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		  <description><![CDATA[What does this mean? An abnormal, lateral sweep to the dominant, right sigmoid  sinus.. It projects into the mastoid portion of the right temporal bone. A MRI  was used  and detected this condition. A previous MRI in 2009 did not show this.  I need an explanation of this that I, a patient, can understand. Medical terms  are not easy for me to understand . Thanks]]></description>
		  <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 13:15:26 -0600</pubDate>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Switching Birth Control]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[I have taken Orth Tri-Cyclen for over a year and my regular doctor switched me to yaz because I have migraines. I have been taking yaz for 2 months now. I had my period and stopped bleeding for 2 days I have now been bleeding on and off during this second pack. Can switching the pills cause this? Also I start the non active pills next week, do I still go off or go into another pack since I have been bleeing on and off? Thanks]]></description>
		  <pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 16:38:07 -0600</pubDate>
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		  <title><![CDATA[severe hip pain]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Can a persons hip move forward in their body if they fall on their buttcheek? I've had surgery on my hip 3 X from socket not grown thoroughly as child. 2 screws r there since 12 y o. Now, had 2 years of nobody knowing what is wrong with severe hip pain, nobody wants to help me. X-ray apparently didn't show dislocation, but it feels like it is dislocated. It sticks out further in the front of my body WAY more than before, Any advice or comments? Fall took place almost 2 years ago. I've used a cane but now use crutches, because pt told me to keep weight off hip if possible. She suspects labral tear. Frontal view only of hip xray as I lie down on back with knee raised and pointing to the left. I think they maybe missed something.]]></description>
		  <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 02:11:50 -0600</pubDate>
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		  <description><![CDATA[Hi, I have been having multiple tests for macular odema recently and has protein electrophoresis and immunofixation blood tests. This has shown a spike in IgG gamma and lambda and I was looking for some advice as to what this means.]]></description>
		  <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:03:36 -0600</pubDate>
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		  <description><![CDATA[My stepdad has v-tach. in january he had an ablation. then in february he was shocked by his defibulator several times. He went to Boston and had another ablation, this time on both the inside and outside of his heart. I know it takes time and everyone is different but about how long will it be until we know if it was successful? ]]></description>
		  <pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:24:45 -0600</pubDate>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Blood in Urine]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Bleeding during urination 3 weeks after bypass surgery. Could it be from the Foley Catheter used during surgery? Why would the bleeding be delayed 3 weeks?]]></description>
		  <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:41:44 -0600</pubDate>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Infertility]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Will my periods return after Cytoxan.  I am a 31 year old female.  I took relatively small doses for an autoimmune disorder.  200mg a day for about 2 weeks, had two weeks off, the took 200mg a day for another 2 weeks.  Will my periods likely return, as we would desperately like to have another child, or are my ovaries permanently damaged by the Cytoxan?  I have not had a period  since I started the Cytoxan in mid January.  My last done of Cytoxan was mid march.  I am done with Cytoxan treatment.  Will my periods and fertility return to normal?]]></description>
		  <pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 10:42:38 -0600</pubDate>
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		  <title><![CDATA[HIV (Discordant couple)]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Have engaged with my spouse from November 20, 2011 my spouse is nearly 3 months pregnant. We got HIV test 26th March 2012 where she tested +ve  while i tested -Ve. Could this virus be growing in me still?]]></description>
		  <pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 01:52:29 -0600</pubDate>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Malaise feeling after sinus infection ]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[61 yr. w.,ns,healthy male, with history of sinus infections and bronchitis! feb/15 started a cough ,turned into bronchitis,5 days later sinus infection.Doctor prescribed amox/clauv-500/125 for ten days, symptoms got worse after ten days , feeling very malaise and fluish , no fever ! seen doc on mar/8, prescibed avelox-400 , took for 5 days and could not move,so quit taken this .All symptoms of sinus infec. and bronchitis have disapeared ,but wake up every moring feeling ok but buy noon i feel very   fluish and all my joints ache all over , no appetite tired! no fever !! this is now my 4th week !! what is wrong ??? today same went for my walk 4 miles , but now is one o'clock and feeling like i got the flu !! no fever !! just a sick feeling ! ]]></description>
		  <pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:40:42 -0600</pubDate>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Possible pregnancy, uti, bloating, yeast infection]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Hi, I am a 24 year old female with an extensive past medical history in the kidney and especially bladder conditions. Currently I was born with one kidney and I superpubic catherize myself in my belly button(have been for 15+years and will forever). I recently had two children, one that is 2years old and one that is about 6 months old. My six month old I breast fed up til about 5 months of age. I recently recieved my first period on feb 9th of this year. It lasted about 2 days. I didn't expect much because it was my first period after breast feeding. But this is now the next month and this month has brought on many challenges. First let me say when my son was about 4 months I took 2 digital pregnancy tests and they both read positive but blood work said negitive. Then this month I took two regular test--positive as well---but blood work read negative about 1 week ago. My period should have started this month around 10 or 11th---but nothing. What I do have is BLOATING, emotional highs and lows, yeast infection, UTI, lower back menstral like cramps pretty constantly last week and half(but not so much right now), and back pain. I feel that maybe I am pregnant because my period is always been on time plus or minus one or two days. Could I have taken the blood test too early? What is less than one hcg mean? Some one told me the yeast infection can get in you intesties and make you bloat and then it becomes cronic---I just took a fluconazole pill, will that take care of it?]]></description>
		  <pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:16:08 -0600</pubDate>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Pregnancy]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[I just found out that I am 5 weeks pregnant. I am 26 years old and was diagnosed with breast cancer 2 years ago. I had a zoladex shot on 2/28/12 and I was taking arimadex for a week. I stopped both once I found out I am pregnant.  I was also taking coumadin for a while for my blood disorder, lupus anticoagulate disorder.  This was also stopped on Friday when I found out. I started a prenatal vitamin as well. I am wondering what the risks of taking these drugs could have on the baby. ]]></description>
		  <pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:41:52 -0600</pubDate>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Extreme Fatigue Shortness of Breath Low White Cell Count]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[In the summer of 2010 i became seriously poorly, my main symptom was fatigie which was so bad i couldnt walk or stand, and breathing was really hard. I had to literally take short shallow breaths as taking in a large breath was impossible, and it felt as if i couldnt expand my chest. I had chest x-rays and blood tests and was told although i was slightly low on potassium, and a slightly raised white blood count, there was nothing wrong. I went home and was in this condition for about 4 months, before i made about a 70% recovery. I could walk and although i wasnt as well as before, thought id get better. then, in the summer of 2011 the illnes fatigue came back, worse and this time i had muscle pain in my back as well as the fatigue. at night id suffer terrible night sweats. ive still not recovered, some 7 months later, im housebound, any activity and im fatigued. most days i try and walk around the house a little and am always beyond what you would call resonably fatigued. My GP did refer me to a general specialist, but those referals were from last summer and i was too ill to attend. My last blood test, taken shortly before i became too ill to leave the house, taken in april 2011 relvealed nothing other than a raised white blood cell count. ive been told it could be M/E (CFS) but no diagnosis has been made. Any idea why ive become a recluse and unable to function ? Im 31. I was 30 when the first bout of illness started. I was fairly soiciable before this, and now i have no quliaty of life at all. Do you have any ideas what i may be suffering from as i simply cannot function like this at all. My career is being threatend (i havent been able to work since June 2011) and im increasingly worried that i may never get better. i did suffer from mild asthma, which rarely caused me problems, and the breathing problems i get now arent asthma related, i can tell the difference. I do hope someone can help or perhaps suggest something my Dr may have overlooked. Sincerely ...from the abyss of the realms of the unwell.]]></description>
		  <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:19:38 -0700</pubDate>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Can't stand or walk for more than 1 minute at a time]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[I hope someone can help me! I've been suffering for 9 months.  I was totally normal and worked out 5 days a week for years.  I did a lot of aerobics and spin classes and then last May I changed my work out to include more weight training and running on the treadmill. I noticed my quads were getting weaker over the last 2 years and I thought maybe it was because I was doing too much cardio and not enough weight training.  2 weeks into the new program I was doing leg training one morning and I upped the weight too much on the leg press.  I felt a lot of pressure on both knees so I lowered the weight a bit and was fine.  I continued with squats, leg curl machine and then walking lunges. As son as I finished I got the most unbelievable pain in the outer tendon above my left knee that I had to sit down.  When I tried to stand back up both my knees hurt so bad that I had to hurry and sit down.  I got x-rays the next day and the doctor said everything was fine that I just overworked my knees so to rest them.  I could only stand and walk for about 5-10 minutes max! They weren't getting better so a month later I got MRI's and they came back normal. I was sent to physical therapy and was in too much pain so they put me in the pool in the deep end to do a few exercises. Then I went to a second orthopedic surgeon and he gave me cortisone shots that made my knees soon much worse.  I am a teacher and so then school started and I got 10x worse that I had to stop and went on disability. A 3rd orthopedic surgeon said I had unaligned knee caps and sent me to physical therapy to build my quads which made me even worse. I then saw a neurologist who had me get MRI's of my brain and spine and did neurological tests and said my nerves were all fine. He said I have some arthritis in my spine but it's not causing my problem in my legs.  I then saw 2 rhumatologists and the 1st one said I have inflammation in knees and arthritis in back with narrowing spinal canal. Second one said from all my blood test that I do not have any disease like MS or Lupus or rheumatoid arthritis and she thinks maybe my knee joints are grinding together because I overworked them. She has me now taking Hyaluronic Acid supplement to put fluid back in my joints.  I'm also seeing an acupuncturist who thinks it might be a blood flow and circulation issue so she's giving me acupuncture treatments along with herbs.  I've gotten about 15% better than a few months ago but am still worse than I was last summer.  I have less pain while sitting and can walk better in few second increments but as soon as I try to stand or walk for more than 1 minute I'm in soooo much pain!!! PLEASE help me - has anyone ever heard of this before?]]></description>
		  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:59:29 -0700</pubDate>
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		  <title><![CDATA[kidney or bladder?]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[ultrasound detected left kidney measures 10.7 cm in length and shows minor cortical thinning at the upper pole but no focal scarring and no hydronephrosis. What does it mean anything to be worried about? Test was for voiding dysfunction and urgency and found I have small bladder only 272mls no intravesical abnormality. Help worried and urodynamics not for another 3 months.]]></description>
		  <pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 04:10:21 -0700</pubDate>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Withdrawls after lorazapam ]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[ I have been on 2 mg of lorazapam for 4 months. Recently &amp; with my DR's help weaned off nice &amp; slow. 0.5 down for 3 weeks. Then 0.5 down every week after. Totaling 6 weeks. My question is: I have been off a week now &amp; my withdrawl symptoms have not let up. All the withdrawls I am feeling I have read are part of the withdrawl process. Including ringing in ears, nausea, serve insomnia, &amp; the pins &amp; needles feeling. Is it normal to still have withdrawl symptoms this severe after going off a week ago? What is going on? How long before they dissapate ?]]></description>
		  <pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:22:56 -0700</pubDate>
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		  <title><![CDATA[I am taking 30mg/day of Zestril(Lisinopril) but it is not lowering my BP. Canyou recommend a diuretic that i can take as a supplement to the Zestril?]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[I am taking 30mg/day of Zestril(Lisinopril) but it is not lowering my BP. Can  you recommend a diuretic that i can take as a supplement to the Zestril?]]></description>
		  <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:42:04 -0700</pubDate>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Can I get Iron toxicity or too much iron in my system if I eat a lot of fortified cereal?]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Can I get Iron toxicity or too much iron in my system if I eat fortified cereal? I am a male. The cereal has 25% DV Iron per serving, but it also has 7g fiber and I eat it with milk (reportedly slows down iron absorption). If I eat 3-4 servings of cereal a day, then can Iron accumulate in my body? Should I worry? Please explain in detail. Thanks.]]></description>
		  <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:53:50 -0700</pubDate>
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		  <title><![CDATA[recuring polyps]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Hey I am 49 years old. had 2 polyps sergeries my left check is hurting again. could this be polyps starting up again.]]></description>
		  <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:39:45 -0700</pubDate>
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		  <description><![CDATA[i recently took birth control pills to delay my period because i was going on a trip. the pills were prescribed by my doctor. my period was delayed fine but when i returned from the trip i was suffering of strong headaches and i stopped taking the pills. i did not finish the 28 pills in the package, three days after i stopped the pills i started bleeding. can you tell me what to expect. is this my period? how long it should last? will it be normal from now on. it was normal before. every month on the 30th, i started the pills on dec 22 and i started with the active pills not placebo]]></description>
		  <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:20:24 -0700</pubDate>
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		  <title><![CDATA[I continue to experience a fullness feeling in my grion area after having herniasurgery nearly a year ago. The surgery was done laproscopically. I've been backto see my doctor and the surgeon who can't really say why I continue to have thediscomfort. I've]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[I continue to experience a fullness feeling in my grion area after having hernia  surgery nearly a year ago. The surgery was done laproscopically. I've been back  to see my doctor and the surgeon who can't really say why I continue to have the  discomfort. I've had a cat scan just to be sure there wasn't something else  causing the symtoms and it came back all normal. Any advice on what I should try  next?]]></description>
		  <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:18:26 -0700</pubDate>
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