You may have noticed increased body aches and pains after eating certain meals. Food can either aggravate or reduce inflammation. Inflammation is part of the body’s natural immune response.

But, when a friend spotted Storm in pain at college she took her to hospital. "They felt my tummy and told me they could feel a mass, which they thought was a twisted ovarian cyst," Storm explains.

“I’m on the podium — this is good, but I’m feeling my whole body [in] pain. Just muscle pain, the general feeling is good, but especially the shoulder, rib side, the back, everywhere is ...

Emily hasn’t been able to work a full day for around 14 weeks now, and the financial stress has had her in tears.

In my teens, I had multiple spinal surgeries, but there was always the spectre of sudden aortic dissection: a potentially life-threatening tear in the aorta, the body’s largest blood vessel.