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Mystery Diagnosis

  • 2005-2011
  • 10 seasons
  • Documentary, Suspense, Reality
  • TV-PG

People suffering from illnesses un or misdiagnosed, discuss their journey to finding a diagnosis.

Season 10 Episode Guide

10 Episodes 2011

Episode 1

Fight to the Last Breath

Wed, Jan 5, 2011

A man tries to ease his wife's sinus pains, while a woman faces her own mortality when she experiences a series of debilitating symptoms.

Episode 2

Trapped Inside Their Bodies

Wed, Jan 12, 2011

A young man has strange growths; toddler rapidly gains weight.

Episode 3

Dangerous Growths

Wed, Jan 19, 2011

Kody Burns was a happy, healthy toddler when he suddenly developed breathing problems severe enough to put him the hospital. Initially diagnosed with asthma, he developed a horrifying new symptom in his teens.

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Episode 4

When the Body Shuts Down

Wed, Jan 26, 2011

When Kylie is born struggling to breathe, doctors aren't sure whether they will find a cure. Also, athlete Michael is left fighting for his life when a sore throat turns deadly.

Episode 5

A Family's Desperate Search

Wed, Feb 2, 2011

Since birth, Ricky is plagued by respiratory infections and a bizarre inability to grow. Noel is a healthy, active man until mysterious spasms start taking over his life.

Episode 6

Time Is Running Out

Wed, Jun 1, 2011

A 14-year-old develops a rash that leaves her fighting for her life. Seemingly normal symptoms like a sinus infection and headache quickly escalate to a possible devastating diagnosis for a young father of four boys.

Episode 7

Too Young to be Sick

Wed, Jun 8, 2011

Harry's body starts to undergo a mysterious transformation. Sadie finds herself on the brink of starvation after her doctor dismisses her complaints.

Episode 8

A Search for Answers

Wed, Jun 15, 2011

A teen inexplicably suffers kidney failure. Doctors cannot diagnose the slow growth of a fetus.

Episode 9

Stolen Senses

Wed, Jun 22, 2011

A 25-year-old woman becomes paralyzed from the chest down. An unknown condition steals a woman's eyesight.

Episode 10

Simple Symptoms Turn Threatening

Wed, Jun 29, 2011

Young Payton Rule has trouble walking and using her hands from her weak muscles. Initially, she simply appears to be a late bloomer with hypotonia, but Payton doesn't improve. It turns out that she has a genetic nerve condition called Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT). Travis Walker has been a happy, active man, until he discovers a bump near his left index finger. It seems to be minor, but it grows to a big, red lump. Steroids don't help, and the lesion spreads to his pinky, wrist, his whole hand, and even up his arm. Also, Travis becomes lethargic and dehydrated with a fever and hypotension. Eventually, though, he finds out that he has been dealing with a rare infection from Mycobacterium marinum.

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