Medical Advice on "Neuro surgery"

Will surgery help my sciatica?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your symptoms. Before we go ahead and discuss the MRI, I would like to know some more clinical details. You said pain in the left leg. I would like to know here that which aspect of your leg is it. Either i...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Rajyaguru

How can I differentiate normal headache and a migraine headache?

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. The tachycardia you are experiencing if the usual cardiac exam and diagnostics were already been done and showed normal result may have been coming from anxiety. This should be well tolerated and cannot produce you an...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Gerry Mike Palisoc

Please look at my reports and explain the reason for dizziness.

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. It is a congenital developmental problem and the exact reason why it happens is not postulated. The pathophysiology is that the segment of an embryo which forms the area of craniovertebral junction has some genetic defect...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Rajyaguru

I sometimes feel a little slow. Is it because of a mild concussion when I was 7?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. There is nothing wrong with your brain. A small injury to the brain in childhood will be got completely healed by now. If not, then the function of that part of the brain is taken by the adjoining normal brain. You exper...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Rahul Patil

What is your advice for my back injury?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your problem well. The decision of whether to undergo kyphoplasty or not is based on a few things. It is a must in case of severe wedge compression fracture. But, yours is not very severe and actual wedging is...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Rajyaguru

CT scan of my brother showed small frontal fracture. Is emergency surgery required?

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have seen the CT scan (attachment removed to protect patient identity). Your brother has a head injury for which he needs hospitalization. CT scan shows a small EDH of thickness 5 mm, which also needs obse...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Rahul Patil

My wife experiences a terrible headache after having a drain for CSF leak. Kindly help.

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. This is the usual plan in such type of cases. Headache is due to a leak of CSF (cerebrospinal fluid), causing low pressure in the head. The leak of CSF is a well-known risk factor associated with any intradural sp...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Chirag Solanki

I am having pressure and metallic drainage from sphenoid. Could this be a CSF leak?

Hi, Sorry for the pain you are going through. 1)to find out CSF leak, investigation in cases like you is CT-cisternogram. ( spontaneous CSF leak has been reported in patients). 2) you can sit in forward stupping ( bending forward) position, collect...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Rahul Patil

My father has a blood clot in the brain. Please suggest some proper treatment.

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I feel sorry for all the pain your father is going through. 1) As from your history I come to a conclusion that you father had TIA (a type of stroke, that is temporary obstruction to the blood flow to a specific part of...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Rahul Patil

My mother was diagnosed with a lesion in the cerebellum. Kindly suggest the best treatment option.

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I am considering the history of cancer of the breast and uterus. There are chances that this cerebellar lesion might be a metastasis. I think she would require a detailed evaluation. PET-CT (Positron emission tomogra...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Chirag Solanki