hypersensitivity
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Patients with reflux hypersensitivity or functional heartburn may respond better to medications, such as gabapentin and trazodone, that moderate pain signaling.
From Washington Post
Rock, performing in all white and with a Prince medallion around his neck, immediately touched on last year’s Oscars while riffing on “wokeness,” hypersensitivity and what he called “selective outrage.”
From Washington Times
She also experienced tremors, dramatic mood swings and painful hypersensitivity to sounds.
From Scientific American
This hypersensitivity to criticism led to an unusual exchange recently between local police and a staunchly pro-Beijing newspaper, Oriental Daily.
From Washington Post
Some studies of people living near cell towers have also confirmed an array of health complaints, including dizziness, nausea, headaches, tinnitus and insomnia, from people identified as having "electromagnetic hypersensitivity."
From Salon
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