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Photo testimonial: Maintain hope despite the side effects of treatments for rheumatoid arthritis

Arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis

Photo testimonial: Maintain hope despite the side effects of treatments for rheumatoid arthritis

"No one warns you of the side effects: hair loss, nausea... Cortisone reduces inflammation and makes pain bearable but it gives you something extra: hello weight...

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COPD diagnosis: Carenity members tell their story

Brittle asthma
COPD

COPD diagnosis: Carenity members tell their story

Carenity members tell us about their long journey before they got a diagnosis for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease....

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Relieve pain with hot or cold

Back pain
Chronic pain
Disc discplacement
Disc hernia
Migraine
Sciatica
Tendonitis
Toothache
Torticollis

Relieve pain with hot or cold

Thanks to its relaxing effect, heat is very useful against muscle contractures or cramps. Cold is beneficial on a sprain or strain to avoid swelling of the joint. Have you ever heard of...

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Photo Testimonial: Irritable bowel syndrome prevents people from living

Abdominal adhesions
Achalasia
Acid reflux
Anal fistula
Atresia of small intestine
Barrett esophagus
Bile acid malabsorption
Biliary atresia
Bowel obstruction
Celiac disease
Cholecystitis
Chronic constipation
Chronic diarrhoea
Chronic gastritis
Clostridium difficile
Collagenous colitis
Colopathy
Cryptosporidiosis
Digestive tract
Diverticulitis
Diverticulosis
Diverticulum
Duodenal atresia
Eosinophilic esophagitis
Esophageal atresia
Esophageal spasm
Esophagitis
Familial adenomatous polyposis
Fecal incontinence
Gallstones
Gastroesophageal reflux disease
Gastrointestinal polyposis
Gastroparesis
Helicobacter pylori infection
Hereditary chronic pancreatitis
Hiatus hernia
Hirschsprung disease
Hyperplastic polyposis syndrome
Idiopathic achalasia
Ileostomy
Intussusception
Irritable bowel
Irritable bowel syndrome
Lewis-Sumner syndrome
Microscopic colitis
Obstructed Defecation Syndrome
Omphalocele
Pancreatitis
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
Primary biliary cholangitis
Primary sclerosing cholangitis
Radiation enteritis
Radiation proctitis
Rectal prolapse
Recurrent acute pancreatitis
Recurrent cholestasis
Sigmoid diverticulum
Stomach ulcer
Ulcerative colitis

Photo Testimonial: Irritable bowel syndrome prevents people from living

"Irritable bowel syndrome, also known as "functional colitis", has periods when nothing happens and then, all of a sudden, it's back to seizures that paralyze...

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Photo testimonial: Years of diagnostic uncertainty facing Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

Acromegaly
Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy
Adhesive Arachnoiditis
Adult-onset proximal spinal muscular atrophy
autosomal dominant
Adult-onset Still disease
Albright hereditary osteodystrophy
Arachnoiditis
Arthralgia
Arthritis
Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita
Autosomal dominant childhood-onset proximal spinal muscular atrophy
Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2A
Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2C
Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2D
Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2E
Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2F
Autosomal recessive malignant osteopetrosis
Bone infarcts
Bone spurs
Brachial Plexus Injury
Bursitis
Buschke-Ollendorff syndrome
Campomelic dysplasia
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Cataplexy
Cauda Equina
Cholesteatoma
Chronic hiccup
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy
Club foot
Congenital muscular dystrophy
Congenital muscular dystrophy type 1A
Congenital muscular dystrophy type Fukuyama
Congenital muscular dystrophy with integrin deficiency
Cramp-fasciculation syndrome
Craniofacial dyssynostosis
Degenerative disc disease
Degenerative Spine Disorder
Dental hypomineralization
Desbuquois syndrome
Diffuse Idiopathic Systemic Hyperostosis
Dopa-responsive dystonia
Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Dupuytren's disease
Dysferlinopathy
Early-onset generalized limb-onset dystonia
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy
Enchondromatosis
Enthesitis-related arthritis
Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma
Facet joint disorder
Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy
Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
Femoroacetabular Impingement
Femur-fibula-ulna complex
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva
Fibrous dysplasia of bone
Fibular hemimelia
Geroderma osteodysplastica
Hallux valgus
Heel spur
Hemimelia
Hydroxyapatite rheumatism
Hypermobility syndrome
Hypochondroplasia
Isaacs' syndrome
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Kyphosis
Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease
Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy
Lupus
Macrophagic myofasciitis
Malignant hyperthermia
Melorheostosis
Meniscus tear in the knee
Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia
Multiple osteochondromas
Muscles / Skeleton / Joints
Myalgic encephalomyelitis
Myasthenia gravis
Myelofibrosis
Myofascial pain
Myositis
Nasu-Hakola disease
Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy
Oligoarticular juvenile arthritis
Osgood-Schlatter disease
Osteochondritis dissecans
Osteogenesis imperfecta
Osteomyelitis
Osteonecrosis
Osteonecrosis of the femoral condyle
Osteonecrosis of the humeral head
Osteonecrosis of the lunate
Osteopenia
Osteopetrosis
Osteoporosis
Patellofemoral syndrome
People of small height
Periarteritis nodosa
Plantar fasciitis
Polymyalgia rheumatica
Polymyositis
Proximal myotonic myopathy
Proximal spinal muscular atrophy
Proximal spinal muscular atrophy type 1
Proximal spinal muscular atrophy type 2
Proximal spinal muscular atrophy type 3
Proximal spinal muscular atrophy type 4
Pseudoachondroplasie
Pycnodysostosis
Reactive arthritis
Relapsing polychondritis
Rheumatic fever
Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata
Rhizomelic pseudopolyarthritis
Sacroilitis
SADAM disease
SAPHO Syndrome
Scapulohumeral periarthritis
Scheuermann disease
Scoliosis
Shoulder adhesive capsuliti
Sjögren syndrome
Sjögren-Larsson syndrome
Spasmophilia
Spasticity
Spinal stenosis
Spondyloarthropathy
Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia
Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita
Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda
Spondylolisthesis
Spondylometaphyseal dysplasia
Kozlowski type
Spondylosis
Sporadic inclusion body myositis
Sprain
Steinert myotonic dystrophy
Temporomandibular joint dysfunction
Tenopathy of the rotator cuff
Thomsen and Becker disease
Tibial aplasia - ectrodactyly
Tibial hemimelia
Tibial muscular dystrophy
Tietz syndrome
Tietz syndrome (Hypopigmentation-deafness syndrome)
Traumas and injuries
Trochanteric Bursitis
Unilateral adactylia
X-linked dominant chondrodysplasia punctata

Photo testimonial: Years of diagnostic uncertainty facing Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

"School was a very stressful time for me. I was always extremely tired, I had problems concentrating and I was subjected to comments from my...

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Gynaecological violence: listen to women

Choriocarcinoma
Difficult pregnancy
Dysmenorrhea
Dyspareunia
Eclampsia
Female hypogonadism
Fetal cytomegalovirus syndrome
Fibrocystic breast disease
Gestational diabetes
Hydatidiform mole
Hydramnios
Infertility
Internal endometriosis
Maternal hyperphenylalaninemia
Menopause
Menorrhagia
Miscarriage
MURCS association
Ovarian cyst
Postpartum depression
Preeclampsia
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder
Uterine fibroma
Vulvodynia / Vestibulodynia
Vulvovaginal Atrophy
Women's health

Gynaecological violence: listen to women

Whether you have a chronic disease or not, gynaecological examinations are a necessary and sometimes feared step for women. The year 2018 saw many voices speak out against questionable, offensive or...

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