I 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 [...]
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Saturday, December 20th, 2008Abdominal 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 [...]
Continue readingHigh Cholesterol - Role of Hepatitis?
Saturday, November 25th, 2006Dear Doctor,
I am a 34 yr old male who recently came back from the doctor with some not so good news. It turns our that my cholesterol is a very high 292 with an extremely high LDL count, a 219. I am relatively healthy and active; I am 6 ft tall and weigh [...]
Shingles - Contagious?
Saturday, November 25th, 2006I have recently been diagnosed with shingles. They are not yet in an open blister state (merely contained red blisters) with no discharge. I have a couple of questions:
1. Can it (herpes zoster virus) be spread any other way other than direct contact with the discharge from the blisters?
2. Can my wife and children be [...]
