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Internal Medicine
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Hindi, Malayalam
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718 Answers
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A 21-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ipe Kalathooranswered
Internal Medicine 19 years experience
SMA: Type one, type two, type 3 and type 4.
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Benzene: Avoid future exposure. Benzene have some correlation with some cancers. Notify your doctor about this.
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Abdominal pain: Inadequate information unfortunately. Urinary system is the other system to be checked out here. Follow up with the doctor for further work up
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Dexilant (dexlansoprazole): Both are antacids but belong to different classes. But still you have to discuss with your doctor before taking this together.
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A 36-year-old male asked:
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Diabetes : As long as you're not on an Insulin pump, your diabetes can be managed by an internist.
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Hyperthyroidism: Overactive thyroid gland secreting too much thyroid hormone.
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Abdominal pain: Uti, ectopic pregnancy, ruptured ovarian cyst, ovarian tortion, kidney stones, diverticulitis, gastroenteritis. It could be other things also. Should ... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Varicose veins: Veins have valves inside to prevent reverse blood flow. When these valves get damaged, varicose veins or dilated veins develops. Als there are superfi... Read More
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A 48-year-old female asked:
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Muscles: The main muscles are pectoralis major upper part and sternocleidomastoid muscle from the neck.
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Wound: You should see a doc or a wound nurse. Make sure you have has a tetanus shot within 10 years.
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A 60-year-old male asked:
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Elbow pain: Could be muscle sprain. Wait for 2 weeks, if persisting , see a doc.
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A 36-year-old male asked:
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Palliative: Palliative care is proven to increase patient satisfaction.
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A 39-year-old female asked:
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Facial redness in am: Few reasons. When you are lying down , there is increased blood circulation to the face and when you stand up it decreases. Second reason could be mil... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
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Face numbness: Is it just on one side or all over the face? How often you get this and when? Could u describe the symptom a little bit more?
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Globus: Make sure u see a doc before blaming it on globus lump. Sometimes it persists or reccurs.
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Nausea : Yes, it could be peptic ulcer disease but needs evaluation by a doc.
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A 36-year-old female asked:
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Twitching: Twitching is from microscopic individual muscle fibers contracting. It could be nothing but also can happen from electrolyte abnormalities in your bod... Read More
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Autoimmune: Positive ANA is suggestive of autoimmune process although sometimes it is false positive. Elevate white count could be from infection, stress, cancer... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
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Thigh swelling: Could be blog clot in muscle (hematoma) , blood clot in vein(dvt), fracture , edema from trauma or infection . See a doc.
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Nasal discharge: Could be a viral infection of your upper airway. If persisting after 2 weeks, see your doc.
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A 18-year-old male asked:
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Facial hair: No medication for this. Romaine has a side effect of increased facial hair. I'm not sure whether that will be of any benefit for you.
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Pregnancy: Less likely to be pregnant if you didnt have intercourse after that. If in doubt please do a pregnancy test.
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Brain injury: It could be shearing strain which means if you have a seven trauma the brain can get stretched transiently causing injury.
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Cocaine: It can cause long term as well as immediate complication like cardiac arrest and death. Stop doing this.
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Monistat: Should be okay . Watch for any new symptoms.
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Sprain: Could be muscle sprain. If not getting better or persisting, seek medical help.
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Leg pain: This could be because of blood vessel constriction from being exposed to cold for a long time. See you doctor if it is getting worse to be examined.
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Blood in stool: Less likely since the upper endoscopy and colonoscopy was almost normal. But you should be evaluated by dr. For these multiple symptoms.
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Stress: Think that it is not just you in similar situations. Things could be worse and count your blessings.
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A 48-year-old female asked:
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Back pain : This could be from upper back sprain, will get better by itself .If persisting and not getting better in 2 weeks, you should see a doc. If you start ... Read More
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ANA: It could , also depends whether done by different labs. Tibc is total iron binding capacity. It gives an idea about your iron reserves. Complements h... Read More
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Thrombosis in IVC: Anticoagulation and sometimes inferior vena cava filter.
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PCOD: Pcod patients can get pregnant. Some patients have trouble getting pregnant but not all.
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Sex: There is no proven correlation between food and sex.
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Constipation: Looks like you used with over-the-counter medications without success. I think you need to seek help from a doctor now to check for any reason for th... Read More
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A 23-year-old male asked:
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Nausea: You need to have an upper gastro intestinal endoscopy done to look for i any ulcer disease or other causes . Cat scan is not a good study for nausea a... Read More
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Hay fever: Could be but see an ENT specialist to have it checked out.
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A 16-year-old female asked:
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Brachial plexus: Depends on the extend of injury. You should see a doctor.
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Icthammol: Might soothes skin.
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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Internal medicine: Primary care doctors are two kinds family medicine and internal medicine. Family medicine doctors see pediatrics and gynecology also. Internal medici... Read More
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A 51-year-old female asked:
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Depression: No tests to diagnose depression. It is a clinical diagnosis means by seeing the patient asking question and mental status exam done by a doc.
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A 37-year-old female asked:
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Palpitation: Could be severe allergic reaction. If persisting dizzy sob or chest pain , call 911 or somebody else should take you to er. Otherwise see a doc asap.
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Bifascicular block: Not bad most of the time as long as you're not symptomatic.
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Seizure: Yes, you could be getting the aura for seizures. This could end up in seizures. You should see a neurologist and maybe have an eeg done. Do not drive ... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
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Brown discharge: This could be from multiple causes some of them are cervical erosion, bacteria vaginosis, beginning of menstruation.
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Lab indices: We can't evaluate with just these numbers. Most of the time, borderline abnormalities are of no significance. You need to talk to the doc who ordered ... Read More
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A 23-year-old male asked:
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Syncope : Vasovagal syncope is the sudden drop in blood pressure and heart rate from different kinds of external stimuli because of increased activity of vagus... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
Does a dermatologist order blood work if you're having random rashes over the body that come and go?
Dr. Ipe Kalathooranswered
Internal Medicine 19 years experience
Dermatology: There are systemic diseases which can cause rash. If suspecting any of those he or she might order blood test.
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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STD: You should be screened for sexually transmitted diseases. This could be also yeast infection or bacterial vaginosis.
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Pain: Could be kidney stones or urinary tract infection. See a doc.
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Very good and timely responses.
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Kalathoor is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Kalathoor is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thanks for your quick reply! I did he told me you ear is good how this come, please I need ur help give me medicine just to stop this sound I want to sleep please
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Thanks a lot , but I had an ultrasound where the report says that I have a fatty liver covered with white layer of fat . I had my chosis don
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This was very helpful. Thanks! Thank-you Dr Ipe Kalathoor for you professional opinion
relpy to my question best wishes from the UK
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Kannur University, Academy of Medical Sciences Pariyaram, India
Graduated 2004MD
Awards
Midland Daily News Readers choice silver award for Family Doctor
Top Doctor, First Place, Michigan - Summer
2013
Most Influential, Second Place, Saginaw Region, MI - Summer
2013
Affiliations
American College of Physicians
Fellow of American College of Physicians
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