In some cases, pain is fleeting. When you pull something playing a sport or stub your toe, you may have some pain until your injury heals. In other cases, pain can be ongoing. Chronic pain can be responsible for a severe decline in quality of life. If you've been experiencing pain for longer than a week, you should see your doctor about it. After performing some tests, your doctor may decide to refer you to a specialist called a rheumatologist.
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Fibromyalgia comes with an array of symptoms, from depression to lethargy to stiffness. The central symptom in this cascade, however, tends to be pain. Waking up to pain every day can make your depression worse. Pain keeps you from being active, which makes you stiffer, and it keeps you from getting good sleep, which leaves you feeling tired. Many times, if you can get your fibro pain under control, the other symptoms will ease up over time, too.
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Doctors categorize hemorrhoid problems into four categories: grades I through IV. Grade I is the least severe, and then the conditions are characterized up to the worst being grade IV. Your doctor or specialist can diagnose your specific condition. You may think you need surgery, but there are many non-surgical treatments that you should explore with your doctor. There are a variety of outpatient procedures that can be performed, and there are even a few things you may try at home.
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An IM vitamin shot is not something you can order at a bar. It is an intramuscular shot, as in a needle is being injected into a large muscle of your body with vitamins in the syringe. If it sounds painful, it might be, especially if you flinch or clench up muscle tissue during the shot. However, many people who get these shots claim it was the best thing that they have ever done for their health.
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Spending a lot of time on the open water can be relaxing. There are few things that can ease your stress as much as an afternoon on a boat can. Since a boat has the ability to transport you a great distance from shore, you need to be prepared to face many different scenarios while you are on the water.
Some of these scenarios might involve medical problems that will require the use of a first-aid kit.
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