I am a 34-year-old woman and I don’t care to eat vegetables much. I know that they are vital to my health, so I began taking some vitamin supplement that claim to give all the nutients that fruits and vegatable provide. After about 2 weeks of taking them, I noticed that my eye lids got [...]
Continue readingWe've partnered with JustAnswer.com to accept your questions 24/7 - doctors are online now. If you cannot find an answer using the search box above, and need a quick answer (usually within an hour), just type your question into the box below.
Archive for February, 2006
Vitamin Supplement and Puffiness around Eyes
Sunday, February 26th, 2006Surgery, Anaesthesia Evaluation Workup
Sunday, February 26th, 2006Surgery
I am having my thyroid removed next month and I wanted to know why they do the pre-admission testing and what they look for. I have to have a chest x-ray, ekg and blood work. Is this something I need to be worried about?
?
Dr. Joshua’s Answer:
These are all routine examinations to evaluate and minimize [...]
Numbness in Hands at Night - Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
Sunday, February 26th, 2006Every night, my hands fall asleep and go numb. Both of them. What causes this?
?
Dr. Joshua’s Answer:
?
One possibility is carpal tunnel syndrome, which commonly causes pain and numbness in hands and fingers (thumb to ring finger) at night. The median nerve is compressed at wrist level, causing the symptoms. Computer work, and also [...]
Horrible pain lower back, cramps, stomach, nausea
Friday, February 24th, 2006I have been experiencing a horrible pain on my lower back at my waist line, it causes me to feel cramps on my stomach, and I’m also feeling nausea. The pain in my lower back waistline line reminds me of the cramps I felt when giving birth. I also have no appetite when this occurs. [...]
Continue readingTingling finger, numbness, arm, shoulder
Thursday, February 23rd, 2006Tingling fingers
I have been waking up with numbness in1st and 2nd finger, also tingling sensation radiating up my arm into the back top of my shoulder this is only on one hand and arm. I am male 30 years old. thanks
?
Dr. Joshua’s Answer:
One possibility is compression of the radial nerve during sleep. The radial [...]
Seizures, Sleep Paralysis
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006Dear Dr. Joshua My problem is hard to expain but I’ll give it a try. Just as I am about to doze off sometimes I have seizures, my head jerks to the side very hard I feel a weird feeling in my brain, like a warning it is coming. I can remember some of it [...]
Continue readingBrain Tumor, Chemotherapy
Monday, February 20th, 2006Husband dx with Glioblastoma IV one year ago. In the middle of his six and final chemotherapy treatment with Temadar. A firm fixed lump appeared behind left ear. His two tumors located also on left side of head one in Temporal and other in Frontal lobe. Could this lump behind his ear be an enlarged [...]
Continue readingStomach Pain and Palpitation
Sunday, February 19th, 2006I am a female & 44 years of age, I have been feeling real nasty on my stomach like a viral would feel and at the same time having a heavy palpitation in my throat all the way to my ears. This ha been ongoing for a week now and am a little concerned my [...]
Continue readingWet Ears, TMJ syndrome, Surgery
Saturday, February 18th, 2006I have a history of TMJ syndrome and had surgery in 1991. They did a scope on one side and arthrotomy on the other due to a ruined disk. Recently I have had a daily occurance of waking up and my ear canals are wet with fluid. Typically it will be worse on the side [...]
Continue readingFoot Drop, Numbness in Toes
Saturday, February 18th, 2006Foot Drop
About 4 years ago, I began to experience a feeling of numbness in the 2nd & 3rd toes on each foot. I saw 3 specialists, none could figure it out, one suggested it was “in my mind”. Well, I’m not crazy and the feeling never went away. Two months ago the feeling of numbness [...]
