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I was just wondering about the butterfly rash from anyone who has had one before. I think I may have had one but I'm not sure. What do they feel like? Mine was a little irritated and burned a little but not much. It seemed to start after I took a bath, my face burned when the water spla...

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Hi. i was just woundering. i have this annoying, and well ... painful :rolleyes: , pain in my leg from my ankle to a little below my knee, and i went to my dr. yesterday because i was sick and we sort of skimmed over my leg problem, but see i climb alot of stairs and walk alot during school, so...

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I hope someone can help me understand this. My son was DX with IgG subclass deficiency about 2 years ago. He was deficient in IgG4. Well he just had his labs done again and today we got the results. IgG4 is now normal but IgG1 is low. He also had his pneumococcal titers checked and its not showi...

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I was diagnosed with Lupus and Sjogrens 2 years ago. I have been on Plaquenil and Feldene. It took about 4 months for the Plaquenil to kick in, but I felt so much better. The rashes were gone, the swollen glands were gone, the mouth ulcers were gone, the blue fingernails and toenails were gon...

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Last year I refused to take the flu shot, but this year I decided to get the shot back in Oct mainly because of if I miss any more work I could get booted. I'm considered high risk because I have asthma. I also had a pneumonia shot last week because I have had pneuomia 5 times in last decad...

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i have had lupus for 17 years and went though 1 trasplant already but know they are telling me i have a aintiebodie in my blood type so i was wanting to know how hard is it to get a trasplant with this and how long can you live on a maichine for your kidneys do you ever get over being sad and...

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Hello,I am a 32 female diagnosed with pericarditis, pleural effusion in September. When this all happened I noticed the knuckle of my ring finger became swollen and very tender......now they are testing me for lupus, i have had sore knees, mouth sores, a few cases of hives...... Anyone else get...

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I went to visionworksusa.com and requested the eye exercises, as you suggested, but I have not received them. Is there any way you can forward them to me yourself? Thank you again for your help and advice....

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Hello, doctor Elliot. I have a somewhat big problem, I've been having glasses since 8th grade, they got worse so I had to get new glasses, now I believe they are getting worse. I play sports, such as Basketball, and Football, they are tough sports, and I don't wear my glasses when I...

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Hey Jason, I was prescribed allergy eye drops, Patanol, which didn't really fix the problem. When I close my eyes, they burn. My eyes aren't very red, but they're noticibly red. When I use Refresh Tears, my eyes feel refreshed, but they don't take the redness away. I avoid eye...

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Three years ago, my daughter (17 at the time)had unexplained grand mall seizures. She was diagnosed with epilepsy and has been on anti-seizure medication. About a year ago, she noticed her hearing was not good. After audioligist visit, she has lost 40% of low range hearing in both ears. Now she...

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My two year old daughter was diagnosed with Duane's syndrome at 18 months. We were told there is really nothing to do..since the diagnoses, I feel as though her eye is getting worse. Does Duane's syndrome get worse as children age? Is there really nothing we can do?...

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Hi Dr. Koos,About once a week, both of my eyes will dart from left to right or right to left for a quick second when I read. Do you know why that is and if there's anything I should do? I am 19 and this has been going on for several years, but not getting worse or anything like...

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Hi Dr Atul, please explain what is Retina detachment, the possible cause and how to put it back. My Dr said I have to go for operation and pump in some silicon oil so that the leak can be repaired. Thanks for your help and perhaps some weblinks would be useful. Thanks again....

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hi, iam a 32 year old mother, suffering from myopia. my poweris 4.75, both eyes. when i was preg. i had flashes of light. ophthalmologist told if is th e detachment of retins, and asked to go for a laser surgery, but not in dangeous situation. after one year since i was sufferinfg from floaters...

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The only time I asked an eye doctor, he wouldn't really listen - kept telling me it was floaters. Hmm... does this mean you haven't heard of this? ------------------------- Followup To Question - I have been looking for information on this, but have found nothing. I am hoping you...

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I am a 56 year old white male, 5 ft 10 in & 200 lbs, in general good health, wear glasses for distance, recently starting needing reading glasses (about 6 months ago, but most of my reading is still done without glasses). Today, for the first time in my life, I noticed an arc of gold light on...

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Hi! My name is Leslie and I have recently been diagnosed with SLE. So far I have not had any organ involvement, just mainly fatigue and muscle soreness. I have been on Plaquenil for approx. 6 months and the fatigue has gotten MUCH better. I have noticed that I am bruising terribly though....

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Hello Doctor, I did a science fair experiment last year pertaining to if dizziness could be affected by wearing a blindfold. I noticed that one of my test subjects was wearing contacts and the subjects results were different from all the other test subjects. I would like to know if wearing...

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I went to opthomologist yesterday (I have been going monthly because I have interment double vision and a permenant "floaters" which are unchanged for 6 months) my prescription reads: sphere : -450(both eyes)Cylindrical:+50 0D +75 OS Axis OD:135 and OS:+75 and ADD 275 both eyes. Even tho...

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I posted under a "semi-new here" subject a few days ago, but I thought I would post a specific question about my ANA results.The lab report reads:ANA 2+ HANA Pattern Nuclear Membrane FlourescenceSince I had expected to get a ratio-type reading, I'm a little confused. My rheumy says it...

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What does the Drug DES Stand for?...

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i am only 14 but i really would like to know, why can i vibrate my eyeballs at a rapidly fast speed form left to right, not a lot of people can do it, i haven't seen anyone my whole life do, but there are people only who claim they can, can you please contact me if you don't understand...

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Hi, I have been suffering for 10 years with fibromyalgia and did have a tick bite with the bullseye rash about 4 years ago. I was treated at the time with 2 weeks of Doxycycline. I was tested for lyme several times but all tests came back negative. Since then I have done work at my parents where...

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I recently had an eye test and was given a prescription of +1.50 in right eye and -0.25 in the left eye, however I was not told by the optician when to wear my glasses. Should I be wearing them all the time as one lens is for distance and one is for reading? Full prescription is: SPH CYL...

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Hello, I have a question that I'm hoping you can help me with. I am 23 years old and have no prior vision problems but for the last 2 weeks I have had a problem with my right eye. My right eyelid feels constantly heavy which is causing me to strain it open all the time. In doing this, My eye...

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To make a long story short I have had health problems that started about a year ago. I was having back pain with an electrical feeling in my legs, burning feet, and numbness mainly in one foot. I have been to my family doctor, hysical medicine doctor, chiropractor, and two neuologist. I have...

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I had cataract surgery April 5. Final post op checkup April 14. Apparently all went well. Now I am experiencing a single light at the outside edge of my eye. It appears several times a day with no apparent cause. Starting at the upper outside edge of my vision it slowly sinks along the outer...

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Hello, I am a school nurse. A student in my school has lost his glasses. The family does have vision insurance, but it only provides for one pair of glasses per year. Purchasing another pair will be financially difficult for this family. He received his glasses over the summer so he will be...

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I am a 42 year old male and have had Scotomas for about 20 years. When I was first diagnosed I went to the Visual Health and Surgical Center in Palm Beach, FL and was told that they could not find any cause so they could not be able to find a cure. They did continue to do tests every six months...

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