Access to Healthcare is Access to Life

11.16.18

Meet Risa Padilla. She has asthma, severe allergies, and a rare condition called AMPS (amplified musculoskeletal pain syndrome). AMPS is an abnormal pain reflex. Even a mild pain signal can be extremely painful. This is Risa's story, from our YR archives, originally published in 2017.

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