Many different conditions can lead to sore joints, including osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, bursitis, gout, strains, sprains, and other injuries. Joint pain is very common. In one nationwide poll, about one third of adults reported experiencing joint pain in the past 30 days. Knee pain was the most common symptom followed by pain in the shoulder and hip, but joint pain can affect every part of the body, from your knees and legs to your shoulders and hands. As you get older, sore joints become more and more normal.
Sinusitis
Medical Weight Loss
When the thyroid gland releases too much of the hormone thyroxine, hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid) happens. Hyperthyroidism can speed up the metabolism of your body, leading to unintentional weight loss and a rapid or erratic heartbeat.
Pediatric Care
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Primary Care
An annual exam is a comprehensive preventative exam with your primary care provider for the sole purpose of preventative care. An annual exam does not include discussion of new problems or detailed review of chronic conditions. Annual exams may also be called routine check-ups, yearly exams, an annual pap, or preventive visit.
Ear Infections
Family Practice
Dr. Bart Worthington, DO, is a family medicine specialist who provides families & individuals with extensive medical care. As a family doctor he can identify, address, & manage a wide variety of diseases, illnesses, & conditions. Dr. Worthington normally acts as the first point of contact for patients seeking general or primary medical treatment and may refer patients to a specialist when needed.
Emergency Care
When you go to a hospital or emergency room for chest pain, chest injury or shortness of breath, you can normally get an X-ray of the chest. The x-ray lets the doctor decide whether you have heart issues, collapsed lungs, pneumonia, fractured ribs, emphysema, cancer, or any of the other diseases.
Colonoscopy
Colonoscopy involves inserting a small telescope camera inside the colon through the anus to look for any unusual patches or areas inside the colon. If small polyps are found they can be removed at the same time.
Constipation
Erectile Dysfunction
Infectious Diseases
You could be able to prevent fever by reducing the susceptibility to infectious diseases. Here are some suggestions that might help...
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Electrocardiogram
An electrocardiogram is used to capture electrical impulses in the heart. It's a common, painless test used to easily diagnose heart disease and monitor the heart 's health.
Urinary Incontinence
Urinary incontinence — loss of control of the bladder — is a common and sometimes humiliating problem. Severity varies from sometimes dripping urine as you cough or sneeze to getting an urge to urinate that's so abrupt and so intense that you don't get to the bathroom in time.
Diarrhea
Pneumonia
Immunizations
Stay safe from disease by getting immunized! Our team can give vaccinations to children or adults and can help you ward off a variety of dangerous diseases in the process.
The stones are usually painless, but you typically won't know that you have them until they trigger or move a blockage. Then there is typically no mistaking of the symptoms — the kidney stones, in fact, can cause excruciating pain. Bladder or kidney stones can also cause both gross and microscopic bleeding.
Ovarian Cancer
Preventive surgery. Women with a very high risk of breast cancer can opt to have their breast removed by surgery (prophylactic mastectomy). They can also opt to have their healthy ovaries removed (prophylactic oophorectomy) to minimize the risk of ovarian cancer as well as breast cancer.
Colon Cancer
Some of the risk factors associated with colon cancer include diet, obesity, smoking, and lack of physical activity. There are also dietary factors such as eating red meat, processed meat, and alcohol. Only a very small number of cases are actually associated with genetic disorders.
Endoscopy
Both colonoscopies and upper endoscopies can be vital tools in addressing problems in your digestive system. From small digestive discomforts to something as serious as cancer, these procedures are the best way of finding and resolving problems in your colon.
Interstitial Cystitis
Urinary Tract Infection
For eg, urinary tract infection may make your urine look murky instead of clear. Increased protein levels in urine can be a symptom of kidney failure. Unusual outcomes of urinalysis also require further research to discover the cause of the problem.
Prostate Cancer
Prostate cancer is a type of cancer that develops in the prostate — a tiny walnut-shaped gland in males that contains seminal fluid that nourishes and carries sperm.
Lung Cancer
While it is not usual, a continuous dry cough may often be a symptom of lung cancer. Cough linked to lung cancer typically doesn't go away, though it can change over time. Your cough, for example, can become more painful or have a different tone. Some potential signs of lung cancer include...
A lifestyle assessment to discuss your approach to nutrition, stress management, alcohol and tobacco use, exercise, personal safety, and other indicators of disease risk
In the early stages, hypothyroidism can not cause significant symptoms. A variety of health issues, such as obesity, joint pain, infertility and heart disease, may be induced by untreated hypothyroidism over time.
You should work with a physical therapist to reinforce the muscles surrounding the joint, stabilize the joint and increase the range of motion. The therapist will use methods such as ultrasound, hot or cold treatment, electrical nervous stimulation, and conditioning.
MRI
Tell your doctor if you're pregnant. Although the radiation from a CT scan is unlikely to injure your baby, your doctor may recommend another type of exam, such as ultrasound or MRI, to avoid exposing your baby to radiation. At the low doses of radiation used in CT imaging, no negative effects have been observed in humans.
X-Rays
Computed Tomography
Computerized tomography ( CT ) scan uses a series of X-ray images taken from various angles across the body and uses computer imaging to create cross-section images of muscles, blood vessels and soft tissues within your body. CT scan images contain more accurate details than simple X-rays do.
Chemotherapy
May treatments may be used for colon cancer such as surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy and targeted therapy. The important thing to now is that when cancers are still localized (before they spread) there is an opportunity to cure them by surgically removing them (cutting them out) to get rid of them. Once they metastasize (meaning they start spreading from the colon to other body parts) it's more difficult to control them although some treatments (like chemotherapy) are available.
Radiation Therapy
CT scans have numerous applications, but are especially well fit for immediate evaluation of patients who may have internal injuries from vehicle crashes or other forms of trauma. The CT scan can be used to image virtually all areas of the body and is used to detect sickness or injuries as well as to plan medical, surgical or radiation therapy.
Injuries. Rear-end auto impacts often result in whiplash injuries, which happens as the head is thrown back and forth, straining the soft tissues of the neck.
After skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in women in the United States. Breast cancer can occur in both men and women, but it's far more common in women.
Joint pain can range from mildly irritating to disabling. It may go away after a few weeks (acute) or it may last for several weeks or months (chronic). Also short-term joint pain and swelling will affect your quality of life. Regardless of the source of joint pain, you will generally handle it with medicine, physical therapy, or alternative care.