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This story is a fan favorite from MrBallen's Medical Mysteries.
On a hot September day in 1986, a family in Goiania, Brazil, suddenly begin feeling sick after a celebration. The symptoms are horrific: vomiting, diarrhea, and bleeding. But one family member suspects something far worse. Her hunch soon leads to a devastating discovery.
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1:20.5 | In 1987, a woman walked into a public health center in Guyana, Brazil, desperate for help. |
1:25.4 | She was pale and weak, and she said a strange sickness was slowly killing her family. |
1:31.7 | The official who saw the woman thought she was exaggerating, but just 24 hours later, he realized she was the key to solving one of the worst disasters in Brazil's history. |
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1:50.7 | where every week we will explore a new baffling mystery originating from the one place we all can't escape, |
1:57.4 | our own bodies. |
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