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5%
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("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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The Little Mix singer, 33, commented on a video of content creator Gemma Renwick, who said she has the condition, known as retrograde cricopharyngeus dysfunction (R-CPD), also known as no-burp syndrome.
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she → comment → syndrome
According to Yale Medicine, R-CPD occurs when the muscle that sits on top of the oesophagus is unable to relax and so dos not open to allow air to exit the oesophagus.
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air → accord → oesophagus
“It’s always been a fun fact that I can’t burp but it’s caused issues my whole life and I’m sick of people commenting on my weight and body onstage when I’m just bloated af.”
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I → burp → weight
The condition can lead to a range of symptoms including bloating and pressure in the abdomen, chest and lower back.
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condition → lead → abdomen
While doctors don’t know what causes no-burp syndrome, it is a lifelong condition.
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it → know → syndrome
The main treatment for R-CPD is a Botox injection into the cricopharyngeus muscle but Thirlwall is hesitant to have it done.
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it → have → muscle
She said: “I want to get the throtox but worried it will affect my vocals.”
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it → say → vocals
The campaigner wrote: “We believe too many sufferers are dismissed or misdiagnosed before paying privately for treatment – patients deserve better awareness and NHS access to care.
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patients → write → care
“We want the Government to work towards improving recognition and NHS treatment access for Retrograde Cricopharyngeal Dysfunction (R-CPD), a condition that prevents sufferers from being able to burp.
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that → want → sufferers
R-CPD can cause severe bloating, pain and major impacts on daily life.
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CPD → cause → life
We believe patients deserve better awareness, referral pathways and NHS access to treatment.
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patients → believe → treatment
Thirlwall has previously discussed being diagnosed with an eating disorder, anorexia, when she was 13.
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she → discuss → disorder
“I have a daily battle with myself not to go on Ozempic,” she told The Guardian last year.
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she → have → Guardian
“I don’t judge people that do, but because I have a history of eating disorders, I don’t know where taking something like that would end for me.
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taking → judge → me
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“Little Mix fans were all about empowerment and celebrating your body however you look.
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you → read → body
Now I’m in my 30s and the healthiest I’ve ever been, but every time I post a picture, there are comments saying, ‘She must be pregnant.
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She → ’m → picture
The sad thing is that it’s usually women.
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it → ’ → ?
But people are used to seeing me in a group environment five or 10 years ago when I was stick-thin because I was in my early 20s with an eating disorder.
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I → see → disorder
With Little Mix, Thirlwall scored five UK number one singles and a UK number one album, while her debut solo single, Angel Of My Dreams, reached number seven on the singles chart.
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single → score → chart
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