Saw in my August 2014 post that I said I would give an update. In December 2014 I had another upper respiratory infection and on 12/31/14 (yep New Year's Eve) I had a echocardiogram which showed...
I would contact your cardiologist before getting on a plane. Does your regular MD believe you have a bacterial infection as well? Is that the reason for the doxycycline? Did your MD hear a...
wanted to add - my diet once I started prednisone - increased water intake to 60 oz a day (though it should be based on your body weight - I was drinking too much water at one point), increased...
diagnosed w/ pericarditis in April '14 - had an upper respiratory infection in Jan '14 (given a Zpak), then bronchitis in Feb '14 (given antibiotics for 10 days) - never felt better after the...
my Rheumy (Yale graduate- NYC practice) has a really simple and great way to either stop the progressing of the parotid gland swelling or reduce it - Advil moist heating pad sucking on a lemon those...
it could be your parotid gland forming stones - did you notice any swelling by your jawline (at the corner where it turns toward the ear)? - suck on a lemon, if it reproduces the pain (it's your...