I am a 35 yr old female. I had a back fusion at l4-s1 about 4 yrs ago. I have recently been having a lot of pain when I bend forward and try to straighten back up. It feels like it locks on me. So I had an xray done, and it shows that I have anterlothesis of l4 on l5, and it increases with flexion. My pain doctor referred me to a surgeon because he said it should not be moving like that due to it being fused there. Is he right? Is this abnormal movement?
49 y/o female, right hand was crushed/squeezed in a dog leash. Hand was swollen and bruised with limited motion to right ring finger and hand. A few days passed with no improvement. Had X-rays Dr. Says yes 4th metacarpal is broke. Took weeks to get into orthopedic hand Dr. He views films from initial visit and says no it’s not broke. Still pain in hand. Motion is resuming.
i recently got lasik.. well i got my 3rd Surgery (enhancements) and now they claim i have -0.5 astigmatism in my right eye and +0.25 farsighted in my left. They claim that its a success.. however i feel my vision is very off balanced! I had to leave school because reading is difficult as the words are a bit fuzzy.. from far things are fuzzy to.. it comes from my right eye more. As soon as my eye are open i feel CONSTANT eye strain! I have daily headaches because of it. Its been 4 months since my last surgery.. when I finally went to see my surgeon about this she said “you have dry eyes.. i can see from here you have dry spots on your cornea. Thats whats causing your vision to be blurry and feel unbalanced.. and giving you a hard to time to see fine print on words in books.” Could they be right? Can dry eyes do that!? I mean my eyes dont even burn! I dont feel dry..
I am a 24 years old male. I have had stiffness of the neck for 4 years now. Whenever i take a pain reliever drug like “Diclofenac”, the stiffness subside a little but cant still turn my neck fully. I went to a hospital recently, and the doctor looked clueless and couldn’t narrow down what it was, was just telling me to go do many test. I went to an acupuncture center, and everything there just look shady and wrong. First it was their diagnosing machine, a quantum resonance magnetic analyzer. That first made me skeptical about the treatment, although i went with it, what really put me off was when after stretching my neck and trying to put it back by force, the doctor said i might have meningitis. I knew immediately this man was just clueless too.. I dont think i have meningitis, because from what i can read about it, i have no meningitis symptoms except the stiff neck. I dont have pain extended to my hand or back or shoulder or any tingling sensation. no headaches or fever, i am as healthy as any other individual but just the stiff neck. Please i really need help, scared to go to another shady doctor who just want my money and got no clue. I have never had any accident, i just slept and woke up with the stiff neck and 4 years now it has refuse to go.
I keep getting frequent anterior shoulder dislocations, but my arm is only hanging out for about 20-30 seconds before it pops back in. Then it feels alright, I can feel that if I repeat the movement it will come out again but with force. The pain is not that bad, easily avoidable.
Is this something I can ignore? I don’t have access to medical help just yet, but want to know that I’m not making the situation majorly worse by continuing to not do anything about it.
Can I keep going to the gym 6 days a week? It popped out today doing lateral extensions.
Thanks,
Hello, I’m (…) and I’m 20. I have a question regarding the use of an elbow brace. I fractured my elbow a year and 4 months ago, I currently have “nails” in and wanted to know if I should be using an elbow brace when playing contacts sports and if so is there a specific kind I should use? I’m currently not taking any medication, I was prescribed azetomenofen for the pain. I haven’t had any major pain recently but have had slight pains when playing sports.
Diagnosed with Patella Alta ratio 1.7.
Looking to seek more advise on it as I am booked in for surgery and could possibly be out of work for up to 8 months. Is surgery the only option after 3 kneecap dislocations and 3 years of physical therapy
Im a 41-year-old female. Ive been sick since December 4. I went to my physician December 6 due to a sinus infection which he prescribed me a zpak. Took enough pak kept feeling worse and very weak. When to the ER and P.A. there said I had an upper respiratory infection was told to get rest afrin and an otc decongestant which I did. Kept blowing lots and lots of green mucus from nasal passage and coughing the same green mucus from my mouth non stop tasting nothing but infection when I swallow. Still feeling horrible and extreme fatigue and weakness. I retun by to the ER 4days ago this time I was told after chest x-ray and lab work that I have a bad sinus infection and bronchitis. The doctor gave me a bag of iv fluids and a bag of levaquin and a prescription of levaquin 750mg 1 a day for 10 days. I have been taking them for 4days the green mucus is still coming up not as much but I still have no energy at all so weak and extremely tired. I still feel no what like me before all of this what is the cause of the unbearable weakness?
In the event that the fourth toe has been amputated, is it possible to do surgery to bring the remaining toes closet together and get rid of the gap/ space?, thanks
I am a 51 year old female . I just had my 5th spinal fusion , this time C4-5 and 5-6 in Dec 16 , 2016 I am normally very active and in good physical shape . I did also a a pretty complicated 7 hour emergency lumbar fusion in August of 2016. I am in an Aspen collar for 6 weeks I have been up and active since about 3 days post op. I wear my collar all day and Dr. said I didn’t have to wear it at night , much relieved by that. However , I move around a great deal in the night and last night felt a little pop in my neck , painless . My main source of pain right now is all muscle related . Some weakness in hands , not bad , and some burning in the sides of my neck and down through shoulders to around elbows . i try to rest a little here and there during the day . However , I am particularly tired today . I have taken , with the exception of last Sat. only one pain pill most days , but not everyday . Sat . I took two during day. Sat. during the night extreme pain. i took an Oxycontin , which is a desperate measure for me . My two main questions 1: should I be wearing the collar at night ? 2: is it normal to be this tired? This operation took only about 3 hours , seemed like small potatoes after the August surgery . I am not sure that I know what it means when a Dr. says slow down , What specifically does that look like . I am a single mom , 4 kids , youngest is 11. It sounds like a lot and it is but I also have help The children are helpful too. I don’t particularly want to wear collar at night , and sometimes if i am just sitting in a chair watching TV (rare) I do take collar off . I hope this all makes sense !
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I have a 24 month old daughter who haven’t had any medical problem since birth. Recently on checking her eyes i noticed a brown ring around her iris (as seen on the attached image) and iam worried if this is a kayser-Freischer ring, an indication of a liver disease.
Hello. I’m a 27-year-old woman. I have been suffering from joint disease for 2 months. About 17 days ago when i felt much better i decided to use infrared sauna because of good information about it online. I thought it would be useful for my disease. After 3 times using infrared sauna I started feeling hurt at all joints in my body. And i stopped using it after 7 times. Now i have stopped for 1 weeks. But all my joints still hurt alot. Although i never feell hurt at some those joints before. Why this happed to me? How can i make this symptom disappear? Please help
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37 y/o male active
2010 laminectomy l5/s1
11/28/16 facet blocks l4/l5
12/20/16-Tuesday was admitted to hospital with severe back pain with no known cause of injury.
Given diluated, Valium, gabapentin,
Epidural l4/l5 on thurday 12/22/16
Pain resolving having nerve pain/weakness down l4 nerve root.
My question is: would the laminectomy of l5/s1 disk affect the disk above l4/l5 causing it to herniated over time due to increase pressure placed on it from laminectomy
I am a 49 year old female I have been having a lot of pain in my head, neck, left arm and lower back. I had a mri done back in August of this year. I have had pain shots but they only last a day or so but the pain doesnt completely go away, just makes it more bearable. I have appointments to see a neurologist in January and a Neurosurgeon in February. I dont really understand any of what this says, a nurse practitioner is the one who order the mri done because of the headaches and numbness to 2 of the fingers on my left hand. I havent been in a car accident. xrays showed degenerative changes in my neck and back. Here are the results of the mri. If someone could tell me anything about the or the seriousness I would so greatly appreciate it.
Central disc bulging is noted at C2-C3. A small disc protrusion is noted at C3-C4 impinging on the thecal sac. At C4-C5 there is a tiny disc protrusion slightly impinging on the thecal sac. At C5-C6 there is a central disc protrusion impinging on the thecal sac. There is minimal retrolisthesis of the C5.
IMPRESSION- Disc protrusion is seen indenting the thecal sac from C3 to C6. Thecal sac appears to be flattened from C3 to C7. There is no syrinx or tonsillar herniation noted
47 years female. I had an accident four weeks back and injury on my foot upper tow. Plaster is applied since that day. What do you think?
