Men Who Exercise but Sit a Lot at Risk for Heart Failure
Men who have a desk job have an increased risk of heart failure even if after work they hit the gym like a warrior--not exactly the news you wanted to hear, right? If you work out [...]
Ascending Aortic Aneurysm Stent Graft Repair Is Here
Stent graft technology for the repair of an ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm is a marvel of medical advancement. Stent technology continues to evolve; soon, endovascular repair (stent grafting) will be more common with ascending aortic [...]
My 600 Pound Life: Enablers Should Be Questioned
Why doesn’t the show, “My 600 Pound Life,” corner the enabling spouses and require them to explain their actions? The enabling spouses on “My 600 Pound Life” need to explain why they continue bringing huge [...]
Microscopic Colitis Exercise Guidelines by GI Doctor
Exercise will NOT make microscopic colitis worse. So don’t use microscopic colitis as an excuse to avoid working out at a gym, even if you’re having diarrhea 20 times a day. “Generally speaking, exercise is [...]
Can Microscopic Colitis Diarrhea Cause Nutrient Loss?
Do you ever wonder if all the good things you eat are being passed out of your system by your microscopic colitis? Does this disease make healthy food come out withthe diarrhea? Let’s say a [...]
Why Can Microscopic Colitis Cause Low Back Ache?
Is that low backache you have a part of your microscopic colitis? Or is it just a coincidence? But if it's a coincidence, why does the timeline include diarrhea? “None of my microscopic colitis patients [...]
Microscopic Colitis Joint Aches Preceding Diarrhea for How Long?
Did you know that the joint aches of microscopic colitis can occur many days before the first day of a new flareup of diarrhea? A small percentage of people with microscopic colitis experience associated but [...]
Microscopic Colitis Flare-up: How Short Can It Last?
Microscopic colitis can be chronic or intermittent. It can also be transient, which isn’t necessarily the same as intermittent. For example, I’ve had only two blatant rounds of a microscopic colitis flare-up over a period [...]
Can Microscopic Colitis Symptoms Be Too Mild to Notice?
Can the symptoms of a microscopic colitis flare be small enough to appear below the radar? Can the signs be so subtle that they fail to register on your awareness map? Microscopic colitis is not [...]
Are the Joint Aches of Microscopic Colitis Destructive?
Ever wonder if the joint aches you get with your microscopic colitis will over time cause damage to your joints, possibly weakening them or making them permanently stiff? “Joint pain” doesn’t always mean damage or [...]
Microscopic Colitis: Can Joint Aches Be the Only Symptom?
“Microscopic colitis can manifest itself with multiple symptoms or hardly any symptoms at all,” begins Dr. Fine. “Microscopic colitis can manifest itself with multiple symptoms or hardly any symptoms at all,” begins Jeffrey Fine, MD, chief [...]
Can a Stool Sample Show Celiac Disease?
Celiac disease is much more common than you think, which begs the question if whether or not a bowel movement sample can indicate the presence of this condition. BMs and Celiac Disease Most celiacs are [...]
What the Joint Aches of Microscopic Colitis Feel Like
The mechanism behind microscopic colitis can lead to joint aches in some patients, and this symptom has a distinct characteristic. Not all joint aches feel the same, and this goes for those linked to microscopic [...]
Does Microscopic Colitis Always Cause Fatigue?
Does every person with microscopic colitis experience fatigue? Fatigue is often included in symptom lists for microscopic colitis. I was diagnosed with lymphocytic colitis in May 2010. I’ve read a lot of patient self-reports of [...]
What Low Abdominal Cramp from Microscopic Colitis Feels Like
Here’s a finely detailed description of what a low ab cramp feels like from microscopic colitis. One of the more common symptoms of microscopic colitis is a low abdominal cramp or ache. “Lower abdominal cramp” [...]
What the Pelvic Ache from Microscopic Colitis Feels Like
Pelvic pains or aches can have numerous causes, including microscopic colitis, but what exactly does this feel like? There are two distinct types of pelvic aches that are brought on by my microscopic colitis, an [...]
What Happens to Brain if Brain Dead Person Stays on Ventilator?
Find out from a doctor whether or not the brain really turns to mush if a brain dead person is kept on a ventilator. “No, the brain cells do not turn to mush, any more than [...]
What Can a Brain Dead Body Do While on a Ventilator?
An internal medicine doctor explains what life-like processes continue occurring while a brain dead body is on a ventilator. A person is declared brain dead, but the family insists on keeping that person on a [...]
Brain Dead on Ventilator: Can Hair & Nails Grow?
An internal medicine doctor answers the question of hair and nail growth in a legally dead (brain) body. A person who has been declared brain dead, but is “breathing” due to a ventilator, and being [...]
Birth Order & ADHD: Is There a Link?
When one child out of several in a family has been diagnosed with ADHD, it's not uncommon for the parents to suspect that birth order had something to do with it. To some parents, it [...]
Can Your I.Q. Be Too High to Have ADHD?
Can a Person Be Immune to ADHD Because of a High I.Q.? Some people wonder if IQ can be too high for an ADHD diagnosis. I know this question may seem quite silly, but it’s [...]
Fidgeting Is Linked to ADHD and Has Benefits
A psychologist who specializes in ADHD talks about fidgeting. Many people who’ve been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) would like to know if fidgeting is a behavior that comes with this collection of [...]
Can Leg Shaking Be Caused by ADHD?
A psychologist who specializes in ADHD comments on leg shaking. “Leg shaking, like fidgeting, is often associated with anxiety or hyperactivity related to ADHD,” says Dr. Robert Myers, creator of the Total Focus program at [...]
Is Walking on One’s Toes Caused by ADHD?
Here is what a psychologist says about the connection between walking on one’s toes and ADHD. Where did the idea ever originate that walking on one's toes is a symptom or indicative of attention deficit [...]
Can Bad Sense of Direction Be Caused by ADHD?
An expert on ADHD answers the question: Can attention deficit hyperactivity disorder cause bad sense of direction? A bad sense of direction can be evident in children when they ride their bikes or navigate the [...]
MICROSCOPIC COLITIS: DIARRHEA, JOINT ACHES, OTHER SYMPTOMS
Did you know that microscopic colitis can cause joint aches? The exact mechanism is not clearly known, but have you noticed that often, either in the days (or weeks) preceding a microscopic colitis flare...you have [...]
Elbow Pain: How to Get Your Deadlift Back
If you have elbow tendonitis, it can greatly interfere with the deadlift. The type of elbow tendonitis that I had is called medial epichondylitis (golfer’s elbow). Just a little gripping would aggravate it. My initial [...]
Lag Time Between Joint Pain & Diarrhea in Microscopic Colitis
Why can there be a time lapse between joint-pain onset of microscopic colitis and the onset of diarrhea? It’s possible for a flare-up of microscopic colitis to consist of, initially, some joint aches (some patients [...]
Joint Pain in Crohn’s, Ulcerative Colitis vs. Microscopic Colitis
Is the mechanism of joint pain or aches in Crohn’s & ulcerative colitis the same as that in microscopic colitis? "Enteropathic arthropathy" is the name for joint aches caused by inflammatory bowel disease. The two most [...]
Why Does Microscopic Colitis Cause Joint Pain in Some Patients?
A gastroenterologist comments on microscopic colitis and one of its associated symptoms, joint pain. Symptom lists for microscopic colitis sometimes include “joint pain,” though the pain may feel more like an ache or dull discomfort. [...]
Microscopic Colitis: Prostaglandin & Pelvic Cramp Connection
Here’s fascinating information on the possible connection between prostaglandins & pelvic cramping in microscopic colitis. Can microscopic colitis cause pelvic cramps (low ab cramps or aching) even if there’s NO diarrhea going on? I’m not [...]
Will Exercise Increase the Diarrhea from Microscopic Colitis??
Here’s what a gastroenterologist has to say about diarrhea, microscopic colitis and exercise. Microscopic colitis is a benign though sometimes disruptive inflammatory bowel disease whose claim to fame is watery diarrhea -- and lots of [...]
Can Intermittent Fasting Reduce Diarrhea from Microscopic Colitis??
Find out what a G.I. doctor has to say about intermittent fasting and microscopic colitis. Can intermittent fasting help relieve the symptom of diarrhea in microscopic colitis? “At present, we do not know enough about [...]
Dog Keeps Scratching but no Fleas: Cause Can Be Serious
A veterinarian addresses various causes (including serious) of why your dog keeps scratching;don’t ignore this problem. Your dog has no fleas but he keeps scratching. What could be going on? Where is your dog scratching? [...]
Can Vaginal Atrophy Cause Brown Discharge?
Find out from a gynecologist if brown discharge from vaginal atrophy is something to worry about. “Brown discharge caused by atrophy may be from small abrasions or scratches in dry vaginal tissues,” says Christine O'Connor, [...]
Is Cervical Mucus Normal after Menopause?
A gynecologist discusses postmenopausal cervical mucus: Is this normal? How much? “I would venture to guess, the amount of cervical mucus produced after menopause varies amongst individuals,” says Alyssa Dweck, MD, a practicing gynecologist in [...]
Can You Be Too Old to Get Cervical Cancer?
Yes, there is actually an age cutoff in which a woman just might be too old to develop cervical cancer -- which in almost every case is driven by the HPV virus. Christine O’Connor, MD, [...]
What Can Cause Cervical Cancer Besides HPV ?
A tiny percentage of cervical cancer is NOT caused by the the virus known as HPV (which can be vaccinated against). Perhaps you’ve read and heard repeatedly that cervical cancer is “caused” by the human [...]
Postmenopausal Cervical Mucus Production
Christine O’Connor, MD, OBGYN, answers questions about postmenopausal cervical mucus. […]
Cervical Mucus Production Postmenopause after Being Dry
I was postmenopause and bone dry, but then began getting increasing amounts of cervical mucus. At first I didn’t think much of it: some small amounts of cervical mucus on my underwear, even though about [...]
