Dr. David Hicks
Family Medicine
Clearwater, FL
40 years experience male
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Family Medicine
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A 52-year-old female asked:
Dr. David Hicksanswered
Family Medicine 45 years experience
Consider additional : Consider checking free T4 and free and total T3 (liothyronine) if these are normal consider other possibilities
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Depends: It it advisable not to have anything on the stomach prior to any rsophageal studies but if meds are critcal to not miss it is best to consult the phy... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Control: Diet high in fiber, controll of the triggering event and consider treatment to improve the intestinal seratonin. There is some evidence supporting ib... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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No: There are some blod dyscrasias but no known blood thinng properties. But if you are having a problem be sure there is no a drug interaction that tizan... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Dose?: Depends on the medication but some parkinson medication required "drug holiday" to allow the drug to clear and be restarted, some medications work di... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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No: Spinal stenosis actully improve with bending forward if the pain is on bending is suggests other etiologies for your pain possibly muscular.
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Maybe: Siactica means a lot of different things to a lot of diferent people. What is true siatica can be helped by ice rest and stretchinh exercises. But oth... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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<6.0: You sould be having this checked at kleast every three to six months and it should always be less than 6.0.
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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For remission: Don't ever assume you have this disease without being treated or evaluated . If properly diagnosed and treated early remission can occurr before crip[... Read More
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No: There is no blood test to determine if you have an intolerance to certain meds. While allergies can be determined, general intolerances can not. In mo... Read More
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A 63-year-old male asked:
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Yes: Osteopenia may be reversed but just doing calcium and vitamin d may or may not be enough need to have bone density measurments to determine progressi... Read More
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A 20-year-old member asked:
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Primary: Your primary physician can refer but if you don't have a primary physician and you have knowlege of a ruputable plastic surgeon you could go directly.
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A 18-year-old member asked:
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Infections: The fact there is a positive respose to antibiotics certainly entertains the possiblity of chronic infections but any adenopathy not resolving and on ... Read More
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A 24-year-old member asked:
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Yes: Underlying Insulin production or resistance issues may be genetic and are easily identified and treated but there are nonn gentetic reasons as well su... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Possibly none: You may not have any symptoms but there may be anything from fatigue, pain, or swelling.Usually on exam the physcian will find swollen lymph nodes or ... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Sedation and seizure: Phenobarb was used as a way to comtrol seizure and sedate . Peaple with encephalitis many time are very agitated and may risk seizures there is not mu... Read More
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A 20-year-old member asked:
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Displaced rib?: If no specific trauma or if you have the pain after lifting something or coughing, it may be a posterior rib hed out of place and this can masquerade ... Read More
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A 18-year-old member asked:
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No: Most cancers will not show up unless the end organ they damage show laboratory changes. But leukemias and blood cell cancers will show up as the can... Read More
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A 31-year-old male asked:
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Probably not: What do you have to risk? You may not sense the stimulis but she may. If you can please her then it is a risk well taken. If you have no sensation how... Read More
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A 59-year-old member asked:
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Post op: Like if improving after three days may have been related to surgery or the position while in surgery doubt any direct relatioship with anything else.
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Possibly: Anorectal abscesses may be related to inflammatory bowel disease such as crohns or ulcerative colitis and/or fistulis tracts in the rectal area. Thi... Read More
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A 43-year-old female asked:
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Contusion?: There is a question as how was it injured or was there any trauma. The signal flair may be a bony contusion or could represent an occult fracture rev... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Sometimes: With early detection and new inderstanding of the disease as well as the treatments available more patients are living with their disease longer and i... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Family Medicine 45 years experience
Muscle: A charley horse is a muscle usually which if sudden and cramping is present. While sciatica flairs it usually is constant with classic burning quality... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Arthritis: The pain in both hips that is worsened and mking ambulation difficult may be degenerative arthritis but many disease stae effect the hips spontaneo... Read More
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A 19-year-old member asked:
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Family Medicine 45 years experience
Osteoporosis: Depends on the age and underlying diseases. Poor chronic posturing problems chronic osteoporosis and long term increase of "kyphosis".
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A 18-year-old male asked:
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Cold: Probably a cold could be from mouth breathi ng or allergies in my area mold and mildew are constant culprits. Use otc cold preps , gargle salt water a... Read More
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A male asked:
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Tonsiliths: The condition you refer to is known as tonsiliths, it is caused when a patient has "cryptic" tonsils. Large crypts in tonsil and not smooth look like ... Read More
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A 62-year-old male asked:
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Tendonitis: If they cause a problem after the running is is usually a residual inflammatory process not arthritis . Could simply be a tendonitis an could be shoes... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
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Salivary gland: Could this be a salivary gland the is worsening when eating and swallowing , lymph node should not be painful with simply swallowing.
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A 20-year-old male asked:
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Possibly: If there is a family history of endogenous depression possibly but so much depression os exogenous that is caused by something many people can dosome... Read More
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A 25-year-old member asked:
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Allergies?: The simple response would be allergies but firat to know what is her temp and is she a mouth breather when she sleeps mold exposure irritant all ha... Read More
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A 60-year-old male asked:
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Family Medicine 45 years experience
Yes: Exercise can improve blood pressure if done regularly. But if you have high blood pressure you need it treated first as when you exercise your pressur... Read More
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A 20-year-old member asked:
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Not fom carmping: The cramps known as dysmenorrhea are common but this symptom by itself is not a cause of ovarian dysfunction but may be a symptom of same. Faile to co... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
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Not uncommon : May time coming off of meds like what you are on can cause atypical muscle irritation but so can exercise so maintain the exercise and if the sympto... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Family Medicine 45 years experience
Yes: Assuming you have been treated for the lice body lotions or cortisine creams and aalamine lotions all help once treated the itching will subside precr... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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NSAIDS: If arthritis is what you have been diagnosed with, then what kind is it and trying simple tylenol (acetaminophen) first for pain control or nsaids suc... Read More
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A 25-year-old member asked:
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No: Using a chemotheraputic medication for anything other rtthan chemo therapy is not advised. I would suggest you seek consultation if you need hormaone ... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Yes: Need to asses to need for long term therapy and no long term therapy should be left without an endoscopy at some point to dertemine the etiology of t... Read More
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A 26-year-old member asked:
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Not often: Polycythemia vera is caussed by multiple factors. Typicall the treatment is theraputic phlebotomy but if you had any condition that would be negativel... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Painful: The pain of the discogram is limited to the test itself and usuall does not linger after completion, the pain is intense as it simulats an acute ruptu... Read More
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Yes: Costipation and mucous secretion suggest irritable bowel syndrome buut other conditionscan cause thei and the diagnosis of ibs may only after a worku... Read More
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A 23-year-old member asked:
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Unlikely: The TSH level is not the true evaluation of hypothyroid. But true hypthyroidism may cause some interference with horkames especially if the abnormal t... Read More
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A 58-year-old member asked:
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Stabilization: I hope you have seen a physician for this and i assume he has told you what to do. Most humeral fracture that are proximal if not displaced may be im... Read More
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Tear: Aanytime there is a bump that is tender in the achillles area consider a partial tear and you would be at hiogh riskk for acute complete tear. Stop d... Read More
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A 25-year-old member asked:
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Maybe: Headaches that you go to bed with and awaken with and worsen during day may indicate cervicogenic headaches from the neck, stress , or muscle contrac... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
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Prescriptions: If you can buy inhalers online without a prescription, i would question their validity. You usually need a prescription to be able too do this.
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Fair: Ra can be treated successfully if treated early with dmard medications such as Enbrel (etanercept) and humira. Multiple medication can be appropriate... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Not sure: It may depend on wht "organ" but I am unaware of traction helping any organ.
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Loaded question: Why is it you have elevated intracranial pressure. Intracranial hypertension, pseudotumor? The cause is imprtant as to potential treatments vasodilars... Read More
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Wow that's contrary to like everything I've been reading about the cervix. I was under the impression that during your period, the cervix should be low and hard but during ovulation it should be high ...Read More
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thank u for taking the time to answer my question, my four yr old son has a cold and i have it too, which is unusual because i dont normally catch colds,flu,etc..so i was curious if the treatment im g...Read More
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I had surgery about 5 months ago for plica removal but most recently my knee has been locking up and alot of instability. I recently had a new MRI and that is what it showed. It also showed that I hav...Read More
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