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ItHurts Ouch Files: Herniated Disc Edition Your Spine Threw a Coup: A Survival Guide for When a Herniated Disc Ruins Your Personality A herniated disc can cause back pain, nerve … Continue reading “Your Spine Threw a Coup: A Survival Guide for When a Herniated Disc Ruins Your Personality”
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ItHurts Ouch Files: Head & Neck Cancer Edition Your Head, Your Neck, and the Audacity of Cancer Head and neck cancers can cause pain, swelling, stiffness, and difficulty swallowing. Managing … Continue reading “Your Head, Your Neck, and the Audacity of Cancer: A Survival Guide for When Your Body Goes Rogue”
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ItHurts Ouch Files: Gout Edition Gout: When Your Big Toe Decides It’s Done Cooperating Gout is a type of inflammatory arthritis caused by a buildup of uric acid crystals inside … Continue reading “Your Big Toe Is Plotting a Coup: A Survival Guide to Gout (a.k.a. When Food Betrays You)”
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ItHurts Ouch Files: Gallstones Edition Gallstones: When Your Gallbladder Starts Throwing Rocks Gallstones are hardened deposits that form inside the gallbladder. These stones can block bile flow and cause sudden … Continue reading “Gallstones: When Your Gallbladder Starts Throwing Rocks Like It’s Mad at You”
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ItHurts Ouch Files: Fibromyalgia Edition Your Nervous System Is a Drama Queen Fibromyalgia causes widespread pain, fatigue, sleep disturbances, and sensitivity to pressure due to changes in how the nervous … Continue reading “Your Nervous System Is a Drama Queen: Fibromyalgia and the Art of Being Tired for No Reason”
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ItHurts Ouch Files: Esophageal Cancer Edition Your Throat Is Not a Suggestion Box Esophageal cancer can cause painful swallowing, pressure in the chest, and irritation in the food tube that … Continue reading “Your Throat Is Not a Suggestion Box: When Swallowing Feels Like a Full-Contact Sport”
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