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A 56-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
No: As far as my knowledge serves there is no connection with nose bleeds and diabetes both type 1 or 2.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Osteorarthritis: Without knowledge about your age and history this is difficult to answer. You may have osteoarthritis (wear and tear type) and less cartilage between ... Read More
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A 50-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Skin bumps: Very hard to answer without getting details, about location, type of bumps, and duration and also without visualization. If this in a in patchy area ... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Probably was: It is not uncommon to have sometimes clear discharge towards the end of pregnancy. Also many times urine may leak giving you the feeling that your w... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Different reasons: Vaginal discharge could be due to many things. You need evaluation by your pmd. This could be std like: trichomonos (usually frothy discharge) & chla... Read More
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A 18-year-old male asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Jock itch?: Groins usually sweat and can get tinea cruris (jock itch). Since this could be severe many times we use both a steroid cream and anti-fungal together... Read More
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A 21-year-old male asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Phimosis: Phimosis is when you have the foreskin too tight. If you are unable to pull the skin back and there is pain and bleeding with full erection, you need... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Obesity: Obesity in women is more directly linked to infertility. In men, there may other risk factors like sleep apnea, that may decrease libido and energy.Al... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Acne ?: Without a picture and details had to answer, however if it is acne, it will get worse with heavy moisturizer. You may want use acne cleansers which h... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Commercial Driving: The test involves a general physical examination, hearing test, vision test, urinalysis, and urine drug screen. You get a certification to be fit and... Read More
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A 23-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Vaginal Discharge: Vaginal discharge could be secondary to many reasons, but mostly infections. Typically a fish odor discharge is due to bacterial vaginosis, which is u... Read More
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A 62-year-old male asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Insulin resistence: It is possible to develop Insulin resistance with time. This usually happens in type 2 dm, and it is the Insulin receptor that develops the resistanc... Read More
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A 23-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Torn meniscus: In pregnancy the weight distribution of the body changes and it is possible to have different type and force of strain that may put more stress over t... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Headaches: Headaches have a multitude of causes and certainly may be associated with head and neck muscle strains. Taking nsaids as Ibuprofen may be helpful and... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
No: Medrol (methylprednisolone) is a steroid . It has a half life of 18-26 hours and should be out of your system after that time after completing your c... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
See Peds Gyn: You will need to see a pediatric gynecologist for surgical options. This should be very treatable.
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A 28-year-old male asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
? Prostatitis: You probably need an evaluation by your primary doctor. Prostatis (inflammation and infection of the prostate) may cause penile discharge which you m... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Rarely: It is rare to have liver damage secondary to malaria and when it happens it is the result of a coexisting liver condition such as viral hepatitis and ... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Chronic Cough: Cough which is chronic (long standing), could be due to many causes. Old age by itself should not cause cough.Smoking is one big cause and so is reflu... Read More
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A 26-year-old male asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Unlike relationship: It is unlikely to have this due to shingles unless this involved the nervous system as encephalitis. It would be good for her to get evaluated by ge... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Occupation helath: Although advisable to get the physical by your personal doc, so you can have a followup, it is possible to find occupational health clinics in your ar... Read More
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A 18-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Bald spots: Not knowing the details it is difficult to assess your cause. Most common reason is physiologic male pattern baldness, however patchy baldness could ... Read More
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A 18-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Unprotected Sex: The short answer is it depends. Pregnancy will occur if it is the right time after ovulation, e.g. Few days after period or just few days before peri... Read More
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A 39-year-old female asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
No: Although Medrol dose pack is a steroid (methylprednisolone) and has 21 tablets, it is only taken for a finite time and is unlikely to have you gain we... Read More
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A 40-year-old male asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Effects of Warfarin: Warfarin is a vitamin k antagonist, hence it will block all the vit k dependent clotting factors preventing the formation of the fibrin clot. It eff... Read More
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A 25-year-old male asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Alopecia: This is difficult to answer, there are many causes of hair loss, many of these are self limited and will resolve with time. If the hair loss is in pa... Read More
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A 49-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Upper abdominal pain: It is difficult to say if the upper abdomen pain is from liver or gall bladder. The pain from gb is usually in r upper part just underneath the rib c... Read More
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A 20-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Penile Bumps: It is hard to answer without examination, but if you have no symptoms you may have pearly penile papules, which are benign bumps and do not cause any ... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Conjunctivitis: Most pink eye is due to viruses on which antibiotics usually not work. This resolves in 3-4 days, however some pink eye symptoms may be due to allerg... Read More
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A 43-year-old female asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Rib fracture: Rib fractures are usually treated conservatively and there is no specific cast. This mostly means pain control. Some people use braces but they are of... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Normal Levels: The same normal levels are for all individuals, however this may vary slightly depending on the lab. Usually normal levels are based on averages and h... Read More
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A 24-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Blood in stool: Many reasons for blood in stool. Most commonly it is the hemorrhoids (piles), however could be secondary to malignancy. Fissure is very painful, so ... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Sinus infection: Not sure about what you are asking, but here is my attempt. Iv (intravenous) drip is not really used for sinus infection. Normal saline which is the ... Read More
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A 23-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Benzoyl peroxide: Many over the counter acne topical creams and lotions are available, check for the ingredients if it has benzoyl peroxide or salicylic acid it will wo... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Depends: Most things in moderation are ok. Medically speaking masturbation has no ill effects. It may be helpful in fulfilling the urges without the risks of... Read More
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A 22-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Vaginal Odor: Bacterial vaginosis (over growth of the usual bacteria) is a common cause of a "fishy" odor and discharge, if you have not had an exam, please have a ... Read More
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A 43-year-old male asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Around 190 +/- 19 lb: Here is a general formula, women: 100 pounds for the first 5 feet of height plus 5 pounds for each additional inch..Men:106 pounds of body weight for ... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Whole family: This may be subject to opinion. The main difference is that a family doc will be able to see all ages starting from newborn to the very old. Also a go... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Laxatives: Laxatives should not use to loose weight, the loss will be temporary and at the cost of causing other problems. You will lose needed fluid and electr... Read More
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A 19-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Varies: Many reasons why there may be odor in the vaginal area. Many infections, esp. Bacterial vaginosis causes a fishy odor. This is usually not an std, b... Read More
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A 27-year-old female asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Should be safe: It should be safe, just make sure it is not so tight that it cuts the circulation. The reason it helps is because many of our headaches are tension t... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
See your provider: Low hemoglobin (anemia) can be caused by many different reasons.If you truly had an iron test as opposed to cbc(more common) you may need iron, howeve... Read More
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A 28-year-old female asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
A diuretic: This is a diuretic (makes you pee more) and it is usually used for control of high blood pressure (hypertension). It is safe and many time the first ... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Osteomyelitis: A true bone infection (osteomyelitis) is serious and requires usually IV drug treatment for few weeks. Doxycycline will generally not be the drug of ... Read More
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A 27-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
No, on the contrary.: Calcium supplementation does not elevate the blood pressure, on the contrary there have been studies that prove that taking calcium may help reduce th... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Intracranial HTN: Intracranial hypertension means that the pressure of cerebrospinal fluid within the skull is too high. Brain has the fluid inside and is also surroun... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Pin worms: Pin works have a human to human transmission(feco oral).The eggs are present on the anus and through person to person get ingested. The eggs are hard... Read More
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A 18-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Abdominal Pain: You have to be more specific about where in the abdomen you are hurting and when does this happen. There are many different reasons, like peptic ulce... Read More
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A 27-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Mucus in stool: Mucus in stool could be from many things, however it is commonly associated with infections as dysentery (intestinal infection). If you continue to n... Read More
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A 24-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aamir Siddiqianswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Antibiotics: Antibiotics should only be used if prescribed for the right reasons usually for bacterial infections. The dosing is dependent on the half life of the ... Read More
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Mar 29, 2015
Great doctor. Consistently gives thoughtful, insightful and expert advice.
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Siddiqi is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Siddiqi is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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i have already done one otc pregnancy test, came back negative...with my other two pregnancies it came out as a flat out positive each time...i am going to wait for a week and see if it is just stress...Read More
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Thanks, to give more info. the bumps pop up everywhere, theyre red when I scratch them it casuses them to burst and leave scabbes on my skin and in some spots, left scarring and skin discoloration.
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I like that you are not using a shot gun approach. Most infections are run of the mill but what if it were meningtis and ignored. So like careful answer.
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Aga Khan University, Aga Khan Medical College, Pakistan
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