Gender: Female
Date of birth: 1989
Nationality: Pakistani
Family history: No-one has such a disability on either side (maternal or paternal)
My problem is: Whenever I suffer through fever I become unable to walk, before I used to have dis weakness in my legs only but the second last time I had this fever I even got this weakness [...]
Archive for February, 2007
Fever and Paralysis
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007Numbness, Fatigue, Facial Twitching
Monday, February 26th, 2007I am hoping that I may get any kind of idea of possibile condtions that could cause the symptoms I am experiencing. My pcp has ordered brain MRI with and w/o contrast which I will have in few days, however I am not scheduled for f/u for 5 wks. which is a long time to [...]
Continue readingPregnancy and Lumbar Spine Fracture
Wednesday, February 21st, 2007my wife (28) and i (37) were involved in a motor vehicle accident last thanksgiving. we hydroplaned and stuck a concrete highway divider at high speed, ~50 mph. we both suffered compression fractures of L1, my wife also had ligament damage to T12 along with a dislocated and fractured right foot. neither of us had [...]
Continue readingAre toncils glands? What about swollen glands?
Saturday, February 17th, 2007Doctor Joshua’s Physiology 101 lesson
Tonsils are not actually glands, it’s a common misconception. Tonsils are lymphatic tissue, like lymph nodes. Another very common misconception is that lymph nodes are glands (”swollen glands”) - when in fact they are not. The thyroid is a gland, the pancreas is a gland, even the skin is a gland [...]
Brain Abscess - Brain Surgery
Friday, February 16th, 2007My sister has a brain abscess that originally was located in the center of the brain and she developed spinal meningitis. A week ago, the CAT scan showed the abscess had moved to the “right ventricle”. The doctors are puzzled about the bacteria and are unable to find out what the bacteria is and have [...]
Continue readingCell Phone Cancer Link? - Mobile Phones and Brain Tumors
Thursday, February 15th, 2007Is there an increased risk of brain tumor due to effects of radiation from cell phones?
Doctor Joshua’s Answer:
Just recently (Jan 2007), a study was published which found no clear connection of mobile phone use with glioma, a type of brain tumor. The study is inconclusive, because of a borderline statistically significant finding linking increased risk [...]
Severe Headache For Over A Month After Spinal Tap
Monday, February 12th, 2007Hi,
On Christmas Day I was suddenly hit with a head pain that my husband had to help me to a chair ..I was holding my head i could not scream the pain was bad!!! But then my left arm had a shooting pain that made me unable to use my hand was like paralized.My husband [...]
Meningioma, Operate or Follow?
Sunday, February 11th, 2007I had been experiencing joint pain for over 6 months and in December the doctor precribed 5mg of predisone 3 times a day. I started taking the predisone on Dec 18th and on Dec 20th I started to have a very strange sensation which I thought was a reaction to the drug. I was feeling [...]
Continue readingSexual Health Archive has moved!
Friday, February 9th, 2007Dr. Joshua’s Sexual Health Q&A Archive can be found here:
eSexualHealth.com - Sexual Health Q&A
Feeling of Lump in Throat
Sunday, February 4th, 2007I have been suffering with a sensation of having something in the back of my throat, behind or below the right tonsil (is difficult to pinpoint exactly)for about 5 months now. it started feeling like a very small lump which feels to have got more obvious over time, although it occasionally becomes less noticeable for [...]
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