My immune system is deficient in the 1gG3 classification. Currently, I cough and have to hold my chest because of the pain. I seem to be on a 3-4 week cycle of getting sick. I call my asthma doctor who prescribes an antibiotic over the internet. I had this 3 weeks ago but it was better for a week or so after an antibiotic and prednizone. Getting into the doctor takes days and I don’t trust the urgent care facilities. The doctors seem to be inexperienced. Should I go to the emergency room this time? How do I know if I am in real danger of the congestion affecting my ability to live?
My name is (…) from Australia. My nephew – (…), (male) aged 16 year, living in Bangladesh, has been suffering an acute pain in his spine. Doctor in Bangladesh wasn’t able to unambiguously diagnose his disease, however based on some of the medical investigation such as MRI scan and assessing the symptoms they strongly suspect that (my nephew) has been suffering from Bone TB. As the diagnosis was not unequivocal so the prescribed course of the treatment given by the doctors in Bangladesh doesn’t build a solid confidence in us. In that circumstance my sister brought him to Hyderabad, India as India is deemed to be better than Bangladesh in regards to medical science. However, the outcome is almost absolutely identical. In this circumstance we are seriously confused and cannot take our decision, whether we should go for surgery or TB medication. We are even thinking about taking the patient to Bangkok as Bangkok is even better than India.
Please give me a guideline.
Kindest regards,
(…)
I suddenly have a very large bald spot on top of my head , I am 23 years old , I smoke but eat quite healthy and I’m active , I am not experiencing and other symptoms but I’m quite sure it wasn’t like that when I got my hair cut maybe a couple months ago. Age:23 Male
I developed breathing difficulties approx 2 years ago, which have worsened daily since. I am consistently told by the doctor that I am hyper ventilating due to anxiety …. I only wish this were the case but it isn’t.
I originally felt like something wasn’t moving properly when I breathed in and out, so doc ordered chest xray which came back clear. No wheezing or any symptom like that, just that i couldn’t breathe deeply any more. Problems have persisted, getting worse with worsening pantness, shortness of breath at all times and worsening feeling of suffocation especially when lying down. I’m breathing about 40 breaths every 30 secs now, constantly like this and am exhausted with it and scared at the increasing shallowness and choking feeling. Very bad feeling of choking all the time and gurgling noises in throat now, very shallow breaths n and out. Can still swallow but feels very odd and uncomfortable. Have also had a diaphragm test as i had read this can cause respiratory issues like this, this was also clear. Have now such a shallow breath in and out and permanent choking feeling, wretching sometimes which is so difficult even as so little air. The huge problem i have is that i haven’t been taken seriously about what is happening and has continued to happen, worsening., and am now at a complete crisis point and still not believed…after my partner died, i got put on medication for anxiety, this worsened on medications which i reacted badly to and I have ended up with a diagnosis of bi-polar. I stopped the meds sometime ago because of physical side effects like twitches and high cholesterol, fatty lipids on eyes from it and other pretty bad side effects…but obviously still have the diagnosis of bi polar which has prevented being taken seriously on this. It has been horrific trying to persuade people something is wrong and worsening to be constantly told its it my head…, i wish it were this easy! I have been complaining of the worsening feeling of some kind of paralysis a long time, and am consistently told by the doctor that i am hyper ventilating due to anxiety. I only wish this were the case. I ve been back to the doctor again this week, told i am hyperventilating and need medication to treat the anxiety, and that my swallowing is fine because I can take a sip of water and swallow that. Also my oxygen saturation level is ok. AM very scared as feel throat could close very soon, my breathing is very weak, very short and shallow and am waking up choking…Getting to sleep is very difficult as the breathing is so shallow and just panting so fast…Im now despairing because if i go to urgent care, Ive been told they will say the same thing… this has been said to me more than once in the past three months, but nothing is improving just worsening. (…) Just to add to this, i couldn’t do sprirometry test recently as have such shallow breath, and they said i wasn’t doing it properly due to anxiety. (…) It took a year faster chest xray to ask for diaphragm test too, despite me continually saying it was worsening both to my gp and psychiatrist. Just cant believe what is happening and nowhere to turn. I would take medication if this were anxiety, but it isn’t and is so so uncomfortable and frightening now…. and i just wonder what if anything can I do. I have a feeling i will choke to death whenever i lie down now and am feeling its pretty urgent. I just get told it isn’t getting worse, because i first mentioned it two years ago, and am unable and powerless to prove otherwise. Can someone please advise on what I can do now. Fearing for my life now and don’t know how. Age: 44 Gender: Female
Over the weekend i was using energy supplements followed with extreme physical activity most of the day. When i had woken up monday, i was incredibly dizzy and almost had a drunk feeling. Today , the feeling is still here, and i also passed out earlier. I take three medications including abilify, lexapro, and lamictal (cant remember how to spell it). This is the first time i had ever felt like this and am concerned as to whether this will pass, or i need medical attention. Age:20 Male
Burning pain in pelvic, lower abdomen & intestines. No fever
I’m experiencing burning pain in the pelvic area for the last couple of months as well as in the very low abdomen area, and lower back, bladder and intestines. It improves when I’m up but gets worse when I’m sleeping. It also improves after a bowel movement or when I empty my bladder but I don’t have a sense of urgency to urinate. I had a hysterectomy (everything) removed years ago so can’t say it’s anything like that. It feels like fire in all the areas described. I’m having a hard time sleeping and feeling tired as a result I have not had a fever. I moved here about 4 months ago and have not found a doctor. 46 Female
I am 27 years old boy. I am facing breathing difficulties for last 1 year. Pressure and tightness on left and middle chest. Discomfort on upper back and neck. If I sit on chair I can not keep my spine straight, feel very weak. Also after walking some distance feel breathing difficulty and chest pressure. I have visited chest specialist, cardiologist. I have done some test like chest xrays, ECG, ECHO Color, Blood test. All reports are ok. Done MRI of spine. Report comes with disk bulge in c4-c5 level. Others are ok. I also visited physical medicine specialist and he gave me Brufen SR tablets and some anti depression tablets. I have little chest pain not much. But discomfort on back and chest and breathing difficulty making my life very miserable. Sometimes I feel very awkward like 1 or 2 kicks(bits or vibration like for 1 or 2 seconds) on middle of my upper chest which feels like I am getting heart attack. When I hear any bad news and then feel very bad on my left chest.
I am a software engineer and I can not work effectively in my office. Please advice me what I have to do and what is causing this problems.
Thanks in advance.
Hi there, I broke my collarbone back in 2009 when a girl tackled me onto my side onto ice. I passed out so I’m not entirely sure how I fell, but I know I fell on my shoulder hard and must have hit my head as well. My collarbone broke in 3 spots on my right side. I was 13 at the time so doctors freaked me out a lot, but they still kind of do. Enough for me not to want to visit the doctors regarding this issue a least.
Anyways, my chest seems to have become a bit deformed since the incident. From my collarbone down to between my breast, the centre of my chest protrudes enough that it makes my breasts push downwards and outwards a bit. It’s not painful at all unless I lay on my stomach and have pressure on my chest for too long, but it’s definitely not something I’d like to deal with the rest of my life. I was wondering if anything could maybe be done without surgery, like a posture sling or compression on the chest of some sort… I tried to take a photo but without completely exposing myself, it’s very hard to show what I mean. It’s like a pigeon chest, but what I’ve noticed about pigeon chests is that it seems to be lower and not start by the collarbone, and that it then sinks in as well as protrude, which mine does not.
My husband is 42y/o Hx. of stroke 1 year ago. He awakened yesterday complaining of heaviness to his left arm. As the day went his stated that he heaviness subsided. Since then stroke he still has weakness is his left arm and dexterity issues to his left hand. Today I noticed that his arm appeared more “flopping” just appeared to hang more. I asked him to open and close his hand and there were definite changes. But they would come and go. He is tired and sleepy. I know about stroke fatigue and I am an RN. I have assessed him head to toe and I cannot find any other symptoms indicating another stroke or TIA. It appears he is having a set back and that has not happened before. Is this a common occurrence or do I need to be worried? Please help.
My mom has a lot of problems kidney failure diabetes sarcoidosis heart failure etc she has these big knots as I should say every where in her body ? The doctors are not doing everything about it and don’t know what it is . It’s everywhere and I could also send pics it’s that big any thoughts of what it could be ?
Hi my name is (…) I am 25 years old exactly 11 weeks ago today I had cold coagulation for (cin) cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 3 on my cervix I have bleeding since that day I finished my contraceptive injection one week ago aswell
I have bleeding every single day for 11 weeks solid it’s has been pink red and brown I’ve had some cramping some back pain but there isn’t a pattern sometimes I can stop for a few hours then it starts again last week was the heaviest it has been and now it has turned back brown and black blood
I do t know what else to do I’m not in any pain now
I am a 46 year old female. I had my gallbladder removed in April of 2015. The doctor said it was not working. I am still having severe pain, that I have to go to the ER. What is going on? Is there a medical term used for this type of condition? I had the scope done in February, and nothing showed up but two polyps and both were benign. I am really getting scared because nothing has been found. The last visit to the ER, they did blood work. Would the blood work have shown if I have cancer or not, or is there a certain test they have to do to check for cancer? Also my blood pressure was up and my heart rate was 138. Please help!
My mother underwent TB treatment for one year recently with Levofloxacin 750 & ethambutol 1000, after a spate of failed treatment of six months, two years ago, with ethambutol 800, isoniazid, rifampicin, pyrozinamide. Her symptoms disappeared totally. Her pulmonologist stopped her medicines.He did not do a AFB test on stoppage of treatment. After stoppage of treatment for 15 days she was absolutely fine. Since last two days she has started getting fever (100+) once again in the evenings. Could it be a case of incomplete cure or relapse of TB? very Mild cough with phlegm has also appeared since yesterday.
I have a lot of abdominal pain one side,up near the ribs and lower down in the pelvic region,especially when I pass urine,this is very painful.
I had a operation to repair a prolapse 5 weeks ago.
I had a catheter in for 5 days after
After it was taken out I had a water infection,I was given some antibiotics,they didn’t work,so they prescribed some others as there were high white blood cells in the urine.before the abiotic were finished I went back to the doctors as I still did not feel right,there were still high white blood cells in the urine.bloods were done,nothing was found.i was still in pain so contacted them again,still had high white blood cells in urine,but still wasn’t given anything,bloods were repeated again,but said no sign of infection,although I was still in pain when urinating. I am now getting throbbing pain the other side of my abdomen,just under my ribs and getting pain on the backs of my legs
I am a female. I was hospitalized a month ago for a severe kidney infection for a week and a half. As soon as I got off the antibiotics I started having symptoms again except no fever. The pain is worse than the last time at my low back at my kidneys, upper left side of my tummy and at my bladder. It is very painful to use the bathroom worse than the last time and my urine is dark yellow and smelly. Every time I eat, my body rejects everything I put in my body such as foods and liquids and even medication. The vomiting is so severe that I will go on for 10 minutes straight. I went to my primary doctor and they said I had a UTI and she gave me antibiotics and because of the severe pain I was in, she ordered a CT scan of my kidneys and found something unknown was on my kidneys and they were afraid it was a cyst or a abscess and gave me a kidney ultrasound but when she sent me to the urologist at my local hospital the same day, they said I had no UTI and everything was fine on my kidneys. My kidneys looked the same as the last time I was in the hospital. He said my pain may be because of my digestive system and he didn’t know why I was in so much pain and it was out of his profession basically and sent me over to the emergency department for pain medication. But the nurse practitioner told me it was my muscles and gave me muscle relaxers. I was having severe vomiting and severe pain but they discharged me after giving me only basically tyneol. I tried telling them it didn’t help but they let me go regardless of my cries for help. I was still in agonizing pain and still having severe vomiting. I took a UTI test strip yesterday and I tested positive for a infection. The pain is getting worse by the day. What should I do next?
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