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Adrian Hayes

Doctors Blamed His Diarrhea on Infection for Three Years Before One Cheap Blood Test Cracked It

Four times between 2022 and 2025, a young man in China went to the hospital with cramping pain around his navel and watery diarrhea. Each time the episode settled on its own within two or three days, and each time the working diagnosis was some version of acute gastroenteritis.

The actual answer was a genetic disorder, and the test that pointed to it is cheap and available almost everywhere.

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