ChatGPT has unraveled the mystery behind a young boy’s three-year battle with chronic pain—a riddle that had stumped 17 doctors.

Meet Alex, a resilient young soul who had been wrestling with chronic pain for years, sending his mother, Courtney, on a relentless quest for answers.

Despite undergoing a battery of medical examinations, the cause of his pain remained elusive, leaving both mother and son in a state of perpetual frustration. Desperate for a solution, Courtney turned to an unlikely savior—AI tool “ChatGPT.”

Courtney vividly recalls the ordeal, saying, “Our nanny started telling me, ‘I have to give him Motrin every day, or he has these gigantic meltdowns.’

If he had Motrin, he was totally fine.” With these mysterious symptoms plaguing her child and his growth stunted, Courtney embarked on a journey through the labyrinth of medical consultations.

Dentists, pediatricians, physical therapists, neurologists—none could provide a definitive answer.

“We saw so many doctors. We ended up in the ER at one point. I kept pushing. I really spent the night on the computer…going through all these things,” Courtney recounted, highlighting the relentless determination of a mother on a mission.

Then came ChatGPT, like a digital beacon of hope.

Courtney turned to this AI oracle in search of answers, and astonishingly, it delivered.

ChatGPT pointed towards a condition known as “tethered cord syndrome,” shedding light on Alex’s ailment—an ailment that had remained hidden from traditional medical diagnoses.

Tethered cord syndrome, a rare and cryptic ailment, manifests when the spinal cord is affixed to the spinal canal.

This leads to restricted blood flow, causing muscle pain, weakness, and motor control issues.

In Alex’s case, this condition was attributed to “spina bifida occulta,” which resulted in a minute gap in the spine without nerve damage.

With the diagnosis from ChatGPT in hand, Alex underwent a spinal cord surgery during the summer—an operation that promises hope and relief after years of pain and uncertainty.