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Addiction Medicine
General Surgery
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United States: New York
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A 31-year-old female asked:
Dr. Haider Goussousanswered
Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
Abdominal pain: You will have abdominal pain almost daily, distention and aggrevated by certain foods.
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A 34-year-old female asked:
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Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
Recurrance ?: There is strong suggestion of recurrence of your diverticulitis, you should see youy pcp for full invetigation.
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
How did you know?: If you really have a big spleen you should be fully investigated.
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A 46-year-old member asked:
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Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
Your daily thoughts: Your nightmares are related to your daily thoughts, but they get exaggerated or twisted in your sleep. If these nightmares are interfering with your l... Read More
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A 21-year-old male asked:
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Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
Try bending slowly: If you bend very fast you might be draining the blood from your brain, but you should check your BP and your h ;h.
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A 27-year-old female asked:
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Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
See breast surgeon: Considering your age it is unlikely to have breast cancer, but I have seen one patient with breast cancer age 26.
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A 33-year-old male asked:
Dr. Haider Goussousanswered
Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
Lavage of the sinuse: See your ENT doctor he can check that inthe office procedure.
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Haider Goussousanswered
Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
See your PCP: What you might think is ibs could be something else more serious, need immediate attention.
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Haider Goussousanswered
Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
Like a lump in anal: If external, you can feel them , if internal you codtor can feel them.
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A 25-year-old male asked:
Dr. Haider Goussousanswered
Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
Most likely negative: But the wise thing to do is to go back to you gu who gave you the sample and see if he wants you to continue on the medication.
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
Gastric irritation: Gastritis can be aggrevated by alcohol.
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A 31-year-old member asked:
Dr. Haider Goussousanswered
Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
Gastroparesis hard: Unfortunately there is no good treatment to gastroparesis, there motility centers that might help, have your gastroenetrologist help you out.
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A 49-year-old member asked:
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Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
Few days: It should decrease daily by the end of the week it should stop.
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Haider Goussousanswered
Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
No: A polyp may rarely atrophy and fall off and expelled.
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
ALLERGY: Sometimes allergy is manifested by severe coughing or sneezing.
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Haider Goussousanswered
Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
UTI: Urinary tract infection is the most likely diagnosis, see you pcp.
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A 42-year-old female asked:
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Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
Xray in 2 weeks: Sesamoid and otherwrist bones are hard to see a fracture and hard to heal, and there are occasion where they donot heal at all. Have another xray take... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
Dr. Haider Goussousanswered
Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
Coloring the toilet: If it is more than blood on the paper or the surface of the stool, should be considered an emergency.
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A 24-year-old male asked:
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Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
SURE: CIALIS HAVE NOEFFECT TO PREVENT FATHERING A CHILD IF THE SPERMCOUNT IS CORRECT. CIALIS INCREASES THE BLOOD SUPPLY TO THE PENIS HELPING ERRECTION
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
Wrong statment: Irritable bowel syndrome is a chronic problem of abdominal pain most test are negative, has nothing to do with the brain.
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A female asked:
Dr. Haider Goussousanswered
Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
Other symptoms?: If no other symptoms , i doubt it, i f this continue check with an ENT doctor.
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A 46-year-old member asked:
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Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
You can't rule ibs: Before we diagnose ibs we have to rule out other problems, like gall bladder disease, chronic constipation, poor diet habits.
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A 47-year-old member asked:
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Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
At your age serious: Vaginal bleedin at age 47 should be taken seriously, see you gyn soon.
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A 27-year-old male asked:
Dr. Haider Goussousanswered
Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
Possible.: The open repair nowadays include using mesh, very often is ine the form of a cone, the vas deferns is in that area , it lifted withe rst of the sperma... Read More
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A 33-year-old female asked:
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Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
Ultra sound of leg: With ultra sound of the leg to r/o dvt, then the rest have to be treated sympyomatically.
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A 30-year-old female asked:
Dr. Haider Goussousanswered
Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
Gall bladder: If the pain is worse with fatty food, it could be gall bladder problem . You should have an ultra sound if that is negative , decida scan with ejectio... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Haider Goussousanswered
Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
See GI doctor: Ulcerative colitis could make yu very sick, you should check with colorectal surgeon or GI doctor.
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A 41-year-old female asked:
Dr. Haider Goussousanswered
Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
Yes: i very often recommend taking anti acid the first 6 months after surgery
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A 48-year-old male asked:
Dr. Haider Goussousanswered
Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
See the ordering MD: I thing you are fine if you have an ekg, but check with your urologist, I am assuming he was the ordering doctor.
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A 21-year-old male asked:
Dr. Haider Goussousanswered
Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
Wrong advice: I think it will help you try it for a week or two.
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A 78-year-old female asked:
Dr. Haider Goussousanswered
Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
Resting , exercise ?: Does the pain happen after exercise, does happen sitting in a certain position?Is ther a firm lump in tngroin, check it with your doctor.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Haider Goussousanswered
Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
No: If you are talking about a groin hernia, the answer is no.
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A 25-year-old male asked:
Dr. Haider Goussousanswered
Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
Yes get checked: The ct scan might have been normal immediately after the accident, but you could have a very small tear in a blood vessel leaking very slowly, have th... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. Haider Goussousanswered
Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
Muscle pain: Hiatus hernia if small rarely causes pain, if it is large surgery should be considered. This pain is very often muscular.
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A 47-year-old member asked:
Dr. Haider Goussousanswered
Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
Benign or malignant: They could be either benign or malignant, colonoscopy and biopsy should tell.
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
Should be investigat: At your age it coud be many reasons, where in your back? Is it related to exercise, food, or other things?
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A 48-year-old member asked:
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Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
Swelling check up: You should check with your urologist for the swelling in yor penis could be serious.
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A 27-year-old female asked:
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Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
Sun exposure?drmatit: Some times sun exposure without sun screen. Or it may be a form of dermatitis, check with your dermatologist.
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Haider Goussousanswered
Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
Yes: Mineral oil enema is more helpful if you are constipated for few days, it eases up passing the hard stools.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
5-7 days: But that does not mean to stop them , you shouid ask the prescriping physician.
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A 29-year-old male asked:
Dr. Haider Goussousanswered
Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
Regular diet: I tell my patients after this surgery to eat regular diet with high roughage but avoid constipation.
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A female asked:
Dr. Haider Goussousanswered
Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
Is it present always: What kind of pain, is it related to activity?
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A female asked:
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Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
I do not recommend: Most of the time these pd caths leak, the fluid is two way street, since this goes to you peritoneal cavity you might have infection from the swiming ... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
Cyst: This could be a bartholeen cyst, should be removed.
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
48 hours: Usually about 48 hours but some times it might take an extra day or two.
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
Rule out Lymphoma .: You need CBC and chest xray, check with your pcp to rule out lymphoma, or tb.
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A 49-year-old member asked:
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Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
I am not sure there: Iam not sure that you should take caster oil or any thing with it to induce labor.
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A 26-year-old female asked:
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Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
Polyp or colitis: You rarely bleed from ibs, most likely the polyp that was removed is still causing the bleeding or u. Colitis although the bx was normal, it is not un... Read More
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A 58-year-old male asked:
Dr. Haider Goussousanswered
Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
Yes: Us is cheaper and works very well in this situation if the repair was open repair.
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A 21-year-old male asked:
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Addiction Medicine 65 years experience
Could be: Eczyma and ring worm infection are common n that area, have some look for them, lack of cleanliness is also very common, try washing very thouroughly ... Read More
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Goussous is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Goussous is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! the technique was open repair.I don't know if mesh is used or not.
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Thanks for your quick reply! Got a scope a year and a half ago. No pouch then but great suggestion.
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Thanks for your quick reply! I have gas problem can i take med considering the surgery 6 days back
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