I am a 39 year old male. I am a smoker (trying to quit) and are a little overweight. Recently I have had sharp pains in my chest and between my shoulder blades in my back. The pain is worse in my back and when it happens I get short of breath. It doesn’t matter [...]
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Archive for November, 2006
Chest Pain and Back Pain
Thursday, November 30th, 2006Memory loss, dizziness, numbness, headache
Wednesday, November 29th, 2006I am the mother of a 20 year old who has had the following symptoms for at least 4 years now. Legs that fall asleep anytime she sits for any length of time, within the last few months, she has started to have severe headaches and has started to experience memory loss and dizziness. [...]
Continue readingChild headache and vomiting
Wednesday, November 29th, 2006My daughter will be 3 in Dec, however she has been experiencing strange illnesses for over a yr.Last yr she woke “zoning” out, but awake,put in bath to pep her up and I noticed her feet and legs were blue.I dressed her,assuming she was cold,brought her down to her high chair when I noticed her [...]
Continue readingNeck Pain - Stiff Neck, Cracking
Monday, November 27th, 2006For the last few weeks I’ve noticed that my neck has been extremely stiff, and usually once a day or sometimes twice I’ll tilt my neck as far as I can to the left and something will crack/shift. It doesn’t crack when I tilt it to the right. Also, for the last few weeks I’ve [...]
Continue readingUpper Back Pain, Stomach Pain, Tingling
Monday, November 27th, 2006Last night I came home from a dinner out with this pulling like pain in my upper left back, under the ribcage. I went to bed thinking maybe that I just sat oddly during dinner, straining my back or something. I woke up several times during the night due to the pain. [...]
Continue readingShortness of Breath, Bloating, Hot Flashes
Monday, November 27th, 2006I have been ill for a few weeks. I had mono about 5 yrs ago. I had blood transfusions about 10 yrs ago. Im a 27 yr old female. I have been bloated so bad you’d swear im 4 months pregnant but Im not and I have gotten my period 3 times [...]
Continue readingSpine Surgery - Chronic Pain
Monday, November 27th, 2006Hi, I am a 36 year old female. I am having major problems and really want to find relief. My injury began 17 years ago,giving birth to my son, herniated L4L5 S1. Was bad off couldn’t walk etc. Neurosurgeon refused surgery, said I was to young (19) I went through extensive therapy, work hardening and [...]
Continue readingHigh Cholesterol - Role of Hepatitis?
Saturday, November 25th, 2006Dear Doctor,
I am a 34 yr old male who recently came back from the doctor with some not so good news. It turns our that my cholesterol is a very high 292 with an extremely high LDL count, a 219. I am relatively healthy and active; I am 6 ft tall and weigh [...]
Shingles - Contagious?
Saturday, November 25th, 2006I have recently been diagnosed with shingles. They are not yet in an open blister state (merely contained red blisters) with no discharge. I have a couple of questions:
1. Can it (herpes zoster virus) be spread any other way other than direct contact with the discharge from the blisters?
2. Can my wife and children be [...]
Chronic Pain in Thoracic Region
Saturday, November 25th, 2006I have chronic pain at T8 area which never moves and wraps around to the end of the rib on the right side. i have had MRI/CT scans, which shows a disc bulge at T2 and a hemangioma at T8. I have had 2 injections, one in the fascia around the vertebrae at [...]
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