Severe Gingival Enlargement with Coexisting Erosive Lichen Planus in Severe Chronic Periodontitis Patient by Ambika Sharma, Chakshu Aggarwal, Vijay P. Mathur, Divesh Sardana

“…A 49-year-old hypertensive female presented with painful enlarged bleeding and suppurating gums with burning sensation on eating food along with long-term usage of antihypertensive drug amlodipine known for its gingival enlargement effect. …”
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BMP-9 mediates fibroproliferation in fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva through TGF-β signaling by Chengzhu Zhao, Yoshiko Inada, Souta Motoike, Daisuke Kamiya, Kyosuke Hino, Makoto Ikeya

“…Early-stage FOP is characterized by recurrent episodes of painful tissue swelling (flare-ups), with numerous proliferation-activated mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) subsequently causing HO. …”
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Cooccurrence of Metastatic Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma and Salmonella Induced Neck Abscess in a Cervical Lymph Node by Jae-Myung Kim, Ju-Yeon Kim, Eun Jung Jung, Eun Jin Song, Dong Chul Kim, Chi-Young Jeong, Young-Tae Ju, Young-Joon Lee, Soon-Chan Hong, Sang-Kyung Choi, Woo-Song Ha

“…The patient presented with painful swelling in her left lateral neck region for 15 days, and neck ultrasonography and computed tomography showed a cystic mass along left levels II–IV. …”
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The Development and Application of Novel IR and NMR-Based Model for the Evaluation of Carminative Effect of Artemisia judaica L. Essential Oil by Muhammed Alzweiri, Ibrahim M. Alrawashdeh, Sanaa K. Bardaweel

“…Artemisia judaica L. is a medicinal plant that is traditionally used to relieve abdominal pains through its carminative activity. In this study, spectroscopic analysis was employed to investigate the carminative activity associated with A. judaica. …”
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A Thickened Coracohumeral Ligament and Superomedial Capsule Limit Internal Rotation of the Shoulder Joint: Report of Three Cases by Masashi Koide, Junichiro Hamada, Yoshihiro Hagiwara, Kenji Kanazawa, Kazuaki Suzuki

“…Adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder (also known as frozen shoulder) is a painful and disabling disorder with an estimated prevalence ranging from 2% to 5% in the general population. …”
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Pancreatic Stones: Treat or Ignore? by DA Howell

“…Painful, chronic pancreatitis is of complex etiology, but increasing clinical experience suggests that removal of pancreatic duct stones in many cases significantly improves patients’ symptoms. …”
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Procedural Pediatric Sedation by Nurses: Available, Competent, and Safe by Laetiscia Lavoie, Catherine Vezina, Emilie Paul-Savoie, Claude Cyr, Sylvie Lafrenaye

“…Sedation and/or analgesia are standard of care for pediatric patients during painful intervention or medical imaging requiring immobility. …”
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Large Pyoderma Gangrenosum-Like Ulcers: A Rare Presentation of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis by Basheer Tashtoush, Roya Memarpour, Yasmin Johnston, Jose Ramirez

“…We herein report a case of a previously healthy 52-year-old Caucasian man who presented with multiple progressively enlarging painful ulcers on his face, upper extremities, back, and abdomen over a two-month period. …”
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Idiopathic Bilateral Suprachoroidal Haemorrhage: A Rare Case Presentation by Komal Saluja, Mayuresh Naik, Rajshekhar Vemparala, Anuj Mehta

“…55-year-old male presented with sudden onset painful diminution of vision in both eyes. On local examination, his visual acuity was FC at 2 metres in right eye and FC at 1 m in left eye. …”
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Sustainability in higher education: Comparison of the Asia-Pacific region and Serbia by Đukić Gordana, Ilić Biljana

“…Mankind is slowly and painfully realizing that sustainability is very complicated in the current patterns of human lives. …”
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Glanzmann’s Thrombasthenia Diagnosed following Knee Arthroscopy by John E. Zvijac, Sharhabil S. Ammus, Fernando Aran, Gary M. Kiebzak

“…A 41-year-old man with an unremarkable medical history presented with a painful knee after a sports injury. He was diagnosed with a medial meniscal tear. …”
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Oral and intestinal manifestations of giant cell arteritis by Mathieu Pernet, Laura Moi, Fulvia Serra, Nicolas Garin

“…Case description: We report a difficult diagnosis of GCA in a 75-year-old woman who developed painful tongue ulcers that responded to prednisone treatment. …”
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Group A Streptococci-Associated Necrotizing Fasciitis following Cat Bite in an Immunocompromised Patient by Sudheer Nambiar, Asha Karippot, Joe Devasahayam, Tony Oliver

“…We present a 57-year-old female with history of rheumatoid arthritis on oral corticosteroid and methotrexate therapy with painful swelling of the left hand following a cat bite that was diagnosed as having group A streptococcus pyogenes-associated necrotizing fasciitis. …”
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The Motives behind the Skepticism of Conventional Medicine Advocates towards Traditional Persian Medicine: An Expert Opinion by Majid Nimrouzi, Zahra Salehi, Faranak Alembizar

“…If we delineate medicine as a distinct system, it is a knowledge-based art for palliating physical and mental pains, and the traditional/conventional classification of medicine and separating these two schools is the first terrible impediment. …”
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Basidiobolomycosis Simulating a Mycobacterium ulcerans Infection in a Togolese Rural Child by Bayaki Saka, Waguena Gnassingbe, Garba Mahamadou, Sefako Akakpo, Julienne Teclessou, Aurel Abilogun-Chokki, Abas Mouhari-Toure, Koussake Kombate, Palokinam Pitché

“…On examination, we found an infiltrated plaque with sharp edges, little painful, located on the buttocks, back, and the right flank. …”
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Design and fabrication of an engineered multi-mode worker toolkit for construction and agriculture industries by Imran Khan, Hazrat Ali, Maaz Ahmed, Muhammad Abas, Muhammad Zeeshan Zahir, Muhammad Asif, Fatima Hira, Abdullah Khalil

“…The workers at construction and agricultural sites face many problems regarding load carrying (body pains), which results in less work efficiency. Therefore, the idea of designing a toolkit is put forward, with the help of which the workers could do their work easily and efficiently. …”
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Neuroinflammation and Oxidative Stress in Diabetic Neuropathy: Futuristic Strategies Based on These Targets by Reddemma Sandireddy, Veera Ganesh Yerra, Aparna Areti, Prashanth Komirishetty, Ashutosh Kumar

“…Among the vascular complications of diabetes, diabetic neuropathy is the most painful and disabling, fatal complication affecting the quality of life in patients. …”
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The IVIG treatment response in autoimmune polyendocrine syndromes type 2 with anti-GAD65 antibody-associated stiff person syndrome: a case report and literature review by Yulong Yang, Hailin Jiang, Wenming Yang, Wenming Yang, Wenming Yang, Han Wang, Han Wang, Meixia Wang, Meixia Wang, Xiang Li, Peng Huang, Shuzhen Fang, Wenjie Hao, Yue Yang, Furong Zhao, Wei He

“…SPS is characterized by axial muscle stiffness, rigidity, and intermittent painful muscle spasms, with a prevalence of one to two in a million, making it an extremely rare neurological disorder. …”
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Could kDNA-PCR in Peripheral Blood Replace the Examination of Bone Marrow for the Diagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis? by Natalia Souza de Godoy, Marcos Luiz Alves Andrino, Regina Maia de Souza, Erika Gakiya, Valdir Sabbaga Amato, José Ângelo Lauletta Lindoso, Lucia Maria Almeida Braz

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the molecular (kDNA-PCR) and parasitological diagnosis in peripheral blood (PB) could replace the invasive and painful bone marrow collection (BM) in the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (VL). …”
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Why It Is Not Always Anxiety: A Tough Diagnosis of Stiff Person Syndrome by Carmen Elena Cervantes, Hsien Lee Lau, Tina Ataian Binazir, Keith O. O’Brien, Jonathan S. Cross

“…Stiff person syndrome (SPS) is a rare neuroimmunological disorder characterized by progressive rigidity and painful muscle spasms affecting axial and lower extremity musculature. …”
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