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#adventurediagnosis #obesity #ndr It all starts with puberty: Annika B. is gaining more and more weight. At some point her family doctor raises the alarm: the young woman has high blood pressure, diabetes and very high blood fat levels. She absolutely has to lose weight. But no matter what she does, her weight just won't go down. Her wish to have children hasn't come true either, and her period is irregular. Again the doctors' advice is: lose weight. Annika B. is desperate. She does sports, follows a strict diet, but nothing happens - and nobody takes her seriously. Until she changes family doctors and finally gets help. The road to diagnosis is still agonizingly long. What is wrong with Annika B.? 00:00 - Overweight since puberty 01:19 - Difficulties with family planning 02:16 - Does Annika have a hormone problem? 04:05 - New family doctor is shocked 05:19 - Is it Cushing's disease? 06:58 - Fatty liver causes chaos in the body 08:47 - Blood lipid levels are getting worse and worse 10:17 - Finally a suspicion 11:24 - The diagnosis has been found! 13:50 - New attitude to life thanks to therapy A film by NDR. Subscribe to our channel and don't miss an episode of Adventure Diagnosis! There are even more exciting cases and information here: https://www.ndr.de/abenteuerdiagnose1... Warning: spoilers! Don't read any further if you don't want to know the diagnosis. You can find out more about the cause, symptoms and treatment of the disease here: https://www.ndr.de/lipodystrophie100.... Photo credit: NDR, Picture Alliance ___________________________________________________ ARD GESUND with Dr. Julia Fischer is a YouTube channel from ARD GESUND