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‘Agonising leg cramp interrupts my sleep’: DR MARTIN SCURR answers your health questions

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I am plagued with cramp in my legs at night. I have great difficulty getting back to sleep, and the various medications I’ve been prescribed don’t work. I am desperate for sleep. Maureen Nash, via email. This is not an uncommon condition. Some 40 per cent of adults experience night cramps, resulting in sleep disturbance … Read more

Tory Cherilyn Mackrory weeps as she tells MPs of agonising decision to have an abortion

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‘I told her how much she was loved and then I let her go’: Tory MP Cherilyn Mackrory weeps as she tells baby loss debate she ‘kissed her daughter goodbye’ after agonising abortion decision at 20 weeks when she discovered baby was severely d Falmouth and Truro MP fought back tears during a debate on … Read more

Woman, 23, who rushed to hospital with agonising period pains is stunned to discover she’s in labour

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A woman who thought she was suffering from severe period pain was left stunned when doctors told her she was in labour – with a baby that was a week overdue.  Holly Henton, 23, from Market Harborough, Leicestershire, had been having regular menstrual cycles when she started experiencing stronger than usual cramps while closing up the … Read more

As actress Terri Dwyer found, delaying bunion surgery can have agonising effect

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At times the pain was so bad that it kept actress and TV presenter Terri Dwyer awake at night. Hers isn’t the kind of pain you might associate with night-time waking — backache, for instance, or a creaky hip — but bunions. At times even a sheet over her foot was an unbearable weight. Despite … Read more

We’ve been fobbed off by our male doctors too! More women speak out over agonising endometriosis

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Stranded. Ashamed. Vulnerable. Like you’re going crazy. This is how it feels to hear your debilitating symptoms dismissed as ‘attention-seeking behaviour’, according to 41-year-old Alison O’Neil. In spring 2014, the local government worker developed a numbness in her feet. ‘One day I was walking around the office without my left shoe on and I didn’t … Read more

Woman, 23, with allergy to WATER is unable to shower due to agonising pain

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A woman with a 1 in 156 million allergy is left unable to shower daily due extreme pain when water touches her skin.  Rachael Fetter, 23,  was diagnosed with Aquagenic Urticaria – an allergy to water – in July 2019 after she began developing painful hives every time she washed her hands, took a shower or … Read more

The agonising dilemma facing NHS workers: Whether to send their children away to keep them safe

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NHS workers are facing the agonising dilemma of whether to send their children away to keep them safe from coronavirus or keep them close as at a time when everyone needs their loved ones most.    Some are sending their children to live with relatives in a bid to protect their loved ones from Covid-19. Staff … Read more

Woman widowed at 32 reveals how she overcame her agonising grief

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A woman who became a widow at 33 when her childhood sweetheart passed away from cancer has revealed how she battled her overwhelming grief which saw her struggle to get out of bed for six months and resent her friends for having children. Katie, 33, of London, lost Adam on New Year’s Day in 2019 … Read more

Angler’s shock as a squirming seabeast with an agonising sting is dragged from the deep 

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Angler’s shock as a squirming seabeast with an agonising sting is dragged from the deep Alyssa Ramirez came across the odd seabeast while fishing in Port Isabel, Texas Bearded fireworms carry a powerful neurotoxin, delivered through their bristles  In her footage the creature’s dangerous bristles fan in and out as its body writhes By Amelia … Read more