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A 35-year-old female asked:
Dr. Wayne Andersonanswered
Specializes in Neurology
Lightheadedness: Lightheadedness is one of the most difficult issues. There are plenty of known causes (a few serious) but once they are checked for, it is not clear w... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Wayne Andersonanswered
Specializes in Neurology
Be seen soon: If you have a new onset headache beginning 4-5 days ago, and you do not normally have these headaches, please have this evaluated. Headaches are commo... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Wayne Andersonanswered
Specializes in Neurology
Headaches: Cluster headache is separate from trigeminal neuralgia. It is possible to have both conditions at the same time but that would be very unusual and qui... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Wayne Andersonanswered
Specializes in Neurology
Headache: The answer depends on whether you typically have such headaches. If you do NOT normally have pounding headaches with dizziness that were already clear... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Wayne Andersonanswered
Specializes in Neurology
Hard question: This is difficult to answer. If you do not typically have headaches and you are having a new type of headache and you have a fever (feel hot), you nee... Read More
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A 16-year-old female asked:
Dr. Wayne Andersonanswered
Specializes in Neurology
Fun: Losing weight is a big deal and can be either tedious or fun. I found that a group gym class (I like the BodyPump and similar programs) are fun. Often... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Wayne Andersonanswered
Specializes in Neurology
Not sure: In general, swelling of a body part is NOT a neurological syndrome. There are few conditions like CRPS that are neurological and can cause swelling. A... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Wayne Andersonanswered
Specializes in Neurology
Formication: The sensation of bugs crawling on you is called FORMICATION. Please note that this is one letter different from another word that refers to sex. You c... Read More
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A 61-year-old female asked:
Dr. Wayne Andersonanswered
Specializes in Neurology
Balance: Falling is a concern because it can lead to injury. If lots of tests do not show the reason, it may be a medication you use. Side effects of some medi... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Wayne Andersonanswered
Specializes in Neurology
Not likely: The causes of trigeminal neuralgia include some compression of the nerve and some other possible causes. Stress and anxiety may certainly worsen the p... Read More
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A 35-year-old female asked:
Dr. Wayne Andersonanswered
Specializes in Neurology
Not likely: Lightheadedness is not likely from a need for glasses. That should be checked out by your neurologist. Even if the problem has been there 6 years, som... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Wayne Andersonanswered
Specializes in Neurology
Not likely: This actually is an interesting question. There are no guarantees in life and you could get an amoeba at any time. However, it would be really unlikel... Read More
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A 25-year-old male asked:
Dr. Wayne Andersonanswered
Specializes in Neurology
Visual changes: I do not know what your daughter is experiencing but there is a condition called "Alice in Wonderland phenomenon" (seriously) that is a migraine relat... Read More
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Anderson is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Anderson is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful!
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful!
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Thanks for your quick reply!
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
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Medical/Graduate school
Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, CA
MD
Awards
Fellow, American Academy of Neurology
Fellow, American Headache Society
Affiliations
American Academy of Neurology
American Headache Society
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