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Family Medicine
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Paul Wrightanswered
Family Medicine 38 years experience
Cyst: This could be many things, a cyst, adhesion (normally if you've had previous surgery) or a small spot of endometriosis. You would be able to get more ... Read More
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A 50-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 38 years experience
Not really.: The medical reasons for removal of ovaries are limited and backed by fairly good science. If they need to be removed, the bipolar patient should be in... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
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Family Medicine 38 years experience
Inflamation of gut: Anywhere from the beginning (mouth) to the end (rectum) of your eating system can be affected by crohn's disease. It has lots of ways it can effect yo... Read More
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A 30-year-old female asked:
Dr. Paul Wrightanswered
Family Medicine 38 years experience
Not usually: You should speak with your doctor. You may very well be having an outbreak that often. If so, there are a few medicines that can be used to keep the f... Read More
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A member asked:
Dr. Paul Wrightanswered
Family Medicine 38 years experience
Learn about why: This is a common and frustrating condition for many men, but can be helped with techniques (relaxation, sexual maneuvers etc), therapies and if needed... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Paul Wrightanswered
Family Medicine 38 years experience
Yes, but not likely: Each individual place that a herpes virus invades is subject to recurrent appearances (that is what a cold sore is). This can happen in the skin anywh... Read More
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A 36-year-old female asked:
Dr. Paul Wrightanswered
Family Medicine 38 years experience
It can: Typically implantation bleeding will happen about 10-14 days after conception (which happens a day or two after ovulation). Your period classically s... Read More
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A 21-year-old male asked:
Dr. Paul Wrightanswered
Family Medicine 38 years experience
Doubtful: The bones which contribute the most to your height in late adolescence are the femur and tibia. They normally finish elongating by your late teens.
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A 51-year-old female asked:
Dr. Paul Wrightanswered
Family Medicine 38 years experience
Briefly: Many women don't have any symptoms of pregnancy before they have a miscarriage, if it is very early (less than 6 weeks). Others are much more sensitiv... Read More
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A 26-year-old female asked:
Dr. Paul Wrightanswered
Family Medicine 38 years experience
Possibly: Amoxicillin is a great for an ear infection. Yet, some people have allergies to penicillin. However, what makes this hard to answer is sometimes agen... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Will st. ives scrub for blemish and blackhead clearing work effectively on keratosis pilaris (arms)?
Dr. Paul Wrightanswered
Family Medicine 38 years experience
A little for some: The st ives product is trying to exfoliate (shed) the skin "naturally". Exfoliation is a great way to treat kp, but the natural items are not really t... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Paul Wrightanswered
Family Medicine 38 years experience
No: It is virtually impossible to get any symptoms from the hormones produced by a new baby this early. (if you are a week away from "missed period" and y... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
Dr. Paul Wrightanswered
Family Medicine 38 years experience
Probably not: The new baby created in you is unlikely to miscarry just due to radiation from a simple xray like a chest xray. Even higher dosings of radiation like ... Read More
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A 37-year-old female asked:
Dr. Paul Wrightanswered
Family Medicine 38 years experience
Yes: All the scales i know of that measure body fat do so by a priciple of electrical impedance. You usually have your feet on a "pad" that is metallic and... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. Paul Wrightanswered
Family Medicine 38 years experience
Yes, but ...: Don't trust the character of the discharge to be your answer. Those changes are subtle at best. Unless there is a medical need to know sooner, wait un... Read More
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A 16-year-old female asked:
Dr. Paul Wrightanswered
Family Medicine 38 years experience
Skin rash: There are multiple possibilities here. If they aren't itching a lot and are merely unsightly, check to see if they are often where a hair is trying to... Read More
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A 25-year-old member asked:
Dr. Paul Wrightanswered
Family Medicine 38 years experience
Yes: If this happens, it most commonly happens very early in the pregnancy. A completely healthy baby can still be born, even if its twin was lost early on... Read More
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A 19-year-old member asked:
Dr. Paul Wrightanswered
Family Medicine 38 years experience
90 days: Depo is typically given once every 3 months for birth control because it has a 90 day therapeutic range. If you got the shot 2 times (at the beginning... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. Paul Wrightanswered
Family Medicine 38 years experience
Antibiotics&delivery: Effective antibiotics can be given to minimize the risk to the baby. Delivery does not have to be done emergently by c-section, but the baby should be... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
Dr. Paul Wrightanswered
Family Medicine 38 years experience
Yes: If the tatoo parlor is clean and liscensed then the keratosis pilaris(kp) by itself is not a big risk for anything. The treatments for kp can still be... Read More
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A 40-year-old male asked:
Dr. Paul Wrightanswered
Family Medicine 38 years experience
Yes: Asthma poses no problem for co-workers. It is not contagious. If the person is very sick/short of breath, then encourage them to get some medicine!
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A 21-year-old female asked:
Dr. Paul Wrightanswered
Family Medicine 38 years experience
Rare: Your doctor is doing the right thing by getting the mri. "sounds" like you've already had a hearing test, which is really necessary too. You are very... Read More
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A 33-year-old female asked:
Dr. Paul Wrightanswered
Family Medicine 38 years experience
No, but be careful: The flight itself is not a risk to your pregnancy. However, the typical process in long flights involves you sitting for prolonged periods of time and... Read More
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Mar 30, 2015
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Wright is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thanks but its been a whole year and still no period but i did spot for about 10 months then stop and still no period jus crampsin stomach and lower stomach!
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This was very helpful. Thanks! Thank you so much for your reply!
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Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, MD
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