Actor Christina Applegate was detected with several sclerosis (MS) over 5 years back– however this week, she revealed that a current reevaluation discovered that she does not have the condition. In the wake of that discovery, she’s been left without a medical diagnosis, and she stated on a podcast that she felt she was “back at square one, where I don’t know what’s going on with me.”

Applegate’s case is not completely special, although MS medical diagnosis has actually enhanced for many years. Research studies provide various price quotes of how regularly MS is misdiagnosed, with rates varying from 5% to over 40%, depending upon the client population and scientific setting. There is likewise some degree of underdiagnosis– cases in which individuals with MS aren’t flagged as having the illness.