My mother, age 62, has problems moving her legs after sitting. It happens pretty frequently, she will be sitting for maybe 10 minutes get up walk 2 to 4 steps and then have to support herself by leaning on something for several seconds before regaining the ability to walk. She has fallen a couple times [...]
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Sunday, April 5th, 2009Very low cholesterol
Sunday, March 29th, 2009I am a 33 year old female who weighs over 280lbs and is 5′8″. I have a cholesterol of 123, HDL-53, LDL-63, Triglycerides-35, and Chol/HDL ratio of 2.3. For the past year I have dealt with severe hair loss, brittle/dry hair, brittle nails, dry skin, low iron, and niacin sensitivity. My doctor doesn’t know [...]
Continue readingTachycardia
Thursday, March 12th, 2009I had an echocardiogram and it showed that I have SEVERE ATRIAL DILATION. I am 38 and at age 10 had rheumatic fever. I now have heart palpitations and tachycardia and am on medication for the tachycardia (Toprol XL).
What exactly does the Atrial Dilation mean and can it be the reason for the palpitations and [...]
Unpleasant urine odor and other symptoms
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009I have blood in the urine on and off and extreme kidney and bladder pain, also urine has a very
strong odor like the smell of fecal matter but most of the time a strong odor of sulfur (the smell of a burn match kinda but stronger)
Posted by: Maria/MD Health Forum.com Team
There are various factors that [...]
Prolonged menstrual period
Saturday, December 20th, 2008I am 33 years old have always had regular HEAVY periods with severe cramps. About 5 months ago I had a period that lasted 2 weeks since the next one was normal I did not think anything about it but I am once again having a long period. I started on Dec 3rd and it [...]
Continue readingAbdominal pain, headache and other symptoms
Saturday, November 29th, 2008i 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 readingFrequent 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 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 [...]
