Morning Nose Gunk May Be Caused by a Dry Climate
Are you sick of waking up every morning with all this dried gunk in your nose, making it feel as though you're not breathing in enough air? If you live in a dry climate such [...]
What Exercises Trigger Acid Reflux?
A variety of exercises are known to trigger acid reflux. And there is one type of exercise in particular that can quickly shoot acid right up into your throat and cause a funny taste in [...]
Why You Awaken with a Nose Full of Hard Mucus
Find out what you can do about morning hard mucus in your nose and what causes this disgusting problem. Morning snot can be such a problem for some individuals that they actually seem to have [...]
Can You Have Acid Reflux in the Throat but no Heartburn?
Find out how acid reflux can cause throat symptoms without causing heartburn. Yes, indeed, it’s possible for acid reflux to make its way into the throat and cause its typical throat symptoms such as cough, [...]
Acid Reflux Chest Pain vs. How Angina Feels
Here is a comparison acid reflux symptoms to those of angina chest pain. It’s no secret that a person with chest pain from angina can be misdiagnosed as having acid reflux or some other digestive [...]
Left Side Stomach Pain Worsens After Eating: Causes
Pain in the left side of your stomach after you eat can have serious causes including cancer but also benign causes. Definitely see a doctor about this. “This is a nonspecific symptom, has many causes, [...]
Appetite Loss Causes OTHER than Ovarian Cancer
You don’t overeat, you don’t have ovarian cancer, so why have you lost your appetite? Have you been feeling full “all the time” even though you haven’t been eating more, and even though your doctor [...]
Non-Cardiac Causes of Dizziness when Eating
If it’s not your heart, what can be causing dizziness while you eat? Eating should be an enjoyable experience, not something you dread because it causes you to feel dizzy. Non-cardiac causes of dizziness while [...]
What to Tell Cardiologist if You’ve Been Passing Out
A cardiologist explains the details you should give your cardiologist if you’ve been blacking out. Have you been blacking out and are planning on seeing a cardiologist? Don’t just tell the doctor, “I’ve been having [...]
CT Angiogram for Chest Pain: Cost, Availability & Safety
If studies show the accuracy of CT angiogram for detecting heart disease, why isn’t this tool used more often in chest pain ER cases? Research have shown the efficacy of the CT angiogram in detecting heart [...]
Tests from a Cardiologist to Evaluate Why You’re Fainting
A cardiologist talks about blackouts and what tests you should get to find out if the problem is heart related. Have you been having blackouts and “all the tests” are normal? Perhaps you haven’t had [...]
Shortness of Breath from Heart Problem vs. Narcotic Drugs
Is there a way to distinguish between breathing difficulty from angina and from narcotic painkiller side effects? Narcotic painkillers can cause trouble breathing as a side effect, yet angina as well can result in this [...]
Why a Stress Test Can Miss Severe Artery Blockage
Find out how often and why cardiologists miss severe heart disease when examining a patient. It’s possible for a cardiologist to miss severe heart disease when giving a patient a heart exam, and actually go [...]
Zero Calcium Score: How Soon Can a Bad Diet Raise It?
If your calcium score is zero and you go bust with your diet, how long before the score rises? Your calcium score is zero because you’ve been having a healthful diet and exercising, and maybe [...]
4 Jaw Exercises for TMJ Relief by a Facial Pain Expert
A facial pain and TMJ disorder expert describes four jaw exercises for facial pain that are comfortable to perform. TMJ disorder (aka TMD) causes quite a few symptoms, but among the most common is pain, including [...]
Is Dizziness from Exercise Different than from Anxiety?
Anxiety can cause you to feel dizzy, and so can exercise. There are different kinds of dizziness, and each has different causes. Anxiety is a common cause of dizziness. However, if you feel dizzy after [...]
Bloody Urine: Top Causes Including Cancer
Blood in the urine has many causes, including cancer, and the sight of blood in your urine can be very frightening. Obviously, this isn’t normal. Or is it at times? It’s important to take a [...]
Can Diarrhea Be the Only Symptom of Microscopic Colitis?
A sudden onset of diarrhea, including a lot of diarrhea, but with no other symptoms, may signal an inflammatory bowel condition known as microscopic colitis. Microscopic colitis falls under the category of “colitis,” which falls under [...]
How to Prevent Esophageal Cancer if You Have GERD
What is the best way to help prevent esophageal cancer if you have GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease)? Or, to put it another way, are there specific ways to lower the odds of ever developing esophageal [...]
Is Sex Necessary for Anal Cancer from an HPV Infection?
Though anal cancer is strongly linked to HPV, anal intercourse is not necessary to contract this virus that can lead to this cancer. Did you know that 95% of anal cancer cases are caused by [...]
Why Are the Cramps from Microscopic Colitis Painful?
“Typically, people have symptoms of abnormal pain in conjunction with diarrhea when they have microscopic or collagenous colitis,” says gastroenterologist Sander R. Binderow, MD. “If a physician looks at the colon, it appears to be [...]
Can Tight Socks Cause Edema?
Is it edema when you roll down your tight socks and see that big indent in your leg? “I have a memory of my grandmother, who used an elastic band to hold up her stockings,” [...]
What Kind of Doctor Treats Vertigo?
Vertigo has many causes, so what kind of doctor should you first see? A common cause of vertigo involves the inner ear canal. This might be the cause of your vertigo — which to some [...]
What Is Ptosis and Miosis?
Ptosis, as it pertains to symptom of a leaking aneurysm, refers to a drooping eyelid. The drooping, or ptosis, can have a variety of causes, including a brain aneurysm that has begun to leak. Another [...]
Sudden Numbness in Index Finger; Don’t Fear ALS, MS
Dr. Marc Leavey explains what can cause sudden numbness in your index finger. I was inspired to write this article after I discovered my right index finger had suddenly gone numb. Marc I. Leavey, MD, [...]
Should Adults Take ADD, Inattentive ADHD Drugs?
Adult inattentive deficit disorder and taking medications: Is there really a such thing? And if adult ADD is a valid disorder, then should adults take ADD medications? After all, when people hear about "attention deficit [...]
Left Side Neglect Caused by Brain Bleed from Hit in Head
Left side neglect can be caused by a chronic subdural hematoma (a type of brain bleed) that’s on the right side of the brain. My mother had a chronic subdural hematoma on the right side: twice. There were [...]
How Soon After Burr Hole Draining Can Chronic Subdural Hematoma Return?
Recurrence for chronic subdural hematoma is at around 15 percent. The recurrence is not a sudden event, but unfolds over a short period of time. My mother had a chronic subdural hematoma, and her neurosurgeon [...]
What Colors Can Melanoma Skin Cancer Be?
These four colors are just the tip of the iceberg. It helps to know what the most common colors are for the deadliest skin cancer, melanoma. Are there particular colors that melanoma skin [...]
Fibromyalgia & Arm Pain When Fitness Walking: Solution
If your fibromyalgia gets in the way of your walking workouts by causing arm pain, there’s something you can do about this. When you walk for fitness, especially on a treadmill, do you experience arm [...]
What to Do After ADHD Diagnosis for Kids AND Adults
If you or your child's been diagnosed with ADHD, you might really have sleep apnea and were misdiagnosed. The symptoms of ADHD mimic the symptoms of sleep apnea. It’s not at all uncommon for people (kids and [...]
How to Prevent Menstrual Migraine Headaches!
An OB/GYN explains causes of menstrual migraine headaches. Migraine headaches can be caused by a woman’s period. These are referred to as menstrual migraines. Though migraine headaches that come with a woman’s period can be [...]
Why You Have More Sinus Headaches at Night
You may have read somewhere that one feature of sphenoid sinus headaches, or even those of general sinusitis, is that they tend to occur at night (while you’re still awake). Or, if you have the [...]
Does Angina Always Cause Chest Pain?
Does angina necessarily cause chest pain? Can you have angina and no chest pain? Though it’s a strong fact that chest pain is a classic symptom of angina, or, to put it another way, that [...]
How to Take Out Thick Ponytail without Pulling out Hair
Here is an ingenious way to take out a big thick ponytail without losing more than a few hairs. I swear, every time I do this technique, I am very rarely aware of any hairs [...]
Skin Peeling On Your Hands: Doctor Explains Causes
If you’re suffering from peeling hands, there are many causes of this, says a dermatologist. “Each and every day your hands are constantly being exposed to various elements that can cause irritation including chemicals, UV [...]
Persistent Red Rash on Cheeks: Doctor Explains
“The development of a rash on the cheeks, indicated by bumps, swelling and redness to the skin, is the result of the body’s natural inflammatory reaction,” says Dr. Jennifer Gordon, who is board certified by [...]
Conditions that Mimic Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
There are seven conditions that mimic the symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome. First up is pronator teres syndrome. “Whereas carpal tunnel syndrome is compression of the median nerve at the wrist,” begins Jonathan Oheb, MD, North [...]
Numb Fingers and Hand from Pronator Teres Syndrome
The numbness in your fingers and hand may be caused by pronator teres syndrome. “Whereas carpal tunnel syndrome is compression of the median nerve at the wrist, pronator syndrome is median nerve compression at the [...]
How Bad Must Shoulder Pain Be to Take Narcotic Pain Pills?
It’s important to figure out just how bad your shoulder pain must get before it’s time to take narcotic drugs. “For most conditions involving the shoulder I recommended a course of NSAIDs first before any [...]