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Mountain View Family Practice
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Family Medicine
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A 34-year-old female asked:
Dr. William Byarsanswered
Family Medicine 46 years experience
Not bad: The sperm are likely to have been there on time. During any given cycle, the chances favor no pregnancy, but nevertheless do give you a very significa... Read More
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A 22-year-old male asked:
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You may be right: If you're right about the "too much pressure" it's probably confined to the right middle ear compartment. Could just as easily be too little pressure ... Read More
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A 39-year-old male asked:
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Need attention: If you cannot even drink you need attention urgently. If the pain in your "food pipe" is deep in your throat, it's likely a throat infection. If the p... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Depression?: Depression can impair concentration. Although it shouldn't cause memory loss per se, it often causes apathy (lack of interest), which might mean less ... Read More
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A 26-year-old female asked:
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Probably: The definitive point make it unlikely to be a serious lesion. If it persists longer than a few weeks with no signs of starting to resolve, i'd have it... Read More
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A 31-year-old male asked:
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Maybe: It can be, but these symptoms are very nonspecific. If you are short of breath and have no obvious explanation, you should be evaluated urgently.
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A 46-year-old male asked:
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Family Medicine 46 years experience
Heat, massage: You may have some muscles in spasm. Using heat or massage, perhaps with a muscle relaxer medicine, might be a good place to start. Other causes have ... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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Neuralgia: If it's sharp and very short-lived, it's probably a neuralgia pain from an irritated nerve. It is likely to be hard to define exactly which nerve and ... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 46 years experience
Many possibilities: This is a "spot" in the lung where there's a concentration of solid tissue. The spot may represent a focus of past or present immune activity against ... Read More
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A 40-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 46 years experience
Nerve compression?: You may be compressing a thoracic nerve where it exits the spine. But if it's a progressive problem you may need some testing.
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. William Byarsanswered
Family Medicine 46 years experience
Here's a link: Here's a link to drug info on a website dedicated to the prevention of birth defects.
http://www.otispregnancy.org/otis-fact-sheets-s13037#1
you... Read More
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A 53-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 46 years experience
Headaches new?: If these headaches are unusual for you, which would suggest that they may be related to the aneurysm, might they be a reason to move you higher on the... Read More
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A 34-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 46 years experience
Get checked: You should have your breasts examined by a health care professional, who may choose to order a mammogram and/or ultrasound test. Another test called d... Read More
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A 62-year-old male asked:
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Family Medicine 46 years experience
Getting better?: An abscess in the brain would have been visible, unless the technique used on the mra only allowed blood vessels to be seen well. And if you had menin... Read More
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A 35-year-old male asked:
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Family Medicine 46 years experience
L-thyroxin: A free T4 level would also help. Assuming this is typical hypothyroidism, l- thyroxin at the right dose should get the TSH back to normal. People with... Read More
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A 57-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 46 years experience
Try ice first.: Try using an ice pack for a few minutes before applying the cream. And keep the area clean by gently dabbing with a very wet washcloth, without soap, ... Read More
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A 29-year-old male asked:
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Family Medicine 46 years experience
Not totally: Assuming Mirtazapine is the cause of the urinary frequency (there are many possible
causes), you may acquire some degree of tolerance to this effect... Read More
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A 37-year-old female asked:
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??: I see your question's been out there for a while. Perhaps it's because i (and others?) have no idea what rh9 is. And the rh blood factor, for a given ... Read More
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A 26-year-old female asked:
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CFS or depression?: You've probably already looked at chronic fatigue syndrome and depression. While you continue to pursue the answer, do everything you can to ensure yo... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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Remove?: If infected, it probably needs removing, but you should speak to your provider.
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A 29-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 46 years experience
Bronchitis?: If coughing, she likely has bronchitis. If symptoms persist beyond usual course of bronchitis (10 days or so) she should be evaluated.
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A 40-year-old female asked:
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Several causes: If each pain is lasting literally 1 or 2 seconds, it is not cardiac. If 30 sec. Or longer, or aggravated by exercise, consider heart. Compression of a... Read More
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A 43-year-old male asked:
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Family Medicine 46 years experience
Get examined: You need colonoscopy unless there's a very obvious source of bleeding that's determined by regular examination. There's a long list of causes. You nee... Read More
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A member asked:
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Family Medicine 46 years experience
Zero: Your skin would have to be penetrated by a sharp instrument (assuming you don't have open sores) or the patient's blood would have to come into contac... Read More
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A 35-year-old male asked:
Dr. William Byarsanswered
Family Medicine 46 years experience
Pulses OK: The pulses are not a concern. But you should definitely discuss with your doctor whether further periodic screening by ultrasound is indicated for you... Read More
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A 19-year-old male asked:
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Family Medicine 46 years experience
Not likely: Your doctor will choose a donor site from which you are least likely to have future loss.
Good luck!
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A 32-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 46 years experience
Premature?: If you mean you want to delay ejaculation, there are effective techniques for doing that, which are taught by sex therapists. Among sexual "disorders"... Read More
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A 55-year-old female asked:
Dr. William Byarsanswered
Family Medicine 46 years experience
Get to a HC facility: If this is a big change from your usual level, seek urgent care now, as it could mean your vascular system is trying to adjust to a small cerebrovasc... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
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Family Medicine 46 years experience
Depends: If they are arranged around the rim of the glans penis, they are normal structures. But if some of them are on the shaft of the penis and more randoml... Read More
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A 48-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 46 years experience
Candida possible: You might have a candida (yeast) infection, especially if you received any antibiotics around the time of surgery.
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A 20-year-old male asked:
Dr. William Byarsanswered
Family Medicine 46 years experience
Not likely: Cancer is not high on the list of causes. Active infection and scar tissue from previous infection are near the top of the list. Don't settle for ongo... Read More
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A 45-year-old male asked:
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Take care of both: If you need warfarin, you need a therapeutic dose, so it's right for your dosage to be increased. Your nasal problem needs the best care possible, to ... Read More
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A 49-year-old member asked:
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Family Medicine 46 years experience
Yes,esp. tobacco: Air pollution by industries is one of the chief determinates of asthma in a given population. Cigarette smoke is responsible for precipitating many ca... Read More
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A 39-year-old male asked:
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No: A problem that compromises the spinal cord itself would be urgent and serious. The garden variety "pinched nerve" problem in the cervical spine could ... Read More
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A 54-year-old female asked:
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Get started: Your symptoms are most likely coming from a disc herniation (or arthritic spur) that's compressing at least one spinal nerve root. There are other pro... Read More
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A 18-year-old male asked:
Dr. William Byarsanswered
Family Medicine 46 years experience
Wait: If neither the scrotum nor the testis itself are enlarged, there's not much to do except wait for healing. Be careful- a re-injury in the next few mo... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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Get checked: If the idea of pregnancy scares you, it sounds like you need contraception- assuming the pregnancy test is accurate, which it probably is. See your pr... Read More
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A 30-year-old female asked:
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Huh?: I can't help but wonder what you're doing. Food that is chewed and swallowed, if it is visible at all on x ray, would have a very amorphous appearance... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 46 years experience
Yes, can be acquired: In my patient population , sleep apnea most often occurs following the development of a certain level of obesity. The degree of excess weight required... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
Dr. William Byarsanswered
Family Medicine 46 years experience
Not related: If you mean it's been 4 days since you had sex- even if you have conceived, it's too early to expect any symptoms related to pregnancy. The cramp... Read More
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A female asked:
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Can surgeon explain?: This is sketchy information. I think you may be saying you had surgery (?Successful?) even though mri's had shown nothing helpful. If that's true, the... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 46 years experience
Not long: Clindamycin has a relatively short half life and has to be dosed multiple times daily. But its most worrisome potential adverse effect, c. Difficile c... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 46 years experience
No: It will not harm the baby.
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A 35-year-old female asked:
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Agree: I agree with dr. Beresh and wanted to add that if you find the problem persists, get checked for causes of peripheral neuropathy, such as diabetes.
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A 28-year-old male asked:
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Don't ignore: If this pain is more than mild and has begun within the past day or two, it could be an acute problem needing urgent attention. An example would be bl... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Maybe all one thing: Following an episode of gastroenteritis, it's not unusual to have a relapse within the following week or so. In these cases it's probably just an indi... Read More
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A 37-year-old female asked:
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Yes, but: This is almost certainly from anxiety if it's repeatedly relieved by xanax (alprazolam). There may also be a subtle relationship between anxiety-induc... Read More
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Repeat test: Repeat the test in 2 or 3 days. If you're pregnant it should be more obvious by then.
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Family Medicine 46 years experience
Several causes: Shingles usually causes cluster(s) of tiny blisters (vesicles). If you have pain in a much wider area than is covered by the blisters, shingles is lik... Read More
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A 44-year-old male asked:
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Family Medicine 46 years experience
Cold vs allergy: Don't use afrin (oxymetazoline) spray longer than 4 or 5 days, or you can become dependent on it. A dose doesn't last more than 12 hours. If your sym... Read More
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Dr. Byars is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Dr. Byars is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! Thank you! I felt my PCP dismissed my concern. Just want to know I'm not going into CHF anytime soon. I appreciate your time!
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Thanks for your quick reply! I'll check pressure in both arms as soon as I can get out (snowstorm). It's weird, the arm just started aching.
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Thanks for your quick reply! Sometimes a high potency tabz also burns my stomach alot, u'r sugested tabz wuld also B helpful in this case?
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine, SC
Graduated 1977MD
Medical/Graduate school
Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine
Graduated 1977MD
Residency
Greenville Health System
Completed 1980
Residency
Greenville Hospital System
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