Severe headache starting at top of neck going up back of head?

History….fibromyalgia, arachnoid cyst base of brain, bicuspid aortic valve replacement with ascending aortic root replacement, history of tia, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. Issue…severe headache starting at top of neck going up back of head then spreading out over whole head at top of head, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, little confusion, weakness and now an electrical probe feeling on head, severe pain in arm that comes and goes.



Found blood in urine with some enlarged lymph nodes, what tests need to done?

My question is regarding my mother; she is 62 yrs. old with no previous medical concerns, non-smoker, and non-drinker. However she does not regularly see a doctor for annual check ups. Just this month she cancelled a trip over seas due to finding blood in her urine. Ever since then she has had all kinds of testing done including: a physical with breast exam, blood work (Glucose-fasting, cholesterol, TSH, CBC), urinalysis, mammogram and bone densitometry, seen an OBGYN and had a pap, and a pelvic/abdominal ultrasound. Out of all these tests the bone densitometry showed signs of osteoporosis and the abdominal ultrasound showed some enlarged lymph nodes, everything else was normal including WBC. So her doctor recommended an abdominal/pelvic CT scan to “rule out malignancy” we did the CT and everything was normal except “at least 3 enlarged lymph nodes within the root of the small bowel mesentery the largest measuring 3.3x 1.8 x 2.9 cm. There is no pelvic or inguinal lymphadenopathy by size criteria. No ascites” –this is quoting the radiologists report. In this report he recommended we follow up with a chest CT to look for any other lymphadenopathy or overt intrathoracic malignancies and also that we biopsy the abdominal lymph nodes by ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration. So we did the chest CT and it came back as a normal chest CT with “no signs of intrathoracic lymphadenopathy”. Now we are booked in for the Fine needle biopsy on Thursday. My question is have we missed looking into anything that may have caused these 3 enlarged lymph nodes or could this be a purely isolated case? Would a PET scan help diagnose anything lurking that we may have missed? I understand that lymphoma could be a possible diagnosis and that is why they are doing the biopsy but does lymphoma generally start in the abdominal lymph nodes?
Thank you very much

I had a cystoscopy for a prostatic enlargement, please advise?

Hi.
I am 65 year old. I referred to the clinic for pain while urinating. I saw a drop of blood later. The urologist required a cystoscopy. The final diagnosis read “Malignant neoplasm of bladder, part unspecified 188.9”. The doctor asserts me that i have no problems with the exception of a prostatic enlargement and gave me medicine for that.
I am worried about the final diagnosis.
Can you explain this to me with some plain English?
Thanks.



I have a rash on my face, is it a skin infection?

Had a rash appear on my chin two weeks or so go I thought it was deep cystic acne as it was very swollen red and hot with and orange coating over the top. it’s now scabbed and
Healed but I’ve not come out with it on my cheek? they are very sore to touch love
Never suffered from acne so maybe it’s a
Skin infection?
Age:29
Female
Medications: Sertraline 150mg



I hit the bottom part of my leg, could I have a stress fracture?

I hit the bottom part of my leg back in early April of this year on a wooden frame going around a settee. I went to A&E who said nothing was broken but no x-ray was taken. I’ve since seen two of my own gp’s as I’m still in pain, unable to touch it and still have a lump which they said was a collection of blood. They also refused me an x-ray stating ‘if you’d broken it, you’d certainly know about’. Surely 7 months of pain and swelling suggests otherwise? Could I have a stress fracture? How do I get a diagnosis when no doctor will send for an x-ray? The picture enclosed is how my leg was a few days after the accident and NOT how it looks now.

Age:42
Female
Medications: Levothyroxine, Citalopram



I have a few red/blood looking spots on the roof of my mouth, is this something I should worry about?

Hi,
The roof of my mouth slightly near the middle I have a few red/blood looking spots. I’ve only just noticed them today. The roof of my mouth has been itchy all day and only seems to of just occurred. One of the veins at the back of my throat is also looking really dark purple.
Age:21
Female
Medications: Prozac



I am suffering from anxiety, become confused and start shaking?

I see people’s body swapping with others and their souls . I take ever so long taking the body’s and souls out and put them in the right bodies . It is causing me anxiety when I go outside because I can see this picture of a person who looks bad and I get high anxiety when ever I see that persons body or that person in case the body might swap in another persons body please help. I go red and confused and start shaking

Age:22
Female
Medications: Escitelopram aripiprazole

My wife and I are trying to have a baby, are my semen analysis results ok?

Hi my wife and I are trying to have a baby. She had a miscarriage last year. Her TVS result indicated that there is no heartbeat. After that she had been trying to get pregnant until now. Today I had semen analysis just to make sure I have contributed my part . I am concerned about my ph of 8.5 is my result okay? I uploaded my sperm analysis report.
Age:36
Male
Medications: multivitamins



After the first bite of food, throat will block up?

My son is a 32 yr old 6′ 2″ 195 lb seemingly healthy man EXCEPT sometimes when he eats within the first bite of food his throats will block up. It will constrict causing pain but relax. Sometimes after a minute or more the food will work it’s way down and he can continue to eat but on many occasions the food will not go down. He can not eat or drink anything as nothing will pass he then will have to make himself throw up to dislodge the food. But will not then be able to eat for a long while. This might happen15-20 times a month. He has tried drinking before he eats but makes no difference. He has had the problem for about 8 years. Because of no insurance he has not tried medical treatment. As his mother, I am very concerned for his health. There doesn’t seem to be any particular food that triggers the problem.



I sleep more than usual 10 hours daily and lose concentrate quickly, are my high LDL and low HDL the problem?

Hello Dr, can you advice please,
my complain that I sleep more than usual 10 hours daily and lose concentrate quickly
I did blood test and found
Haemoglobin 13.7 g/dl
Haematocrit (PCV) L 40%
MCV L77.6 fl
MCH L 26.5 pg
MCHC 34.2 g/dl
Platelet Count (EDTA Blood) 204
Comment : in blood test report
RBCs SHOW MILD MICROCYTOSIS

how do i reduce the LDL and increase HDL, my tall 176 cm and weight 79 kg ( i am slim) I don’t eat meat too much very rare because i don’t like it, I wondered how this fat come
**I have FMF since i was 3 years old, and taking 1 mg colchicine daily

Can you advice and how much vitamin i need to take, some times i take multivitamin as daily bases like Centrum..
Age:36
Male
medications: None



Bad pain in my left ear, loss of appetite, feeling bloated?

Hello. I have been unwell for about 4 days. Bad pain in my left ear, my left top wisdom tooth is through and c ausing pain jaw stiffness hurts to open my mouth, nausea s, vomiting yesterday loss of appetite, feeling bloated, headache/pain up through left temple, no energy feeling tired constantly. Single mum to 5 year old so i need to get better. I dont have the money to get to other side of town to see my gp or to hospital. Any help would be much appreciated. I am asthmatic, and on microgynon 50mg contraceptive. And may have lowcase of thrombocytopenia. (My platlets).

Age:30 years old
Female
Medications: microgynon 50mg, panadol (which does not help) and was on Tranexamic acid tablets (which i had to take for 4 days).



I have an issue with my finger It’s tender to touch and I have a headache that won’t go away?

I have an issue with my finger and can’t seem to figure out what it is. I think I may have been attacked by an angry ant but unsure. It’s tender to touch and I have a headache that won’t go away and I have a 100.2 fever. I just started using beynadrly orally and Cortizone10 on the skin.



I started coughing, had x ray, please explain results?

My Dr never mentioned anything about my chest x ray showings. Upon reading the report from the radiologist his report shows: biapical pleural thickening, perihilar interstitial prominence, mild hyperaeration. I don’t even know what any of this means. I haven’t had any symptoms until recently I started coughing and getting winded going up stairs, but aside from that I’m healthy.




My gums are swollen all over my mouth, is it the flu or a bug?

Ok so I am in pretty good health from what I know and I have felt absolutely normal until this last Monday morning I wake up my gums not just in a few places they are swollen all over my mouth, I had oral thrush on my tongue, on that day I had 1 sore middle bottom lip small but painful today is Wednesday 2 days later I have 2 sores on my tongue and 1 inside my upper lip and 2 inside my lower lip. On top of just that. Monday even until today I have been dizzy, minor headache, lots of stomach pain but randomly, have a hard time eating when I do it causes my stomach pain I have had maybe 10-12 bites of food in the last 4 days. Yesterday I was throwing up for about 8 hours I hadn’t eaten much food but the color every time was dark brown like beef broth only a little darker and had a weird medicine type taste not like when I’ve ever thrown up in the past and I hadn’t taken any medicine or anything at that point. My temperature has been a steady 100 degrees Fahrenheit since Monday morning at 5:00am. Whole body has been weak and muscle soreness since Monday. Yesterday on Tuesday after I finally stopped throwing up my lower abdomen and my groin were in major pain so much so that I couldn’t get much needed sleep. It wasn’t until last night that it went away and I slept almost the whole night. I did have a root canal 2 years ago and only got as far as the temporary filling after and couldn’t afford the replacement tooth that area doesn’t look very good but I can’t imagine this many symptoms happening literally overnight. Had none of it Sunday night woke up Monday like I was attacked by the plague or poisoned something crazy. Please help I don’t know if this is like a flu or a bug or it will go away I feel better today than the last 2 days but still not better at all and more sores keep appearing in my mouth in random places for no reason.

Age:31
Male
Medications: None



I got an MRI, does this scan look normal?

I got an MRI this morning and am unable to see my doctor for a month. I was wondering is anything stood out. I notice there is something odd on the right side of my wrist… so my question is does this scan look normal? I have had pain on the ulnar side if my right wrist for quite some time. Pain is induced by using the end for more than a few seconds. I have an electric wave feeling that shoots from my wrist up my forearm and sometimes find my pinky and ring finger to be tingly.

Age; 20
Female
Medications: None