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Archive for January, 2007

Car Accident Insurance - Cervical Spine Injury?

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007

I was in a bad car accident 15 months ago and still have burning and tingling in my left arm down to my thumb and shoulder pain. Two orthopaedic dr’s said nothing wrong with arm and that the only damage to my discs is normal degenerative damage not caused by accident and though an MRI [...]

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Nerve Cut by Surgeon - Will the Nerve Heal?

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007

Hi Doctor, in july I underwent a radical procedure where my inguinal nerve was cut without my prior consent.
I am wondering if it is possible for a neurologist to get back in there and reconnect it? and if so is there any deadline from the surgery for it to remain a posibility?
Thank you.
Doctor Sinuhe [...]

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Family History of Cancer - Colon Cancer

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007

My father passed away on 9/30 of colon cancer, we were really close and I am depressed but getting out of it. I am on Lorazepam for the anxiety. Since his death I have had a little discomfort almost right on the bottom part of the left rib. If I stand or lay down absolutely [...]

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Back Brace for Compression Fracture due to Car Accident

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007

I am a 26 year old female who suffered a compression fracture of my L1 vertebra approx. 6 weeks ago due to a MVA. I was pain free after two weeks discontiuned use of my TLSO back brace a few days ago, which was recommended for me to wear for three months. Some information I [...]

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Migraines, Spells - Seizures? Arteriovenous Malformation?

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007

Let me start by saying, off and on for most of my adult life (I am 35) I have had passing out spells and migraines…sometimes together, sometimes totally unrelated to one another. In the past couple of years I have started having what my husband believes to be seizures. I always have a horrible headache [...]

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Spinal Cord Injury as a Complication of Cervical Spine Surgery

Monday, January 8th, 2007

My wife, 51, began experiencing tingling/numbness in RT hand and arm … MRI showed stenosis at c4-5, c5-6, c6-7 … neurosurgeon performed “anterior cervical discectomy and interbody fusion, c4-5, c5-6, c6-7 with bone grafts from the right iliac crest.” Immediately when she awoke in recovery she couldn’t feel her legs. Stat x-ray and [...]

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Accutane, Depression - or Heartbreak?

Monday, January 8th, 2007

My 25 year old son has finally gotten on accutane for 2 months after waiting until he was willing to not drink. Now his girlfriend of 3 years has just broken up with him. He is very upset, having trouble focusing at work. I wonder if he could get on an anti [...]

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Brainstem Stroke and Short-Term Memory Loss

Monday, January 8th, 2007

In Jan. 1990(at 51 yrs of age), I had a “Pontine” stroke. Prior to that I hadn’t been considered a “stroke candidate”, as I watched my cholesterol,plus wasn’t overweight, or had high blood pressure, etc. I had been a bicycler, swimmer, & runner, plus ate “healthy” food, so a stroke was very unexpected. [...]

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Blood in stool

Friday, January 5th, 2007

I’m 28 years old and here recently I have been seeing blood in my stool. Should I be worried?
Doctor Joshua’s Answer
There can be basically three types of blood in stool:
1) Bright red blood. By far the the most common reason is hemorrhoids (piles). Anal fissures are also typical causes. There are also other, more [...]

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Scar Tissue Pain after Abdominal Surgery

Friday, January 5th, 2007

hi .. i am 15 years old , i was 14 at the time .. i had pains in my stomach and it got real bad and i had been vomiting all night. so i went to the emergency room they didnt do nothing , they said i had something else. i went to my [...]

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