Hi i am a 18 yr old female, I have anemia! I was diagnosed with pneumonia on the 2/1/17 after having a cough and other symptoms for over 9weeks, the pneumonia is in my left lung, when I went to the hospital I had pain in my back and chest, the pain has now moved to my shoulder and ribs on left side, is this normal? The pain it really sharp and painful I have also started coughing again this had stopped for about five days and now it’s returned, is that normal? I finish my medication on Monday!
I have pernicious anaemia and require regular B12 injections.
I have a new doctor whom I trust. However, when the time comes for my B12 injection, I wonder if he is doing it right because all the other doctors who have injected me with B12 have inflicted me with some level of pain (which I don’t mind as I am used to it and I know to expect it from the B12s). This doctor however inflicts no pain at all and the injection is done very quickly (I always have injections in upper arm) and I can’t help wondering if he is doing it right (He does not hold the needle perpendicular to the skin but slanted too). I have not dared raising the question with him though I have mentioned how painless his injections are. Should I be more open and discuss this with him or is he possibly aware of a way of injecting this B12 which most other doctors don’t know about?
I am 56, female.
22 y/o female. No past pregnancies. My whole life i have been hindered by extreme abdominal pain, bowel movement pain and extremely painful periods. A few months ago i was told during an ultrasound my uterus is retroverted and retroflexed, and that my uterus and both ovaries are more to the left side. I have done research and have connected with other who have the same symptoms and conditions. I spoke with my doctor today to see if i could get a referral to an arvigo therapist ( they correct the position of uterus with massage) and he told me no! He said that its impissible for my uterus to be causing any issues and refused to refer me. I have seen other doctors and had other tests done and theyve found no other cause. Does it make sense for my doc to refuse this even though i know what symptoms im having and believei know the cause ( what else could it be?)
30 years old female. 140lbs. No health issues known. MRI/CT scan normal, blood work normal, blood sugar normal, EKG/ECHO/HOLTER normal, ENT did not find any issues, allergies – zero allergies, no vitamin deficit issues.
I’ve had this off balance/unsteady feeling in my head for months now. Noticed more when looking down at my computer, looking down in the sink to wash dishes, looking down to shave my legs as I sit on the side of the tub, looking down to cook. Standing still, and looking in the mirror. When I am slightly bent to the sink to look at my eyes in the mirror I feel this feeling.
Doctors are clueless and I am TIRED of feeling like crap! Scared to work out and live my life. I just want to be normal again.
I dont drink or do drugs, former smoker – quit two months ago.
I’m 58 and 5 years ago I had tests where they found I had calcification!
Tonight while using the flat of my hand and feeling under my arms and up over my collarbone I found lots of small movable lumps! Should I be worried ? I am having a full knee operation on 9 February, is it wise to get these lumps checked out before I have my operation?
i just need some advice. I had a bad fall last friday (5 days ago) where i hit my knee badly on concrete – my leg was very bruised the next day and its been painful since. I didnt go to see a doctor as i assumed it hurt just because I’d badly bruised it (didnt want to waste doctors time if it was just bruised)
Like i said i had the fall almost a week ago now, the bruising is starting to go down but the pain is about the same (sometimes worse) im abit concerned that I may have done more damage to my knee than just bruise it (i did land very hard on my knee) any advice would be greatly appriciated – should i just wait til the bruising goes and hope the pain goes too ?
Hello doctor, earlier last week my grandfather passed away. It was unfortunate and even weird… the doctors had told us that he was suffering from ARDS. We were not convinced, especially after there was an episode of him falling and choking due to some food that got in his lungs. My grandfather was admitted to the hospital on December 15, 2016 and passed away on January 2, 2017. He had a stroke the day he was admitted, leading to the doctors figuring out that he had bleeding in the brain. His blood pressure was high and he was complaining about headaches. About 5-6 days later, his brain was starting to heal and his blood pressure had gotten better. He was doing way better. The only problem was that he was not eating properly. The doctors said that he was given a swallowing test and passed, they even gave him nausea medicine answered laxative, he was still not eating. Just 7 days after he was admitted, (a day or two after he was showing signs of recovery) he apparently choked on food and flat lined. The nurse found him on the floor, they don’t know how long… the doctors worked on him for 10 minutes and finally got a pulse back, reviving him. The doctors were not sure if he had a heart attack or a seizure and diagnosed him with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Note: my grandfather was a diabetic and had a few strokes beforehand (like months- to years ago). I need to know your thoughts and what you think he was really diagnosed with, I just can’t wrap my mind around the fact that they found him on the floor choking with an amount of minutes they didn’t even know.
Im an 18 year old woman. I started having migraines for 7 months now with all of its symptoms . I was taking sanmigran . 3 months now i had a mild urinary tract infection and we found out that I have kidney stones. Now i have no kidney stones and no infection. But I still get migraine so I had an MRI done. nothing was found. that was 6 months ago. Now i experience sever back and limb pain that comes a goes. confusion inability to focus joint pain and insomnia. sometimes i get limb jerks and unsteady walking and incontinence and vision issues even though my eyes are healthy. I also get mood swings and my urine is abnormal and smells weird. I went to a doctor 4 days ago and got diagnosed with epilepsy. I’m not sure with this diagnosis. I got prescripted Tegretol and Sanmigran again.
Female age 24. Not sure what matters and what doesn’t so im listing everything that is abnormal. Some symptoms I’ve had for a long time such as fatigue, weakness, night sweats, random itchiness especially when I go to sleep, I’ve gotten small circle red scaly looking patches on my arms and legs usually just one at a time every few months. I have silent reflux. And also I don’t know if this is anything but maybe like a year ago my right tonsil started getting swollen randomly at times and has continued to. Now it’s just always larger than the left and sometimes gets a little bigger with some discomfort.
Recently. In July I went to hospital for lower abdominal pain and bloody stool. They did a ct scan and found I had colitis. Did a colonoscopy but the infection had already cleared up and they didn’t find anything else. Was extremely nauseous for a couple months after that.
Along with that ct scan that also found a 2cm nodule on my left adrenal gland. Primary doctor ran some hormone bloodwork. Only dhea s came back high and he thinks it’s from pcos but nothing further was done.
Fast forward to november. Started getting right abdominal and back pain. In December had an ultrasound then an mri done and they found gallstones. Also had bloodwork done and had a white count of 18 and had high liver numbers. I had my gallbladder laparoscopicly removed on December 30th.
Along with that I’ve had a low grade fever almost every night for about a month. Temp starts going up around midnight and comes back down about 5am. My normal temp is between high 97 and low 98. My temp at night goes up to 99.4 so far.
My concern pretty much is each time something was wrong I did prior research and ended up being right. My research with this has led me to lymphoma and lupus and I just don’t know if that’s a possibility or what to do.
Sometime in late September to early October of 2016, my father (56 year-old caucasian male; was 202 lbs in October, is currently 193 lbs) noticed a bump on his face directly in front of his ear that was hard and painful when touched. He told his ENT and he ordered a CAT scan and a biopsy. By the time we got the results of the tests several more bumps had appeared in the same area along with a larger lump on the same side of his neck. The results indicated cancer in his parotid gland and surrounding lymph nodes. In mid December, a surgeon removed the parotid gland and 23 lymph nodes from his neck and the side of his face (sacrificing a large branch of the facial nerve in the process). After coming home a little bit less than a week after the surgery, my father found that he was becoming more and more tired and out of breath even when exerting very little energy. This past Saturday, we took him to the emergency room because our family doctor was worried that he might have a blood clot. Instead, they found that his bilirubin was building up in his system (also causing his stool to be yellowish) and his liver enzymes were (and still are) rapidly increasing. He had a PET scan yesterday and the results came back earlier today. The scan revealed over 50 tumors in his liver and over 20 in his spleen. This is when we were told that he has stage 4 sarcomatoid carcinoma. The preferred treatments for this (I believe the nurse practitioner told us they were taxanes and a some form of chemotherapy that is very toxic to the liver and kidneys) are not options because the cancer is in his liver and because he has had two kidney transplants (a double transplant in 1992 and one kidney transplant in 2012). His current symptoms are shortness of breath, fatigue, yellow stool, and pain in the left upper quadrant. What I want to know is what our best options will be for treatment. I also want to know the survival rate for this form of cancer and how long he may have to live.
Hi I am a 50 year old female with severe dry eye problem. My eyes are always red and often ache. I use lubricant eye drops (Day and night versions) and manuka honey drops too. The drops have really helped. I also had plugs inserted into the tear ducts which also helps.
Now my eye doctor has suggested a more permanent solution – tear duct fusion. This will replace the need for plugs (they can fall out, get stuck etc.). However I can’t find any information about the procedure.
Can you please tell me how this works, possible side effects, recovery time?I’m due to have the procedure in a few days but I have so many questions and my doctor is in the public system so I can’t access her to ask.
I was seeing a pain management dr and she was prescribing me percocet. I told the dr I wasn’t taking it bc I was extremely ill and taking dayquil/nyquil, zpak and my inhaler occasionally. They discharged me bc they said I should have came up positive for amphetamine. I argued with with them for 30 minutes saying amphetamine and acetaminophen are 2 completely different thing but she kept arguing with me that they were the same. I think i know the difference between the 2 bc i work in the health care field. So does this mean I was wrongfully discharged?
23 , female
Last year in July I fell pregnant in oct we found out it was a chemical pregnancy , in nov my dr diagnosed me with pcos she told me it was a rare case since I’m not over weight or have any serious medical conditions , in dec she put me medroxy progesterone and clomid to help conceive I finished clomid on day 5-9 of my cycle which was jan 1-5 , she perscribed sex for us on day 12-18 of my cycle which is jan 8-14 , but the thing is lately I’ve been having non stop hot flashes that last about and hour or two it’s manageable throughout the day but at night it’s the worst , I sleep with the windows open and the fans on and it’s 45 degrees out side and I’m constantly sweating like it’s summer , it’s very overwhelming , is it just from the meds and because I’m ovulating or could it be something else ?
If a grade three pectoral major rupture is left untreated for eight months, is that what has caused 4 cm of retraction in the tendon?
if so is that classed as medical negligence? thanks
Hello I am 33 years old female I broke my leg about eight years ago and now for the last month it has been hurting real bad I have three screws and a rod in that leg from when I broke it my ankle just throbs all the time and goes numb of my leg occasionally if I’m on it too long
