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Sudden onset of cracking joints all over

keikomelvin

Hi, About 18 months ago my body literally started cracking all over from one day to the next. It started in my neck, followed by the tho...

8 answers | 1 comment

symptoms chronic joint cracking all over

Sebastiandelacroix

HI there For the past year and a half I have felt my joint areas degenerating - there is a lot of cracking in all my joints at all time...

161 answers | 46 comments

Severe Low Back Pain After Standing?

Patti66

Not sure where to post this, but I'm getting worse with this problem. I get severe low back pain after standing or walking. It's been l...

65 answers | 9 comments

problems after a neck fusion

rednkgrl5

is anyone out there that has had a fusion and isn't better? im going through hell trying to defend myself to attorney's and dr's.they tel...

48 answers | 1 comment

scoliosis harrington rod failure

krissee35

Hi. Am 41 female, in good health. Had scoliosis all my life, and had harrington rods placed in 2002. My curves were 67* by 56*, approxim...

30 answers | 2 comments

Enlarged Red Blood Cells

stuyoung

I'm a 51 year old female in very good health however my red blood cells have been termed "enlarged" by my doctor since 1999. My Doctor i...

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13 yes and 8 years after 2 cervical fusions

Rugbymike13

I have had severe sleeping problems since my 2nd surgery in 2010. Over the last few years I will wake up about every 20 -30 min with my a...

Can anyone tell me what to do

taurusbecca143

I had a spinal fusion L4/L5 three years ago, there was a rod and pins out in, now I'm in excruciating pain in my lower back and it radiat...

15 Year Old, any help please?

hartage

hi! i'm a 15 year old female, and all the sudden in december 2016, i started to have neck and back pain and extreme headaches and eye pai...

1 answer

Can mopping floors for hours effect your sciatic nerve in your back?

Kimlew

I have degenerative disc disease in my back already. I took a cleaning job, thinking that I could do it now I'm having second thoughts.

Uvula leans to left

Wasiwas

Uvula leans to left popping sound breathing in and out also cracking sound aswell

Joints in a lot of pain cracking and snaping and stiffness all over body

Wasiwas

how is degenerative disease diorgnised

Joints in a lot of pain cracking and snaping and stiffness all over body

Wasiwas

all bones and joints shaping and cracking a lot of stir joints all over body been happening for 2years

Joints in a lot of pain cracking and snaping and stiffness all over body

Wasiwas

Joints cracking and snaping and stiffness a lot of pain all over body

Multiple Petechial Hemorrhages

Tejaswini1073

My father recently met with an accident in India. His CT SCAN BRAIN report Multiple Petechial Hemorrhages in the Pons, right temporal l...

Lower back pain

Cmorrell

Hi I work 8 to 10 hours a day and I don't sit down when I get home I have lower back pain on the right side and right above my tail bone ...

Treatment for piriformus muscle

TheMadMan

Recently I had an injection to the piriformis muscle with a Botox injection and it seemed to help. How come there is not more information...

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How long to I give the Botox injection to work?

TheMadMan

I recently had a Botox injection to the Piriformus muscle (5-10-17) but I cannot find any information about this topic. How long does thi...

Gliosis of the Brain

Jemarie71

I was recently told by MRI results that I have gliosis of the right parietal lobe white matter. Also, a prominent perivascular space. I...

13 answers

no lumbar MRI for ms?

oak1day

I have been told by my doctors that lumbar MRIs are not used to diagnose multiple sclerosis. Can you give me information on this? I am in...

2 answers | 2 comments

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