Dr. Hassan Bencheqroun

24 years experience

Versed ;Heart attack: I do not know of a potential of Midazolam (™ versed) causing heart attacks. It does have some potential to make you forget what happened during the pr... Read More

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A 73-year-old female asked:

I have pulmonary fibrosis, cause as yet undetermined (never smoked). please comment on the safety of putting nebulized dmso into the lungs.

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Pulmonary Fibrosis: I know how tough the diagnosis is. It is frustrating because whatever treatments we thought intuitively would work did not, and in fact some worsened ... Read More

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A 24-year-old female asked:

What are the side effects of clenbuterol?

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Side effects: Clenbuterol is of the same family as asthma inhalers. It acts on certain receptors in the body. The ones in the air passages relax them and makes brea... Read More

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A 32-year-old male asked:

When i exercise heavily and with cool weather i have severe ear pain, 15 minutes after i stop exercising the pain stops. what is the cause and cure?

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Eustachian tube: The ear/nose/thorat area is interconnected. The eustachian tube connects the ear canal to the rest ; sensitive to changes of pressure. When you are ta... Read More

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A 31-year-old member asked:

Is it possible to fall asleep in the bath tub and drown?

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Unlikely unless drug: It is unlikely your body's survival mechanisms would not kick in unless they are blunted by drugs which would depress the ability to "gasp" or to wake... Read More

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A 18-year-old female asked:

Can marijuana cause cardiac arrest?

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Marijuana - Heart: Marijuana doesn't directly cause cardiac arrest. What may happen is smoking marijuana may lead to excessive sleepiness ; slow down the breathing. That... Read More

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A 34-year-old female asked:

Have stabbing chest pain(1 side, heart is fine). over 2 weeks now, gets better and worse but never goes away.worse w deep breath or cough.is this bad?

24 years experience

Pleuritic pain: Pain that had characteristics like those you mentionned is called pleuritic pain. The pleura is the lining if the lung. It has nerve endings that are ... Read More

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A 44-year-old female asked:

Could a very large saddle pulmonary embolism cause permanent lung damages a i'm still quite breathless after nearly 3 months of bein diagnosed?

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Pulmonary Embolism: Pulmonary embolism causes a strain on the heart ; elevated blood pressure in the lungs (pulmonary hypertension) causing sensation of breathlessness an... Read More

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A 28-year-old female asked:

Frequent hiccups, at least 3 times a week sometimes nearly everyday. what could be causing this?

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Hiccups: Hiccups tends to be a spasm of your diaphragm. It can be from many things: esophagus (food pipe) not working right and exciting your diaphragm wheneve... Read More

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A 25-year-old female asked:

Is it true that you may infect your partner with genital herpes even if you had no outbreaks ever?

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Unfortunately yes: Herpes infection can indeed transmit even if you have no outbreaks because some of the outbreaks are "silent" or "invisible".

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A 46-year-old female asked:

I had an echo done in may says likely pulmanary hypertension , a lung doctor says no, a cardio doctor says no ph and all stress t levels 7.9 to 6.0.

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They may be right: Pulmonary hypertension is suspected but not diagnosed on echocardiogram. That is because ultrasound can grossly under or over estimate the pressure in... Read More

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A 40-year-old female asked:

On xarelto for 3 mths, chemo for idc bc ... just started period (1st since apr). large blood clots are present, wouldn't the xarelto prevent this?

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Period and Xarelto: Xarelto makes the blood "thinner" but it does not prevent blood clots completely. Otherwise, you would be bleeding all over the place. We still need t... Read More

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A 22-year-old female asked:

Dry cough for 2 weeks then productive cough white sputum then vomiting after attacks of cough then after 1 month sputum contain blood ?

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Cough: Cough is one of the most common symptoms. One of the reasons could be adult whooping cough (cough with vomiting). The "whoop" is characteristic only t... Read More

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A 44-year-old female asked:

Have a plate, 11 screws in ankle. i know when it's going to rain before the weatherman knows. it starts hurting bad. why? what makes it do that?

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Nothing to worrisome: It is not in your head. I don't believe that we have a complete explanation but we do know that change in temperature and barometric pressure can chan... Read More

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A 26-year-old male asked:

Hi, i sound wheezing every night from last ten days not in day and also bit stiffness on upper back and chest so what it could be? not cough really

24 years experience

ProbNot preoccupying: If i were to guess, i'd say you have an upper respiratory infection (bronchitis). You may have underlying asthma that is usually dormant but gets unma... Read More

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A 39-year-old female asked:

I have lymphangioleiomyomatosis and with it i have "air trapping". do you know of any good exercises that i can do from home to help with it? thanks!

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Air-Trapping: Air trapping means: your lungs don't deflate completely and need a longer time to exhale. Pursed lip breathing helps to lengthen your exhale. Pace you... Read More

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A 33-year-old female asked:

What causes muscle spasms in the head and neck ?

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Muscle spasms: Usually a muscle spasm happens around the spine when it tries to "stabilize" the spine during a strain. When you strain it during sleep in a bad posit... Read More

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A 25-year-old female asked:

Can bird flu be spread from people to birds? or only from birds to people?

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Avian Flu: It's hard to answer your question but to the best that we know, it mutated to cross from avian reservoir to humans. The opposite has not been seen or ... Read More

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A 34-year-old female asked:

If i have multiple lung nodules and pleurisy, does that mean the nodules are cancerous?

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NOT AT ALL: Pain does not mean necessarily mean cancer. Pleurisy can be either fluid causing discomfort (between the lining of the lung and the chest wall), or br... Read More

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A 17-year-old male asked:

Can u prevent a heart attack or heart related problems, even if you get signs by eating healthy & exercising.. or going to the hospital is necessary?

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Heart attack prevent: It is necessary to seek medical attention if a heart attack is suspected. While eating healthy and exercising is thought to decrease the chance of hea... Read More

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A 42-year-old member asked:

What is bronchospastic pulmonary disease?

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Bronchospasm: Lung are made of airways, blood vessels, air sacs, ; support tissue. Airways are made of muscle tissue. Sometimes, that muscle can tighten up like a c... Read More

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A 24-year-old male asked:

I felt a small pop in my left chest. what can that be?

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Hard to know: Usually at your age, it could just be a a disrupted joint or a muscle spasm but without a history of prior trauma, or a thorough exam, it is hard to q... Read More

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A 28-year-old female asked:

Nuchal translucency measured 2mm then the next day at a different dr's office, it was 0.4mm. 13 weeks pregnant.how is that possible?

24 years experience

Ultrasound: I use ultrasound, ; it is easy to have difference of measurements. Example: if you take a picture of your nose from front and same nose slightly from ... Read More

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A 73-year-old male asked:

I was hospitalized 2x from singular advised i'm intolerant to most inhalers. have asthma & cough up thick phlem continuous i want to stop coughing & local drs want me to continue inhalers. steady 4 yr

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Chronic Cough: I am sorry you are feeling this way. You may need to have your phlegm checked for infections. Also a common cause in a person in your age bracket is "... Read More

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A 32-year-old female asked:

Chest pain that last for more than an hour does it really not connected with heart attack or stroke?normal 2decho jan 2013, ecg, stress test, endoscopy

24 years experience

Chest pain: Chest pain when you really drill it down, many patients will say it's really tightness. The reasons can be several. The heart is only one. Reflux can ... Read More

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A 19-year-old female asked:

How do you properly use an at home nebulizer?

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Nebulizer technique: Ensure it is clean (use manufacturer solution or dilute vinegar and air dry it). Put solution in mouth piece container and hook up to power. Turn it ... Read More

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A 25-year-old female asked:

How does respiratory failure lead to papilledema?

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Not connected : In the intensive care unit where i practice, respiratory failure and papilledema can occur in the same situation but one does not cause the other. I c... Read More

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A 55-year-old male asked:

Is it possible for enzymes to go up after heart attack and not sustain damage bc not total blockage?

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Yes it is: Cardiac enzyme leak out of the heart muscle when damage/bruising occurs. Therefore, it does not need a total blockage of the coronary for enzymes to i... Read More

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A 54-year-old female asked:

Is it normal to have hot sweats every hour, been through menopause 11 years, do have copd and could have ph having echo done soon. is sweating related?

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Sweating and COPD: Typically sweating is not normal every hour. With copd, sweating or flushes can be due to period of low o2 especially during effort, stress, anxiety e... Read More

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A 34-year-old member asked:

What could cause a lung nodule to thicken?

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Lung nodule: A lung nodule can be anything: infection, an old scar, a dormant organism, a cluster of inflammatory cells, or cancer. It cannot be evaluated without ... Read More

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A 20-year-old male asked:

Can anxiety creates heart attack in a 20 year old male?

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Unlikely: Stress can cause the heart to work harder but to cause a heart attack directly..Unlikely. When the heart works harder, and if one has a clogged corona... Read More

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A 71-year-old female asked:

I do have copd but not very advanced. have stopped smoking, since may. more breathless now. stay in south africa. very hot at present.

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COPD Breathless: There may be several reasons for breathless despite quit smoking. You may have asthma in addition to copd. You also may have a slight heart condition ... Read More

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A 62-year-old male asked:

Pain in the trachea and symptoms i catch a cold after intense physical activity. running 6.5 kms per day four days by week. .what precautions should i?

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Cold/Dry air: Typically this type of "pain" comes when air comes in quickly and doesn't pick up moisture to be gentle on your throat lining. Usually breathing slowe... Read More

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A 49-year-old male asked:

Saw in the news today that testosterone supplements for men can/do increase heart attack chances by 25%--should i worry about using andro gel?

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Androgel: You don't get heart attacks directly from androgel. You get them from having cholesterol plaques or diabetic changes in blood vessels of your heart (c... Read More

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A 20-year-old female asked:

Unable to sleep can't seem to catch my breath my body is a little achey fast heartbeat and i'm scared to go to sleep wht does it sound like to you?

24 years experience

Sleep Apnea? : It's either anxiety causing insomnia or perhaps sleep apnea. It does not always occur in obese patient. Some types of sleep apnea can occur in slim pa... Read More

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A 52-year-old female asked:

Can you take vitamin c when taking the blood thinner xarelto?

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Xarelto - Vitamin C: There were no interactions reported between Ascorbic Acid (vitamin c) and rivaroxaban (xarelto). As far as is known in the literature, it is safe to t... Read More

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A 26-year-old female asked:

I've had a non-productive cough for over two months and had two runs of antibiotics and cough syrups with no avail. what could be causing this?

24 years experience

Relentless cough: It may be that the antibiotics you chose are not the right ones. After all they are based on the best educated guess. You may need a study of a sample... Read More

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A 22-year-old male asked:

Shortness of breath when i take hot showers. feels like i'm suffocating. what can be causing this ?

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Bronchospasm: Airways are made of muscle tissue. Sometimes, that muscle can tighten up like a cramp - that's called spasm. Bronchospasm is seen when someone has a "... Read More

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A 38-year-old member asked:

Can copd cause low hematocrit?

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COPD -Hematocrit: COPD typically either leaves hematocrit normal or increases it due to the severity of COPD causing low oxygen over the long run, making the red blood ... Read More

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A 26-year-old female asked:

1st bm in 4 days ~4 hrs ago. bloody now i have a weird pain in my back/throat. hurts to swallow, recline. neck feels like it has tiny bubbles under skin when i press it. i swear i hear them pop/fizz?!

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Bubbles under skin: When you feel "bubble under skin that pop/fizz", that is usually air under skin called "subcutaneous emphysema". It usually means air escaped from the... Read More

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A 34-year-old female asked:

My husband had the body trembling, headaches, arrhythmia and lost sleep. your coloesterol is 246. he may have a heart attack?

24 years experience

Not always: Heart attacks may manifest in different symptoms. At times, it is silent (no symptoms). Or it's only heart racing sensation. Typically though, it is m... Read More

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A 23-year-old female asked:

What is sign and systoms of mers virus?

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MERS-CoV: Middle east respiratory virus incubates for about 2 weeks then manifests as a flu-like illness: cough, phlegm production, fever, unwell, tired, then p... Read More

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A 38-year-old member asked:

What are 4 things that happen right before a heart attack?

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Heart attack : There are many things that can happen right before the heart attack, but 4 major ones are: lightheadedness (syncope), crushing chest pressure, sometim... Read More

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A 37-year-old female asked:

Would o2 levels be normal on a stress test if someone had copd?

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COPD and stress test: It depends on the "severity" of your copd. Some people are obstructed but have no problem with their oxygen level. You cannot rule out COPD or emphyse... Read More

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A 47-year-old female asked:

Do you think hyperbaric oxygen therapy treatment could help with stricturing crohn's disease? (i realize there are no large clinical trials yet.)

24 years experience

Hyperbaric oxygen: As you said there are no randomized controlled trials. One has to be careful with methods touted as useful. Hbo is useful but can be detrimental for e... Read More

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A 40-year-old female asked:

Having upper left sharp abdominal pain that comes and goes lasting seconds and showing mild ketones in urine. fasting glucose test norm a month ago.

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Not related : Ketones in urine can come from anything as benign as "fasting" or spacing meals too long. Pain in left upper quadrant could be from "gas" which accumu... Read More

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A 55-year-old male asked:

I recently had a mild heart attack, and haven't been feeling well since. what kind of questions should i ask my cardioligist when i see her wednesday?

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Heart attack recover: A heart attack is like a bruise. It takes time to heal. Ask about the chance of recurrence (based on your family history, blood pressure etc). How saf... Read More

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