[Cthulhu_]

Counterpoint: What if she's not faking it? There's conditions like endometriosis that are horribly underdiagnosed and often dismissed as IBS; the average diagnosis takes seven years. Recently a 40-some year old died after being dismissed for years; her abdomen was riddled with endo tissue and adhesions, likely killing her in the end.

[robbiep]

There is no easy way to solve the problem of mis- or un-diagnosis, except better training, better awareness and hopefully better diagnostic techniques