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The phrase "persistent discomfort" is correct and can be used in written English.
It describes a feeling of continual unease or irritation. Example: Despite taking pain medication, the patient continued to experience persistent discomfort in their lower back.
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"Get used to how your testicles look and feel normally and if you notice a lump, swelling or persistent discomfort then go and see your GP".
Smoltz, 40, left the team in Los Angeles on Wednesday to return to Atlanta for a meeting this morning with team doctors about persistent discomfort in the shoulder.
Phil Hughes, who was supposed to start the first game of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Tampa Bay Rays, was scratched because of persistent discomfort from back spasms.
Harvey had a magnetic resonance imaging test to address persistent discomfort in his right forearm, and it showed, to his shock and the Mets' profound dismay, that the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow was partially torn.
He is a perceptive literary critic, too, and not shy of praising writers he admires, even as he chides others for their flaws.Mr Bram attributes the neglect of this facet of literary history to a persistent discomfort in the straight world with too much overt gayness.
Persistent discomfort in the back of his left arm, in the triceps, has interrupted his preparation, and on the eve of his inaugural season with the Yankees, the most durable pitcher in baseball is likely to wind up on the disabled list for the first time in his major league career.
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Besides the dramatic dangers, there were persistent discomforts.
She complained of persistent retrosternal discomfort.
One hour after her presentation, the patient was alert and oriented, after which she complained of persistent retrosternal discomfort.
The Albrektsson (1998) definitions of success criteria for implants were used: (1) no persistent pain, discomfort, or paresthesia; (2) no abscess around the implant; (3) no mobility; (4) no radiolucency around the implant; and (5) less than 1 mm of annual marginal bone loss after prosthetic loading.
It also highlights a persistent cultural discomfort with pornography and shows how our views about sex remain woefully antiquated.
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