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A window into living with an undiagnosed disease: illness narratives from the
Undiagnosed Diseases Network
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Spillmann RC
; McConkie-Rosell A
; Pena L
; Jiang YH
; Schoch K
; Walley N
; Sanders C
; Sullivan J
; Hooper SR
; Shashi V
Orphanet J Rare Dis
2017[Apr]; 12
(1
): 71
PMID28416019
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BACKGROUND: Patients' stories of their illnesses help bridge the divide between
patients and providers, facilitating more humane medical care. Illness narratives
have been classified into three types: restitution (expectation of recovery),
chaos (suffering and loss), and quest (unexpected positive effect from illness).
Undiagnosed patients have unique illness experiences and obtaining their
narratives would provide insights into the medical and emotional impact of living
with an undiagnosed illness. Adults and children with undiagnosed diseases apply
to be evaluated by the Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN). Written illness
narratives from 40 UDN applicants, including 20 adult probands who applied for
themselves and 20 parents who applied for their children, were analyzed for: 1)
narrative content and 2) narrative type. RESULTS: Narrative content: could be
grouped into three themes: 1) Expectations of the UDN: the majority felt they had
no further healthcare options and hoped the UDN would provide them with a
diagnosis, with the adults expecting to return to their previously healthy life
and the parents wanting information to manage their child's healthcare. 2)
Personal medical information: the narratives reported worsening of symptoms and
some offered opinions regarding the cause of their illness. The proband
narratives had few objective findings, while parental narratives had detailed
objective information. 3) Experiences related to living with their undiagnosed
illness: frustration at being undiagnosed was expressed. The adults felt they had
to provide validation of their symptoms to providers, given the lack of objective
findings. The parents worried that something relevant to their child's management
was being overlooked. Narrative type: All the narratives were of the chaos type,
but for different reasons, with the probands describing loss and suffering and
the parents expressing fear for their child's future. The parental narratives
also had elements of restitution and quest, with acceptance of "a new normal",
and an emphasis on the positive aspects of their child's illness which was absent
from the probands. CONCLUSIONS: These narratives illustrate the chaos that
coexists with being undiagnosed. The differences between the proband and parental
narratives suggest that these two groups have different needs that need to be
considered during their evaluation and management.