Does saddle area numbness resolve over time? My understanding is that numbness and muscle weakness are both caused by nerve compression. I had surgery to decompress the nerves and my muscle weakness is improving, but the numbness has not changed. If both symptoms are caused by nerve compression and the surgery decompressed [...]
Continue readingArchive for December, 2006
Numbness After Spinal Decompression
Saturday, December 30th, 2006Hair Loss - Occupational Alopecia Causes?
Friday, December 29th, 2006 I have recently experienced a tremendous amount of patchy hair loss and over all thinning. Received a diagnosis of alopecia areata and I accepted that diagnosis until one week later a co-worker revealed her hair loss also. It was like looking at a mirror image.
She had the same symptoms of tremendous amount of hair [...]
Plavix (clopidogrel), stroke and bleeding
Thursday, December 28th, 2006My mom has had a heart attack 20 yrs ago , heart surgery 15 years ago and three strokes 10 years ago,6years ago and 2 years ago. Her doctor told her today that she had had a mini stroke the day before. He said she would have more and needs to go [...]
Continue readingChronic Fatigue Syndrome Symptoms or Something Else?
Wednesday, December 27th, 2006I was hoping you could give me advice with regards to a series of symptoms that nobody has been able to explain, despite my seeing many doctors and having many tests.
It all started when I was 12 when I woke up randomly with back pain. I’m pretty active, so I wrote it off as overdoing [...]
Spinal Fusion Surgery Systems
Wednesday, December 27th, 2006This question and answer has been moved to the new Spinal Fusion Surgery informational site.
Spinal Fusion Surgery Systems: Dynesys
Degenerative Disc Disease, Spine MRI
Wednesday, December 20th, 2006Degenerative Disk Disease - Spine MRI explanation - Degenerative Disc Disease
Hello I am 44 yr old woman who has multiple sclerosis. I suffer from horrible chronic back pain. Below is results from my mri. Does anyone recognise what any of it means??? Looks greek to me! Does it seem like surgery would fix any of [...]
MRSA
Monday, December 18th, 2006Good day Dr, Joshua, im a 46 year old male , who was recently dignosed with MRSA , this comes as a shock to me in Sept , I had a eye infection and at the end of the Eye infection hard a large boil on my left leg the Dr. at the [...]
Continue readingCutting Calories to Lose Weight
Sunday, December 17th, 2006I’m a big girl. I just started a calorie counting diet. My Daily Calorie Intake is around 2917. The diet recommends I start by reducing that to 2450. That still sound like alot of calories, but I’m afraid that if I cut too many, my body will slow down and think I’m starving it. Am [...]
Continue readingIndications for cervical spine surgery
Sunday, December 17th, 2006> I have cervical fusion at my c5-c6 and c6-c7 with
> metal plate. my last surgery was in 2001 on my c6-c7.
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> I had an MRI done April of 2006 which shows at my
> c4-c5 a large broad-based posterior disk osteophyte
> bulge with mild bilateral neural foraminal narrowing
> and severe canal stenosis. There is herniated [...]
Fact or Fiction: Cold Drinking Water and Weight Loss
Saturday, December 16th, 2006This is the first question in Doctor Joshua’s Medical Fact or Fiction series:
Does the temperature of the water you drink affect the effects it has on weight loss, or is that just a myth?
Doctor Joshua’s Answer:
In theory, if you drink cold water, it will cause your body temperature to drop, and in turn, your body [...]
