{"id":18088,"date":"2019-01-10T14:38:20","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T19:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/chairs-corner\/podcasts\/having-an-autoimmune-condition-without-having-a-clear-diagnosis\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T13:12:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T17:12:23","slug":"autoimmune-unclear-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"episode","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/chairs-corner\/podcast\/autoimmune-unclear-diagnosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Having an Autoimmune Condition…Without Having a Clear Diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is Episode Eleven of “Autoimmune Disease: Pieces of the Picture.” Dr. Falk interviews a patient who tells her experience of developing autoimmune disease symptoms. This patient describes what it’s like to deal with symptoms that fit the description of an autoimmune disease process but is unable to receive a clear-cut diagnosis for what is happening. She talks about feelings of doubt and uncertainty as well as handling fatigue and flare ups, and provides listeners with her thoughts on how to cope when this happens.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen I started having symptoms, I just made up an explanation in my mind for what was happening instead of thinking that I had a disease. I definitely didn\u2019t think that it would be a long-term condition that I would have to deal with. I think that the fact that the doctors couldn\u2019t tell what was wrong right away, made me doubt my own observations of myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t

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