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Suggest Treatment For High BP And Cholesterol Levels

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Posted on Tue, 27 Sep 2016
Question: My 88 year old father ,Caucasian, high blood pressure and high cholesterol - on medication and takes Effexor 75mg once a day. Has shooting pain up one side of his head, numb lips and surrounding area, then a shooting headache, usually on one side. When it is most sever his left foot gets too heavy to lift. He has vertigo. Been to ER many times - heart is very healthy. What doctor should he see? any ideas on diagonosis?
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Answered by Dr. Ilir Sharka (20 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
I would recommend as follows:

Detailed Answer:
Hello!

Welcome and thank you for asking on HCM!

I carefully passed through your question and would explain that his symptoms seem to be related to trigeminal neuralgia. This is a neurological disorder related to irritation of the trigeminal nerve.

The fact that he has difficulties of moving his left foot time after time, raises suspicions of a possible intracranial lesion (tumor, inflammation, etc.) related to his symptoms.

For this reason, I would recommend consulting with a neurologist and performing a brain MRI to investigate for the possible causes.

Hope you will find this answer helpful!

Kind regards,

Dr. Iliri
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Suggest Treatment For High BP And Cholesterol Levels

Brief Answer: I would recommend as follows: Detailed Answer: Hello! Welcome and thank you for asking on HCM! I carefully passed through your question and would explain that his symptoms seem to be related to trigeminal neuralgia. This is a neurological disorder related to irritation of the trigeminal nerve. The fact that he has difficulties of moving his left foot time after time, raises suspicions of a possible intracranial lesion (tumor, inflammation, etc.) related to his symptoms. For this reason, I would recommend consulting with a neurologist and performing a brain MRI to investigate for the possible causes. Hope you will find this answer helpful! Kind regards, Dr. Iliri