Category: ask-the-doctor

If you’ve been exposed to viral meningitis, how long does it take before symptoms occur and you know you’ve contracted it?

I have sharp, shooting pains in both shins. I have type 2 diabetes but otherwise am in good health. Do you think it’s from the diabetes?

Before the start of a migraine attack, I see balls or circles of transparent light. Is this a common symptom?

What causes feet to swell?

I just received my lab test results. Everything was normal except my red blood cells, which are enlarged. What can cause this?

Other than anxiety, what can cause your heart rate to increase when you are not exercising?

I would like to get a treadmill, but I am 68 years old. And I have heard exercising on them is hard on the joints. What exercise equipment is least stressful on the joints?

I have been itching more over the past couple months. At first, there is no rash. But my skin does turn red in areas where I have scratched. What might be causing this?

My blood calcium level was high. My doctor thinks that I may have an overactive parathyroid gland. What does that mean?

My son has attention deficit disorder (ADD). Should I be feeding him a lot of omega-3 fatty acids?