Dr. Ray Tidman
Family Medicine
Blue Ridge, GA
40 years experience male
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RiverStone MD/PC
Blue Ridge, GA
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Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Family Medicine
Languages spoken
English
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285 Answers
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A 29-year-old member asked:
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Family Medicine 40 years experience
Will help on many: Levels,
be your self.
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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Be aware: We do not need to be "germaphobes" but we can be kind to those around us. If your physician has diagnosed an infection in you of any kind , inquire ho... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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Infection: Most of these are simple for your doc to treat.
Reoccurring ones may be an allergic rxn to a staph bacteria naturally occurring in the skin oils at t... Read More
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A 36-year-old female asked:
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?pelvic pain: Recurrent abd or pelvic pain in a lady needs a work up, by your health care provider, to rule out deadly causes.
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A 29-year-old female asked:
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Genital rash: Of any form should be examined by your physician , to properly treat you and protect your partner. Thank you for not denying yourself care.
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A 26-year-old female asked:
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"dyspareunia": Intercourse should not be painful. See your health care provider.
Lay reference:
http://en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/dyspareunia.
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A 23-year-old female asked:
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Good to question: One approach is your bmi, here is a link to a reliable calculator. There are further references to body weight issues.
http://www.cdc.gov/healthywe... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Body awareness: Missed period, breast tenderness increased, morning nausea... Many ladies have some or none of these. Good question to engage your mom, or trusted lad... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Severe sharp H/A's : These do not sound so random. I would seek a work up by your physician. You could have any thing from a chronic sinus infection, to an aneurism. Take ... Read More
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A 25-year-old male asked:
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Injury vs over use: I'm assuming he is under a dr's care given the diagnosis. 4 months is protracted, if he is following his doc's care plan and not improving , a second ... Read More
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A 20-year-old member asked:
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? related: Lypoma's do not hurt. Changes like this should be evaluated.
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Anticholinergic: Are you on an incontinence med? This would be an expected se.
Do not limit fluids when you exercise.
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A 48-year-old member asked:
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Is this a change: Look under eye lids, are they pale also? This could be anemia, a simple blood test will confirm, then why meeds to be found.
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Depends: This is a controlled substance. The doctor who prescribed is whom you must ask.
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Pain in the pelvis: Ovarian cysts , many are found during an ultrasound exam, that are asymptomatic and benign. Pelvic pain, pain on intercourse, pelvic distension / full... Read More
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A 26-year-old member asked:
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Back pain ouch.: Back pain is the most common cc seen in primary care. Frustration abounds. Once the "correctable" things are rulled out, may i suggest adding this tho... Read More
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A 63-year-old member asked:
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Simular side effect: I treat nausea as "dig toxicity" in CHF pt's until, i can get further tests done. Victoza (liraglutide) in new start ups is frequently nauseating. As... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Find a mentor mom: Eat healthy, avoid tobacco, take a good prenatal vit, get an early OB check up, exercise regularly, .
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A 18-year-old member asked:
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Danger: Black bm's should be considered digested blood until proven other wise. Sudden death from bleeding ulcers, slow death from cancer...Ect, get to your ... Read More
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A 19-year-old member asked:
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Ulcers, possible: If you have black bm's , or throw up coffee ground like stuff, you need a prompt eval by your doc. I would take this complaint serious.
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A 43-year-old female asked:
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Yes: A pap test is not disruptive to your fertility.
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A 26-year-old male asked:
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Other symptoms: If you have lost your appetite and or any jaring movement of your abdomen hurts worse...
Go to er.
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A 30-year-old female asked:
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Do not suffer: This is a treatable problem , seek medical care. And while waiting make sure you keep your self well hydrated. You may also start otc MiraLAX (polye... Read More
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A 19-year-old male asked:
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Possibly: You are relying on symptoms , obscured by a med.
Is better to have a u/a test to confirm.
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A 47-year-old female asked:
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Several causes: By paste do you mean soft , is normal.
If you mean white soft bm's you may have liver problems or a malabsorption problem, for which a GI doc will ... Read More
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A male asked:
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Get checked: Any genital lesion should be checked.
Could be , even simple canadidia rash, which would lead doc to check for diabetes.
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A 27-year-old male asked:
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Usually self correct: Hyper ventilation causes a reduction in c02 levels, and a change in acid -base balance in your blood stream. For which reason your brain over rides ... Read More
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A 32-year-old female asked:
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Early prenatal care: Is important.
Do you have access to a county health clinic, or a free clinic in your area. "rural health clinics" have to take all patients regardl... Read More
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A 22-year-old male asked:
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Gold standard: An angiogram will definitively answer the question of is she having angina and can she be opened. There are less invasive test which can be administer... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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Yellow skin: Jaundice , is a sign of liver problems, get this checked.
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A 28-year-old female asked:
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6 at most: But more importantly is to be involved with your OB early to insure a healthy pregnancy. The lack of early OB care , is the leading cause of our count... Read More
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A 68-year-old female asked:
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Do you have: Pain, redness , itching... A white vaginal discharge alone is not pathologic. Symptomatic discharge needs to be checked. Importantly white plaques / s... Read More
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A 24-year-old male asked:
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More info needed: Is it getting worse with time, is it associated with activity? .... With meals?..... With bowel movements?
Many causes , some dangerous , for which... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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First correct Vit D: 2000u vit d per day for a month , then have your doc check your levels again. If you can not get these levels up , meds are not of benefit. Your doc w... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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Dehydration danger: Take clear liquids, keep drinking even if you throw they up, a little will get in. If membranes dry, or skin "floppy" get into your doc's care emergen... Read More
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A 18-year-old member asked:
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More info needed: This may be a simple back strain, but it could be as serious as loss of circulation to the hip socket resulting in avn, see your physician , many ques... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Persist more than 4w: Lesons persisting more than a month need to be evaluated.
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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Yes, start slow: You can make things worse. Start with stretching exercises first. If not improving seek help from an experienced trainer
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Interesting question: In medicine i think of a "sign" as an objective observation by the examiner, vs "symptom" as a subjective self observation by the patient. There fore ... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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Dysparunia: See your family doc or gyn, it may be as simple as estrogen deficiency causing lack of moisture, or a lesion you can not see. Sex should not be painf... Read More
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A 63-year-old female asked:
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Maybe: Your doc will first check to see if there is swelling or bruising. If those are absent and you can fully flex and extend them, it is unlikely there i... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Complex: Yes, you physician needs to be aware of your concern.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Skeletal alignment: Body mechanics
carrying 20+ lbs, a few inches in front of your usual center of gravity causes you to shift your whole skeletal alignment. Yes this ca... Read More
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A 67-year-old member asked:
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Many posibilities: You may have a deneurvation problem, electrolyte imbalance, drug toxicity, heavy metal poisoning, ...
See your doc , treat this serious.
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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Catching up.: In a healthy state we consume o2 and produce more co2 during exercise. The "difficulty" breathing we feel, is the need to exhale the co2. Our respira... Read More
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A 20-year-old male asked:
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Help is avail.: Headaches, have many causes, and the good news is many effective treatments depending on the cause. Severe h/a's as you are describing warrant a medic... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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Good to reach out: Parenting is best not done alone. Surround your self with those whom you respect and trust. Get to the bottom of what it is you fear.
(one of my pers... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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NOT: Your bowells should be on there own schedule. If you have to use a "stimulant" regularly, you may be self perpetuating a problem. See your doc. There ... Read More
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A 41-year-old female asked:
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Abd pain: Has many causes. If your pain is increasing , you are loosing your appetite , you are having changes in your bowel habits, or unination...
Get in to ... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Very diff: The tissues are next to each other, that is about all in common. Read more on each. Extremes in calcium levels could provoke sz.
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Dr. Tidman is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Tidman is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! Thank u dokter. I do have like 3a 4 months without my menstrualcycle. I am inregular.i am not useing anticonseptiv Is there a cure for this?
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Thanks for your quick reply! Thanks doctor. The tightness & pain is intermittent. Does it really concerning my lungs. Am getting worried :(
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Thank you for getting back to me.I usually take 2 Benadryl at night for my allergies.I took 2 more because I thought I skipped my usual dose
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, OH
Graduated 1983MD
Residency
hennEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER
Awards
Top Family Physician, First Place, Georgia - Winter
2013
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