The American Journal of Medicine Blog

A 37-year-old male patient presented with severe pain and bleeding of gingiva with inability to eat spicy food for 6 days. The patient was systemically healthy, but a heavy smoker for 3 years (15 cigarettes per day) and also under heavy stress due to family problems. He also complained of “metallic” taste and “pasty” saliva. Intraoral examination […]

Here we present a case history of a 29-year-old woman who was admitted to the Department of Orthopedics due to severe pain in the left hip occurring after minimal trauma. Surprisingly, radiography demonstrated the presence of a pathological fracture of the left femoral neck. However, this was not the only abnormality visible on the radiograms. […]

The outcomes related to chest pain associated with cocaine use and its burden on the healthcare system are not well studied. Methods Data were collected from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (2001-2012). Subjects were identified by using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification codes. Primary outcome was a composite of mortality, myocardial infarction, […]

Throughout most of my 29 years of practicing clinical cardiology, I was never really satisfied with treatments I employed in the treatment of musculoskeletal chest pain. This was especially true with the recognition of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug complications. Now, at the end of primary clinical practice, I believe I have found a satisfactory treatment. My […]

Joint hypermobility syndrome, also known as benign hypermobility syndrome, is a connective tissue disease characterized by joint instability, chronic pain, and minor skin changes. It shares many clinical features of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Hypermobility Type; enough so that many authorities consider them as one disease process. Approximately 3% of the general population is believed to have […]