Hypothyroidism Has A Link With Peripheral Neuropathy Case Study: A 52 year old women complains of the following- I suffer from hypothyroidism and over the last few months my left arm has become increasingly weak. The process accelerated recently (last 6 weeks) during the period when I moved house and was without thyroxine (T4) for […]
Eye Problems In Diabetics Diabetes is a state of uncontrolled blood sugar in the blood stream. This affect almost all parts of the body. All tissues are affected, both functionally and structural, to some extent. Common Eye problems Detected in Diabetics Progressive vision loss Sudden loss of vision Having floaters in the eye Double vision […]
Fainting Episodes Fainting episodes may medically be termed as syncope or syncopal attacks. The basic mechanism among most of such cases is common. One faints when the blood supply to the brain is reduced transiently due to some cause. There can be many different reasons why the blood flow gets reduced and the person faints. […]
Injection Diclofenac Leading to Radial Nerve Palsy Q: I am a doctor. Few years ago I gave diclofenac injection to a patient. Later on, after few days, she presented with radial nerve palsy. The patient has filed a case against me saying it is due to my negligence. I give all respect and care to […]
What Causes Damage to the Nerves of Arms and Legs? Q: For the last 2 months, I’ve had sharp pain in left upper arm and similar pain running in left thigh. My feet get cold tingling running into left hand. I was smoking but stopped during last few days. By: Richard Hancock Reply: Sounds like […]
Neuropathy Due to Alcohol Abuse- Pain and Numbness in Extremities Alcohol is like a poison. It affects almost all parts of the body, slowly damaging them. Initially, when a person starts taking alcohol, he is not conscious about what this poison is doing inside the body. However, as the period of consumption of alcohol increases, […]
Pain in Extremities With Rash and Eosinophilia H/O Alcoholism Q; I’m inquiring about my mother’s medical issues. She is 56 years old. She had struggled with alcoholism recently, and was hospitalized a few times from complications. She has been sober for approximately 8-9 months. The doctors said that her liver and blood tests show that […]
Complication of Back Pain- Numbness in Leg Q: I am a 33 year old female, weighing 150 lbs. I felt a sudden left leg numbness for less than 3 minutes. I moved my leg a and stretched it, which stopped the pain, but it came back after a minute. I did a stretch again, then […]
Tremors Tremor is a rhythmic, involuntary muscular contraction characterized by oscillations of a part of the body or the whole body. Causes of Tremors Physiologic Tremors Normal tremors can be detected with sensitive devices and are generally not clinically visible unless there are exacerbating factors. The most common type of tremors for which people will […]
What is Sciatica and How to Manage It? Sciatica refers to the pain along the large sciatic nerve that runs from the lower back down through the buttocks and along the back of leg. Sciatica is usually caused by pressure on the sciatic nerve from a herniated disc (also referred to as a bulging disc, […]
