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Question: I'm 49 yrs old and have history of spinal stenosis from bulging discs from c4_5 and severe in c5_6 since 2010 mva and now I have abdominal ascites, 4+pitting leg edema and trapped air in chest and back relieved by applying pressure to areas resulting in belching. What maybe the cause? 6 months ago I had these same symptoms with the only lab value being ad normal is rheumatoid factor being317, my CNBC and cmbp studies all normal. Can you help
Brief Answer:
Unrelated to spinal stenosis.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thank you for posting your query.
I have noted your past medical details and current symptoms. I would like to state that these are not related to spinal stenosis.
The usual causes are:
1. Infection such as tuberculosis,
2. Collagen vascular disease such as SLE (lupus),
3. Low protein/albumin levels in blood,
4. Organ failure such as heart, liver, kidneys, etc,
5. Malignancies.
Blood work, CT scans, analysis of fluid, etc would help in confirming the diagnosis.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology) XXXXXXX Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
Click on this link to ask me a DIRECT QUERY: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar
My BLOG: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.in
Unrelated to spinal stenosis.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thank you for posting your query.
I have noted your past medical details and current symptoms. I would like to state that these are not related to spinal stenosis.
The usual causes are:
1. Infection such as tuberculosis,
2. Collagen vascular disease such as SLE (lupus),
3. Low protein/albumin levels in blood,
4. Organ failure such as heart, liver, kidneys, etc,
5. Malignancies.
Blood work, CT scans, analysis of fluid, etc would help in confirming the diagnosis.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology) XXXXXXX Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
Click on this link to ask me a DIRECT QUERY: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar
My BLOG: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.in
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