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Several months ago, my lower left leg (shin area) began to hurt?

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Hi, several months ago, my lower left leg (shin area) began to hurt. Like a soreness, didn’t feel like the muscle, it felt like bone pain. I am a 43 year old female, 5’6 235pounds. I went to the doctor, who said I had mild pitting edema, but ordered an xray. My doctor, not the radiologist, viewed the xray and said it looked good, he didn’t see a fracture or anything but the outer part of my tibia was a little thicker than he is used to seeing, but said wait for radiologist report. The Xray came back normal. He then ordered an mri. He called and it was normal, and showed mild dermal edema. He said all he wanted me to do was try to exercise and take ibuprofen as needed. That seemed to help, but it is back. I want to believe the xray and mri would have showed something if it were of bigger concern. Just confused & worried. Thank you.



I’ve been ill for the past seven weeks, need a second doctor opinion?

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Okay, so I ve been ill for the past seven weeks. It started off as a cold and cough, after five weeks I went to my doctor, and was prescribed amoxicillin for five days for a chest infection. It seemed to clear it up for a couple of days, however, it flared up again even worse and I m in agony. I ve barely slept, I m constantly coughing, sometimes yellowy mucus comes up (sorry if that s tmi hahah) and I m just exhausted in general. I have a lump on the right side of my throat but I think it’s just a swollen gland?

I went back to my doctor today as it does n t seem to be improving, I ve tried everything for it, all types of cough syrups, tablets. You name it and I ve probably tried it. Nothing seems to shift it. The only advice I got from my doctor today was “come back if it gets worse”

I m at my wits end with this, it s reached the point where I m fed up of being ill, I just want it gone but I just feel like it isn t being taken seriously. What should I do?

I’m an eighteen year old female, I have asthma. I’m on montelukast tablets, salabutamol inhaler, ventolin inhaler, I have hay fever. I’m also taking the cilest contraceptive pill, I have never had an asthma attack.



I’ve been sick for over a year now not being able to do basic human things?

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I’ve been sick for over a year now. I’m 29 female. Symptoms include: low vitamin d, underactive thyroid( normal now took levothyroxine),occasional heart palpitations, pale skin, swollen hands legs abdomen, dizzy spells, orthostatic hypotension patterns with symptoms, lung mucus production with cough, insomnia, constipation, pain in lower back shoulders hips legs. So far I’ve had a tilt table test(negative) heart ultrasound( negative) sleep study( negative) 24 hour urine collection with a cortisol level 4 points above normal. I went from functioning to now not being able to do basic human things like dishes and grocery shopping. So far my doctor just keeps telling me he’s not sure what’s causing all this.



Orthopedic doctor claimed surgery is the only solution for shoulder problem, need second opinion?

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Male, born 1987.

Hello. I’ve been having shoulder pain since august 2016. No sudden trauma or activities at the time before the pain except maybe a climbing pass (with no pain whatsoever).

Pain is mostly felt on the outside of shoulder and going down to where the visual parts of bicep and triceps starts/meet. this type of pain is felt when doing the typical benchpress movement with more pain the closer the bar is to the chest and the wider the grip. the same pain is also felt when doing pullups with more pain the wider the grip (most pain when arm and elbow is bent 90 degrees). similar pain and also pain in the front of the deltoid and space between trapezius and collarbone is felt when doing arm raises to the side or when rotating shoulder outwards in a fast motion.

I also have winged shoulder blade on the same side and problems reaching behind my back (internal rotation). However this problem I’ve been suffering from for several years and they cause me no pain.

I’ve been going to several doctors, chiros, physiotherapists and everyone seems to have different opinions on the cause and treatments. The major reason I’m asking is because the last doctor I met (orthopedic doctor) claimed surgery is the only solution after looking at my x ray.

I’m wondering if I could get a second opinion on the x-ray image I’m providing you.



My mother is suffering from a medical condition of displacement in back bone?

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Hi I’m (…),my mother is suffering from a medical condition of displacement in back bone due to lifting a weight and now she cannot stand straight up she is being bent forward to a certain 30 to 40 degree’s of angle and her left leg is also been a bit folded inwards too much severe pain she is feeling in her whole, consulted a surgeon and treatment is carried on yet no sign of a cure or relief also he didn’t mentioned any word to describe her condition I have digital xrays I can send you also the prescription advised for next 6 weeks.



Small thrombus in distal right pulmonary artery should i start taking Xarelto (Rivaroxaban)?

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The CT Scan Pulmonary Angio reads “small thrombus in distal right pulmonary artery at its bifurcation as described above minimally comprising the lumen”. My question is should i start taking Xarelto (Rivaroxaban) as prescribed by the doctor or should ask doctor to prescribe more safe drug considering the side effect profile of the drug?



My blood work showed inflammation. I have Crohn’s disease do I need steroids?

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I just got a call from my GI office that my blood work showed inflammation. I have had Crohn’s disease for 12 years. I haven’t had a flare up in 7 years until just recently. I am taking azathioprine and they upped my dose, they also want me to start taking Entocort. I do not want to take Entocort, because I do not want to gain weight but most importantly I do not want a huge face or acne. Can crohns inflammation be healed without a steroid? Thank you



I am having a medical problem that has not been solved as of yet?

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I am a 76 year old woman who is having a medical problem that has not been solved as of yet.
I am diabetic but that is under control , I am type 2 diabetic. I began to loose my appetite and did’t feel like eating therefore I lost about 15 lbs, what is terrible to me is that my face is sunk in plus I have lost muscle tone, I became very weak and fatigued. I ended up in the hospital over the Christmas holidays.Many test were run and the only conclusion they came to is that I had low magnesium which caused my blood sugar to become low . As of my last test showed that it had not come up after few weeks .Yes I have been under stress because of problem my grandson has ad and he lives with me but is 41 years old and had not lived with me until a couple years ago, His Mother died , he lost hi job and couldnt find more work in our little town he came to live with me I had cancer once unidentified but took radition . blood test did not show any cancer markers> I do have small lumps under my skin , legs and arms but the Dr. did not think much about that.
Could these lumps be of any threat to my health ?I am weary about my weight loss for I look sickly in the face mainly.I weight 127 lbs and am 5 “4 inches tall .Do you have any insight as what my condition may be? thank you



I have been diagnosed with PCOS, need second opinion?

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Hi,
I am 26 years old and on October16 i have beed diagnosed with PCOS, after trying sporadically to get pregnant since me and my fiance are not living together.
My doctor didn’t put me in any medication saying that i will need a medication only after being a year of trying. I’ve changed my doctor and and she put mi on dikirogen to take it for 6 months and after 4 months i should go and check my ovulation. I did the glycemia and insulinemia and the insulin resistence was (HOMA-IR) 1.9. I think i am a thin type of PCOS case.
I would need some advice by a specialist if i am in a right way of taking this suplement or i should ad another medicine. My ovaries are biger than normal, right ovary is 47 and left 45



I had 2 endometrial biopsy-both came negative do I need another biopsy?

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Hello , I had 2 endometrial biopsy-both came negative; last biopsy-one and a half year ago,vaginal ultrasound -one /33mm/fibroid was found.One day ago between my period I found on the paper just lille bit tinny light color blood and it stop.
Do I need another biopsy? I am 51 female, no more symptoms.
Thank you



Our fertility doctor suggests an Ultrasound, Abdominal Vessels procedure, need second doctor opinion?

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Hi, We’ve been having problem getting pregnant and have been seeing a fertility doctor. Every time my wife was around ovulation time she would go to the doctor and receive a intra-vaginal ultrasound. When we received the claim it listed, among others, an expensive procedure called “Ultrasound, Abdominal Vessels”. Is this a necessary exam to establish whether she was ovulating? What is this exam normally used for?



I had an embolism on the right side of the base of my scull am I headed for another embo?

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54yrs female.in 2006 had an embolism on the right side of the base of my scull .im under a lot of stress and have been getting pain there again like something is there ,,spats of dizziness..bit of an ear thing goin on like its blocked,,headaches on one side,,am i headed for another embo? oh..i also suffer from P.T.S.D.



I was diagnosed with PANDAS syndrome I often run low grade fevers, have fatigue, and chills?

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I am 18 years old, female, 5’1, 106lbs. I was diagnosed with PANDAS (Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated With Streptococcal Infections) in 2012. I keep getting strep, I had it at the end of November and I was diagnosed with it again at the end of January. I know I’m not reinfecting myself because I changed my tooth brush, sheets, and washed all my clothes. It took me over a week for my fever to break and I have bad mild chest pressure. I keep getting tonsil stones the size of peas. When I don’t have strep I often run low grade fevers, have fatigue, and chills. I do have a history of throat problems. Please advise?