General Medical issues thread

[JohnK]

Where are the pain areas?

From shoulder area down upper arm, elbow then forearm. I can follow the tendon when I massage her arm. Some spots are more tender than others.

 

[Quickstatus]

I can follow the tendon when I massage her arm

There are no tendons going down the arm
Tendons are just the bits on either ends of muscles that connect the muscles to bones

Maybe need MRI shoulder.

 

[Flyfrequently]

My dad got a heart bug yesterday. Like a holter monitor but less leads and is used for 28 days, so more data. Has anyone used on of these?

https://heartbug.com.au/

My friend had one ( hx of AF) as part of a 2 year research program through RMH - no feedback from her or the study.
Wishing your Dad well @Freq Flier 2013

 

[JohnK]

There are no tendons going down the arm
Tendons are just the bits on either ends of muscles that connect the muscles to bones

Maybe need MRI shoulder.

I'm confused then.

What runs down from the shoulder behind the biceps and then from the elbow down the forearm. Nerve? It's like a chord. If it's touched it can become sensitive.

Did not respond to gabapentin, ibuprofen or paracetamol but responded to Tramadol both at the 100mg and lower 50mg dose.

Need to go back to GP and show them affected area and then let them decide next course of action.

 

[Quickstatus]

What runs down from the shoulder behind the biceps and then from the elbow down the forearm. Nerve? It's like a chord. If it's touched it can become sensitive.

Not a nerve not a tendon
Behind biceps could be triceps.
Hard to know without seeing and examining

See GP.

 

[Freq Flier 2013]

Not a nerve not a tendon
Behind biceps could be triceps.
Hard to know without seeing and examining

See GP.

Would it be more of a physio thing?

 

[Quickstatus]

Would it be more of a physio thing?

Need a diagnosis rather than self diagnosis

I thinking rotator cuff referred pain. Maybe infraspinatus. Or could also be pinched nerve C7,C8. Triceps tendinitis possible but these tend to be localised to one spot rather than whole arm

 

[JohnK]

So we're back in hospital with pyelonephritis.

Urology outpatients knew on 23 May that wife had bacteria (e-coli) and chose not to prescribe antibiotics. Argh. Spoke to them 2 weeks later and they were trying to work out what to do next.

Went to GP on Sunday and another urine test confirms bacteria again. We couldn't go back to GP until this afternoon but GP called wife this morning and sent through script for Keflex but at this stage wife dizzy, nauseous and vomiting, shivers, fever, right flank pain and down in dumps.

@Quickstatus we sometimes don't need to wait for GP or specialist to prescribe antibiotics. I told wife to start Keflex 3 weeks ago and she ignored me. If we did start then we wouldn't be in this mess. I missed the trigger that wife felt itchy and in pain urinating. I'll get the Keflex and it can sit in my medicine cabinet.

The arm pain has taken back seat until weekend.