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Shymaa Adel

Shymaa Adel Ahmed Fathy © Goethe-Institut

Shymaa Adel has 13 years experience in the media field. She has worked at Almasry Alyoum newspaper and now works at El Watan daily newspaper. She covers topics such as the wars in Gaza and the Arab Spring in Egypt, Syria, Libya and Sudan. She is currently responsible for the health sector and has won “The Journalism Excellence Award” from the Egyptian Journalists Syndicate in 2019. She was also nominated for the “Arab Journalism Award for Youth” in 2012  and the “ Samir Qseer” award in 2011.

 

WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO ME

Suffering of fibromyalgia patients
I chose to write about the suffering of fibromyalgia patients in Egypt. It is a popular disease, but doctors often take a long time to diagnose patients with fibromyalgia. Most patients spend 10 to 20 years to discover that they are fibromyalgia patients. They feel strong, continuous pain in different parts of their bodies, however when doing medical tests and x rays, there appears to be no problem. Therefore, they cannot prove that they are ill and thus cannot take sick leave at work. Instead, they usually end up losing their job. 

After publishing my article, two of my colleagues told me that they have the same symptoms of  fibromyalgia. The article helped them to discover the reasons of their continuous pain, so they went to a doctor and got checked for fibromyalgia.

Shymaa Adel © Elwatannews

"Butterfly Touch" ... a dangerous disease that strikes its victims "muscles" "Fibromyalgia" causes chronic pain and is not shown by tests
(available in arabic) 
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