Postmenopausal Uterine Bleeding
I hope you can help me until I can get to my doctor on Monday morning. I am 50 years old, will soon be 51 (September). I have not had a period since August/September of 2004. All of a sudden I started spotting on Thursday evening and it has progressed […]

Last year I had three unruptured aneurysms successfully embolised (I have never had an SAH my aneuryms were found completely by accident during an MRI scan which was carried out as I had had an episode of Bells Palsy from which I made a full recovery and also some ear pain and my ENT […]

I had a ruptured aneurysm clipped in Oct. 2005 and I am still not feeling like myself. I will try to make this as brief as possible:
Since the surgery I now suffer from extremely painful migraines (worse than the headache I had the day my aneurysm was found). My neurologist states that it […]

I am 26 years old and have noticed these large lumps on my lower back- right near my spine. It has happened 4 times now. They come 1 at a time and they go away after about 4 or so. This has all been new since the last few weeks. It is always in the […]

Please should you be so kind to help me out in this difficult and frustrating time. I am 25 years of age, male and have been experiencing Dysuria for the past four years or so. There is inflammation on the internal opening of the urethra with some very small red inflammed “bumps” which seem to […]

just recently started taking birth control, I had taken it previously and had no side effects or anything but I went off of it for several months. In order to skip my period this month, I took the first 3 sets of pills and skipped the placebo pills and started taking a new […]

Question: I had an mri scan two weeks ago to diagnose a visual disturbance (blurring of my right eye) I’ve experienced for five weeks now. The report indicated that there was no evidence of abnormal enhancement of my optic nerves, however, it found a large lobulated cyst in the pineal region (1.8 cm sagittal oblique […]

My mother had a procedure done in 1960-61 to correct for calcium deposits in the ear. the doctor used a metal wire & some skin from hear earlobe and inserted into the ear after removing the calcium deposits. My question is was/is there a particular type of metal that has always been used. She needa a MRI of her neck […]

Hello Dr. Joshua,   Over the years, I’ve had some problems with numbness. There is a spot on my right leg right above my knee, about the size of a baseball that has never returned feeling. Nothing went wrong for it to go numb, it just did. Also, there is some numbness between my legs, again […]

I started getting white dots on my legs and sometimes on my arms about four or five years ago. I went to a dermatologist and he said that was the way my skin was. Wouldn’t this have been going on all of my life then? He said that if I get […]

My sister has twins a boy and a girl ten year olds, born by invitro fertilisation. Both have incontinence problems, not always though, increased frequency needing frequent visits to the toilet during schoolhours and not being able to hold leading to accidental leakages and urgency. Ultrasound is normal, a contrast study of bladder was normal […]

I am a 32 year old female who has suffered from Insomnia most of my life (on and off). I’ve had doctors prescribe Ambien as well as other RX sleep meds over the years. They worked, but I hated the groggy feeling in the morning and didn’t want to get addicted. About […]

This is a question concerning my father who is 74. He was he said accidentally elbowed in the side of the head when 2 of my younger brothers got into a fight. Since that time (over a year he wouldn’t admit he had a problem but it is getting worse) he has almost […]

I went to the doctor Wednesday and they did a biopsy to check the lining of my uterus for cancer and pre cancer cells (just so you know if you ever do it to someone it feels like contractions when you are having a baby). they had me come back the next day to do […]

I am asking this for my mom. She is a diabetic and she had a blister that popped. Now it is a big sore on her heel. Which is about a half dollar size in shape. My question, is there a way to help it heal any faster?. She’s had it for about 3 weeks […]

My son is 7 years old with severe hemophilia, his veins were scarred due to his infusion. When a he needed a replacement of his mediport the surgeon put it in the jugular vein it had been for the past 5 years. That only lasted for 2 days with lasting results, he no longer has […]

Tnank you for taking the time to read this. I realize you are a very busy person and am grateful for this service you provide. I am writing because I don’t know what to do from here and need some advice. Please forgive my wordy post.  10 years ago I began having neurological issues that were […]

Question: About 1 and ½ years ago I developed a goiter. I had a nuclear med. scan and found it was ok. My bloodwork (which only tested for thyroid) came back normal. In the past month I have been experiencing hair loss (quite a bit), numbness in fingers, I feel as if I am cold […]

I work for the UN and am stationed in Sudan. I tested posted for malaria, and took coartem, then felt fine. I did not go back to the UN doctor for the follow-up test to see if it was gone, because I was in the field. About three weeks later, the malaria symptoms returned, but […]

I’m a 25 y/o female, 5′3 and 108 lbs. I’ve been experiencing right sided pain for about 6 months now. The pain is just under my right ribs and my 10th rib is actually extended a bit. The pain radiates to my back as well. I actually first noticed it about 9 months ago while […]

Dear Dr. Joshua,  My uncle is residing in India, he is 67 years old and in 2001 was diagnosed with a type of myopathy in his lower back spine. He does not have pain but has lost the strengh to get up from a bed or chair. He was told that this a rare degenerative disease […]

I came across your website while researching brain aneurysms. My aunt suffered from one 2 weeks ago and we are extremely concerned for her. I would really appreciate your opinion on her case:   Fri, June 2, 2006 - aneurysm ruptured (we believe the location was left front, don’t know the size of the aneurysm).  Sun, […]

Dear Doctor,  I am from Bangalore, India. My mother, 67 years old, had a lesion on her left lung which was operated. After 6 months we found that she had a 2 cm tumor in the left lobe of her brain. Had radiation, SRT, chemo,temodal etc but it did not shrink. The last was surgery. The […]

Three years ago, I got a blood test and it showed a ggt score of 135, I just took another on and the score is 128. All of my other blook scores are in normal limits. I have never drunk alcohol. Can you tell me what is going on?
Dr. Joshua’s Answer:
Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (Gamma-GT, GGT) may […]