Without her shunt, excess fluid will build up in her ventricles, putting pressure on her brain which then leads to impaired vision, cognitive difficulties, and incontinence. Ella was diagnosed with spina bifida and hydrocephalus at birth she has a medically inserted shunt in her brain to drain excess fluid in order to operate on a day-to-day basis. When they have to argue over their diagnoses in order to get proper treatment, as doctors think they are exhibiting hypochondriac tendencies due to this extensive knowledge, this delay holds the potential for life-altering consequences and even death.Įlla Nutt, a freshman at Elon University, details her experience trying to get treatment when she was out of state and therefore away from her medical team. Disabled people tend to have extensive knowledge about their medical conditions, such as what treatments they need and what tests are required in order to treat their condition. The hypochondriac stereotype creates frustrating and life-threatening experiences for disabled people. “ Hypochondriac” has become the new “hysteria,” in dismissing oftentimes disabled women when they bring up legitimate concerns. Some suggest that number is even lower–as many “hypochondriacs” are later diagnosed with a genuine medical issue. Hypochondriacs, people who are obsessed with the idea of having a serious but undiagnosed medical condition to the point of causing personal stress and anxiety, make up between 2-5% of the total population.
In the United States, while 92 percent of people have healthcare only 66 percent of disabled people have a routine provider covered by their insurance. One in four adults in the United States is living with some type of disability that’s 61 million people living with some kind of medical condition that impacts their daily living, and that number is on the rise.
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