4 d. ago ‘Most people are just toughing it out’: shortage of drugs leaves Gaza’s wounded without pain relief

Operations are being carried out without proper anaesthetics and what painkillers there are have to be rationed, say doctorsIn Gaza’s Nasser hospital, Mahmoud* lies with a gunshot wound to his left leg. His knee is shattered and the wound has become infected. The boy is writhing in pain but the doctors don’t have the painkillers to ease his suffering. He is given a nerve block, which stops him from feeling anything, and the relief allows him to sleep for a while. But once that wears off, the agony returns.More than 167,000 Palestinians have been injured in Gaza since 7 October 2023, according to Gaza’s health ministry. From burns and blast wounds to lost limbs and fractured bones, Gaza’s hospitals have been overwhelmed by patients in profound pain. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Brits wish their pets could talk as 80% of UK wants to be like Doctor Dolittle

Eight in 10 UK pet owners wish they could chat with their animals, with most wanting to know if they’re in pain or even frightened —just like kids’ favourite Doctor Dolittle.

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6 d. ago When I was 19 when I went to the doctor in crippling pain, he told me to get pregnant... and thousands of women have similar stories to me

Tiffany Summerfield, (pictured) from Cardiff, was diagnosed with endometriosis when she was just 19 years old. She has since been told by doctors that she needs to think about her fertility

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7 d. ago Mum, 31, told she was ‘too young for cancer’ has HALF her organs removed after doctors missed it 10 times

A MUM told she was "too young" had to have "almost half her organs removed" after being diagnosed with stage three ovarian cancer. Chelsea Davies, 31, said she was "devastated and furious" that the cancer was caught so late - after visiting the doctor ten times over four years. The mum started getting abdominal pain...

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8 d. ago My GP told me I had sciatica, but my agonising back pain was actually caused by a grapefruit

For two years, a young woman was repeatedly told by doctors that her lower back pain was caused by sciatia-but it was deadly cancer.

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9 d. ago Mother diagnosed with incurable cancer after pain dismissed by doctors

Simone Williamson was diagnosed with myeloma after years of being ‘fobbed off’

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1 week ago Why experts want to BAN codeine from your High Street chemist: We sell more of it than most countries, it DOESN'T ease chronic pain... and now doctors reveal the little

Abby Johnson was in agonising pain from gallstones, so when her GP prescribed codeine, she took it without a second thought.

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1 week ago Why experts wants to BAN codeine from your High Street chemist: We sell more of it than most countries, it DOESN'T ease chronic pain... and now doctors reveal the little

Abby Johnson was in agonising pain from gallstones, so when her GP prescribed codeine, she took it without a second thought.

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1 week ago 'I had excruciating periods every month but doctors never took my pain seriously'

Why are so many women still told their pain is 'just periods'? Lori Harvey's story is sparking up the same conversation - and women across the world say they've had enough

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3 w. ago Doctors said her stomach pain was IBS or endometriosis – then they found a 2kg tumour on her ovary

Doctors were unable to find the cause of Natasha Reynolds’ symptoms for almost 18 months

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3 w. ago ‘I went to A&E with horrific abdominal pain – then doctors found a 2kg tumour’

Natasha Reynolds told her symptoms were likely down to endometriosis or irritable bowel syndrome – then doctors found a 20cm-wide cancerous tumour

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4 w. ago Man suffers extreme pain after chicken dinner before doctors make horror find

Warning: distressing images. The man's pain was located in the lower abdomen, and had worsened after he had eaten his evening meal, which contained chicken.

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4 w. ago Man suffered extreme pain after chicken dinner before doctors made horror find

WARNING: DISTRESSING IMAGES Doctors initially believed that the man had accidentally swallowed a chicken bone - but the truth was far more bizarre, and posed a serious threat to their patient

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