What Blood in Urine Means
Red Urine Has Many Causes: Some Life Threatening, Some Harmless Red urine sometimes means blood in the urine, but sometimes it doesn't. Either way, you need to find out the cause of red or rust colored [...]
Brain Zaps from Cymbalta, Effexor and Paxil Explained
Brain zaps from Effexor, Cymbalta and other antidepressants are as follows: “Electrical currents” or “shivers” that run through your brain when you try to get off Effexor, Cymbalta or Paxil, three commonly prescribed antidepressants, notorious [...]
Calf Dents, Twitching Muscles Have You Worried?
Could a calf dent ever mean atrophy of ALS? If you have clicked on this article, then you are most likely already deep within the agony of ALS fear originating from twitching muscles. So [...]
Twitching Calf Muscle Strength Tests and ALS Obsession
Are your calf muscles twitching? Are you scared it’s ALS? How can you tell this isn’t ALS? Even if you had a negative EMG, you may still not be reassured and may be continuing to [...]
Do You Fear ALS Because Your Muscles Are Twitching?
Muscle twitching is a terrifying topic for many people because twitching muscles is a symptom of a killer disease. Muscle twitching is very common, affecting millions of people, but ALS, the disease in which muscle [...]
Causes of Toe Twitching, and Solutions
So, your toe is twitching. Maybe it’s the big one only, or maybe it’s a few of the smaller ones, but nevertheless, the twitching is hard to ignore. Especially when you can actually see the [...]
Muscle Twitching in Fingers? ALS Fear? Strength Tests
Twitching muscles in the fingers can have some people fearing they have ALS, that incurable fatal disease that causes muscles to waste away. People with twitching muscles who think they have ALS are prone to [...]
Perceived Weakness: Tips for Relief of ALS Fear
Perceived weakness is an awful thing to have, and it originates from the mind, when someone starts believing he or she has ALS due to muscle twitching. Perceived weakness can disrupt a person’s life. Perceived [...]
Twitching Muscle in the Thigh (Quadriceps): ALS or Benign?
ALS sites have scared the pants off of you since muscle twitching comes up on them, and this is what’s been going on in your quadriceps or thigh. You need loads of reassurance that you [...]
Muscle Twitching Connection to Anxiety and Exercise
Relax, muscle twitching occurs to people all over the world, and until the invention of the World Wide Web, it didn’t seem to be much of a concern. Thanks to the Internet, masses of people [...]
Why Your Stomach is Twitching: Neurologist Explains
Is your stomach twitching? "Twitching is the common term for fasciculations, an abnormal firing of muscles," says Daniel Kantor, MD, director of the Neurology Residency Program, Florida Atlantic University. When your stomach twitches, just what is [...]
Suffer with Body Wide Muscle Twitching? Here’s Good News
If you're going nuts because of muscle twitching all throughout your entire body, stop fearing the worst, and don't even worry about something even a little bit serious. Muscle twitching isn't necessarily a sign of [...]
How to Tell the Difference Between Multiple Sclerosis and Restless Leg Syndrome
Telling multiple sclerosis from restless leg syndrome? Multiple sclerosis vs. restless leg syndrome: Is there really a way to know, without seeing a doctor, if what you're experiencing is restless leg syndrome, as opposed to [...]
Is Thumb Twitching Normal or Something to Worry About?
Is your thumb twitching lately? Have you learned that muscle twitching is one of the symptoms of ALS? Does your thumb twitch and "jump" for no apparent reason? Can a twitching thumb mean something serious, [...]
Twitching Muscles: More Likely a Good Sign than Bad
Muscle twitching is quite a popular topic, but not one you’ll hear a lot about at the water cooler. In cyberspace, twitching muscles are discussed quite prominently, because muscle twitching, though extremely common, is also [...]
Twitching Eyelids: Causes, Don’t Worry, Be Happy
A twitching eyelid that just won’t stop can be anything from annoying to frightening. If your eyelid has been twitching incessantly lately, you can probably chalk it up to strain of the ocular muscles and [...]
How Twitching Muscles Are Caused By Exercise
Everyone experiences twitching muscles. Any voluntary muscle is capable of twitching. This includes the eyelid, right above the lip, behind the ears, and of course, the larger muscles, including those located in the back, abdomen [...]
Living with Benign Fasciculation Syndrome: Causes, Treatments
Benign fasciculation syndrome is a fancy name that simply means harmless muscle twitching that’s accompanied by cramping and maybe exercise intolerance. Technically, everybody experiences benign fasciculation syndrome sooner or later. The variables are duration and [...]
Why Does My Urine Stink, Especially in the Morning?
Stinky smelly urine in the morning? Or does your urine smell bad or like burning rubber at other times of the day? Can anything be done about this bad smell in the morning or whenever [...]
Fishy Smell Around Penis: Causes and Solutions
A urologist explains the causes of a fish-like smell around the penis. That fishy smell from your penis is caused by certain problems that you can remedy. A fishy smell around your penis is not [...]
Frequent Urge to Urinate: Bladder Cancer Possible
A urologist explains frequent urination and bladder cancer. Feeling of having to urinate, but nothing comes out, can be sign of bladder cancer, though urinary urgency as a symptom of this disease is relatively rare. [...]
Causes of Cloudy Urine, How to Examine, Cancer
It’s scary to see cloudy urine coming out of you. If you’ve been noticing that your urine is cloudy, this is not something you should shrug off. But medicine.net and mayoclinic.com do not list cancer as [...]
Causes of Dark or Brown Urine: Over a Dozen
The causes of dark or brown urine are many, ranging from benign to possibly fatal. Benign Causes of Dark or Brown Urine Have you eaten recently any of the following? Fava beans, rhubarb pie, black [...]
Dang Itching in Neck after Exercise: Causes, Solutions
A leading dermatologist explains why the neck sometimes itches during or after exercise. Itchy neck, especially the back, during exercise driving you nuts? Or maybe the back of your neck, or front, doesn’t start itching [...]
Itchy Ankles Causes and Solutions
Are itchy ankles driving you batty? There are several possible causes of itchy ankles. I will highlight more obvious causes of itchy ankles (even though what seems obvious to one person may not be to [...]
Moles & Melanoma Guide to Changes, Colors, Size & More
Every question you can have about moles and melanoma is answered right here, because I was fed up with years of seeing the same generic and vague information about moles and melanoma. My questions were directed [...]
Pimples on Bald Head: Causes and Solutions
Pimples on your bald head driving you nuts? There are several ways to prevent or get rid of annoying, unsightly pimples or blemishes, or what appear to be pimples, that have appeared on your bald [...]
What Those Tiny Red Dots on Your Skin Might Mean
Have you noticed red dots suddenly appearing on your skin? Or maybe a single red dot, and you wonder how long it's been there on your skin? Could melanoma skin cancer first appear as a [...]
Rough Red Patch on Nose or Cheek: What This Might Be
Concerned or worried about that rough red patch on your nose or cheek? Perhaps you also have some scaly reddish or pink patches on your forehead, maybe between your eyebrows or even beneath your eyebrows. [...]
My Teen Has Tons of Moles: Should I Worry?
Skin cancer surgeon Dr. Monica Halem comments about teens with many moles. Have you looked at your teen’s skin lately for moles? Are you even aware of how many moles your teen has? My nephew [...]
Red Dots on Skin: 19 Causes, Some Serious
Basal cell carcinoma. Source: cancer.gov Red dots on the skin usually don't mean cancer - usually. But you should get acquainted with your skin and what is normal for it versus not normal, [...]
How Does Anxiety Cause Dry Mouth?
Don't confuse thirst with dry mouth, even if you suffer from anxiety. Don’t confuse thirst with dry mouth, even if you suffer from anxiety. It’s easy to cast off a case of dry mouth to [...]
Sphenoid Sinusitis Headache Symptoms vs. Aneurysm Headache
A most severe headache can be caused by a ruptured aneurysm as well as from sinusitis, particularly the sphenoid type. A ruptured aneurysm, and sinusitis, are unrelated medical conditions, though a person by sheer coincidence [...]
Metal Taste in Mouth: Every Cause, Every Solution
Is a metal taste in your mouth driving you mad? A metal taste in the mouth is no laughing matter, as it can sometimes seem as though you've been sucking on a block of iron. [...]
Hoarse Voice in the Morning: Causes and Solutions
Is your voice hoarse when you wake up in the morning? Why doesn't drinking fluids get rid of the morning hoarseness? Don't believe what you see on TV: People speaking in a crisp, clear voice [...]
Salty Taste in Mouth: Causes, Solutions
A salty taste in your mouth has a very interesting and likely cause. Many people are bothered by a salty taste in their mouth, in the absence of having eaten any spicy foods, and this [...]
Why You Smell Phantom Cigarette Smoke When Nobody’s Smoking
Nobody around is smoking, so why do you smell cigarette smoke? Is this crazy or what? There are some explanations for this phenomenon. “There are many reasons that cause people to have phantom smells and/or [...]
Sweet Taste in Mouth: Causes and Solutions
A sweet taste in the mouth that won’t go away can have one of several serious causes. This ongoing sensation can leave a person quite unsettled when there's been no drink or sugary candy to [...]
Sore Tongue: The Many Causes and Solutions
If your tongue has been sore lately, there are many possible causes, some serious. The first thing to consider, when suffering from a sore tongue, is to see if you've recently cut it with sharp food, [...]
Constantly Swallowing, Tight Throat: Causes & Treatment
Always swallowing and throat tight? Your need to swallow often, and that tight throat may be from a medical condition. Or, it may be from plain anxiety, says Jordan S. Josephson, MD, FACS, ear, nose and [...]