I was hoping you could give me advice with regards to a series of symptoms that nobody has been able to explain, despite my seeing many doctors and having many tests.
It all started when I was 12 when I woke up randomly with back pain. I’m pretty active, so I wrote it off as overdoing [...]
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Fatigue
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Symptoms or Something Else?
Wednesday, December 27th, 2006Unmotivated, Sleepy - Depression?
Wednesday, November 1st, 2006My son is 19. Since graduation from high school in May 2005, he has steadily become unmotivated to do anything. He started college, but then quit going. He works only occasionally. He sleeps all day, literally all day, then sleeps at night too. He doesn’t live at home because [...]
Continue readingHow Much Should I Weigh? Body Mass Index Calculator
Monday, August 28th, 2006How much should I weigh?
Weight is one of the most significant factors that affect your health, and, even more importantly, this is one factor you can actively do something about.
Below you can find a simple calculator. Use it to calculate your Body Mass Index (BMI). Enter your height and weight, then look at the [...]
Numbness and Fatigue
Sunday, June 18th, 2006Hello Dr. Joshua, ? ? Over the years, I’ve had some problems with numbness. There is a spot on my right leg right above my knee, about the size of a baseball that has never returned feeling. Nothing went wrong for it to go numb, it just did. Also, there is some numbness between my [...]
Continue readingMigraines and Fatigue After Aneurysm Surgery
Tuesday, June 13th, 2006I had a ruptured aneurysm clipped in Oct. 2005 and I am still not feeling like myself. I will try to make this as brief as possible:
Since the surgery I now suffer from extremely painful migraines (worse than the headache I had the day my aneurysm was found). My neurologist states that it [...]
Premature Menopause? Menstrual irregularity, obesity, fatigue, bloating, headache
Wednesday, March 15th, 2006I am a 42 year old female and lately I have been becoming tired easily. First started about a week ago, body aches and tired a lot. I was going to bed early and getting plenty of rest. Then I started my period early it had only been 10 days since I [...]
Continue readingHeadache, Epilepsy, Child, Symptom, Dizziness, EEG, MRI, CT
Wednesday, March 15th, 2006My daughter is twelve years old. She has over the past several months been having severe headaches, dizziness and been extremely tired. A few weeks ago, she passed out quite unexpectedly and with little warning.
She had bloodwork done which returned normal. She was also sent for an EEG. The brainwave pattern indicates that she has [...]
Headache, Fatigue, Migraine, Sinusitis
Friday, January 14th, 2005Here’s a headache question from M.
On Dec. 5th I became completely overwhelmed with fatigue. I had what felt like a sinus headache (over my eyes, on my forehead and temples). I was also congested (yellowish nasal discharge), nauseous with a sore throat, body aches and a low-grade fever. It was so awful that I could [...]
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