Everyday aches: Why it’s time to take minor ailments more seriously

There’s quite a bit that may go barely fallacious with the human physique and more often than not science can’t clarify why. However even our unremarkable diseases deserve nearer inspection

By Graham Lawton

FOR a number of months final yr, I broke the behavior of a lifetime and began protecting a diary. I hadn’t taken a sudden curiosity in recording my innermost ideas, I used to be conducting a scientific-experiment-cum-book-project. I referred to as it my “Mustn’t Grumble” diary; each night, I famous down all of my minor well being woes from that day.

Maintaining a file confirmed what I had suspected – that I’m continually barely sick. Highlights included a chilly, a twitchy eyelid that drove me nuts for 3 days and a terrifying lack of style and odor. There was additionally the tedious matter of my chronically …