Your Health Questions
Answered by Professionals

Yes, anxiety can cause a pins and needles feeling all over your body, usually due to stress-related changes like faster breathing.

Yes, knee problems can sometimes cause numbness in the leg because nerves near the knee may become irritated or injured, leading to numbness or tingling sensations.

Multiple sclerosis can cause electric shock sensations, often known as Lhermitte's sign, and treatment typically focuses on managing the symptoms with medications and other supportive care.

Feeling water drops on your skin might be a sign that your water has broken, but there are other possibilities too, and it is important to check with your doctor for a proper evaluation.

Doctors identify abnormal gait patterns by observing how a person walks and using specialized tools to measure movement. They then classify these patterns into distinct types based on specific movement characteristics and underlying medical conditions.

Brain fog (feeling mentally slow or confused) and fatigue (feeling very tired) often happen at the same time and can share similar triggers. Both can be influenced by factors like poor sleep, diet, mood, and even infections like COVID-19.

Foggy brain (trouble thinking clearly) and headaches may appear together because they can share similar causes in the brain, such as inflammation, after an illness like COVID-19.

Foot pain can make walking difficult by altering foot mechanics. Various treatments—including proper footwear, exercises, and orthotics—can help relieve pain and improve mobility.

Gas trapped in your stomach or intestines can cause chest pain by creating pressure and discomfort in your chest area.

A serious elbow injury may be indicated by severe pain, deformity, swelling, or limited arm movement. If you're uncertain about the severity of an injury, seek medical evaluation including X-rays.

To check if your left leg and left shoulder pain are related, a careful look at your pain patterns, movement, and overall strength can help reveal a connection.

Water breaking usually feels like a sudden gush or steady trickle of fluid, which is different from the slow, tight feeling of Braxton Hicks contractions or other bodily fluids.

Left kidney pain is usually felt in the back and side near your lower ribs, sometimes spreading toward your groin, and it is often linked with urinary or kidney-specific symptoms, unlike muscle or nerve pain.

Water breaking usually feels like a sudden, warm gush or steady leak of clear fluid, while normal discharge is often thicker, milky, or mixed with mucus and appears gradually.

Boost your brain’s information processing by getting regular exercise, challenging your mind, and taking care of your overall health.

Adjusting your sleep position and using pillows for elbow support can help reduce pain. Maintaining a neutral, relaxed elbow position is essential for sleeping comfortably.

To prevent inner elbow pain during exercise, warm up thoroughly, stretch and strengthen your muscles, and maintain proper form to avoid overexertion.

To help stop a persistent sensation of pins and needles, it is important to work with a doctor to find and treat the underlying nerve problem, which might involve medications, therapy, or lifestyle changes.

You can tell if leaking fluid is a sign of labor by noting its appearance and consistency and by checking for other labor signs like contractions. It is also important to have this be evaluated by a healthcare provider.

Changes in hormone levels during the menstrual cycle can affect the brain, leading to a feeling of brain fog. This means it might be harder to concentrate or think clearly during certain parts of the cycle.

It is quite uncommon for pain to affect the entire one side of the body from head to toe. When it does occur, it may be linked to conditions that either cause widespread pain—like fibromyalgia—or to more localized but referred pain from joints, nerves, or even the brain.

People with brain fog often say it feels like their thoughts are cloudy, slow, or fuzzy. They may have trouble focusing, remembering things, or feeling mentally sharp.

A broken ankle causes pain and makes walking more difficult. The combination of pain, swelling, and the need to protect the injury changes your walking pattern.

A torn ACL makes walking feel uneven and unstable, often causing changes in leg movement such as shortened strides or limping.

In Chinese medicine, problems that occur only on the left side of the body are seen as signs of an imbalance in your body's energy—or Qi—often reflecting an issue with your yin energy and related internal organs.

When your water breaks slowly, you feel a gentle, continuous leak that gradually dampens your clothes, while a sudden gush is a quick, forceful burst that soaks you immediately.

Menopause can lead to brain fog because changes in hormones, especially estrogen, affect brain functions like memory and clear thinking. Other factors like sleep issues and mood swings during menopause may also add to feeling mentally cloudy.

During a heart attack, pain typically begins in the center of the chest and can radiate to the left arm, shoulder, back, neck, or jaw.

Water breaking feels like a sudden burst or steady leak of warm, clear fluid, which is different from usual pregnancy aches or contractions.

A shuffling walk occurs when a person takes short, dragging steps. This movement pattern is commonly seen in people with Parkinson's disease due to brain changes associated with the disease.