Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Ischemic stroke is a condition where there is an incomplete blood supply to a certain part of the brain, leading to permanent damage to that part of the brain. Consequently, the function carried out by the affected part of the brain is lost. The only way to recover function following permanent damage is physiotherapy, which enables the existing normal part of the brain to re-learn the function that was earlier carried out by the now non-functional brain. In the case of your mother, physiotherapy is the only way to improve the lost function.
Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your concern. Can you possibly upload MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) images and other reports, including ophthalmic evaluation, hormonal profile, and electrolytes profile? Your list of symptoms is fairly large and does not appear to be related to a simple pineal cyst (sometimes it is only an incidental finding on the MRI). Other musculoskeletal reports (of the hip joint, wrist joint, and spine) will help in reaching some conclusions. All pineal tumors may not need surgery, but it is difficult to comment without an MRI image.
Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. You need surgery for the herniated discs since they are significant and you have a neurological deficit (attachment removed to protect patient identity). I would advise you to go ahead with surgery as soon as possible. You have good chances of recovering the lost function. I hope this helps.
Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Thank you for the detailed information. I am happy to see your father improve gradually. Here is what I suggest. There is no other medicine for stiffness.
Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Going by your description, it seems highly unlikely that you have contracted HIV infection. The ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) detects antibodies to HIV antigens, whereas the combi test detects both antibodies and antigen. Since you have done these tests much after the exposure, I believe there is a little chance that you could be harboring HIV infection. The rashes you have developed are more likely to be a part of Crohn's disease syndrome progression.
Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your concern. Your headache is most likely a migraine since it has been going on for the last 12 years. Another less likely possibility is occipital neuralgia. One thing that is not clear from your description is whether the pain is localized to one side or occurs on either side.
Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Surgery is absolutely indicated in this case. This hematoma cannot be cured with medications. Surgery should not be delayed as there is a possibility of permanent brain damage if the mass effect is not relieved. This is usually a minor surgery.
Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Tonsillar herniation of more than 5 mm in adults is significant and defined as Chiari type 1 malformation. The usual symptoms associated with this condition are imbalance while walking, cough-induced headache, numbness in the hands, nape of the neck, and weakness in the hands. Many people are not symptomatic. In asymptomatic people with tonsillar descent more than 5 mm, we usually do CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) flow studies to look at the CSF circulation in the foramen magnum.
Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have gone through all the reports (attachment removed to protect patient identity). They are all normal. A headache in a patient with a brain tumor is generally a dull and aching type. It is worse in the morning and is relieved with vomiting.
Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have seen the MRI (attachment removed to protect patient identity). I see a spot of hyperdensity in the left posterior parietal lobe. However, the findings are not suggestive of a meningioma. The hyperdensity may represent calcification due to a granuloma.
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