This morning my husband woke up with his right knee 3 times larger than his left. It looks like it is fluid build up. He says it is numb when he leans on it. What do you think it is?? What do you think he should do about it??
Dr. Joshua’s Answer:
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Fluid in Knee: Injury Infection Inflammation, puncture, diagnosis
Wednesday, March 15th, 2006Severe Pain in the Middle of Back
Wednesday, March 15th, 2006Dr Joshua,
Last summer I took a hard fall onto our hardwood floor in out dining room and injured my tailbone. Now, the pain is gone but if I stand up for a minimum of 3 minutes I get severe back pain in the middle of my back and I have [...]
Neck Pain, Cervical Pain, Numbness, Myelogram, Epidural Blocks, Need for Surgery?
Wednesday, March 15th, 2006Dr Joshua, I have had Cervical Neck pain off and on for 10 years. (I am a nurse) In the past 6 months it has gotten worse. I saw my doctor when I developed numbness in my left ring and pinky fingers. I received epidural blocks, and the numbness went away. [...]
Continue readingBack, Pop, Pinched Nerve, Chiropractor, Manipulation, Discomfort
Tuesday, March 14th, 2006My 18-year-old son was diagnosed with a pinched nerve by a chiropractor. He “manipulated” his back for three months. My son received a little relief from this. Now his problem seems to have gotten back to where it was when he first went to the chiropractor. He just completed his therapy [...]
Continue readingHorrible Middle Back Pain, Which Doctor to See?
Tuesday, March 14th, 2006I have horrible middle of the back pain. Like a intense cramp, right about where my bra strap hits. My Dr., doesn”t seem to understand! What kind of Dr. should I seek out? I have a chropractpor its not helping. Please help.
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Dr. Joshua’s Answer:
An X-ray of the thoracic spine is recommended to rule out [...]
Neck Pain, Treatment, Stiff Neck Problem
Tuesday, March 14th, 2006Last week I was doing a mile walk over my lunch hour. A friend joined me this particular day. We work in a busy section of town so in places where there are no sidewalks require that I walk on the ground. Normally this isn’t a big deal but as I was talking to a [...]
Continue readingLeg Pain after Trauma
Wednesday, March 1st, 2006I am a 51 yr. old female who sustained a blunt truma to my leg in my tibia area. It caused swelling and black and blue and pain. It has been 9 days now, and the swelling and black and blue are almost gone but the pain has increase at night when I try and [...]
Continue readingFoot Drop, Numbness in Toes
Saturday, February 18th, 2006Foot Drop
About 4 years ago, I began to experience a feeling of numbness in the 2nd & 3rd toes on each foot. I saw 3 specialists, none could figure it out, one suggested it was “in my mind”. Well, I’m not crazy and the feeling never went away. Two months ago the feeling of numbness [...]
Child, Pain in Feet, Legs, Painkillers
Saturday, February 18th, 2006Kid’s Health
hi doc!
my daughter of 9 years been complaining of her feet/leg pain on DAILY basis since she was about 1 yr old.she was born with c-section in india and has no health probs of any kind.otherwise healthy normal kid but been complaing of her mainly both feet being in pain.she has been taking childrens [...]
Mailman’s Low Back Pain
Friday, December 9th, 2005This interesting question along with the answer has been moved here:
Chronic Low Back Pain - Instability?
