Have you ever thought that something is perfectly normal in your body, just to find out that this is really a medical condition? You are not alone. Recently, we asked the Buzzfeed community to share health problems that they didn’t know until someone else indicated the symptom – and their stories prove that sometimes the most important medical observations can be from the surrounding people, not just doctors. Here are some eye -opening answers:
1“I know this is a common problem but I had a friend saying he thought I was depressed. I thought, I’m not sad, so I’m not depressed. It took me a year after this comment when I found out that he was right and seek help. Now I happily appreciate antidepressants and do much better than before. ”
HAZAL AK / Getty Images
—Madds2016
2.“One of my friends announced her recent diagnosis of Hashimoto and shared infographics with a list of common symptoms. I ran to the list and found that I was checking many boxes. I soon went to my primary health doctor to run laboratories, and enough to have the same condition! That girlfriend indirectly saved my life.”
—Fillionfan4002
3.“While in college, I mentioned to my teammate for my SUV team that I couldn’t sleep because my mind was racing – just so many thoughts that supported me. She suggested that I had ADHD. My twin brother has it and it is genetic. I was 29. “I was 29.” I was 29. “
Catherine McQueen / Getty Images
“Now I am a medicine and sleep like a rock (usually) every night.”
—Madds2016
4.“Ever since I was a teenager, I would say to people that I was allergic to frost. My skin will become particularly itchy and go out of stains and dry patches. Everyone laughed when I said I was allergic to temperature. I’m 31 years ago. Two years ago I went to the doctor for something unrelated.
“So, in a sense, I’m allergic to cold. Haha.”
—BitterCadet1314
Related: People who have interrupted their short supporters and family members
5.“Hormonal dysfunction. I am a woman who had severe acne and difficult periods from puberty – for example, changing the pad every two minutes. I also needed more food to feel completely. I went to a gynecologist at the age of 15, but he said it was normal. that this is normal. ” Turns out I had too much testosterone.
Magryt / Getty Images
“I am now controlling contraception and life has never been better. I never realized that nothing was wrong because it was always the case – periods, hair, acne, appetite. I even thought I just didn’t have a waist. No, it was a hormonal weight gain. I have it now.”
– Mudda8139
6.“Autism. Everyone said my son was the same as I was when I was little. He had already received a diagnosis of autism, so I also tried it – and I am autism.”
–ULTRAVIOLET4910
7.“Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome! I had something to gently suggest to check me out (after many years of inexplicable symptoms) and boom, I was a case of textbooks.”
—OxfordCommasplz
Related: 21 “deadly” security errors that people make every day (and how to avoid them), according to the first respondents
8.“ADHD. I didn’t know I had before my daughter was diagnosed as a teenager. We discussed her symptoms, and I realized,” Hey it sounds like me. “
Johner RF / Getty Images / Johner RF
—Bourque
9.“I thought everyone had a barrel of television vision. No. No. It turns out that I just have a visual snow syndrome. I realized that when I accidentally read the article about it and I was,” Hey, wait a minute … “It was like the internet noted to me.”
—And_otaku66
10.“My wife and I were under guardianship for 10 years. When one of our care children faced serious food insecurity, my wife explained all the signs we needed to watch. When she survived the list, I realized I had all those problems.
“I grew up very poor and did not realize what effect me as an adult.
—Chaz2013
11.“I was really bad back pain due to unrelated trauma. During the X -ray, the medical team noticed my lungs. At first they thought it was lung cancer that frightened the shit from me. After the lung biopsy, the doctor showed me photos of his bronchial tract and said,” See all those white dots? What is believed to be pink. “Besides, the attentive radiologist who noticed something completely unrelated to what I came, may have never known that I was suffering from sarcoidosis.”
Caspar Benson / Getty Images / FSTOP
—Bourque
12.“I always thought I was allergic to my sweat and training because I invaded the hives! I didn’t know what was going on until the medical specialist diagnosed me with spontaneous urticaria – autoimmune problem when my body produces too much histamine’s legs!
—Coppersalt996
13.“When I was younger I had some questions. The radiology report showed that my appendix was on the left side of the genetic colon inappropriate behavior. The doctor didn’t bother me saying, but I listened to it to my nurses. endometriosis. “
—Fabprincess48
14.“Many years ago, when I experienced severe migraine, I was given a few scans to reject any internal cause. When the results came back, the doctor asked if I had ever struck my head and lost consciousness. I replied no, not that I remember. Explained about my impulses control problems I never understood before. ”
Tom Werner / Getty Images
—Christin442ed4b4e
15.“I had what they call” silent “endometriosis. Now it’s far from being silent, but I had no symptoms for years.
—Meaghanb4a9ce5ff1
Have you ever discovered a medical condition after someone indicated a symptom you didn’t even realize, was it unusual? Share your story in the comments below! And remember, if someone has ever drew attention to whether something you feel, it is always worth asking questions. You can never know what you can reveal.
Also saying goodbye: “It’s a soul compression”: people reveal the signal signs that someone survives a lot of shit, and some of them may surprise you
Also by paying: 19 “Body changes” that clearly show that a person is no longer young and I am not ready for this reality
As well as settlement: doctors share the worst thing that a patient who says or does