likelihood of a tumor that I was finally sent for an MRI of the brain. I was officially diagnosed with multiple sclerosis a year later, when I was 42 years old,” she recalls. This incurable neurological disease can affect the brain and spinal cord, causing symptoms that include problems with balance, sensation, movement of the arms and legs, and vision.
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An MRI showed that the woman’s brain was severely damaged in different areas. The temporary blindness was caused by optic neuritis, which is a common symptom of multiple sclerosis. Chapman came to the conclusion that many of her health problems, including the constipation that had plagued her since her youth, were associated with the development of multiple sclerosis.
I have a nurse who helps me, and I can’t go to the toilet without a special machine. I feel pain and tingling quite often. I often feel as if my foot is in water – as if a rubber boot has become worn out
Chapman added that she tries to keep her composure despite her illness: when she can, she exercises, walks in nature and has fun with her three Labradors.
Previously, a young woman named Sarah Griffiths attributed severe stomach pain to overeating at the hotel, but she turned out to be seriously ill. After feeling unwell for a long time, Griffiths went to see a doctor who ordered a colonoscopy, and in May 2019 she was diagnosed with colon cancer.
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