Dr. Kitturah Schomberg-Klaiss
Family Medicine
West Blocton, AL
30 years experience female
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West Blocton, AL
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Kitturah Schomberg-Klaiss graduated with a BS (Psychology) from the University of Florida in 1989, and recieved her D.O. from NSU-COM in 1993. A National Health Service Corps scholarship recipient, she has been practicing Family Medicine at the West Blocton Health Center since 1997.
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Family Medicine
Languages spoken
English
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A 66-year-old member asked:
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Family Medicine 30 years experience
Medications: 2 major classes of meds are used for enlarged prostates. Finasteride & other Alpha reductase inhibitors decrease the action of testosterone, shrinking... Read More
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A 30-year-old male asked:
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Prune juice: Is an easy place to start. Medications may be too intense at this age, but prune & apple juice can both be helpful. Discuss the problem with you pedia... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
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Yes: A clean, cold, damp washcloth can be very soothing for a baby who is teething, and a little vanilla will improve the taste. Be sure the cloth is in g... Read More
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A member asked:
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BMI: According to the goverment standards, at 16.9 you are somewhat underweight. Recommended bmi is 18.5-24.9, or for you a weight of 100-136lbs.
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Both: All of those can be symptoms of either a cold or allergies.
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Keep it up!: Keep working at it. Breastfeeding is a supply & demand phenomena, and the more demand you create, either thru nursing or pumping, the more supply you... Read More
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A 20-year-old member asked:
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Go to the ER/Dr: Chest pain is a serious symptom. Depending on your age and history, a number of bad things could be happening. You need to be evaluated.
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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Time: All broken bones heal with time usually. A high calcium diet may help speed things up if you're deficient, but ultimately, time is the only cure.
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A 29-year-old male asked:
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Can, but: Breast tenderness can be a sign of pregnancy, or that your cycle is about to start. Implantation occurs approximately 6-10 days after ovulation.
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A 22-year-old female asked:
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Not supposed to: Nuvaring is hormonal contraception, & primarily works by blocking ovulation.
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Surgery.: The kind and extent depends on the cancer & how extensive it is. Talk to your gyn.
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A 34-year-old female asked:
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Yes: According to epocrates, there are no interactions between dramamine (dimenhydrinate) & celexa.
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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See your Dr: There are a number of possibilities for what could be wrong, some with serious implications. If the rash feels sandpapery, it may have been caused by ... Read More
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A 22-year-old member asked:
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Get checked ASAP: It might be unimportant, but there's no way to know unless you get checked. You may have misscarried; you could have an ectopic pregnancy; or there co... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
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No increased odds: If you keep your gestational diabetes well controlled, & no other complications arise, you are no more likely to need to be induced than any one else.... Read More
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A 27-year-old member asked:
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Apple or prune juice: For constipated babies, a little apple or prune juice every day can work wonders in keeping things moving.
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A 26-year-old female asked:
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Go to the hospital: It could be a lot of things, from a bladder infection to pre-term labor. You need to get checked.
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A 18-year-old member asked:
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Go to the ER: Abrupt hearing loss after head trauma can be a sign of something seriously wrong, like a skull fracture. She needs to be evaluated.
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A 29-year-old male asked:
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Yes: Any time you're late, pregnancy is a possibility. Go do a test, and talk to your dr. Best wishes!
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A 45-year-old male asked:
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Possible Lipoma: Without actually examining you i can't be sure, but it sounds like you have a lipoma, a benign collection of fat cells. Get it checked by your dr, an... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
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Need a pelvic exam: At a minimum, if there is any suspicion of ectopic pregnancy, you need a pelvic exam, as well as a pregnancy test, to make the diagnosis. Usually, an... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Dangerous: When an ectopic pregancy ruptures, it causes whatever it is in, usually the fallopian tube, to burst open causing internal bleeding, and pain. The bl... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Yes, with caution: Ordinary IV fluids, such as normal saline, are often used in pregnancy when patients become dehydrated. Make sure that your health care providers kno... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
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Take good care of: Yourself! a healthy diet, regular exercise, 8 hours of sleep a night, avoid smoking and drinking alcohol. Coffee or tea in moderation is fine. If yo... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
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Self-cleaning: Your vagina doesn't need much in the way of cleaning, it's designed to table care of itself. Water, a soft washcloth, & maybe some gentle soap is all ... Read More
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A 30-year-old female asked:
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No: There are a lot of layers between your skin and the baby. Good luck!
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Go see your Dr: You need a pelvic exam to determine the cause of the bleeding, and depending on the cause there are medications to stop it.
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Should be marked: A prescription that gives doses that way should come with a dropper that is marked at 1/2. If it's not, talk to your pharmacist or dr about exactly h... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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Pregnancy test: Any time your cycle is irregular in any way, the first thing to do is a pregnancy test. If that is negative, give it a few days and see what happens.... Read More
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A 18-year-old member asked:
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Conjunctivitis: Symptoms of conjunctivitis, also known as pink eye, include reddness and irritation of the eye, especially the membrane lining the eyelids, the conjun... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Possible: Sounds like time to take a pregnancy test & be sure.
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Yes: Plan b can make your cycle somewhat irregular. If you are concerned, take a pregnancy test to be sure.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Maybe: It could be twins; it could be a normal single pregnancy, and you dates are just off by a few days; there could be a problem with the pregnancy. At 6... Read More
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A 23-year-old member asked:
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No: Your numbers are within the normal range. If your weight is normal, & you don't have any family history, i would recheck them once a year, & not worr... Read More
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A 23-year-old member asked:
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Possible, but: It is possible for any test to be falsely positive, but the odds that this has happened are low. It is entirely possible to get chlamydia from someon... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Don't freak: Identifying and treating the problem early will avoid serious vision issues later. Depending on what the problem is exactly, there are a variety of t... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
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Up to 1 month before: Generally, obs will tell you they want you to have a period off birth control before trying, to see if there are any problems with your period; that s... Read More
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A 18-year-old member asked:
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Insulin dependance: In type 1 diabetes, the body's ability to make Insulin has been damaged/destroyed, & you have to have Insulin to live. In type 2, the body becomes res... Read More
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A 32-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 30 years experience
For that pill, no: The pill you mention is what's called monophasic: all the active pills are identical, so the order you take them in doesn't matter. Some brands of pil... Read More
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A 22-year-old member asked:
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Maybe, but...: Just from the information presented, you can't be 100% sure. Early in pregnancy, HCG levels are expected to double every 2 days, so that looks good; a... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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Spina Bifida: Spina bifida is a birth defect where the spine does not close around the spinal cord during development. This may be as small as a small gap between t... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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19% Failure rate: As a method of contraception, withdrawal fails about 19% of the time. For comparison, condoms fail 15%, the pill 3-7%, and iuds less than 1%.
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Cramps & bleeding: Misscarriage, technically termed a spontaneous abortion, is usually heralded by bad cramps & relatively heavy bleeding. If you think you are miscarryi... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Yes: If you don't, there's a good chance the infection will just come back within a few days.
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A 52-year-old member asked:
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No: If your arms aren't showing any signs, sleeping that way isn't causing any harm.
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A 18-year-old member asked:
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Get tested: The best way to be sure you don't have HIV is to get tested. If your test is negative, talk to your dr about the nodes, & see what the cause is. If yo... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Colostomy/illeostomy: Generally, if the colon needs to be removed for some reason, the surgeon will create a place on the abdominal wall where the intestines can drain. Dep... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Should not: Donating blood shouldn't cause chest pain.
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A 18-year-old member asked:
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Same thing: "fractured" is just the medical term for broken.
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Possible: If you are 4 months post partum and only had one period, a pregnancy test is definatly in order. If it's positive, you need to see the doctor because... Read More
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Once again, I get answers to my health questions from REAL DOCTORS! Many times within a few minutes of asking! Dr Schomberg-Klaiss is one of those awesome doctors who took the time to answer my questi...Read More
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My daughter is now on the tablet suggested by this doctor and it is a miracle drug. Complete turn around of symptoms. Thank you so much
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Thankk. I've been and off birth control since I was a teen and I'm 24 now. I've never experienced break through bleeding before this time. I was off it for a year before I started this month. I was co...Read More
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I've been having period's but they have been very irregular now since march... but all signs of pregnancy the only thing im not having is sore breast & getting sick..
the past 2 weeks ive...Read More
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I will take a look into that book. thank you very much. its because the dr wants to see how much i am making to get babys weight up and i just got my pump and he wont allow me to feed then pump and fe...Read More
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