In 1982, at the age of 31, I was diagnosed with a small-fiber length-dependent sensory peripheral neuropathy. Despite extensive laboratory assessments (including genome sequencing), the cause is ...

The first time I went to the doctor about my pain was in my late twenties. It was 1972, the year I married my first wife, and I was having problems in the lead-up to the wedding day. Every time I told ...

It started with a dull ache in my right shoulder. At first, I chalked it up to bad posture or sleeping funny. Then came a strange popping sound when I rotated it. Within weeks, the pain crept into my ...

In the fall of 2024, my body collapsed. Not metaphorically—literally. I couldn’t walk, stand, or place weight on my own two feet without unbearable pain. My body had been whispering for years, and in ...

At just 19 years old, Nicole Sachs was told she would be wheelchair-bound by the time she was 40, unable to travel or have children. Sachs had been suffering from debilitating lower back pain for ...

I developed severe chronic back pain when I was 13, but doctors told me I was faking it. After a long fight, I was finally diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis at 18. Studies show women are seen as ...

I don't recall the exact date when I realized my chronic, widespread pain wasn't normal. But the summer of 2019 stands out. I woke up one morning after a solo drive from Seattle to Orange County and ...

Some people experience pain flares from healed injuries or chronic conditions when it’s cold or raining. Are the two actually connected? Credit...Patricia Voulgaris for The New York Times Supported by ...

For two years, a young woman was repeatedly told by doctors that her lower back pain was caused by sciatia—until she flew to Greece for private scans which revealed a grapefruit-sized tumour on her ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Dearria Radley was just 13 years old when she took her last breath. The teenager died Saturday after she was shot in what police called an accidental shooting. “It hurts so ...