My husband (62) was diagnosed with PMR 20 months ago and has gradually reduced his steroid dosage to zero. He is now very achey and we want to know if it is worthwhile to go back on a low (maybe 2mg) dosage of Prednisolone. We are in Spain at the moment but going back to the UK to see his consultant on the 18th of January.
I have a 35 years old lady who is a patient of mine, she has been having pitting oedema in and off for 13 which is not painful but after a while resolves itself..cardiac echo, urinalysis, liver and kidney function tests, full blood count, abd uss are normal with the exception that her Hb is 9.8g/dl. No family or previous hx of bp or diabetes. We cant figure out what’s wrong with her..any help would be appreciated.
Hi,
My father 85 years old.
He has a skin disease and hand swollen after taking the Zinnat 250mg.
My father has heart disease and kidney problems.
What would the likely hood coz this skin problem and what I suppose to do now.?
I’m 37 and have been dealing with being nauseous for a couple months now and there is no way I’m pregnant because I had a hysterectomy. I also am having sharp pains in my hands and feet and have small scrapes and cuts that want heal it feels like my body is poisoned
19, female, I take singular, asthma allergies, inhalers, fluoxetine. For a few months I’ve been having feelings of blacking out and my heart will race and my chest will burn. I’ve been to the er several times for it, they gave me fluoxetine for it and it calmed down for a few months after but now it’s starting to act up again and it’s scary. I’ve seen a heart doctor and never got my results. But I’m worried it’s something severe.
Was having a bad bout of OCD and anxiety and it was going on 2 weeks maybe , I was having lunch then came out to have a smoke , felt a weird sensation in my head and I felt like normal again seemed like the OCD and thoughts just stopped . Woke up the next morning back to the usual OCD , my question is that normal or should I see a doctor and does it sound like a minor seizure or something ?
My daughter is 7 years old and has an extremely distended stomach. She’s had this issue for about 5 years now and it’s getting worse, with more pain. There are 4 people that live in our house, and not ONE person is overweight (i’m a health coach and personal trainer, so we eat crazy healthy). No fast food, no juice, pop, candy, etc.
Her stomach is so large, some days it looks like i could pop it with a pin.
She has had two appt with a gastro doctor that have done xrays of her stomach. He says she is full of poop and she had to take a HUGE amount of Miralax. DIDN”T WORK. Then the second xray was still just as bad. Then Magasieum drink. HUGE amounts. She complains of pain daily. Please help. They also did a Celiac text and infection test.
I added a photo of her stomach distention below.
i had pneumonia when I was 16 and it was a bacterial infection I was in a lot of pain but we manage to catch it just in seconds. but my pain never went away and I’VE never had the same body type as I did before and I am now 18 I still get pain down my sides and stabs in my chest and I’ve had lots of x rays and all sorts of test. This year 2016 I got pleurisy again where the pain came back stronger and all the same aches and symptoms again where I was prescribed as antibiotics again it went away within in 1-2 weeks after that but then I got it again for second time this year with all the same pain it keeps going back and fourth onto my sides and sometimes affects both but no pain every goes away iv’e seen doctor at hositpal and have had lots of x ray but even they don’t know what it is because it only came out unclear the first time ever other ultra scan or x ray was clear so I don’t understand why I’ still suffering and got this pain please HELP!
Im 57 years old, I have recently been declared disabled, I have major depression, anxiety, arthritis, chronic pain, 3 bulging disc with a pinched nerve, insomia, had to go through marketplace for a doctor, my medication is 100 mg of sertraline, 400 mg gabapentin, and 1 mg of lorazapam 2 x day. My doctor a week ago refused to give me my lorazapam, I was given this for anxiety and insomia, I have not slept over 2 or 3 hours at night, since, along with sweating, being over all terrible, I called her office, she said you cant take with pain meds(…) please help. I dont know what to do.
Female, aged 51
Fatigue, sometimes foggy memory, lower back & headache pain, occasional chest pain with difficulty breathing, chronic nearly daily headaches sometimes severe migraines.
Any ideas of what is going on and what I should do now?
Kidneys functioning at less than 50%, EGFR has since dropped 7 more points and creatinine has risen again since the above 50% figure.
Right kidney smaller in size,
Both kidneys irregular edges – not smooth.
2 different ANA+ tests,
homogenous,
Urea Nitrogen (Bun) 20,
PTH at 51,
Albumin 4.8,
AST high 40,
Chloride 100,
Calcium high at least 3x in a row 10.4, 10.6, 10.9 which could indicate parathyroid tumor.
Potassium too high 5.9
Platelets 475,000
Diabetic 180
Sodium 136
Erastase 2+
Thanks
I’m 44 for over a year my urine has smelled of sulfur i keep getting macrobid 100mg it never stops this smell ive positive results for e coli in bladder but sometimes urine tests test negative even though symptoms are still there my lower back bottom of spine kills i feel beyond exhausted i keep getting confused can hardly eat the same smell seems to be in nose all of the time I’ve been tested for kidney function this time came back fine this just isn’t goin away ive even excepted i wont have another partner my children have even said my sweat smells bad if they lie on my bed or anything i seem to be consumed in this smell
I recently went to America for a month which is part of why I’m a little bit concerned, I have a mole on the back of my neck which I happened to rub as I had an itch on the back of my head which is quite close to the mole when I found that the mole feels dry/crusty to touch. I don’t remember that being the case before but I don’t check it often-out of sight it’s one you normally forget about. It is raised to the touch but that is normal for it. My mum had skin cancer it was a lump on her head .I am male and 24 years old.
71 yr old recently retired female Nurse. O/A 25yrs Total Knee Replacements r 2011 l 2013
Diagnosed 2014 Crohns disease, remission since Jan 2016. Hypertension conrolled.
Diagnosed breast cancer/lumpectomy (ILC) 11/2015 5 wks radiotherapy 2016.
Fall 1/2016 fractured fibular at ankle and 4 fractured ribs – healed
Lower back pain degenerative Lumber 4-5 2016
Osteopenia 2015
Problem: Chronic mucus head cold symptoms since 1/2016 ? medication side effect/other?
Current meds
– moduretic 5 mg 1/2 mane
– Coversyl 5 mg 1/2 every 2nd day
– Ranitadine 300 mg 1/2 mane
– Tamoxafin 10 mg 1 mane
– Efexor 37.5 1 mane
– Methotrexate 10mg 1 wkly
– Codeine 10mg /paracetamol 500mg 1 bd
– Paracetamol 500mg 1 bd
– Loperimide 2 mg PRN approx 1-2 wkly
– IMI B12 4mnthly
Naturapathic – daily calcium, Vit D, Folate wkly
I’m 23 year old female, and I have severe constipation. I went to the hospital last Friday with pain and no bowel movement for five days prior,but while I was a the hospital had a bowel movement three time and was prescribed over the counter miralax and to follow up on Doctor. Had X-rays showed no bowel obstruction and blood work normal, had mild urine infection I started miralax over the counter packets Monday everyday , but no bowel movements since and it had been four days,my stomach is bloated,I’m Uncomfortable and my back hurts and my abdomen hurts too all over. What can I do or take to get some relief ? I have IBS,Panic disorder,asthma, low iron and I had gallbladder removed 4 months ago.The medications I take regularly are paroxetine 40 mg, clonazepam .5 mg, pantoprazole 20 mg, ondansetron 4 mg as needed, probiotic , vitamin D 5,000, Claritin over the counter, dymista nasal spray 137 mcg, xopenex HFA, Beta plus dietary supplement, daily multi vitamin with iron.
My mom had 3 surgeries in 35 days: gallbladder removed, ER surgery for herniated and obstructed intestine (she was throwing up fecal matter from the blocked intestine) , and a gastric bypass. She has had a very very difficult time with all of it. She is still sick from the hernia repair from Sept. she also recently has been getting sudden purple hands. We are worried about the purple hands, what could this be?
