sufferer

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Another sufferer said it took seven years to diagnose her, and despite describing "lightning" going through her face, was told by doctors there was nothing wrong with her.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

Not every back pain sufferer needs to see a spine surgeon, or even a physician, right away.

From Salon • Nov. 19, 2024

Writing in the journal Nature, the team describes how all blood cells can be removed from a leukemia sufferer in a targeted manner while a new blood system is built up at the same time.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2024

Another dyslexia sufferer was physicist Albert Einstein, whose name is synonymous with the word genius.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 14, 2023

It was cruel to desert the helpless sufferer, but they were desperate to get on to Troy, and with his bow and arrows he would at least never lack for food.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton