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“When I was six years old, I started having horrible bouts of diarrhea, feeling sick, violent shakes, and difficulty catching my breath. I felt like I was dying every time I had one of those episodes. My body was screaming that something was horribly wrong. We managed to figure out a few food triggers, but some episodes were unexplainable. Doctors did some standard blood tests then told me I was fine, and that it was probably anxiety or IBS. I was told multiple times that it was absolutely not allergic reactions — they said those symptoms were unpleasant, but harmless. I begged doctors to do something, but it was like they didn’t want to believe that a young little girl who looked fine could be ill. Finally, when I was 27 years old, I was hospitalized one week with those same reactions. They were finally confirmed to be massive anaphylactic allergic reactions.”
“I have multiple severe allergies and an immune disorder which means I am at extremely high risk for death by anaphylaxis. I have had thousands of these reactions over my lifetime, and every single one of them could have killed me. My body kept telling me that I was dying because I was.
If your body is telling you similar, refuse to stop seeking help until someone can help you make it stop. It could save your life.”
—Anonymous
Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/pernellquilon/people-wrongfully-dismissed-by-authority-figures