I was prescribed penicillin a few months ago for an ear infection. I didn’t take them all for the ear infection. I woke up today with horrible pain in my lower abdomen. I feel like I constantly need to urinate and it burns very badly. There is a little bit of blood when I wipe. [...]
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Sunday, May 8th, 2011High white blood cell count and neutrophilia
Sunday, February 13th, 2011I have had repeated blood tests over the last 18 months which have shown high WCC. My latest results were high WCC (19) and neutrophilia (14) and I have to have another blood test this week. I have also been getting constant headaches since December. I am worried that this may indicate something sinister like [...]
Continue readingProlonged 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 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 readingSwimmer’s itch and side effects of prednisolone
Monday, November 3rd, 2008I developed swimmer’s itch after swimming in an ocean that had schistosomes/ parasites (I did not realize this at the time, but have since looked up the beach online and read about it). The rash I developed was very severe and all over my body, and finally a dermatologist prescribed me 50mg of Prednisone for [...]
Continue readingFrequent urination
Sunday, November 2nd, 2008I haven’t been feeling like my ‘normal’ self for quite some time. I’ve been very fatigued lately, and recently I went to see the doctor due to a suspected UTI. IT turned out I did have one, and was prescribed Cephalexin. I took 2 courses of this, but I was still having frequent urination. [...]
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 [...]
MRSA
Monday, December 18th, 2006Good day Dr, Joshua, im a 46 year old male , who was recently dignosed with MRSA , this comes as a shock to me in Sept , I had a eye infection and at the end of the Eye infection hard a large boil on my left leg the Dr. at the [...]
Continue readingTetanus Shot, Tetanus Vaccine Complication
Thursday, December 14th, 2006I received a tetanus vaccination in September 2006 in my left upper arm. I was told to expect soreness for 24 hours. I experienced severe pain in the first 24 hours and then since I have had moderate pain to movement and have actually been unable to regain full range of motion secondary [...]
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