6 h. ago 'I was in hospital after years of crippling pain, then doctors realised why'

'I feel like somebody has stuck a pin in me and sucked the life out of me'

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18 h. ago 'I was in hospital with crippling pain — and I was convinced doctors got it wrong'

Paige Hughes, who is from Manchester, spent much of her adult life battling agonising cramps, fatigue and stabbing pains which were repeatedly dismissed as "just bad periods"

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4 d. ago Carol Vorderman issues health update after chronic illness left her crying on floor

Countdown legend Carol Vorderman said she was left crying on the floor in pain, before doctors found the right medication to help her

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7 d. ago 'I was in incredible pain... the doctor said it was just discomfort from breastfeeding': Gini was a non

When Gini Harrison began experiencing shoulder pain after the birth of her second child she believed that it was probably a pulled muscle from breastfeeding.

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7 d. ago My life was dominated by unbelievable levels of pain, then my doctor suggested I took medical cannabis

Retired school teacher Steven Griffiths described how his life 'felt impossible' until he discovered the new way of dealing with his day-to-day pain

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1 week ago DR ELLIE CANNON: The 4 things you MUST do to help combat kidney disease

A reader writes: The only symptoms I've experienced are weight loss and some lower back pain. My doctor said all I need to do is drink more water.

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2 w. ago Doctors thought Derek's crippling lower back pain was cancer... until they discovered he was suffering from this condition that 'only' affects post

At 49, Derek Wilks was a picture of health. The accountant from Purley, in south London, had run marathons around the world and kept himself fit with regular training.

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2 w. ago 'They sent him home with painkillers and now he's paralysed'

Mal Nash, 42, had been suffering back pain for six months when he went to the doctor after it became too painful to ignore

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2 w. ago I'm a doctor who was diagnosed with bowel cancer at 39: My pelvic pain was the only clue, says DR PHILIPPA KAYE

I was horrified to read about 23-year-old Milli Tanner, left, whose bowel cancer was dismissed 13 times by GPs who told her that she was too young to have the disease, writes Dr Philippa Kaye, right.

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2 w. ago Fibromyalgia was slowly killing me and doctors were useless. Here's how I finally cured my chronic pain with an ancient medicine and got my life back

When Lee woke one morning in 2008, a deep, unshakeable ache pinned her to the bed. She hadn't exercised, partied, or touched a drop of alcohol - yet she felt as though she'd been hit by a truck.

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3 w. ago Docs thought my back pain was a running injury and sent me to physio – now I have just 9% chance of surviving cancer

CLARA Cirks was just 30 years old when she was told she had a nine per cent chance of surviving. The first clues she was sick with an incurable disease was back pain that she had been reassured was linked to running, and she hadn’t wanted to keep bothering her GP. But with other symptoms...

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3 w. ago Surgeons remove up to 100 magnets from New Zealand teenager’s intestines

Boy, 13, swallowed the high-power magnets after apparently buying them from the online retailer TemuA 13-year-old boy in New Zealand swallowed up to 100 high-power magnets he bought online, forcing surgeons to remove tissue from his intestines, doctors said on Friday.After suffering four days of abdominal pain, the unnamed teenager was taken to Tauranga hospital in the North Island. “He disclosed ingesting approximately 80 to 100 5x2mm high-power (neodymium) magnets about one week prior,” said a report by hospital doctors in the New Zealand Medical Journal. Continue reading...

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