IN FLUENCE
Health & Wellness
THE RIGHT DIAGNOSIS FOR A
RARE DISEASE
ALDELLY ALWAYS LIKED TO WEAR HEELS - “EVEN TO THE SUPERMARKET,” SHE SAYS. BUT IN 2013, WHEN SHE WAS 25, SHE BEGAN TO HAVE DIFFICULTY WALKING IN HER FAVORITE SHOES. “MY FOOT JUST STARTED NOT WORKING WELL.”
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he began to experience other strange symptoms, including weird pains in her body, fatigue and troubles with her bladder. But when she saw her doctor, every symptom got explained away. Her feet problems might have been caused by a childhood of dancing. The bladder issues and fatigue could be due to having recently given birth.
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