A roundabout diagnosis of C Difficile

It seems like it took a lot of work to come to a simple C Difficile diagnosis in a 15-year old girl: “She and her family are angry at doctors they allege did not think she was ill, removed her appendix because they wrongly believed she had appendicitis and accused her of being pregnant before finally making the right diagnosis . . .

. . . Doctors claimed she had either severe constipation, appendicitis, was pregnant – or, it is further alleged, was faking. Her appendix was removed at Pendlebury Children’s Hospital in Manchester, but that was found not to be the problem . . .

. . . It was also feared she might have Crohn’s Disease, a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestines. C difficile was eventually diagnosed after extensive tests.”