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Family Medicine
Wound care
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A 38-year-old female asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
Need an exam: Are you sure it's your muscle? Could if be an enlarged lymph node? Could it be an abscess that needs to be drained? Hard to advise without an in perso... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
Most likely bruise: Nail trauma is common, whether from repetitive impact from running or just bumping into something . Fungal infections of the nail tend to be associate... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
Probably wax: You probably have some wax trapped in your ear canal and that extra sound is from the wax hitting your eardrum.
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
See doctor : Could be a variety of things . Please see your doctor . You may need an abdominal ultrasound to check for gallbladder disease . You might consider som... Read More
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A 16-year-old male asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
Everyone different: A person's bowel transit time varies. Some people have BMs 2-3x/day while others go every 3-7 days. A lot of this can be diet-related. High fiber die... Read More
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A member asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
See doctor soon : If you are not aware of it, you clearly have diabetes and despite the metformin and low carb diet , it is not controlled at all . Please see your doct... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
Needs packing: The abscess cavity needs to have a light wicking from packing material, but it does not have to be jammed packed with the packing material. If you don... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
No not contagious: Urinary tract infections are not contagious.
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A 38-year-old female asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
You might: If no surrounding redness, purulent drainage, or warmth, you may be able to handle this on your own. If any of the above are present, you need to see ... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
Check pregnancy test: If your periods are usually regular and you are 8 days late, it is worth checking a pregnancy test. There are reasons other than pregnancy for irregul... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
Can be: Breast development and size is very individual and teenagers even at age 13 can have large breasts. If she is overweight or obese, this can also contr... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
Yes: Could be from variety of causes . Hemorrhoids can itch. Pinworms can itch. A doctor can take a look and get a good symptom history and help. Good luck... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
May be viral: Hard to say after 48 hours of symptoms. If you have had any bloody stools, black tarry looking stools, worsening abdominal pain, you definitely need t... Read More
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A 17-year-old female asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
Allergies?: Could be allergies. Consider taking otc antihistamine (certirizine, fexofenadine, or loratadine), nasal saline rinses. If no fever or purulent nasal d... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
See doctor: With fever and suprapubic pain, could be a urinary tract infection. Depending on his other symptoms, could be other abdominal processes as well. Most... Read More
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A 52-year-old male asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
Halitosis: Lots of causes for halitosis. Common ones are acid reflux and bad oral health (bad teeth and gums). Diabetes in itself probably not the cause. Her dia... Read More
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A member asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
See doctor : If he has had recent sinus symptoms that blood in his phlegm could just be from mucous that has drained from some irritated sinuses. If he has been co... Read More
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A 49-year-old male asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
Many good meds: Lisinopril is an excellent, low-cost BP medication and works well for many people. It is particularly a good first choice for kidney protection if som... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
4-6 weeks: Bleeding from the vagina after C-section can continue generally 4-6 weeks after delivery but every woman is different.
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A 29-year-old female asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
Need pelvic exam: Hard to say the cause of your itch with discharge without exam. Could be as benign as yeast infection or could be due to an std. You could try otc yea... Read More
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A 45-year-old male asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
Need testing: Burning in your toes could signify a problem with your nerve endings called neuropathy. Consider getting your blood sugar tested, as neuropathy relate... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
Maybe: Hard to say without seeing your skin, but the chlorine in the poolwater is very drying. Lukewarm shower after swimming and then use a good moisturizer... Read More
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A 16-year-old male asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
Can be: We all have periods of time when we feel down and anxious. Friends and family can be a good way to feel better, as they can help us talk things throug... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
Maybe steroids: For costochondritis pain is not relieved by regular antifinflammatories, sometimes oral steroids will work better. You will need to discuss this with ... Read More
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A 21-year-old male asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
Probably hemorrhoids: Small amounts of bright red blood on toilet paper when you wipe is likely from hemorrhoidal bleeding at your age, especially if the blood occurred aft... Read More
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A 27-year-old male asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
Get ear examined : If you weren't wearing any protective gear for your ears , the loud noise could have ruptured your eardrum
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
Get an exam: If it is a cluster of small blisters that feel irritated or itchy, could be genital herpes. But there are other causes that are possible. Please get e... Read More
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A 56-year-old male asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
Hard to say: Could be urticaria, which is a sometimes fluid-filled rash that happens as an allergic reaction. Many causes for urticaria-- sometimes medication indu... Read More
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A 33-year-old female asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
Check pregnancy test: You can still have some menstrual bleeding when you are pregnant so please check a home pregnancy test. Of you are not pregnant , don't fret abhor one... Read More
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A 56-year-old female asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
Soon : Usually can wear special offloading shoe for 6-8 weeks and then wear normal footwear
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A 44-year-old female asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
See doctor: Even at such a young age, she can have some heart conduction (electrical) abnormalities. She needs to have that ruled out first . If all normal, could... Read More
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A 32-year-old male asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
See doctor: Any antibiotic can result in a bacterial infection called clostridium dificile colitis. This is a constant liquid diarrhea that happens when the good ... Read More
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A 39-year-old female asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
Possible: Herpetic rash tends to be in a cluster of small blisters that can be itchy or can burn and be painful. The blisters then can break leaving the area wi... Read More
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A male asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
Lots of thngs: Chest pain is difficult. Some common, non-cardiac causes are acid reflux, esophageal spasms, and anxiety. If your work-up at the ER has proven to be n... Read More
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A 34-year-old male asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
Please see doctor: Having swelling of only one leg is worrisome for possible deep vein thrombosis (DVT-blood clot) in your leg. There are other causes of unilateral leg ... Read More
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A 32-year-old female asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
Highly unlikely: With a tubal ligation (blocking egg from traveling down tube to meet sperm for fertilization) and novasure ablation (making the uterine lining inhospi... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
Lots of things: Obviously heart disease (blocked heart arteries), but for someone as young as you that is less likely-- unless there is a very strong family history o... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
See doctor: Get your urine checked. If normal, may need to have your prostate checked. Please see your doctor.
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A 22-year-old female asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
Not much: Other than gaining weight in general -- weight gain leads to increased size of all fatty tissue, including fat around breasts-- surgical breast augmen... Read More
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A male asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
May need more: Antihistamine like zyrtec is good, but may need to consider daily nasal saline rinses/sprays, adding a nasal steroid (prescription only), and prescrip... Read More
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A 41-year-old female asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
Not always: Gallstones that are not causing symptoms and were just incidentally noted don't need any kind of intervention emergently. However, if there is nausea,... Read More
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A 49-year-old female asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
See doctor: There are so many causes of nausea. Recommend seeing a doctor to determine whether imaging tests are necessary. Depending on your physical exam findin... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
Could be allergies : Hard to say for sure but allergies can cause a full feeling in your head from sinus pressure, bronchial inflammation that causes cough, as well as sne... Read More
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A 21-year-old male asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
Need exam: Hard to say without exam. If you are sexually active, need to rule out certain diseases like genital warts. Please see your doctor.
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
Yes: If your arrhythmia is one that is intermittent, doctors can miss hearing it on a routine exam in the office. Sometimes an event monitor (a heart monit... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
See doctor: You may have some sleep disordered breathing. Do you snore? Has anyone ever noticed you seem to stop breathing at night at times and then rapidly reco... Read More
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A 33-year-old female asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
Yes: Sounds like nerve pain possibly radiating down from your lower back. You need an exam by a physician. Antiinflammatories like Ibuprofen or Naproxen ca... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
Think about stopping: Normal physiological response when a woman is aroused is to get "wet". If you were a virgin until these 3 encounters, you simply may not be wanting to... Read More
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A 23-year-old male asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
Confirmation tests: Generally genital herpes can be diagnosed by visual appearance by a trained physician but if there is any debate, a herpes culture can be taken with a... Read More
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A 16-year-old female asked:
Dr. Li-Yu Mitchellanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
Check pregnancy test: Could be. Any time you have unprotected sex you have a chance of getting pregnant. A urine pregnancy test can detect if you are pregnant since you are... Read More
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Mitchell is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Mitchell is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Trying to figure out if I need a second date opinion and go to a more attentive hospital for evaluation of my sudden, constant, and debilitating lower back pain, causing hip, groin and leg pain.
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! Thank you very much . I really appreciate the answer . Have a good day
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, TX
Graduated 1999MD
Awards
Top Doctor, Second Place, Tyler Region - Summer
2014
Top Family Physician, First Place, Tyler Region - Summer
2014
Most Influential Doctor, Second Place, Tyler Region - Summer
2014
Affiliations
East texas medical center
TEXAS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
East Texas Medical Center Wound Healing Center
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