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when i get glutened yes.
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If you want to get really sick the day before your birthday and while you’re on vacation i recommend you go to the Patio Grill Wavehouse in San Diego. It’s just so great when a menu states they have gluten-free food, and the chefs are certified to professionally prepare said items. It’s almost as great as when i order my “gluten-free” sandwich and take a few bites and realize it isn’t gluten-free bread, and then I’m told my another waiter the menu’s are wrong and nothing is gluten-free and i realize I’m going to be really sick in about 20 minutes. Just what i wanted to do for my 21st birthday was file a small claim against the company and think about getting any attorney while my intestines fall out and i throw up everywhere.
Fuck my life, i swear to god.
Universität Würzburg: Fibromyalgia: First Proof Found
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Yes!!!!
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Fibromyalgia has a reputation as a mysterious illness: The symptoms are diverse, the causes are unknown and the diagnosis is difficult. For the first time, researchers at the University Hospital of Würzburg now have found clear proof of damage to patients’ small fibers.
The responsibility for pain and temperature sensation lies with so-called small fibers, i.e. small-caliber pain-transmitting nerve fibers terminating in the skin. In the search for the causes of fibromyalgia-related pain, University of Würzburg researchers have focused their research on these fibers. With success: “We have detected clear signs of damage to the small fibers in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome,” says Nurcan Üçeyler, a private lecturer at the Department of Neurology of the University Hospital of Würzburg. The results of their study are reported in the current issue of the journal Brain.
According to Üçeyler, this discovery heralds a “paradigm shift”: The results of the study are highly relevant in that they challenge the conventional pathophysiological concept of fibromyalgia. “Since we have established that the small fibers are impaired in patients with fibromyalgia, the pain related to this disease now fulfils the criteria for being considered as neuropathic pain, i.e. pain arising from an impairment or illness of the nervous system,” Üçeyler explains. Furthermore, for the first time, medical professionals have an objectively measurable criterion at their disposal to help them with their diagnosis.
Today the Senate Governance and Finance Committee passed SB 809, authored by Mark DeSaulnier (D-Concord) and sponsored by Attorney General Kamala D. Harris. SB 809 will now be sent to the Senate Appropriations Committee. This legislation will provide the funding
I hate my town. HEY EVER HEARD ABOUT CHRONIC PAIN AND CHRONIC ILLNESS? NO? OKAY.
