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Why not just remove the piercing and let it heal up?

Can I just point out that this article was published in September 1997, so is over 20 years old and pre-dates PACE by quite a few years. I don't know if this is relevant to any of the comments.

One thing that comes to mind in connection with memories of pain is that many women suffer excruciating period pain (when they aren't pregnant). They also give birth. In the days before birth control women might go through as many as 10 - 20 pregnancies and births. Women experience far more pain...

Lots of pain in my back, concentrated in the colon area just before it goes into the descending colon, and where my left kidney is, but spreads from my left buttock up the left hand side of my back up to my shoulder. I can't stand for great lengths of time. For example, visiting a museum or art...

The ones I know of are (1) cyanocobalamin, (2) hydroxocobalamin, (3) methylcobalamin and (4) adenosycobalamin. I'm sure I've read there are several others but they don't get mentioned much and I have never seen them available as treatments or supplements. (1) is artificial and doesn't occur in...

I've read that about 50% of the world's population has an MTHFR mutation of some sort, which can be inherited from one or both parents, but that 50% figure varies a lot depending on the source of the info, and the population under discussion. This website is worth poking around in ...

Title : Risk of Urinary Tract Carcinoma among Subjects with Bladder Pain Syndrome/Interstitial Cystitis: A Nationwide Population-Based Study Link : https://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2018/7495081/ [I separated the abstract into sections to make it easier to read.] If interstitial cystitis...

I mentioned earlier in the thread about a relative who had lung cancer which took 6 months to diagnose. She coughed so badly that she constantly vomited and couldn't keep food down. As a result she lost 50lbs. She was under 5 foot tall, and her huge weight loss left her severely emaciated. Six...

My bold I've read a few times that low blood volume is often found in autoimmune diseases which are more common in women. Another issue is that women are found to be anaemic far more than men. I'm sure this has a knock-on effect on blood volume. Edit : This paper may be relevant to the heart...

The US dietary guidelines since the late 70s(?) have recommended a high carb, low fat, fairly low protein diet. There is evidence to suggest that Americans have changed their dietary habits to adhere to this. I remember a few years ago being told by an American friend that ordinary milk has...

I don't recall anyone ever mentioning this, and thought I'd draw it to people's attention. You never know, it might be helpful to somebody, someday : https://commonfund.nih.gov/diseases I got the link from this article : Title : When the Illness Is a Mystery, Patients Turn to These...

A recent (last month) article on the issue : https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/ovarian-cancer-diagnosis-too-late-treatment-symptoms-test-women-health-a8693891.html Article continues at the above link. In the case of my relative they only diagnosed the cancer when...

It's got to the point these days that I am so worried about the reaction I will get from the medical profession for any issue at all that I avoid them at all costs. I would describe it as a phobia of doctors. It's got so ridiculous now that in November last year, when I cut my finger badly while...

My prediction... This gives schizophrenia (from the sufferers point of view) an added terror. About 60% of people who are put on statins stop taking them within the first year because of the awful side effects that doctors often dismiss and tell them are all in their heads. It can't possibly be...

@Jonathan Edwards Is this ethical? It feels wrong to me, somehow.

On the subject of whistle blowing by doctors or other people employed by the NHS, this link is old (2011), but very informative, and well worth reading. http://drphilhammond.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Shoot_the_Mesenger_FINAL.pdf

I've always assumed that shampoo, conditioner, and other hair products would distort the results of any hair analysis. As would air freshener. Also, anyone who works in a dirty industry could have dodgy results, as could anyone who always walked along busy roads or cycled to work. All the...

I looked up the ingredients of what you were taking. It contains folic acid, not folate (assuming I found the right product). They aren't the same. This is worth reading on the subject : https://chriskresser.com/folate-vs-folic-acid/

I often see ads for all sorts of things that mention someone achieving something (often weight loss, building muscle, getting a flat belly, fixing a health problem, getting rid of wrinkles or age spots) because of "one weird trick" that nobody else knows. This article makes me think of those...

Based on my reading on the "other" forum I think there are some people who are diagnosed with ME/CFS by doctors who then don't monitor and treat their known health conditions as well as they should because they blame symptoms on the ME/CFS. I'm thinking specifically of hypothyroidism and...