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Christina Applegate says her MS was a misdiagnosis

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Christina Applegate, the actor who has been one of the most visible faces of multiple sclerosis since her 2021 diagnosis, made a stunning revelation this week: She does not have MS after all. And her doctors still don’t know what is causing her debilitating symptoms.

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Both outlets focus on Christina Applegate saying her doctor told her she was misdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis. The Independent’s headline frames it as her doctor telling her she was misdiagnosed, while South China Morning Post adds that she said she does not have the autoimmune disease and quoted her on being “back at square one.”

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