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A 19 Year Old Girl Has Dropped From 50kg To

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Posted on Fri, 30 Nov 2018
Question: A 19 year old girl has dropped from 50kg to 41 kg over the last 5 months. Symptoms include brain fog and headaches, cyst developed on the skull and causes pressure in the head, pain at a level of 8 out of 10 down the right hand side of the body from waist to shoulder, sweaty palms (mostly right hand) and feet (mostly right foot) with some night sweats, swelling on the right hand side of the stomach area to the rib cage, lower back pain and pain around the central back area (all right hand side) plus sore neck and muscles, irregular sleep (though sometimes due to pain in muscles and head), constant fatigue, decreased apatite, started off having trouble going to the toilet but now has to run, very sharp pains around front rib area, some shaking in the legs and constant fatigue - feeling tired even after 12 hours sleep. Tests have been done including MRI from head to waist, c/t scans of organs and Pet Scan show no signs of cancers or any major lumps. Blood test have been done for diabetes, white blood cell count, thyroid, liver function, XXXXXXX river and glandular fever and glucose tolerance tests have been done. Pain is still very severe after 5 1/2 months and quality of life is poor.
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Answered by Dr. Ajay Panwar (1 hour later)
Brief Answer:
Non specific complaints/Fibromyalgia

Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for being on healthcaremagic.com.
I am Dr.Ajay Panwar, a neurologist, here to answer your query.

The symptoms which you have mentioned are non-specific; and in presence of normal investigations, there is a possibility that the disease may be fibromyalgia. Also, Psychosomatic disorder may present like that. These possibilities may be considered.

Hope that helps. I shall be glad to have you in follow-up with further queries.

Regards
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)
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A 19 Year Old Girl Has Dropped From 50kg To

Brief Answer: Non specific complaints/Fibromyalgia Detailed Answer: Hi, Thanks for being on healthcaremagic.com. I am Dr.Ajay Panwar, a neurologist, here to answer your query. The symptoms which you have mentioned are non-specific; and in presence of normal investigations, there is a possibility that the disease may be fibromyalgia. Also, Psychosomatic disorder may present like that. These possibilities may be considered. Hope that helps. I shall be glad to have you in follow-up with further queries. Regards Dr.Ajay Panwar, MD,DM(Neurology)