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Texas teen's ordeal demonstrates weakness in U.S. healthcare system's ability to diagnose parasitic infections

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http://www.khou.com/news/health/Texas-teen-seeking-remedy-for-mysterious-illness-referred-to-CPS-205584871.html
Texas teen seeking remedy for mysterious illness referred to CPS


by JANET ST. JAMES / WFAA

WFAA

Posted on May 1, 2013 at 8:35 AM
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RICHARDSON, Texas ? Food and drink didn't go down so easily for 17-year-old Mariah Mack a few weeks ago.
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It was at Medical City Dallas Hospital ? the fourth stop ? that Mariah ran into real trouble. She was referred to a psychiatrist and her case, then, to Child Protective Services.

"They said that Mariah was hopping from hospital to hospital, seeking pain medication," Brandy Mack said. "They've even labeled her as a 'poly substance abuser,' which is someone who goes out to seek any kind of medication or drug to get high."

"I just felt so trapped in this horrible sickness and pain," Mariah said, crying. "And it's like no one would listen to us. The doctor told me I was making it up. No one was taking it seriously."...
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Her mother suspected whipworms from doing research using the Internet. She sent a stool sample to a private lab and got a positive result, after a long, expensive and stressful round of unneeded medical tests and insinuations blaming the patient for a diagnostic failure.
 
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