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Letter: Letter: Basic problem

Published 15 February 1992

From K. FAWCETT

I wonder if the following may be of interest to someone in medical research.
I, along with millions more, have a problem with piles. But since I started
taking long haul holidays I found that the problem disappeared during the
holiday and for a few weeks after returning.

After considering various aspects, I finally realised that the problem
returned shortly after I had stopped taking my malaria tablets, which would
suggest that something in the malaria tablets restricts the problem.

K. Fawcett Brighouse, West-Yorkshire

Issue no. 1808 published 15 February 1992

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