2021.12.04

Betrayal from Within

Disabling symptoms, inconclusive tests, ineffective treatments, doctors who don’t listen: one person’s journey through the autoimmune disease world

MARIA KONNIKOVA’S life was upended by disabling hives that covered her body, an autoimmune-related condition. Photograph by Devin Yalkin

MARIA KONNIKOVA’S life was upended by disabling hives that covered her body, an autoimmune-related condition. Photograph by Devin Yalkin

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