Dr. Mario Diaz-gomez

Family Medicine 38 years experience

Chronic constipation: Eat plenty of high fiber, low calorie raw vegetables like raw large carrots ; celery cut up in little pieces in between meals, drink @ least 5 glasses... Read More

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A 17-year-old male asked:

I have been experiencing painful inflammation in my hands and they are often tingling and/or itching. been quite difficult to type this. anything?

Family Medicine 38 years experience

Are you a gamer?: People who spend hours playing video games can get these symptoms that you describe, which include inflammation hand joint pains, numbness & ting... Read More

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A 63-year-old male asked:

How do i check bone cancer?

Family Medicine 38 years experience

Bone Cancer: Probably with a whole body bone scan, which will show radioactive uptake in abnormal bone lesions.

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A 38-year-old member asked:

What should i take for period cramps if i am out of ibuprofen?

Family Medicine 38 years experience

Try Naproxen : Naproxen is more effective for menstrual cramps.

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A 18-year-old female asked:

I've been taking cyprovita to induce my appetize for a while now but i get really sleepy everytime, is it a side effect? what are some others?

Family Medicine 38 years experience

Decreased appetite: An old antihistamine by the name of peri-actin 4 mg , 1-2 pills @ night because it also causes drowsiness. But it works very well for increasing appet... Read More

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A 21-year-old female asked:

My head hurts on the top is that a tension ha? i get these a lot had a normal mri 4-18-13 of the brain cuz of my headaches & pains n my head lighthead

Family Medicine 38 years experience

Tension Headaches: It sounds like a recurring tension headache, since you don't seem to have the classic migraine headache symptoms of sensitivity to bright light, noise... Read More

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A 35-year-old female asked:

Which nerve system regulates dialation of the blood vessels?

Family Medicine 38 years experience

Autonomic system : The autonomic nervous system, which consists of the sympathetic & parasympathetic components control our pulse, respiration, blood pressure & many ot... Read More

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A 21-year-old female asked:

I've had this warm feeling in my throat all day. it doesn't hurt. it just feels very warm. what are possible causes of this?

Family Medicine 38 years experience

Throat: That you may be starting to get a viral or bacterial throat infection. In the next 48 hours you will know if you get fever, chills, runny nose ;/or o... Read More

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A 46-year-old female asked:

What happens when you die from a cocaine overdose?

Family Medicine 38 years experience

Cocaine Overdose: It's usually from a fatal cardiac arrhythmia or a myocardial infarction.

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A 36-year-old member asked:

How serious is peeing with little blood clots?

Family Medicine 38 years experience

Pain/frequent/urgent: That could be from several causes, including urinary infection, kidney stones & in some cases kidney cancer. The frequency of blood, the degree of pai... Read More

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A 56-year-old male asked:

For some time now i have been too tired and drained to even move please help?

Family Medicine 38 years experience

Get blood tests done: Can also be symptoms of major depression.

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A 40-year-old female asked:

Dx type 2 trigeminal neuralgia, occipital neuralgia, neuropathy. rx'd gabapentin, perc, k-pin, ibuprofen, mobic- rarely take as no help, cymbalta, (duloxetine) phenergen. sev false + for amphetimine. help! why ?

Family Medicine 38 years experience

Try Lyrica (pregabalin).: There are other medications & modalities that your neurologist can try.

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