Dr. Frances Dyro
Neurology
West Roxbury, MA
56 years experience female
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A 48-year-old female asked:
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Neurology 56 years experience
It : It sounds as though you have benign positional vertigo. If this dizziness is not accompanied by ringing in the ears and/or hearing loss that is the mo... Read More
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The : The mma test is done to look for B12 deficiency. It may be that your doctor suspects B12 deficiency which is not uncommon in older people. B12 deficie... Read More
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Chiropractic : Chiropractic is a method of manipulating the muscles of the body allegedly to adjust nerves. There is no evidence that chiropractic manipulation incre... Read More
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The : The fact that you are able to move it a bit suggests that is likely to be a ganglion cyst on the tendon although infection is a possibility. It just h... Read More
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People : People with arthritic changes in the cervical spine often say they have headaches with pressure changes. These headaches tend to be more of a muscle t... Read More
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Going : Going to an emergency room is good if you are bleeding heavily, have broken bones or having a heart attack. Ers are very expensive and you'll have to ... Read More
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With : With a history of high blood pressure and diabetes feeling light headed and dizzy can be anything from high or low blood sugar, blood pressure that is... Read More
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Leg : Leg cramps occur frequently and awaken many people. They are sometimes related to circulation problems, wearing high heeled shoes, spending a lot of t... Read More
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Now : Now that we have medicines that significantly shorten or stop migraines why suffer. Talk to your doctor about the headaches to help her determine if t... Read More
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I : I don't think it a good idea to reduce your dose without having a discussion with your prescribing physician. You would be in danger of setting off a ... Read More
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A 68-year-old female asked:
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? Lumbar stenosis: Weakness or pain and neuropathic pain in the legs with walking can be of vascular origin or a result of spinal cord irritation by arthritic changes in... Read More
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ICE: I learned to ice the first 24 hours and apply heat after that. The ice should be applied off and on so as not to give yourself frostbite or cold injur... Read More
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Dysport : Dysport is safe for patients with multiple sclerosis related spasticity. Patients with myasthenia gravis should not be given any botulinum toxin relat... Read More
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Pain: When you can lift without pain the finger should be sufficiently healed.
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You : You don't mention your age . In any case, the memory problems you mention may be related to normal aging, but not remembering how to get home is a lit... Read More
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Ambien (zolpidem) : Ambien (zolpidem) and Flexeril are both drugs that are likely to sedate you. If you take both you should do it when you plan to be in a safe place. Yo... Read More
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This : This is an unusual complaint. There is a possibility you have a trigeminal neuropathy. I suggest that because I have similar sensations on the face th... Read More
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Autonomic : Autonomic neuropathy can indeed give bowel and bladder problems along with peripheral neuropathy. There are tests that would be done by a urologist to... Read More
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Tonsils: Enlarged tonsils alone are very common in young children. The tonsils don't usually cause delayed speech unless the tonsils get inflamed and cause ear... Read More
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Trocanteric bursitis: Is one cause. Compression of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve at the hip is another. If you are slim, sleeping on a firm mattress on your side can ... Read More
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Blood on the brain: This describes a collection of blood between the dura, the outer membrane covering the brain and the brain itself. There is enough blood to push on th... Read More
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Nerve compression: The position you sleep in may be causing compression of a neurovascular bundle. The nerves and blood vessels that supply the hand and forearm pass int... Read More
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Fasciculations: There are several causes for muscle twitches including too much caffeine, hyperventilation, nerve root irritation and most commonly 'benign fasciculat... Read More
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There : There are three nerves that supply feeling to the hand. The radial nerve travels over the inner side of the forearm along with the tendon to the top o... Read More
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Your : Your headaches sound like classical migraine with aura (your visual loss). You should see a neurologist about possibly using a triptan like Imitrex or... Read More
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Your : Your son should see a neurologist who will order an eeg (brain wave) with photic stimulation. It may be a seizural event. Children with petit mal or a... Read More
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For : For "moderate anoxic brain damage" to occur the patient would have to have experienced cardio-respiratory arrest for more than 5 minutes. This person ... Read More
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An : An ssep test measures how long it takes for signals to get from the ankles and wrists to the areas in the brain that control feeling. The test that is... Read More
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First, : First, you should go to health services and have them check your blood pressure since your pulses seem unusually strong to you. The other thing you sh... Read More
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I : I don't know of any reason he believes this. I'm originally from maine and have eaten a lot of seafood along with tap water. Does he feel he is allerg... Read More
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There : There have been only rare cases reported of familial lewy body dementia. This is hard to separate from other causes of cognitive (thinking and memory)... Read More
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What : What you are experiencing may be what is called mittelschmerz ( pain in the middle of the cycle). This is cramping pain that sometimes accompanies ovu... Read More
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Trigeminal : Trigeminal neuralgia is usually evaluated and diagnoses by neurologists or primary care doctors. There is medication available for the pain and also r... Read More
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Pain : Pain in the back of the head that is intermittent and "electrical" is often caused by occipital neuralgia. The occipital nerve comes up past a little ... Read More
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I : I assume you meant to type beta protein. Beta amyloid proteins in the blood are often associated with a predisposition to familial alzheimers. The pro... Read More
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Cystocoele : Cystocoele with prolapse is when the wall of the vagina that is toward the bladder is stretched out and the bladder sags toward it sometimes to the po... Read More
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I : I suspect you mean pineal gland. This is a small gland near the center of the brain. It is known to be involved in the making of melatonin, a chemical... Read More
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Orthostatic : Hypotension is the most common explanation for this. The autonomic nervous system regulates blood pressure responses to position. If you have been ly... Read More
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Immobilize: The sural nerve is a purely sensory nerve that supplies the outside of the lower leg and outer edge of the foot. It enters the foot behind the malleol... Read More
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Minimal: Low back pain in pregnancy is usually a problem in late pregnancy when the size of the baby causes a shift in the mother's posture (belly out; lower b... Read More
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I'm : I'm sorry but this question is difficult to answer over the internet. What you need to do is to see a neurologist interested in movement disorder who ... Read More
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This : This can be a legal issue. Different states have different laws regarding permission to drive following seizures. Most states require the patient to b... Read More
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Usually : Usually when people are vomiting black stuff, they are vomiting blood. With a history of leukemia and an episode that was probably a faint with some s... Read More
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You : You need to sit down with your parents and explain to them what you said in your post. You should also try to have a serious talk with a teacher you t... Read More
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Epilepsy : Epilepsy is frequently diagnosed during the first 20 or so years of life. I hope that your medications are successfully controlling your seizures. The... Read More
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Lambert-Eaton : Lambert-eaton syndrome is a neuromuscular disorder associated with abnormal antibodies to what are called voltage gated calcium channels. These are ch... Read More
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The : The most common cause of hand pain and numbness is carpal tunnel syndrome. This is entrapment of the median nerve as it goes through the wrist. The me... Read More
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You : You may be a person who has vertebral artery compression on rotation. The vertebral arteries are arteries that travel up through the back of the neck ... Read More
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This : This is an interesting question. A group of neurologists at emory university several years ago studied the occurence of low testosterone in men with p... Read More
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Carpal tunnel : The most common cause of numbness in the middle finger of the hand is compression of the median nerve at the wrist. The middle finger is followed by t... Read More
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Thanks for your quick reply! My mother-in-law is in the hospital and can't put any weight on this leg. They found her magnesium levels at the bottom of the requirlevels
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Thank you, I'm asking on behalf of my mother. I found out that statins also cause polyneuropathy. So we are trying to leave that away
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! I am very grateful and then blessed to have you help me thank you so much again god bless you
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Graduated 1967MD
Residency
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Residency
Maine Medical Center
Awards
Top Doctor, Second Place, Boston, MA - Winter
2013
Top Neurologist , First Place, Massachusetts - Winter
2013
Top Neurologist , Second Place, Massachusetts - Summer
2013
Affiliations
American Academy of Neurology
American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine
VAMC West Roxbury MA
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