Ganglion cysts on top of both hands

Hello doctors,
first of all I want to excuse for my poor english, and questionare mistakes - first time here. I am seeking for help. I have really annoying ganglions on both of my hands and my efforts to not to aggraviate them with certain movements gave me wrist and finger pain. My second concern is acid reflux which has been treated with PPI. After developing ganglions I've stopped taking those medicines, to my suprise GERD symptomps has subsided in about 80%. Diet changes and exercise has helped a lot(my doc told me not to exercise - which i did for past 18 years!)
Although I still have some minor reflux after bigger meals or certain foods.
Thank you in advance


Patient ID:Michael Sex:M Age: 30


1. Describe your main suffering?
Ganglion cyst on the top of left hand - painfull with certain movements

2. What other physical sufferings do you have in your body?

Stomach problems - was diagnosed with GERD, ganglion cyst on top of right hand although smaller than on left still hurts with certain movements, headaches, teeth problems

3. What mental sufferings / feelings do you have associated with your physical sufferings?

I am frustrated beacause i was very active person before gerd and now impaired hand mobility
I am scared of chirurgical intervetion - i am casino dealer.

4. What exactly do you feel when you are at your worst?

I am sad and feel bad for myself

5. When did it all start? Can you connect it to any past event or disease?

It all started in February with violent coughing, i was literally suffocating at that time, lot of mucus, couldnt lie down - it made cough much worse.
Wrong doctor diagnose - minor cold, than pharyngitis - amoxycyline , than throat herpes - acyclovir and finally GERD - treated with PPI
And guess what? In the middle of PPI treatment im there with two ganglion cysts and my doctor says it is all coincidence ;(
I couldn't do much that i like at that time so I was using computer a lot (typing injury ? )
(when i think about it more the cough was preceeded by reunion with some really bad companions of mine and before that i was messing with diets alot - have lost 20kg in one year)

6. Which time of the day you are worst?

Pretty much the same

7. What are the things which aggravate your suffering and which are those which ameliorate the same?

Typing, lifting - virtually all movements agrravate symptomps
Rest alleviates

8. Do your think your sufferings have relation to any external stimuli (like, change of place) or any internal biological changes in the body, like, menses (in females)?

nope

9. When do you feel better, during hot weather or cold weather, humid or dry weather?

Changes of weather aggravate symptoms

10. Describe your general mental set up? Are you Moody, Arrogant, Mild, Agreeable Changeable, Nervous, Suspicious, Easily offended, Quiet, Arguing, Irritating, Lazy etc.

Friendly, lazy, quiet ,but as my friends like to say im attached to short fuse - so maybe im easily offended at the end

- How do you feel before or during a thunderstorm?

excited

- Do you like being consoled during your tough times?

yes

- Are you sensitive to external stimuli like smell, noise, light etc?

Yes i hate noise, and stinking smell

- Do you have any typical habit or gesture like nail biting, causeless
weeping, talking to one self etc?

Rarely talk to myself

- How do you feel about your friends, family, your children and especially your husband / wife?

I love my family, im single no kids

11. What are your fears and do you dream of any situation repeatedly?

I fear of being alone, or that something might happen to my relatives

12. What do you crave for in food items and what are your aversions?

I hate spinach and raw onion,
i crave for carbohydrates in general

13. How is your thirst: Less, Normal or Excessive?

normal

14. How if your hunger: Less, Normal or Excessive?

less

15. Is there any kind of food which your body can’t stand?

raw onion, cabbage

16. Is your sweat normal or less or more? Where does it sweat more: Head, Trunk or Limbs?

more - trunk

17. How is your bowel movement and stool type?

regular, mixed types really it could be anything

18. How well do you sleep? Do you have a particular posture of sleeping?

I sleep poorly, i loved to sleep on my right side, but for gerd problems i have to have my head ellevated and sleep on my left

19. Do you think you are able to satisfy your sexual desires in general?

yes

20. How do you think you are different from others, if at all?


21. What medications have been taken earlier by you to treat the diseases and do you have any particular symptom surfacing after the medication?

Listed in p. 5 , plus some homeopathy - hyoscyamus

22. What major diseases are running in your family?

My mother died of lung canc, lung problems

23. Describe, how do you look like? Describe your overall appearance

182 cm , 78kg, blond hair, low fat%,muscular, pale skin,
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