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  1. What could cause my good cholesterol to go down and my bad cholesterol to go up and how can I lower my sodium and Cholesterol? If it was not for the General Surgeon that I seen I would not have known. Please let me know. Also about 2 years ago I was finally able to get out of the wheel chair but I still have problems with my legs going dead when I twist a certain way. I had to have an L-4 L-5 spinal fusion due to trauma to my back, I do have spinal bifida occolta (spelling?) could that be causing my legs to still go dead? Where I have no feeling or movement in them for the shortest time is a few hours to a few months at a time. Since I have been out of the wheel chair I have been trying to exercise regularly until my back starts to hurt again (aporox 3 blocks of walking) Cancer does run really high in my family but according to my primary doctor I do not have any of the signs. My mother went undiagnosed with her gall bladder leaking for years, my general surgeon is looking into that for me as well. I am due to have an ultra sound sometime this week. I had asked you about my D-Dimer and the stomach pain. I am going for my colonoscopy tomorrow at 11:45am Hopefully it can show some answers.
  2. I fell straight down onto a hard granite tile floor and landed on my nose. I have an X shaped cut, my nose hurts and I have pain and swelling and red bruising on the inner part of teh skin near my eyes and starting on my cheeks also. Should I go to the doctor or home remedy?.
  3. I just got back from a long trip and my 60 lb puppy started running around the house. I bent over to pick something up and he plowed his head into my forehead full force. I fell back and since then have been dizzy every time I move my head. There is no lump but the spot he hit me is still really sore. It has been almost 24 hours and I am still dizzy. Will this pass or do I need to see a doctor?
  4. Dear doctors, following several months of heavy-head, moderate but long lasting headaches, nausea as well. I’ve been recommended by my doctor to do an MRI scan after which we found out that i have a pineal gland cyst of 9mm size. would this be directly linked to the symptoms I’m having? My doctor said that the cyst had nothing to do with my headaches & that it’s migraine. what should i do regarding the pineal gland cyst? should it be monitored periodically? & in what cases is it considered serious? thank you so much!
  5. I am an 18 year old girl. I started sweating excessively in the plantar, palmar, and axillary regions when I was about 14. I sweat uncontrollably during the day, even when I’m relaxed. At night time however my sweating decreases dramatically and becomes normal. My skin is also reddish, marbley, and cold during the day too, but at night it gets warm and returns to it’s normal color. I also don’t sweat much when I exercise or when its cold outside .My doctor gave me a prescription for 20% aluminum chloride solution but it didn’t really help.. What could possibly be the cause of the excessive sweatiness throughout the day and the normalcy at night? What can I do to make it stop?

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