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Shining a light on an ‘embarrassing’ condition

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August 24, 2020
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📝 Medical professionals have a high risk of experiencing burnout due to long hours, high stress, and emotional strain.

🏋️‍♀️ Exercise has been shown to help reduce symptoms of burnout by improving mood, reducing anxiety and depression, and increasing energy levels.

🧘 Meditation and mindfulness practices can help reduce stress levels and increase resilience, helping medical professionals better handle the demands of their job.

👥 Building a strong support system of colleagues, mentors, friends, and family members can provide a valuable source of emotional support for medical professionals.

🌿 Pursuing outside interests and hobbies can provide a much-needed break from the demands of the medical profession and help prevent burnout.

Takeaways:

🏃‍♀️ Regular exercise can help alleviate symptoms of burnout.

🧘 Meditation and mindfulness practices can reduce stress levels and increase resilience.

👥 Develop a strong support system of colleagues, mentors, friends, and family members.

🌿 Pursue outside interests and hobbies to prevent burnout.

Living with Hidradenitis suppurativa: The difficult and painful journey

Background

Latoya Palmer started classes in modern ballet when she was just 3 years old. For the next 21 years, it would take her around the globe – to Jamaica, Germany, Mexico and more. She taught classes on modern ballet and planned to minor in it in college, with a major in child and youth work. “It was my life,” she says.

When Palmer was 17, she found a lump in her right breast. At the time – swamped with college prep and her dancing – she chose to ignore it. Then it started to hurt, and another lump appeared in the left breast. The pain worsened and eventually became impossible to ignore.

Latoya Palmer

Misdiagnosis

Between 17 and 21, Palmer was misdiagnosed with more than seven different conditions, including various ulcers and abscesses, STDs, cellulitis, and obesity. “At one point,” she says, “they asked me if I was breastfeeding, even though I didn’t have any kids. It’s insulting.”

Her doctors performed a breast reduction surgery because they believed her condition may have been kissing ulcers. “It wasn’t until I bumped into a nurse during one of my drainage appointments and they said ‘Hey I know someone who can help you with HS.’ ”

Hidradenitis suppurativa — commonly abbreviated as HS — is a lesser known “chronic and devastating skin condition, characterized by painful and recurrent boils and abscesses in skin folds,” according to Scarred for Life, a report by the Canadian Skin Patient Alliance.

Symptoms and Diagnosis

The report is an effort to bring awareness to the disease that affects as many as four per cent of Canadians

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