Sandra G. Boodman

Medical Mysteries: Her odd pelvic infections had a jaw-dropping origin

Doctors thought her constantly running nose was due to allergies or a virus. Eight years earlier, a relative had a similar problem that had an unfortunate ending.

At one point she feared she was experiencing a psychotic break; her husband wondered if she was secretly drinking.

7 hours ago ... Patti Glover was knocked sideways by headaches that felt like an ice pick and had been misattributed to migraines.

Pregnancy had been a breeze. But after Aimee Lucido gave birth and began breastfeeding, she developed intractable, crippling back pain that baffled doctors.

When a 39-year-old woman complained of feeling “off,” her doctors mostly blamed stress. A key reason: She didn’t fit the profile for a devastating disease.

For 18 years a woman suffered from an episodic illness featuring hives and fevers that stumped doctors. The cause, discovered after surgery, was mind-blowing.

For years she had relied on physical therapy to recover from minor mishaps. It took eight years to learn why it stopped working.

Doctors were baffled by a man’s severe throat pain that spread to his neck and shoulder. The cause was found after he started hemorrhaging in a hospital waiting room.

A California teenager’s splitting headaches, violent nausea and sudden bizarre behavior were erroneously brushed off as temporary signs of pregnancy.