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Family Medicine
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73 Answers
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A 28-year-old male asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Lack of a balanced life: Given all the wonderful things to do in this world, one should not try to eat something every hour. While this kind of behavior is not dangerous, it ... Read More
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A 25-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Should one detox?: When, if ever one should detox? Once there is an addiction problem, unfortunately, the problem is usually life long. The condition is commonly assoc... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
All health care DO: All providers, including social workers are required to respect patient confidentiality, just like dentists, physicians, nurses, and pas. In the case... Read More
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A 24-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Vit B12 may drop: The vegan diet is complete and very healthy. All that is missing is B12 (cyanocobalamine), which comes only from animal food, or from vitamin supplem... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Thyroid meds = OK: Thyroid meds given at the proper dose will only leave you feeling well, and normal. If underdosed, you will still feel tired, cold, and may be overwe... Read More
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A 50-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
X-Ray is best way.: Taking a simple x-ray is the quickest way to determine if there is a fracture. A walk in clinic equipped with an x-ray machine should be less expensi... Read More
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A member asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Get medical help now: Diabetes in pregnancy is of great concern, to both the expected newborn's health, and to the mother, herself. The best place to get your personal nee... Read More
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A member asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
See a Podiatrist: Sounds like you have done all that is reasonable on your own. You did not mention your weight, which could be a major factor in causing pain in the f... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Go back to MD; try:: First, get in touch with your physician to see if there are other specific medical interventions. There is a growing problem with pertussis infection... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Avoid the dust!: Toner dust may contain cadmium, mercury and lead. Besides irritating the skin, these may be carcinogenic. The company selling these products will ad... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Safe? yes; Good? no: The company that makes this excellent product recommends nothing by mouth for 15 minutes, including juice, which is often sought after by patients due... Read More
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A 24-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Call your physician: Taking any new medication that is followed by significant and unexpected symptoms, is best dealt with by immediately calling your physician. Most cas... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Happy Visiting Guide: Guess this depends on what kind of stuff your friend and you would enjoy doing in the past! if they enjoy books, pick up a new book by their favorite... Read More
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A 24-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Yeast more likely: This must be quite upsetting to you. It may be a simple yeast infection by the symptoms that you describe. It is reasonable to try an over the count... Read More
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A 44-year-old female asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Red Flag Symptons: The red flag symptoms of walking pneumonia are well known to me, having had now three such pneumonias personally. Cough that is worse that that typic... Read More
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A 82-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
See your MD instead: If you have not gotten the relief expected after a brief use of the recommended dose of this or any other medication for that matter, you really ought... Read More
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A 25-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
See an ENT Doc: Two years of nasal bleeding? Please see an ENT (ear, nose and throat) specialist. There may be a chronic sinus infection going on, or even a tumor ca... Read More
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A 28-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Very quickly!: A great way to answer your question yourself, would be to purchase an inexpensive home BP unit (i like omron), and simply monitor your BP every hour o... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
NO!!..........but...: It's really about you! although certain groups have more issues with drug abuse and addiction, it ultimately comes down to who you are......Do you ha... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Want to feel better?: I have just completed 2 months of a vegan diet. I have been feeling more energy than in ages. My weight dropped 15 pounds. Llooking a numbers, my f... Read More
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A member asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Needs care now: Sounds like an abcess, perhaps a Bartholin's cyst. Go get it looked after, now at an er, unless your physician has sunday office hours. Skin infecti... Read More
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A 91-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Pick size for leaks: Start with average size, and go larger if leaking urine. Too small a size may be harder to get into the bladder. Just buy two or three different one... Read More
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A 30-year-old female asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Counselling & Meds: Pulling/plucking hairs is a common problem, which while not usually leading to bodily harm, can be time consuming and distracting from other prioritie... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Floaters are a Pain: While floaters may be a true aggravation, they are not something that your eye physician will get too concerned about, after checking for retinal tear... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Lose it Health Wise: I just participated in the wellness challenge in the hamptons, a free program that promotes healthy and wise choices, based on the books, eat to lilve... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Your friendly GP/FP: Pink eye (viral or allergic) and bacterial conjuctivitis are usually straight forward uncomplicated problems that any general physician or family phys... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Mostly NO: Hyperbaric treatments have allowed dramatic healing of leg ulcers in my patients. None have had any problem. The common concern is ear drug injury f... Read More
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A 24-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
X-Ray, scan, or MRI: Usually a simple x-ray will give you the answer. Sometimes, especially soon after the injury, the x-ray will initially appear to be normal even thoug... Read More
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A 67-year-old male asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Be mildly concerned: At minimum, you need to give some thought as to why it was elevated at that moment and to follow up with your physician to have your blood pressure re... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Rarely: Were that person with high fever, to be unstable, as for example in septic shock, the person would need to be stablized usually before going into the ... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Injury Recovery: The injured worked will start with a visit usually to his/her physician (or the er) for a history and exam. If there felt need for rehabilitation, th... Read More
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A 28-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Suboxone by far!: As a physician with 10 years of experience treating addiction, i feel that Suboxone is a much better treatment. The main advantage of Methadone is pr... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Hydro aftershocks: If you are talking about hydrocodone, or one of the other narcotics, and now you have been clean for 3 weeks, that is a great accomplishment. You sho... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Yes: And make U sick: Not only do lone star ticks transmit lyme disease, they do so faster than other ticks, according to stuff that I have read. I learned that ticks usua... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Specializes in Family Medicine
Join the crowd, Be +: Most of us have had disabilities at one time or another. Certain disabilities are more altering for ourselves, and for the people that we come in con... Read More
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A 22-year-old male asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Good food, not pills: A healthy whole grain, unprocessed fruits/vegetables will meet your needs without needing to buy any supplements. Vary the kinds of vegetables. If y... Read More
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A 21-year-old male asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Time for Neurologist: These are such unusual symptoms that have followed allergy shots, so one should be cautious about blaming the injections on these new problems. Any i... Read More
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A 51-year-old male asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
MaybeTime to Move On: Get reexamined by your primary care physician....Perhaps there is a tear of hernia behind all that pain. Sometimes special imaging studues like an ab... Read More
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A 30-year-old male asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Respect Gut Feelings: It is useful to listen to one's gut feelings, but not useful to impulsively make important decisions, especially when it comes to one's health. Gum d... Read More
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A 26-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Have a GOOD DAY!: A healthy day should be followed by a good night. How to have a good day: avoid caffeine, especially after lunch on. Get at least 30 minutes of exer... Read More
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A 26-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
See your physician: This kind of question really needs a face to face evaluation with your family physician or gynecologist. Periods can be made to come on time with use... Read More
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A 60-year-old male asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Bad Trouble!: Pancreatitis is known as one of the most painful conditions. The name refers to a state of inflammation of the pancreas. The common causes or viral ... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Anything you choose: Oh, there are so many great options in the health care field for you! you can be both a pediatrician and a nurse (pediatric nurse practitioner!). You... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Kids ages 11 - 18: 2 doses of menigitis shots (meningococcal conjugate vccine mcv4) are recommended for kids 11 - 18, with the 1st at ages 11 or 12, and a booster at 16.... Read More
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A 25-year-old member asked:
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Specializes in Family Medicine
Genetics: As long as no animal products (chicken, fish, cow, pig etc) enter into the vegan's body, the only source of cholesterol is that already contained in t... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Depends on cause....: Liver failure is not commonly linked to heart attacks, but if your liver failure is from alcohol issues, alcohol is a known cause of heart muscle weak... Read More
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A 25-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Begin with yourself: Begin taking the best care of yourself, mentally, physically and spiritually. If you are not happy with yourself, it will be difficult to feel safe a... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Hard vs Soft Tissue!: A fracture involves hard tissue - i.e. Bones. A strain, or sprain involves soft tissues - muscles, ligaments, tendons, or cartilages. A fracture is ... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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Specializes in Family Medicine
RIsk of Relapse?: One needs to be always concerned by the possibility of relapse, i.e. Restarting drinking alcoholic beverages. This question needs to be shared with y... Read More
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Dr. Allen Feinanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Get the Pain Fixed: The pain is to get you to act, before complications occur. Ear pain is usually from pressure against the ear drum, from the inside pressing out, in a... Read More
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Nov 18, 2011
I just started following Dr. Fein in Healthtap. I am really enjoying his high quality answers. I like the inspirational encouraging tone and imagine this reflects a doctor with a wonderful bedside ma...Read More
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Fein is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Fein is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Yes I'm new this app and I was just typing in partial questions to see if anyone else asked and were answered and I accidentally pressed "go" ony browsers keypad..sorry Dr. Vein :-)
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Interesting idea. I already have an Omron, but I'm limited on time in the morning before I head to work. Perhaps I'll run this experiment on the weekend. Thanks!
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Thank you..it only gives me 100 characters but yes I did otc monistat and I helped with the thick discharge but there's still a lot of discomfort :-/
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