Ela passou quase 30 anos sem saber o que tinha — a resposta veio de um match num app de namoro

Maria Paula is a woman from Brazil. She has strong pain in her hands. The pain starts at age three. Many doctors see her. Nobody finds the answer.

One day she opens a dating app. She meets Lucas there. He is a medical student. She tells him about her pain. He remembers a class and his teacher.

Maria Paula goes to that teacher. At first he does not know. So he reads science papers online. He finds a study from France. The young people there have her story. A genetic test says yes.

Today Maria Paula takes a medicine. She can do sport again. She can travel. She can make plans. About 13 million Brazilians have a rare disease.