A man went through 21 years of painful treatment for a disease that he never had. He is not happy.

In 2005, the then 26-year-old José Domingo Jiménez Jaramillo was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis (a chronic spinal disease) at a hospital in Badajoz, Extremadura.

Fearing he would eventually become bedridden and a burden, he broke up with his partner and spent the next two decades avoiding relationships and living only for work.

For a score years he underwent intensive medical cycles: nine pills daily (painkillers and relaxants) for four years. Intravenous treatments of Infliximab administered at the hospital every 12 weeks.

When his back pain finally vanished, doctors declared that the treatment had worked, rather than considering that they had made a tremendous mistake.

However, In 2024, a new specialist found no signs of the disease. After extensive testing through early 2025, the hospital officially confirmed that he had never had the said condition.

José is understandably amazed and angry, so he is now taking legal action against the Extremadura Health Service (SES) for Moral Damage: The ‘shock’ of losing 21 years of his personal life and emotional well-being due to a diagnostic failure; and Physical Damage: He suffers from long-term side effects of the unnecessary medication, including fatigue, numbness, and potential organ damage.

(News: Badajoz, Extremadura)

Keywords: Wrong Diagnosis, Uncessesary Suffering, Sue, Health Service, Ankylosing Spondylitis,

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