Hello Dr. Gehring! It's been a while since I last contacted you, the lupus patient. Everything is fine so far, my recent blood tests came back good as well! Now, for the past 2-3 days I have been experiencing problems with my index finger, according...
I am 30 years old and have been suffering from osteochondritis dissecans in both ankles since my youth. The right ankle is now symptom-free. The left ankle underwent surgery in 2011 (retrograde drilling), Microfracture surgery with ligamentoplasty in...
Dear Madam or Sir, Due to a lack of available resources of surgeons in my region, I would like to briefly describe my problem here and request an initial assessment based on my information. Regarding my problem: After experiencing unspecific pressu...
Good evening, my question is directed to a gynecologist. Lately, I have sometimes felt a kind of "foreign body" in my vagina (especially when sitting and walking), and today, while exerting strong pressure, I discovered something (a kind of "growth...
Hello, my mother has a hernia, also a navel hernia, and now for about a week she has been experiencing back pain in the lumbar area. Previously (about two months ago) she had pain that radiated down her thigh. The orthopedist only administers injecti...
Hello, I twisted my foot inwards 2 days ago, with a noise. On the X-ray (which I can send as a photo), you can see a piece of bone detached from one of the outer ligaments. What to do? Surgery? Thank you....
Dear Dr. Schaaf, I have a few questions regarding my understanding of the microcirculation disorder that was mentioned. I wrote to you about this in "after the thrombosis" and "after the thrombosis II". Could you please explain to me what this micr...
Maybe someone here has an idea for the cause of my complaints or what I can do about them. It's just annoying to have to deal with pain every day, against which nothing has really helped so far. I am using pain cream/balm and a back straightener to ...
Dear Mrs. Schaaf, I was diagnosed with a 3-level DVT on the 21st of December: Re. V. il.ext. >> flow modulated by respiration and heart Re. V. fem. com. >> completely compressible Re. V. prof. fem. >> open Re. V. fem. sup.prox. >> completely compres...
Dear Dr. Schaaf, I have been following your contributions in forums on the topic of thrombosis and also your website Thrombose-Hilfe, and I am glad to see you are caring for those affected. Now I am reaching out to you as I also have some questions...
Last year in October, after 6 months of monotonous work, I was diagnosed with left carpal tunnel syndrome with a 5.5 ms delay of the median nerve. The likely cause is a chronic thickening of the tendon sheath tissue. I have not been working since las...
25.05.15 05:20 Hello, I am 35 years old and I am currently writing from the hospital because I am feeling lost and in need of advice. Some time ago, I twisted my right knee during sports and the diagnosis was not pleasant for me as a sporty person - ...
Dear Sir or Madam, For almost three quarters of a year, I have been experiencing problems with my left knee. Eleven years ago, I tore my cruciate ligament and it was surgically repaired with a cruciate ligament suture. I also had a meniscus tear. I ...
Hello, maybe you can calm me down a bit. I have a strange feeling in my right flank area. I don't feel any pain, it feels more like above and as if there was a hand on it, or a wet washcloth, I can't describe it any other way. When I tap in the area...
For several weeks, I have been experiencing discomfort on the inside of my right knee joint. There is also a limitation in movement, complete extension, flexion, or rotation of the knee without pain is no longer possible. The intensity of the pain va...
Hello, 10 weeks ago I had a sprained ankle, with persistent pain since then. Now an MRI was done with the following findings: Increase in fluid-typical signal pathology in the upper egg in the lower ankle joint. A fresh cartilage flake is not visible...
Hello, Yesterday I twisted my left foot and heard a loud crack. Shortly after, the outside became slightly swollen. Since this morning, the outside is bluish and reddish and even thicker (see photo). I would go to the doctor, but I am currently in Ne...
What does it mean if a slight tear in the anterior cruciate ligament is indicated in an MRI of the knee? Is that bad? I have been experiencing knee pain in my right knee for a while now and no conventional therapy has been able to help me....
Hello, I am faced with the question of whether I should have arthroscopy of the knee joint done. I am 69 years old, and I have had meniscus problems in both knees since I was a student and sports student, I was in hospitals, in casts, had to rest... ...
Dear Sir or Madam, I have been suffering from pain and cracking in my right knee for about a year. I had an MRI on Tuesday and a cartilage damage was diagnosed. Unfortunately, I was not informed of the degree of cartilage damage. My knee cracks whe...
Good evening, I am 32 years old and come from Mittelbiberach. On 17.07. I sprained my right ankle. However, I still have pain in the area of the inner ankle. A bone injury was ruled out at the hospital at that time. What could be the cause of the pai...
Hello, I sustained a tear in the basket-handle meniscus in my knee. It has been 8 weeks now, as my primary care physician initially misdiagnosed it (first as a sprained medial collateral ligament). Currently, I have no problems in my daily life, jus...
Hello, I am moderately desperate. For 5 weeks now, I have been experiencing strong pain in the outer band of the calf muscle after overstretching it on a steep hill while walking. Just as a note, I am not a sports runner. Especially at night, it hu...
Hello, Last summer I had surgery on my left knee to remove a benign soft tissue tumor below the knee. After physiotherapy, the corresponding pain was gone, but I had a painful clicking in the kneecap instead. This occurred irregularly and prevented ...
Hello, seven weeks ago I (male, 180cm, 76 kg, 47 years old) had an older medial meniscus tear in the posterior horn smoothed out (part of it removed) via arthroscopy based on an MRI diagnosis. Before the surgery, I had an MRI done because my leg woul...
