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Dr. Keller is a noted teacher, lecturer, TV commentator with over 40 years of practice. His specialty is regenerative medicine.
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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.
Emergency Medicine
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English
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Emergency Medicine 42 years experience
Sleepy: Atarax is an anti-histamine and can make you sleepy. Some of my patients say it 'wires' them instead of making them tired. Children especially can hav... Read More
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Find the cause: Discolored skin is damaged skin. Localized flakiness is also damaged. You need to see a dermatologist to see why this area is damaged. Could be sun, a... Read More
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Avoid oxidation: Skin is damaged internally and externally. Free radicals are the bad guys. Avoid sun (tons of free radicals produced), smoking introduces millions of ... Read More
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Skin breakdown: Bedsores are areas where the skin is damaged from lack of oxygen. The skin dies and forms an ulcer. In short, the blood supply is altered. Infection c... Read More
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Misses you: Remember the baby was with you 24/7 and is use to your heart beat, breathing, sounds of your voice, etc. The baby misses you. Also, your body heat is ... Read More
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A 23-year-old member asked:
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Compression: Sometimes the implant can be inflamed from old or new infection, compression on a nerve or chronic inflammation from trying to be rejected.
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TLC: Popping a pimple damages the surrounding skin. Apply warm compresses to get all the pus out, don't scrub it, don't pick at it, let it be. Do apply an ... Read More
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Circulation : The skin turns blotchy and red because the blood vessels go into spasm affecting blood supply. This can be a normal response or sign of blood vessel p... Read More
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Exfoliation: Acne is blockage of the hair follicle and subsequent infection. Heavy moisturizers can block the pores. Use a moisturizer with 5% benzoyl peroxide, di... Read More
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Depends: Cold sores are herpes virus most often. They lay in wait in the nerve endings. When you can see them, they are contagious, but hard to transmit. Howev... Read More
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A1C level: In pre-diabetes, enough Insulin is still being secreted to control the blood sugar level. But the pancreas is burning out. Typically, a blood test cal... Read More
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Yes: Fun question. Toothpaste dries out and pulls off the dead skin layer when you remove it. It exfoliates the skin and removes some of the acne plug. One... Read More
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Incision/hypercation: Sebaceous cysts are nasty. They need to be cut out and the 'coating' around them needs to be carefully removed or it will return. Skin tags are easy. ... Read More
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Butterfly: Classic rash of lupus is on the face, over the nose and under the eyes. It appears as a red butterfly. Other problems can mimic the rash and lupus can... Read More
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Yes: If the abdominal pain is on the right lower side, an ectopic can mimic an appendicitis.
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Compression: If you get these frequently, probably due to nerves that run to head getting sqeezed by neck muscles. When your spine degenerates, it depends on the m... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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No: It might keep you from having intercourse to produce a baby bec of the pain but as long as your ovaries are making eggs you can get pregnant.
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Folliculitis: Inflamed or infected hair follicles can look like this. Pants could be too tight, too much sweating or pore are infected. Laser hair removal is excell... Read More
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Why?: Two reasons to see a doc. First you think you have something. Second, you don't want to get something. But want you really are after is information. B... Read More
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Confusion: Left sided chest pain is complicated. Everyone thinks about heart disease and woman are twice as likely to get a heart attack. But could be lots and l... Read More
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Statins: Get on cholesterol meds. Get it below 200 (150 good) with LDL under 100. Let's see, how can i say this nicely? Ah, quit the f---ing smoking or all the... Read More
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Ok: If she had an ectopic pregnancy they removed her tube. She now has one left. What caused ectopic? Did they look to see if other tube scarred or open. ... Read More
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Resuspension?: I assume you mean she had surgery for a leaky bladder? It is normal for a certain amount of bleed following the surgery. However, if it is bright red ... Read More
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Removal: Its a term for removing polyps, usually in the colon but whenever and wherever a polyp is removed.
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Watchful waiting: Pretty normal most of the time. Usually fat deposited from estrogen. During teenage years, testosterone and estrogen bounce all over the place. Check ... Read More
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Bile: Bile from the liver is green and found in diarrhea.
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C-pap: If you are awakening tired, get night sweats, leg cramps, your snoring may be sign of sleep apnea. Get a sleep study and a c-pap machine may do wonder... Read More
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Maybe: Sperm count is complicated. It depends on testosterone levels, size of testes, infections, inflammation, nutrition and prostate health. As we age, our... Read More
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Maybe: Depends on how many calories you eat vs. How many you burn on treadmill and what your basal calorie burn rate is. Also, the more muscle you have the b... Read More
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Water: Most common cause of leg or feet cramps are not enough water, potassium, calcium or electrolytes. Take 4 Tums (calcium carbonate) antiacids at night a... Read More
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Yes: But it could also come from sinus, nasal passage, pharynx, bronchus and lungs. Color of mucous important, how much, what cough sounds like, hx of lung... Read More
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Blood flow/anxiety: The clitoris needs a good flow of blood just like the penis to become sensitive. Smoking, diabetes, certain medications decrease the flow of blood to ... Read More
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Blood flow: Itchy legs can be caused by histamine release due to increased arterial pressure from your muscles squeezing the blood vessels. It can also be caused ... Read More
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40: On average, you should start a baby Aspirin beginning on your 40th birthday, sooner if you have a family history of heart disease.
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Can't: There's an old saying in dermatology: you can't diagnosis a rash over the phone. I even get confused after seeing some rashes. Generally, allergic ras... Read More
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Tylenol/ibuprofen : I find the best combination is 1000mg tylenol (acetaminophen) and 400 mg Ibuprofen every 6 hours.
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Midbreastbone: Feel where your stomach meets your breast bone, go up towards your head on the breast bone one fist size and that's where you press.
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Stone: One possibility is a stone in your salivary duct. Pretty common. Feel your cheek and see if you can palpate a stone. Try pushing it out towards the fr... Read More
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Hyperventilation: Easy answer is hyperventilation but could be other things. Hyperventilation is when you exhale more than you inhale. Thus too much co2 is exhaled and ... Read More
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Adrenaline: Could be an adrenaline rush from anxiety. Or could be a thyroid imbalance or hormone related. Sometimes the medications for palpitations can do it.
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Depends: Rule of thumb 1.5 times normal calorie intact. However, you need to know your basic metabolic calorie burn rate, then measure your fat weight and see ... Read More
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Treat: Green sputum means immune cells got involved with your infection. Now the mucous is being produced as part of inflammation. The cough is to bring up t... Read More
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Yes: Sounds like iron deficiency anemia the most common type of anemia. Find out where you are losing iron (blood) or not getting enough in your diet.
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Exam: Could be lots of things including cyst, fibroid, infection, impelled object or healing tear. Only visualization will give you an answer so get a vag e... Read More
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ENT/Plastics: Or oral surgeon. Depending on the type of fracture, each specialist treats different types of breaks. For example, if the tooth root is involved, an o... Read More
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Anemia: Fatigue can be due to low iron in the blood, medications, weight, heart and lung problems or sleep deprivation. Most likely its anemia or sleep apnea.... Read More
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Trauma: Also pulling hair out, drugs, genetics, infection, dry membranes, picking nose and injury. Interesting: people with polyps are more prone to Aspirin a... Read More
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Depends: What was the condition of the grafted vessel? Did it have plaque in it? Durability also depends on life style and genetics. If your tg and cholesterol... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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Yes: Forget the cycle dates. Too confusing. Get an ultrasound. It's more accurate and less confusion. Plus, it more fun to see the baby than to count days.
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Folliculitis : I think you mean folliculitis which is an infection of the hair follicles. But you mention a laser which sounds like laser hair removal. At any rate, ... Read More
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Keller is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Dr. Keller is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! its still a little sore but i will watch for other symtoms
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Thank u for trying to answer a difficult question. it was his pancreas
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