At most a couple of thousand patients worldwide have the inherited disorder, which causes recurring fevers, rashes, joint pain and kidney damage.

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S., which cannot be cured at all, causes constant pain, and pretty much made her into a "living" vegetable.

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Lawyer Lesley Mynett, of Fentons Solicitors, said Mr Ball's case "paves the way for further elderly sufferers to receive settlements which reflect the pain and distress the disease causes, regardless of their age".

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Takeshita Noboru is hospitalized for treatment of spondylitis deformans, a spinal deformation caused by aging which puts pressure on the nervous system and causes back pain and paralysis in the limbs.

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Gout, a condition in which the buildup of uric acid in the joints causes pain and swelling, is treated with alopurinol, a drug that prevents the uric acid buildup and has been available in the United States since 1964.

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The disease infects the liver and causes jaundice, which is yellowing of the skin and eyes, fatigue, abdominal pain, nausea, and diarrhea.

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The virus infects the liver and causes jaundice, which is the yellowing of the skin and eyes, fatigue, abdominal pain, nausea and diarrhea.

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