Hip replaced with radiation, now my bones are weak?

44 female…i had a car wreck in october 2011… They replaced my hip and put radiation in it to kill the bone. Can that be causing my otber bones to become brittle and break easily? Id never had a broken bone until that wreck and now it seems i can barely trip and my bones snap…i have no insurance so I’ve broken 5 bones in a year.


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Would my laminectomy of l5/s1 disk affect the disk above l4/l5 causing it to herniate?

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


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I have a constant pressure on my bladder?

Hi I’m 21 years old, I have a constant pressure on my bladder all the time where it feels like I need to pee but I don’t. The only time it actually feels okay is when my bladder is actually full when I drink a lot of water. I’ve been waking up in the early mornings like 6am having a lot of pee when I didn’t drink very much and my boyfriend has been having the same issue- where he wakes up around 6 and peeing a lot when he didn’t even drink anything the night before. I have no infection and have had many tests but all are normal. It’s been months now.


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Pain in head, neck, left arm and lower back, xray shows degeneration, here are my MRI results?

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


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10 month old female has clay colored stools, is it a liver problem?

10 month old, female, with reoccurring ear infections put on Biaxin Dec 23rd and for the last 2 days has watery beige/clay colored diarrhea. she has passed 6 stools in the last 45 minutes. frequency is increasing. but my main concern is the color. a listed side effect related to the liver is clay colored stools. she has no known drug or food allergies


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I suffer from dyspnoea with muscle cramps in arms and feet?

Nationality: Egyptian
Residence: Egypt

I suffer from some symptoms which can be summarized as the following:

-Dizziness and continuous headache.
-Ear fullness and tinnitus.
-Blurring of vision.
-Numbness sensation in the back.
-Pricking sensation in both legs.
-Amnesia, dyspnoea and numbness involving the areas of chest
and abdomen.
-Disequilibrium and drowsiness.
-Pain, crackling in the jaw with closed-bite malocclusion.
-Sinusitis.
-Muscular cramps are present sometimes.

An incident:
I was smoking a cigarette and suddenly heard chest wheezes; then
dyspnoea took place, accompanied with muscle cramps in both arms
and feet, as if electrically shocked.
I suffered to reach the definite diagnosis which explains the
above mentioned symptoms.

The local doctors diagnosed my case as:
-Sinusitis,
-Jaw dislocation,
-Anxiety and stress; (and this is untrue because I don’t experience any
stresses or dysphoria, and I feel psychological stability).

I’m completely ready to do any clinical, radiological or laboratory
investigations to reach the accurate diagnosis for my case.


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My father diagnosed with stomach cancer, is not treatable, please advise?

Dear Dr.

My father (age 74) admitted two weeks before in Rajiv Gandhi hospital at Chennai. After report (CT SCAN, BIOPSY) We came to know last week my father have the stomach cancer (Esophagus gastric junction). due to his age/fitness factor the doctors is unable to do the surgery/chemo/radiation therapy. Please advice the solution asap


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I’ve been getting ectopics whenever I do anything that raises my heart level, need your advice?

Hi there, some background info: 26 year old male 195cm tall 132kg smoker (attempting to quit). These are obviously not great, and it’s not like I’m not aware of it.
I had SupraVentricular Tachycardia as a kid, had 3 ablations at age 15 and thought that was the end of it. It came back in 2011 but hasn’t happened since, rather strange. Had a heart echo, ekg, the works, everything seemed normal except rate. However, I still get ectopics, the docs told me they’re fine, not to worry. So I didn’t. In 2013 I was diagnosed with asthma so I began taking ventolin to control my asthma (I’ve only recently been given a preventative after years of asking for one).
I’ve had a few trips to the hospital over the years due to strange heart sensations only to be told that my heart rate was high but other than that I’m okay and they sent me home each time (i’m a fairly anxious person most of the time so a lot of it will have been that.). Resting heart rate is high 80’s, during the day it’s in the 90’s at least though.
So I’ve been getting ectopics whenever I do anything that raises my heart level, usually when I’m exhausted and can’t go on anymore, rarely have I had them in the recovery phase but it has happened. It’s usually just one or two here and there but it is EVERY time I do anything over-exerting. 6 months ago I had quadrigeminy for 3 minutes after some fun with the lady in the bedroom. Rang an ambulance to try to catch it on the ekg, as soon as I calmed down, they stopped so they didn’t catch it. Went to the docs about it and he suggested a 24 hour holter monitor, didn’t catch anything but sinus tachycardia(still haven’t solved that one, probably my weight and smoking which i’m working on).
When talking with the cardiologist about the PVC’s during and after exercise, I was expecting him to tell me they’re nothing to worry about as they always have been. But he seemed concerned, he didn’t have a good bedside manner and wouldn’t really explain anything to me. He just booked me for a stress test which I have next week (not looking forward to purposefully triggering them.), a week long heart monitor and another heart echo.
After going home I did my own research which has shaken me up a little. What I’ve found from googling (Not great to do, I know but I needed something to go on) is that ectopics during exercise and especially in the recovery phase can indicate heart or cardiovascular disease. Obviously this terrifies me. I did used to get them during exercise back in 2011 around the time of my last echo and that came back clean but it was pretty rare, I was in a lot better shape than I am now though.
I just really want to stop worrying about this. It’s driving me mental. I’m 26, I don’t want a death sentence.
Any advice you can give me would be muchly appreciated. I’m scared to death and just want it all over with. Waiting for all of these tests is hell, I wish they could all be done with yesterday.

I began to feel a sudden twitch/spasm feeling in my stomach, went to ER twice, no solution?

Hello, I’m a 16 yo male. On the evening of November 29th, 2016, I began to feel a sudden twitch/spasm feeling in my stomach before bed. ( after wrestling practice ) The next morning, I started having that feeling again. It would happen almost every 5 minutes. I would feel it in my lower left & right abdomen. When I got home, I called my parents and told them what I was feeling. When we went to the ER, they told me they saw a little constipation in my Ultra sound/X-ray. They prescribed me laxative. A week later, the twitching moved to my upper abdomen. So we went to the ER again because I thought it was serious. ( Keep in mind the twitching feeling hasn’t went away since I first started feeling it. ) They ran some tests on my blood, and told me they didn’t find anything bad. They also said it could be because of a change in my diet since I wrestle, or dehydration. A few weeks later, I’ve noticed some weight loss. I haven’t been working out or anything since 11/29 either. I also added fruit/vegetables in my diet (rarely ate fruits and veggies) also been drinking hot water first thing in the morning. Today is 12/26/16 & I still feel twitching/spasms in my abdomen. Hasn’t been happening almost every 5 minutes unlike what I was feeling 11/29. What do you think is causing this?

SYMPTOMS:
– Nausea
– Constipation
– Twitching/Spasm in abdomen
– Weight loss
– Mucus in stool
– Depressed
CHANGE IN DIET:
– Drinking warm water first thing in the morning
– Started eating fruits & vegetables everyday
– No more soda
STOOL:
– stool no longer appears long
– stool is broken into pieces, sometimes mushy.
– Sometimes green
*NO BLOOD IN STOOL*

diagnosed with endometrioma in both ovaries do I also have Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)?

Hi
I am 29 yr old female last year diagnosed with endometrioma in both ovaries (5cm and 3.5cm).Recently i got my other test done reports are(Day2 of cycle)
Fsh:5.5
Lh:5.3
Tsh:1.96
Amh:6.8
Prolaktin serum:8.5
My Amh levels are bit high now i want to know do i suffer from pcos along with endometriosis or these amh levels are fine.Now i want to start my family what are my chances of conception?Should i go for laproscopy?


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