A man managed to diagnosed himself with a rare disease after watching a soap opera about doctors.
Rodney Haverson, 62, diagnosed Myasthenia Gravis, a neurological problem, after seeing an episode of Australian soap The Flying Doctors.
His symptoms of slurred speech, a loss of facial muscle control and weak limbs - which had baffled doctors - was mirrored in the show.
He was then treated by specialists at Southampton General Hospital's Wessex Neurological Centre in Hampshire.
Following his treatment there, though his disease is not cured, it is now under control.
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