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Patients with potentially fatal mitochondrial disease (mito) are being passed from specialist to specialist without a clear diagnosis.¹ This is because they present with a wide variety of symptoms that range from non-specific ailments to seizures, eye disease or multiple organ failure.

About one in 200 people carry a mitochondrial genetic defect – and one in 5000 will go on to develop a serious illness.¹ These numbers are expected to increase as more is understood about the detection of mito, according to the Mito Foundation.¹

The wide range of symptoms “challenge even the best specialists to think outside of the box”, according to the Mito Foundation.