Smoker, over weight, runny nose with high blood pressure. Any ideas?

i had an mri which shows disc desiccation and scoliosis. need to know if scoliosis is the cause of my disc problems or is the disc problem due to scoliosis. I am a letter carrier (mail man) been on the job since 2005. Very labour intensive. The satchel is designed to distribute all the weight I carry on my back rather than on my shoulders. In 2003 i had an xray showed my lower back was normal. Are these present problems job related?

My mother is suffering from severe neck & head pain. MRI SCAN OF CERVICAL SPINE REPORT- REVEALS LOSS OF CERVICAL LORDOSIS, NO EVIDENCE OF GIST BLUEB, CENTRAL CANAL & SPINAL CORD APPEARS NORMAL pls tell us the treatment ...another MRI REPORT has also been attached.

My Sister, 50 years,was operated at Artemis Health Institute, Gurgaon for Intradural Extramedullary Tumor (around 12.4 mmx 6.6x9.6 mm) below C3 and C4 Cervical Vertebrae on 03/12/2013 and surgery went on smoothly from 0830 to 1130 hrs and she was alright upto 1530 hrs and her limbs were working properly, but at 1730 hrs suddenly her legs got paralysed and after MRI doctors told that there is unexplained swelling in medulla and at 0030 hrs after that she started having breathing problem and was immediately put on ventilator. Now her hands and legs are paralysed and she is still (54 hrs after the surgery) on ventilator. We were told that she would be given IVIG if improvement in breathing does not start by tomorrow. What could be the best possible line of treatment and what s the best and worst that we can expect? As per the MRI done 06/12/2013 morning, the swelling of medulla has subsided but it is still there in the operated region. She is still on ventilator but we are told that IVIG is not being started due to swelling of medulla improving and steroids are being contd. for further 24 hrs to watch the condition. On 07/12/2013, patient is stable on ventilator, there is no improvement in breathing which is still th ventilator even after 72 hrs of steroid therapy (around 6grms total. Dose given) . Dr is suggesting starting IVIG. after review of MRI report of tomorrow morning if breathing does not improve. IVIG given for 5 days (36 gms per day) Condition stable in the sense that passing urine and stool, feeding th nasal tube with liquids, semi soilds, conscious and recognises and responds, moves neck and tongue but rest of the body paralysed, still on ventilator but in the last 4 days switched to CP-AP mode intermittently. No fever for last 3 days. Kindly guide how long it will take for getting off the ventilator? Will she recover fully from the current paralysed condition? How long it may take for her to recover? regards

For past 12+ hours, I’ve had left side pain from left pectoral up through left shoulder and down my left arm to my hand. Sharpest pain is in shoulder, elbow and dorsal side of forearm. Some twitching in wrist and hand.

I had a discectomy and I woke up in excruciating pain. A week later a laminectomy to stop the pain. Epidural injection,Morhine, Dilaudid , nothing helps. Something does not seem right. My Dr. has released me and says it will take a year to get...

I have been diagnosed with spondylothesis of the L5 and S1 region. I have had an mri and x-rays for my back. I had an epidural injection(2) in Nov in my back which seemed to help the pain going down my legs for a couple of weeks. Unfortunately I...