Medical Advice on "Neurology"

After meningitis vaccination, I am getting headache with visual aura and dreamy sleep. Please help.

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Your symptoms seem to be related to tension type headache, which is a benign headache. Light and sound intolerance are features of migraine, but the other symptoms you explain, are more compatible with tension type he...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Aida Quka

I get migraine daily but it gets controlled with painkiller. How to manage the same?

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your concern and would explain that considering your aggravated situation, it would be reasonable to start preventive therapy for migraine. In this regard, I would recommend starting Topiramate 50 mg tw...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Aida Quka

Should I take Rituximab for neuropathy?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I am here to help you. First and foremost, I would like to congratulate you for your excellent narration and detailed documentation of the prescriptions and reports (attachment removed to protect patient identity), which ...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. J Mariano Anto Bruno Mascarenhas

After lying on stomach for 20 minutes, I get most intense headache. Is this brain aneurysm?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. This pain seems to be due to vasospasm, unlikely to be aneurysmal bleed pain, if it was aneurysm it should have continued for a long duration. I have another set of questions, please answer them. Is this first ever head...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Upendra K Shah

I get muscle twitches in my quad and calf muscles often with no pain. Could this be due to anxiety?

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Such muscle twitching can happen in few medical conditions like anxiety, motor neuron disease, nerve injury, benign fasciculation syndrome, and hyperthyroidism. If you do not have any weakness or muscle thinning, it...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Hitesh Kumar

How can severe shoulder pain be treated?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. It seems to be frozen shoulder, as told by orthopaedic earlier. Primary treatment of frozen shoulder is physiotherapy. Pain killer and muscle relaxants are given temporarily, start on tablet Neorelax MR 8 (Aceclofenace...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Upendra K Shah

What is the definitive test for MND?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Motor neuron disease may be a possibility for the appearance of muscle atrophy in the photographs that you have sent (attachment removed to protect patient identity). However, the definitive test for MND is ENMG, which sta...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Sudheer Ambekar

Often, I stop and think for a while during conversation. Why?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. If this problem is there from your childhood, then this is a part of your stammering. If you have developed this problem later in life, then you would need to get an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) of the brain. Also, ch...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Anshul Varshney

Why is Naproxen not working for my headache?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Naproxen is no longer helping because the enzymes in your liver has learnt to degrade the drug quickly. It usually happens when you take such drugs for a longer time. Since there is no vomiting, you can wait till your next...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. J Mariano Anto Bruno Mascarenhas

I have tinnitus, small bursts of light and burning at the back of throat. Are these signs of brain tumor?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. So the problem here is right ear tinnitus. Regarding this I need to know is there hearing difficulty in the right ear? What type of tinnitus, swishing, or continuous? How long it lasts? Is there any vertigo associated wi...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Upendra K Shah