General · 7 April 2026
Phoebe, 23, used AI to get rare diagnosis
A 23-year-old teacher finally received a rare diagnosis after years of struggling with worsening symptoms and misdiagnoses. She typed her symptoms, including stiff legs and hair loss, into ChatGPT, which suggested Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia, later confirmed by genetic testing. This rare condition causes leg weakness and stiffness, now affecting all four of Phoebe's limbs, and has no treatment.
Reported by The Mirror · How we write briefs