Dear doctor
I am suffering from Bell’s palsy from 11 days
40 yr/ male
onset with persistent paroxismal pain in the ear……..
Even after 11 days of high dose prednisone with antivirals,,,,, couldn’t relieve pain
Plz. Dr. what can I do? worried about disfiguring…
Hello I am a 25 years old female.. I have got pimples all over my face.. I changed my dermatologist twice since they proved me of no help and have taken every possible medicines bt of no use.. My wounds won’t heal soon.. I have undergone every possible test related with the same like Blood,thyroid,sugar,HB,some test related to kidney function as well.. Yet the tests proved nothing wrong. My body is functioning all good.. I really don’t know what’s wrong with me.. My face is still full with pimples and dark spots.. I look ugly as hell.. If you have any solution then please help..?
Hi my name is (…) I’m 32 and have been in a lot of severe pain with my lower back since September 16 it’s continuous pain 24/7 I’ve tried Co codamol, napraxon,amtitriptaline and none of them has helped ease the pain had an MrI scan results was undisplaced bileteral l5 pars defect the pain has taking over my life and I can’t cope with it anymore plz help I’m doing physio at the minute that’s not helping with the pain I don’t no what to do about this situation
About two years ago I had a lot abdominal pain and the blood test results for my liver were at 72 and should have been around 15. I had a scan but they could not see my liver Cleary as I have a high diaphragm and by chance they saw a lump in my gallbladder. They forgot about my liver issue and concentrated on gall bladed which has now been removed and the biopsy was all clear. I assumed everything else was okay but the past 4 weeks I have been having slight abdominal pains but what I am more concerned about is that I have been getting shooing pains in my legs and arms and also the back of my calves have been burning. In addition have been very tired and falling asleep in the day. I have been to the doctors for more blood tests and my folate is low but my liver reading is 79, which is very high, I don’t drink alcohol or smoke. The shooting pains and burning sensation my not be related to the liver issue. She has not give me any indication what could be wrong but send me for another scan. what if it is something really bad and it has got worse over the two years? I am only 32 and have 4 kids and just want to be okay. Any thoughts would be really welcomed.
I am a 36 w/f I have a constant dull pain in my right upper chest about even with my armpit almost directly inline with my nipple (Just to give an exact location), that feels like it goes straight out through my back at the exact location. The pain radiates down to my right under arm and stops approximatly 3 inches from my elbow. The pain transitions from dull to stabbing when deep breathes are taken, when I move my arm a certain way and when lying down. This has gradually gotten worse over the past week. Please advise if I should go to the ER or what the possibilities of causes could be.
hi i had open gallbladder surgery in 1988 ,i just find out by a x ray i have 10 stables inside of me can you tell me if this is normal for the doctor to leave them in me thank you
I’m a 24 year old female. I have a really bad earache. I went into an insta care on Saturday for it, and the doctor told me I have a middle ear infection. He gave me a prescription for amoxicillin and told me to take Ibuprofen and use heat packs on it to help the pain. Two days later, I am in excruciating pain. My ear hurts to the touch, and the lymph node next to my ear is really swollen. I can’t open my mouth without it hurting. I am wondering if I got the wrong diagnosis, and if there is something else I can do to relieve the pain. Thank you,
Hi, I’m (…) 57 yr. old. History multiple myeloma, have defibrilator, low blood pressure. Meds: omeprazole, baby aspirin, Coumadin, amiodarone,fleccanide, lisinopril, neurontin, Ativan, metropolol. What has me concerned is blurry vision, which is a side effect of fleccanide, but it’s mainly left eye. Also when I get up from sitting I take one step, get off balance, weak and walk like a drunk person. Have not fallen but come close, walk Into chairs. This is occasionally.
I have been getting really sever rib pains on both side and front and back. When it kicks in really intensely it spreads to my back, chest and stomach too. It feels like there is a lump inside between my ribs right at the top of my rib cage. And when the pain is at its worst I can’t bend to the right side much as it feels like my ribs are being blocked from moving any further and it causes really sever pain to do so. When it’s at its worst I can’t lay down, sit up or stand as everything makes it a lot worse.
My daughter is going to be four months old next week. She was eating four to six ounces of milk every 3-4 hours and recently only eats 2-4 ounces. She has reflux but have never had this issue with her before. She cries after and sometimes while eating. She does pass gas while and during feeding.
Hi I’m a 23 year old female I’ve had chronic insomnia since I was 16. For almost 2 years now I’ve been having progressive symptoms. It started with frequent infections and infections that lasted longer. Then I started having dizziness and fainting recurrently. Palpitations And low blood pressure. I started having acute body pain lasting only a few minutes feeling like a shock went through my body. Then I got easy and spontaneous bruising mostly localized to my arms. Having recurrent fevers with chills. Bleeding gums and a weird feeling of fullness in my abdomen on left side. And sometimes I now get an itchy throat from foods I’ve always eaten which improves with antihistamines
Problems in childhood
I’ve had migraines since early childhood.
Sinusitis since early childhood
I didn’t have a lot of infections as a child i only had a recurrent diagnosis of glandular fevers.
My migraines got worse since puberty and I had irregular heavy menstrual cycles also causing fainting.
I’ve had a few orthopedic and dental surgeries. Woke up during the last surgery at age 14.
Medications
The only treatment i am on is antihistamines. I do not use pain medication. I was on amitrypteline for 1 year for insomnia with no effect.
I was put on depo provera injections at age 18 to stop my periods but stopped using it 2 years later because my migraines got worse
Lifestyle
I don’t use recreational drugs and drink alcohol occasionally like once every 4 months.
I have been a smoke since age 14
I’ve never been sexually active and don’t use contraceptives.
I am a shift worker at an active profession
I exercise routinely except when I am too sick
My bmi is 25
I eat healthy foods but only supper as I don’t have an appetite earlier during the day
I use to drink water constantly now i struggle to consume as much.
Investigations
Since 2014 i had routine cbc tests as an abnormality was picked up on 1 test I had a recurrent elevated WBC count of about 14. Also having high RDW 18 high hematocrit 0.510 and low mchc 30. On some occasions having elevated platelets of 110.
I had 1 labtest only with elevated alp 122
And recurrent lft with low ast and bilirubin.
On my kidney functions only having low bicarbonate high anion gap recurrent with some instances of elevated potassium of 5.3. Urea is always 2.4 or lower reaching 2.0.
Had 2 tft one showing hypo other hyper 3rd normal
Calcium and phosphate normal
Iron studies normal with ferritin 33
Inr and ptt normal
Had crp of 58 and esr 28 a while ago
Hba1c 6.0%
Negative ana
Neg hep a,b and c
Neg Elisa HIV.
Tsh 0.6
Now i am still having the symptoms but cbc normal with wbc count at 8. The doctors don’t know what is wrong since everything comes back normal. The symptoms are mostly intermittent only insomnia is persistent. I’m starting to feel like I’m crazy I just want to be healthy. I need answers if anyone can please give me advice.
Can transplant be considered for someone whose kidneys have not yet failed? The patient cannot take medication for an unrelated illness because his kidneys can not handle strong meds. Is transplant an option?
Hi! I’m a 41 year old woman, non-smoking and generally in good health. In the past couple months I have started waking up at night coughing up fluid and feeling like “drowning “. Before Christmas last year I had a 3 weeks period during which I had daily heart palpitations. I didn’t think much of it since I sometimes get palpitations if stressed out. However now having these nightly coughing fits, started thinking those may be related. I read online, that fluids collecting in lungs could possibly have to do with heart.
I have had a couple of colds this winter and got antibiotics for sinus infection which healed fine. I also have seasonal allergies which I take Claritin occasionally.
I appreciate your answers and recommendations. Thanks.
Concerned about my daughter’s recent blood work. My daughter is Caucasian, 7 years old, about 50″ tall, and 54 lbs. She is taking Vyvanse 20mg for ADHD and Zarontin for CAE. She just started the Zarontin early February. Recently she hasn’t been sleeping well. She has swollen lymph nodes on her neck (one has been there for a while, and she is due for an Ultra Sound of neck soon). Her PCP did some blood work yesterday, and some of the results make me wonder what is going on with me baby? Today she was sleepy most of the day.
The numbers that have me the most concerned are:
ANC (absolute Neutrophil count) – 1.0 Low
WBC (White Blood Cell) – 2.6 Low [yet was 4.8 three weeks ago] -what can cause this drop?
Globulin 1.9 Low
Monocyte 19.0% High
What can cause this deviation from the normal ranges? and the big drop in WBC?
I donated plasma the other day and there power went out . 25 min later they turned the machine by hand to return my blood. My vein was hard about 1 inch long but now 3 days later it’s from my elbow to my wrist hard and hurts and I’m getting bad headaches
