16 Years of Pain—Dana’s Long Road to Diagnosis
January 15, 2026 — After sixteen years of unexplained and intense pain, physicians at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) finally identified the rare syndrome affecting Dana—one that strikes fewer than one percent of the population. Thirty-five-year-old Dana* from Northern Israel began suffering at age 19, with recurring headaches, earache, facial pain, and other unexplained sensations,…