i started noticing symptoms of abdominal pain and headaches along with pain in the back of my neck about a year ago that -only {normally} present symptoms at night- it progressed to some severe night sweats and signs of meningitis {severe swelling in the brain} [headaches last for days as a dull pain in the [...]
Continue readingArchive for November, 2008
Abdominal pain, headache and other symptoms
Saturday, November 29th, 2008Frequent infections, atypical lymphocytes & other symptoms
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008I have been struggling with some medical symptoms for quite a while now, and to this point my general practitioner cannot pinpoint what is going on. I recently had a relative ask about whether it’s something like leukemia, apparently because of my symptoms, but I don’t know and I also do not know how it [...]
Continue readingOcular migraine
Saturday, November 22nd, 2008I am a 33yr old and last night I had just put my son to bed and I went to get a bite to eat when I saw something following me. It was me. I mean I was trailing… similar to when you see a runner in a photo and you see his trail? Like [...]
Continue readingEpiploic appendagitis
Saturday, November 22nd, 2008On Oct. 31 my husband and I were walking home from the grocery store and I was carrying a slightly heavy backpack. My lower left side began hurting and got steadily worse until I went to the er the next day. The dr. said he thought the cat scan showed eppilloic appendigitis an sent me [...]
Continue readingSwollen neck lymph nodes, cough & other symptoms
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008About 4-5 weeks ago, the lymph nodes on my neck were swollen. It caused me so much pain just to move my neck. I also sometimes experienced sharp pain around my collarbones and a bit below them. One night, I was breathless and couldn’t complete my sentences, but it went away the next day. Just [...]
Continue readingLegs purple, red and itchy when standing
Saturday, November 15th, 2008About 5 years ago I was hospitalized for several weeks after my perforated appendix went undiagnosed for 2 weeks. I had emergency surgery to clear the resulting abscess and was hospitalized to recover and for treatment of my sepsis.
Anyway, since a few months after my hospitalization, whenever I stand for several minutes without moving much–particularly [...]
A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Breast Cancer Screening
Saturday, November 15th, 2008Posted by: Maria/MDHealthForum.com Team
Early detection is a key in the fight against breast cancer. According to experts, it’s among the reasons why breast cancer death rates have been declining since the 90’s. The current available diagnostic imaging procedures to detect breast cancer are mammography, ultrasound and MRI. Mammography is considered as the most accurate imaging [...]
Ventricular Septal Defect
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008My 4 yr old will be getting a 3rd set or ear tubes in 2 weeks. I can’t wait -he needs these really badly. Needles to say, he has been sick since dec.He also has asthma,allergies and a VSD(hole in heart). He is a grumpy guy lately, and tired too. His cough is only when [...]
Continue readingGestational diabetes delays language development in children
Monday, November 10th, 2008Posted by: Maria/MDHealthForum.com Team
Babies born to mothers with gestational diabetes run a higher risk of developing complications such as low blood sugar level, jaundice and respiratory problems. Their struggles, however, don’t end in the infancy stage. A study conducted by researchers from Université Laval’s School of Psychology showed that kids born to mothers with [...]
Blood in the semen
Saturday, November 8th, 2008I have noticed recently that I have blood in my seamen, I have had severe cramp like pain in my testicles for the past few months, the pain is getting to a stage where it is becoming unbearable, what could this be?
Answered by Maria/MDHealthForum.com Team
The possible causes of hematospermia or blood in the semen [...]
