Dr. Gregory Gapp
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Hopkinsville, KY
42 years experience
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Hopkinsville, KY
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Obstetrics and Gynecology
Languages spoken
English
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 42 years experience
Never: If they have not gone away yet, they probably won't. Actually they never really go away, just that they usually are less intense and better tolerated... Read More
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A 28-year-old member asked:
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Endometriosis: Must consider possible endometriosis any time you have irregular bleeding and pain with sex. Must also always rule out pregnancy.
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Probably: This is not a definte yes or no case. You can make an argument to simply follow this with watchful waiting without surgery if it gets no bigger and ha... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
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Add progesterone: Progesterone levels can be increased 3 ways. Clomid stimulates he ovary to produce a larger follicle, which in turn produces more progesterone. Oral... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
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Acronyms: Pms stands for premenstrual syndrome
pmdd stands for premenstrual dysphoric disorder.
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A member asked:
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No specific problems: There would be no intrinsic effect on the pregnancy due to the back surgery. Problems with pain management, worsening of your back problem, difficult... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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16 or 20 weeks: With the first pregnancy patients almost never can feel the baby move until 20 weeks. It is uncanny to me how reliable of an indicator of gestational... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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Not likely: I am unaware of any negative effect on the fetus from maternal use of melatonin. Use it in moderation.
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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No increased risk: Unless your epilepsy is caused by a genetic condition, your baby has no higher chance of epilepsy than anyone else's baby.
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Anemia: The symptom you are describing is called pica. Pica can be associated with anemia (low blood count) so you should inform your health care provider ab... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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Ask him: If you cannot ask him about an std test, you do not know him well enough to have sex with him.
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 42 years experience
Yes: By definition, menopause not begin before age 35. While it is possible to undergo premature menopause (defined as absence of periods because of ovari... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 42 years experience
Have sex: Ovulation occurs between day 9 and 22 of the menstrual cycle, day one being the first of the menstrual period, day 14 being 14 days later, day 21 bein... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Possible: Its possible only because in my observations regarding human reproduction, anything seems to possible. However from a purely scientific perspective, i... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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No: No that statement is not true.
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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To determine if preg: A qualitative HCG test is a fancy name for a pregnancy test. It is either positive or negative. A quantitative HCG test measures the amount of human ... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Failure to ovulate: Give it another week. If still no period, recheck pregnancy test. If at that time, still no period, recheck preg test. If still neg and no period, c... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
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20 weeks: If you know exactly what to listen for, the room is quiet, good stethoscope and thin patient, 20 weeks if you are lucky. Otherwise, probably not befo... Read More
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It should go away: Irregular bleeding when first starting the pill is relatively common. I encourage my patients to stay with any new pill for 3 cycles before changing ... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Yes: Methyldopa has been the drug of choice for treatment of hypertension during pregnancy since the 1970s or earlier. So the short answer to your questio... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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No: There are no long term effects on future reproduction from use of the morning after pill.
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Decreased perfusion: Preeclampsia causes decreased placental blood flow which in turn causes decreased fetal blood flow which causes decreased fetal kidney blood flow whic... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Huge blood supply: Basically the pregnant uterus has a huge blood supply from numerous and very large blood vessels and the organ itself is very large. During surgery f... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 42 years experience
See your provider: While this complaint is usually from a relatively harmless cause such as a hemorrhoid or rectal fissure, it could be serious and that determination ne... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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Quit taking drugs: It is not possible to determine what specific effect any given drug could cause with a very early pregnancy. If the drugs are out of your system befo... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Chronic conditions: Chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, obesity etc, are more common the older one becomes. This in turn complicates pregnancy accordingly a... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 42 years experience
No baby: A hydatidiform mole is not a baby. It is abnormal placental development, which requires a D&C for treatment and followup to assure that it has all b... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Its not easy: There is no easy way to lose weight, be you young, old, pregnant, nonpregnant, recently pregnant, male or female. Calorie expenditure must be greater... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Good place to start: It depends upon the capability and resources available at any given health department. At the least, the health department should be able to know whe... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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Multiple follicles: Your total Progesterone level could be elevated without actual ovulation occurring if you have multiple follicles making Progesterone but without a do... Read More
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A 26-year-old member asked:
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Yes: The baby is currently living in a bag of water, unfettered by gravity, able to do somersaults at will. Typically the fetal presenting part will pretty... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Coincidence: I know of no physiologic reason a pelvic exam should be associated with or cause a grand mal seizure. If this did occur, it was most likely a coincid... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
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Usually: Usually the virus is not looked for unless your pap is abnormal. If it is abnormal, the lab I use will do what is called reflex testing for the prese... Read More
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A 26-year-old female asked:
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Probably adhesions: Post op incisional pain such as you are describing is pretty common. It is often difficult to know what exactly the pain is from or even where it is c... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
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Pregnant or not?: In a nutshell, there are 2 types of spotting (abnormal bleeding). Either from abnormal hormone production or from a lesion in the reproductive tract ... Read More
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A 32-year-old female asked:
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Nothing: You have a 26-27 day menstrual cycle which is completely within normal limits. This means you are ovulating on day 12 or 13 instead of day 14. If yo... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
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No: Maternal exposure to mold will not harm the unborn baby.
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A 19-year-old member asked:
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Contact provider: Odds are that your symptoms as presented in the question are harmless but there is no way to verify that without an evaluation by your health care pro... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 42 years experience
History and physical: There usually is no specific test to obtain for pp endometrtis. It is known as a clinical diagnosis which means its diagnosed based upon symptoms (whi... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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No specfic tests: Routine post partum visits include weight, blood pressure, maybe a blood count, to answer questions, screen for post partum depression, pelvic exam, a... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Depends on the cause: You need to discuss this with your health care provider.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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No: The two conditions are unrelated to one another.
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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No: You are only able to get pregnant when you ovulate which has nothing to do with your cervix being open. Ovulation is an unpredictable event so start ... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Infection: Most frequent cause: urinary tract infection ( also includes bladder infection) next most common cause: urinary tract stone ( kidney stone) next b... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Yes: This would be a very challenging and complex problem to manage, but it is possible for a comatose patient who is otherwise stable to continue a pregna... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 42 years experience
No: Estradiol is not effective to prevent conception. The progestational component of the birth control pill such as norethindrone, norgestimate, drosperi... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 42 years experience
Yes: Through assisted reproductive technology, an egg could be retrieved and fertilized. A surrogate mother would need to be available to successfully com... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
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Possible, unlikely: While it is certainly possible to have similar pain as round ligament pain despite not being pregnant, i doubt the pain in question is "round ligament... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
My sister is amlost 5 months pregnant and started smoking again. what can happen to her unborn baby?
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 42 years experience
IUGR: 2 big problems with smoking during pregnancy: decreased placental blood flow resulting in decreased nutrients and oxygenation for the baby resulting ... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 42 years experience
FSH,LH: Gnrh stimulates follicle stimulating hormone & luteinizing hormone which stimulates the ovary to produce estrogen and Progesterone which stimulates ov... Read More
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Gapp is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Gapp is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thanks for your time. Was looking to confirm/refute several proferred remedies like coconut water, soymilk, canned peaches; will keep look'n
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Thanks for your quick reply! Sir i am male i had sex with unknown without protectionow i am worried
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Thnx doc my OB prescribe this med now i know its safe for me and to my baby
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University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, ND
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