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I have multiple symptoms that are getting worse. Please help.
Query: Hi doctor, I have been suffering from a variety of symptoms that is becoming worse for more than 10 years, and I have spent a majority of the past eight months in hospital. Various diagnoses have been put forward within the last six months, all of which have eventually been discarded. I have under... Read Full »
Answer: 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 p... Read Full »
High ESR before carpal tunnel syndrome and a cyst surgery. Why?
Query: Hi doctor,I was hospitalized last week for my carpal tunnel and ganglion cyst surgery. Before surgery, the doctor took my blood sample for a complete blood count. I got my results today that show elevated ESR levels of 106 mm/hr, which I figured out the normal levels should be 20 mm/hr. I also take ... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I went through your query and understood your concern. Elevated ESR (erythrocyte sedimentation rate) levels should not be the only factor contributing to carpal tunnel syndrome. However, your ESR level is too high, and it has to be evaluated, even though an isolated in... Read Full »
What could be the possible reasons for wrist pain?
Query: Hi doctor, I am a newly married housewife. I am having pain in the right wrist for the last five days. I also feel pain in the right lower arm and sometimes above the right shoulder blade. The pain is also present in the fingers of the right hand. I cannot put enough force while making a grip with ... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. The possible reasons as a whole are Cervical IVDP (intervertebral disc prolapse), missed minor fracture in childhood, carpal tunnel syndrome, De Quervain's tenosynovitis. Please do the following investigations: 1) Fasting thyroid profile. 2) Fasting lipid profile. 3) R... Read Full »
Why do I have numbness in my fingertips?
Query: Hi doctor,My thumb, index, and ring fingers are all super numb at the fingertips. This numbness has lasted for five days, and now I am getting horrible sharp pains in my index finger. Previously, I have carpal tunnel syndrome. Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. You have mentioned numbness in your hand fingertips, and the area mentioned appears to be that of the median nerve region. Now, if this pain and numbness are severe and persistent, then the advice to you is to get a nerve conduction study done and look for the severi... Read Full »
Query: Hi doctor,I had carpal tunnel, radial and ulnar nerve surgery. A tumor was removed from my elbow on the ulnar nerve. Then my two little fingers have no feeling and are completely curled in along with my thumb. For this, my surgeon advised nerve transplant surgery. When I went for a second opinion, n... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Getting a tumor removed off the ulnar nerve from the elbow will take at least six months for the nerve to regenerate the sensations till down your little finger. Getting tingling and burning sensations are good as this is a sign of nerve regeneration. You should take m... Read Full »