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On 10 Jan 2022, The Starmaker <[email protected]> posted some news:sridmf$5u5o$[email protected]:

She was fucking around, got her nipples sucked raw, came into contact
with fecal matter from multiple sex partners and got a transmittable
disease.

In January 2017, Burdick went to Connecticut for a business trip, and
roughly two months after her return home, she began experiencing a host
of symptoms. Burdick shared that she began experiencing breast pain.
After a self-evaluation, she discovered a hard lump.

Assuming an impending cancer diagnosis, Burdick promptly called her
primary care physician, who ordered a mammogram and ultrasound of the
infected area. After Burdick's biopsy, she was relieved to learn it was
not a cancer diagnosis.

Instead, Burdick was diagnosed with granulomatous mastitis (GM) a "rare
chronic inflammatory breast condition" that is incredibly painful.

"I was most certainly relieved it wasn�t cancer, though I could have
never imagined how this breast disease would soon reveal its ugly head
like the monster it was," Burdick said.

Despite Burdick's diagnosis, she still did not know what had caused her condition, nor a path forward for treatment and recovery. Eventually,
Burdick came across a Facebook support group, where she connected with
other women from across the world who have GM.

Seven months from her initial diagnosis, Burdick uncovered a gene
sequencing pathology test that a woman in her support group recommended.

"It ultimately helped save my life," Burdick said.

After taking the test, Burdick finally learned the cause of her painful
breast infection.

"The reason why I called my book �Diagnosis Detective� was because it
was me that figured everything out before the doctor," Burdick told Fox
News Digital. "I found a test that finally revealed an infection after
seven months. I knew something was causing it.

"And, finally, after seven months, we had an answer."

The pathology test revealed Corynebacterium kroppenstedtii as the root
cause of Burdick's disease.

Corynebacterium kroppenstedtii is an environmental-originated bacteria associated mostly with water, sewage and soil.

Burdick's next order of business was finding out how she contracted the bacteria.

She had her water tested in her Ohio home for the Corynebacterium kroppenstedtii, but the results were negative. Burdick said that she had
not been in a pool, hot tub or any other bodies of water for "quite some
time."

Research about the bacteria told Burdick that it needed a natural point
of entry, like a pore or duct opening.

Eventually, Burdick and her medical team came to believe that she
contracted the nasty bacteria from her hotel shower during her 2017
business trip.

Years after Burdick's diagnosis with GM, she is still advocating and
educating people about the rare infectious disease that affects 2.4
women per 100,000.

"I have two scars on my breast. One is towards the top and the other one
is underneath," Burdick said. "I see them every single day, and I call
them my warrior wounds."

She said her scars are a reminder to keep sharing her story with the
world and to keep advocating for others facing GM.

"I even wrote in my book that God gives his battles to his strongest
soldiers and that God knew that there needed to be a voice for this
disease," Burdick said. "At the end of the day, it's all about helping
people."

https://news.yahoo.com/ohio-woman-details-health-journey-110035729.html

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