My allergies is causing chronic post nasal drip and causing my throat to be irritated. When I talk it seems to cause more pain. Can post nasal drip cause an irritated throat to cause pain when...
I was diagnosed yesterday with diverticulitis. Today I have blood in the urine. Can diverticulitis have caused this?...
The reason for the colonoscopy it was time to have it done. The last one was in 2014. Today I found out why I was having bowel issues since the procedure. I went to the emergency room with vomiting...
I had a colonoscopy 3 weeks ago and ever since I've been having bowel issues which I didn't have before the colonoscopy. Sometimes with bowel movements I have cramping along with it. It does seem...
When are the results ready after wearing the heart monitor?...
I've been wearing the monitor since Thursday afternoon. Sometimes though I forgot to push the button. Will the technician still know I had a palpitation at that time? I'm wearing a 72 hour monitor....
Does anyone know if it's o.k to have coffee when wearing a heart holter monitor?...
My spouse has been a heavy drinker for years. About 4 years ago he was diagnosed with fatty liver. He hasn't gotten another ultrasound since then. His recent blood tests were normal except his red...
Not too sure if I have kidney disease or not. My doctors never told me I do have kidney disease. My GFR is 60, but my BUN and Creatinine is normal. If I had kidney disease would my BUN and Creatinine...
Has anyone on this forum had staples come loose after surgery? My spouse had the incision staples removed but he thinks their maybe a staple that came loose inside. He's scheduled to see his doctor...
About 11 days ago my spouse had his prostate removed and their is still a lot of blood in the urine in his catheter bag is this normal? He's scheduled to see the doctor later this week....
Not too sure if I have malabsorption or not. I've been having floating stools but their not greasy or pale....
Their color is the usual brown in color. I've been having these type of stools everyday. No sinkers. I've been trying to add more fiber to my diet. Last week I was eating Chex Mix and after eating a...
Not too sure if I have malabsorption. Lately I have floating stools. Their not pale or greasy looking. Not losing weight. Do the stools have to be pale in color to have this?...
He's having the saturation biopsy done now in October. In August of this year he was diagnosed with the cancer....
My spouse had an in office biopsy done. His Gleason score was low. Doctor says he has a slow growing cancer. The next step he told him was to have a saturation biopsy procedure done as an outpatient....
I recently had a cortisol blood test taken in the afternoon. The results were 12.5. Is this within the normal range for an afternoon reading?...
Not too sure if I'm posting this in the right forum. My kidney cat scan shows I have adrenal hypertrophy. Does anyone know what this is?...
I've had 3 cystoscopy procedures done at doctor's offices. Two of those procedures were not painful during or after them, but the last one was painful after it was done. Terrible bladder pain, which...
Not too sure if I had a kidney stone attack or not. Had sharp intermittent pains lasting few seconds in my lower left side lasted all day. Today pain is gone. I had no nausea or vomiting....
Not too sure if I have kidney disease. My GFR rate is 83 and my BUN/Creatinine ratio is normal....
Is it the nerves from the spine that's causing the pain in the butt? I also get pains in the vagina and rectum every now and then....
Can having degenerative disc disease cause pain with bowel movements?...
Would taking an NSAID help?...
No, my doctor didn't say anything about that joint. M x ray show degenerative disc disease at the 2 lower disc levels of the lumbar spine....
I don't have pain in my lower back where the disc disease is. Just in my buttocks....
Would using a heating pad help?...
I was having pains in my butt when I sit down. After a few minutes the pain tempers off. My doctor did a pelvic x ray and it showed degenerative disc disease. She told me I should have physical...
Can IBS cause sweating and a fast heart rate during an attack?...
My TSH was 1.180 Range 0.270-4.200...
I recently had thyroid blood tests. Everything was normal range, but the thyroxine free was a bit high. Does this mean I'm hyperthyroid?...
My TSH is in normal range but my thyroxine free was little bit elevated. What does this mean? I've been on Synthroid a long time and have not recently was it increased....
Can you have silent acid in the throat without feeling the burning? My GI doctor thinks I have this and I'm scheduled for a GED test. I've had a sore throat and coughing every day for 5 months....
I don't have any burning in my throat. Does that mean I don't have silect acid throat? I get just tickling in the throat and slight pain sometimes when I swallow my salvia....
I've been having an intermittent sore throat every day and slight coughing for the last 4 months. I recently found out I had allergies. Allergy medicines didn't help. So allergies causing my sore...
Doesn't antacids help? I'm going to start taking Pepcid. What surgery are you referring to? I do have a hiatal hernia. I may consider having hernia surgery done this fall....
I forgot to add to my post. Can acid reflux that causes a sore throat can it cause your throat to hurt thru out the day?...
My throat feels like it's been badly burned. Could this be acid reflux? My throat doesn't burn but it feels like it was badly burned. I rarely have heartburn....
I've been having problems with a tickling throat, sore throat and coughing. I recently got skin testing and have a lot of allergies. But I've tried 3 allergy medications and nothing helped. My...
What doctor do you see to have a transnasal esophagoscopy done? I've been having a chronic cough and tickling in throat. I've had a chest x ray done by my primary doctor. Chest x ray was normal. I've...
How soon should allergy medicines work? I've been on Claritin for 4 days and still have symptoms. Should allergy medicines work in a day or 2?...
Can pain under the lower right rib traveling to the back can it be kidney pain?...
Thanks I'll look at their website....
Are you suppose to fast before a CRP and ESR tests? I had these done and I did not fast and I also took 2 aspirins the day before the tests. My results were normal but I'm worried maybe their not...
I'm going to have a PCNL surgery done. Has anyone had this surgery?...
I have a kidney stone the size of a marble lodged in my kidney. My doctor says it should be shattered. Anyone had this done? Was it painful to pass the fragments after it was done? I'm afraid to have...
Is it possible to have your body produce 2 different types of kidney stones? Then just 1 type....
I had a gluten blood test. Waiting for results. Whatever the test results are negative or positive would I need further testing with a biopsy?...
I had a abdomen cat scan done with contrast showing colon wall thickening of the sigmoid. I asked my doctor if this could be crohn's and he told me I'm too old to develop it. I'm 62. Is my doctor...
I had a cat scan done because I was having bowel problems. I got the results I have no diverticulitis but it shows colon wall thickening. Should a colonoscopy be done?...