I am a 31 year old female, I have had 2 previous discectomy operations at L/45 in 2011 and L3/4 in 2014 with a known slight herniation back on L4/5 on my last MRI scan in February. I am currently in severe pain in my lower back with is painful to touch around disc area. I have pain in my buttocks, ankle and underfoot, I get pins and needles and have lost all feeling in my right leg 3 times in the last 2 months. Also my urine is coming out extremely slow. Some advice would be much appreciated
I am a 25-year-old female and rarely have medical issues. However, I have been experiencing bad abdominal pain and constipation for two weeks now. On my third trip to the doctor, they finally did x-rays and determined that I have an ileus- “Erect and supine AP views of the abdomen and pelvis demonstrates no evidence of bowel obstruction or free intraperitoneal gas. There is a mildly dilated single loop of small bowel within the right flank. There is no calcific or osseous abnormality detected. A mild central small bowel ileus is suspected. Constipation is also noted.” My doctor referred me to a GI specialist and told me to go on a liquid diet for two days to clear up the pain. She also recommended taking daily laxatives.
It has been five days and despite the liquid diet and laxatives, the pain and discomfort is persisting. It is especially bad in my lower left abdomen and lower back. The specialist cannot see me until Dec 20th. I cannot continue with a liquid diet and daily laxatives because they make me worse (weak, shaky, tired). What should I do?
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I have a very swollen and painful finger. I cannot move any of the joints. It is all green around the finger nail and above near the cuticle area it’s like there’s an abscess or something…I don’t want to lose my finger or anything; I’m terrified! Just need some advice..
Hello, I have a question about results of a Bone Marrow Aspirate and Biopsy to ‘rule out myleoproliferative disorder’.
I am a 61 year old Caucasian female. My ‘Bone Marrow Final Report’ stated ‘suspicious for a myleoproliferative neoplasm’; Flow Cytometry reported ‘no evidence of a lymphoproliferative disorder / suggest clinical morphologic correlation’.
Are “neoplasm” and “disorder” used interchangeably?
Are “myleoproliferative” and “lymphoproliferative” used interchangeably?
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My name is (…) male, I’m 33 years old, live in lagos nigeria. 18years ago i was diagnose with RP retinitis pigmentosa. this was a big blow to me, my eyes is getting deteriorating each passing day. i was told it as no cure! please i need your help and advice because i dont wanna go blind. thanks.
I have an ecg report saying Borderline ECG with following details
ECG report
Normal Sinus rhythm
RSR or QR pattern in V1 suggests right ventricular conduction delay
Borderline ECG
I am 27 year old male and in my family no one have any heart disease and neither I have any. Now due to some past incidences in last 3-4 months I was in stress and almost on 0 exercise. I am feeling some chest pain both the sides for some time in a day since last week. I am trying to come back to normal routine of exercising but still I thought to consult a doctor who took this ECG report and asked for number of other reports which on basis of it. I am not sure if I go ahead with further checkups or is this normal.
Hi doctor,
My name is (…), i have been suffering with high blood pressure, my blood pressure some time elevate to 150/90. i am software engineer by profession, i notice for more then 1 month, i have headache while i am working on front of computer in office, then i go to pharmacy and they check my blood pressure, they told me your blood pressure is 150/90. then i take one pill of capoten to lower my bp, i don’t know why my bp get elevated even if i am doing 5k running daily, eating fruits and vegetables. i am taking low salt in my meal also. i went to doctor. doctor told me in young age as i am 29 there is only reason your blood pressure get elevated that is because of high cholesterol, he told me to test your cholesterol level. next morning in empty stomach i went to laboratory and they take my blood sample and after few hours i get the report my total colestrol level is 133 mg/dl which is in normal range now doctor suggest me to take one pill of lophrin 75mg in morning after breakfast. i wanted to ask here one question that do i need to take lophrin pill in young age or not and also why my blood pressure get elevated to 150/90 even i do lifestyle changes
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62,Female-Hello, I think I may have a condition (muscle spasm) but I’m not sure. I have chronic pain on the left side of my back that spreads to the left side of my stomach. It’s painful (like needles puncturing),itchy,as well as,burns. What’s interesting is that during the day, the pain isn’t as bad as the night as I tend to try to soak up as much sunlight. The nights,however, are pretty bad. I’ve tried heat/icing the area and massages. What also helps is apple cider vinegar (topical) as it is soothing. But the pain is chronic and U don’t know why. Can you help to diagnose my condition,please?
I party alot, drink and smoke weed. I am thinking of taking a hangover prevention pill. Just wondering
if these work. Heard if you take a pill with your first drink, prevents any hangover the next day? I am 21, male. No medical conditions except headaches every so often. especially the morning after parties 🙂
I am a 35 year old male, non-smoker, healthy weight (6’1″, about 195 pounds), with generally good health, had my last annual physical last February, and run 9-12 miles per week. I generally eat food quickly, probably faster than I should. I do have occasional heartburn, typically associated with stress, but nothing more severe than what a Tums doesn’t handle. I do not have any history of diagnosed gastrointestinal problems. Over the past month and a half or so, I’ve had the flu, then either two or three colds. I’m mostly over everything but still have some post-nasal drainage, which is slowly going away. My concern is that every now and then, bigger bites of food if I’m rushing to eat seem to get “stuck” without a sip of water, which has been more noticeable (I think) since I’ve had the post-nasal drip. It’s once food feels to be around the level of the base of my throat, and there’s no airway issue. If it happens, after a sip of water I can’t replicate the feeling with another bite. There are no other symptoms and no lasting symptoms. If it’s just me eating too fast and/or irritation of drainage, that’s fine. I just wanted to make sure I don’t need to be seen to get checked out, since I don’t remember this happening on any sort of regular basis before too long ago. It seems that particularly worrisome esophageal disorders are very uncommon in my age/gender cohort, but I was hoping to get someone’s opinion on this.
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I am currently suffering with bad neck due to bad posture my doctor says! This has been for the last 10 weeks I am really suffering and spend most of my day lay on hard floor. I have been to see a osteopathy 3 times and I don’t seem to be getting any better! This has traveled to my jaw on occasions. It’s basically ruining my life. I am going on holiday in 4 weeks so now really worried I won’t be able to travel as I can’t sit down for very long. Is there anything that can help me? Painkillers of any strength do not work nor anti inflammatory
Im 31 year old female , divorced no childern , I have intramural fibroid , 13cm*9 cm , i discovered it accidentally last year it was 11.5 cm * 8 cm , asymptotic . They advise me to follow up only .But for 2 weeks i start have both legs mild pitting edema, more in right leg. With dull pain like legs pain which occur with period . I did renal function and it was normal. What could be the cause???
I’m just wanting to know if a carbohydrate meal would increase pancreatic polypeptide release. I had this test done as part of a neuroendocrine tumor evaluation and the result was very high. I read online it should be done fasting but my doctor disagreed, and said only protein and exercise would change the result, not carbohydrates, however she is not a neuroendocrinologist. I called the office of a neuroendocrinologist to schedule a 2nd opinion and the nurse said the test has to be done completely fasting, and won’t even schedule the consult until I have it done fasting, so I don’t know what to think. The level was 2000 and this was about 20 minutes after eating a high carbohydrate meal, but no protein. I also have diabetes which is not perfectly controlled.
I am a 40 year old male. I am healthy and active and on no medications. I have been having right knee issues that come and go. The knee will occasionally catch, at which time a minor adjustment with my hand kind of unlocks the knee for free movement again, but this seems to cause some pain, swelling, and stiffness for the few days that follow the catching. The pain is pretty mild. I do jog and lift weights fairly often, but have not been putting the knee through too much stress. I am attaching an mri report that I had done a few days ago and will have to wait some time before seeing an ortho. I am at work full duty (police officer), but had the mri due to twisting my knee slightly at work recently, that again caused some tightness and swelling. Currently the swelling is down and it feels pretty good, but there is quite often kind of a bone on bone sensation when I walk. Looking for advice but most importantly, does this look like a report that will lead a dr to suggest surgery or are there less invasive ways to deal with this? Thank you.
I am a 42 year old female. I have a history of migraines, high BP, high cholesterol, anxiety and insomnia. I woke up one morning with double vision (which I have never had before). When i would look at simeone it was as if thwir duplicate was sitting right behind them. This lasted about 6 hours. Ever since then I have been getting extreme dizzy spells, to the point I have to firmly grab something to keep from falling on my face. It’s not a dizzy spell as in things seem to be moving when they are not, it is more like the entire room is spinning in a circle. Like I feel like throwing up. This happens when I’m sitting, laying down, and not moving at all. It scares me because my mom died of an aneurysm at 48 and my grandmother had a stroke at 50. My vision seems to have gotten a little worse since then as well. I do have a history of migraines, but have not had one in quite a while. Any help as to what this might be?
