I am a 37 year old female from Kentucky. For the past two years I have been suffering from a constant headache, pain in the back of my neck, tingling in my left arm and leg, dizziness, buzzing tongue, facial pain, visual disturbances, and cognitive problems (short term memory loss, trouble finding words, etc.) [...]
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C1-C2 (atlantoaxial) deformity behind these symptoms?
Monday, September 11th, 2006Pinched Nerve Symptoms?
Wednesday, August 30th, 2006Dear Dr. Joshua, I’m 34 years old. I’ve been experiencing tingling/ pins and needles in my hands - pinky and ring fingers, and a bit up the forearm. It started about 3 years ago, while I was pregnant, and just came on if I fell asleep on my back. The tingling is now constant, worse [...]
Continue readingPain Continues After Back Surgery
Saturday, August 26th, 2006This question and answer have been moved to:
Chronic Back Pain and Spinal Surgery
Cervical Disc Herniated Again
Thursday, August 17th, 2006Hi Doctor: I am a 39 yr old RN and I have an important question to ask you.
In 2002, I had C6-C7 fusion with plate and screws. Now I have a herniation at C5-C6 with radicular pain. My question, is it common for disks above or below a fusion to herniate?
Dr. Joshua’s Answer:
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Bicep Muscle Not Working
Friday, August 4th, 2006I’m a 50 year old male in good health and never been hospitalized. About 6 days ago I was having trouble raising my right arm over my head. I realized I couldn’t even flex my bicep, and I couldn’t raise the arm at all. A week before that my right shoulder was aching near my [...]
Continue readingSwallowing Difficulty - Caused by Cervical Spine?
Friday, August 4th, 2006August 2, 2006
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I need help!? I have been having swallowing problems and now experiencing weight loss.? I do not have an appointment with a gastro doctor until August 28, 2006.? I had a barium swallow test done and it showed that my neck bones are pressing on my esophagus.? Is this [...]
Left Hand Weakness after Head Injury
Friday, July 7th, 2006I have a friend who is reluctant to see a doctor.? ? Up until recently, she was left-handed. Then all of a sudden, over the course of a few days, she was unable to write with this hand anymore, and has since almost completely switched to her write hand. It is as if her dominant [...]
Continue readingLung Cancer Brain Metastasis
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006Dear Doctor, I am from Bangalore, India. My mother, 67 years old, had a lesion on her left lung which was operated. After 6 months we found that she had a 2 cm tumor in the left lobe of her brain. Had radiation, SRT, chemo,temodal etc but it did not shrink. The last was surgery. The [...]
Continue readingAneurysm Bleed Prognosis?
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006I came across your website while researching brain aneurysms. My aunt suffered from one 2 weeks ago and we are extremely concerned for her. I would really appreciate your opinion on her case:? ? Fri, June 2, 2006 - aneurysm ruptured (we believe the location was left front, don’t know the size of the [...]
Continue readingNeuropathy or Spinal Stenosis?
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006Dear Dr. Joshua,? ? My uncle is residing in India, he is 67 years old and in 2001 was diagnosed with a type of myopathy in his lower back spine. He does not have pain but has lost the strengh to get up from a bed or chair. He was told that this a rare [...]
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