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Internal Medicine
Hematology and Oncology
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United States: Illinois, Oregon
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219 Answers
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. A. tarig Ahmedanswered
Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Bad breath: Bad breath is not caused by thyroid disease.
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A female asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Pregnancy: Risk is lower but possible.
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A 22-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Yes: Yes this is very normal. 50-100 per day.
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A 35-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Yes: Long standing uncontrolled hypertension and untreated sleep apnea both can lead to heart failure down the road.
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A 56-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Cold: If it is a minor cold they may proceed with out cancelling the procedure.
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A 16-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
No : No. If you have heavy periods then you need to follow up with you gynecologist to find out why.
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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HF and kidney: In advanced heart failure the blood flow to the kidneys decrease and then this will lead to less blood perfusion and kidneys get affected.
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A 17-year-old female asked:
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PE: Physical exam needs o be done to answer your question.
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A 18-year-old female asked:
Dr. A. tarig Ahmedanswered
Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Heavy bleeding: I would check with a gynecologist. Heavy vaginal bleeding has so many causes example: heavy periods, miscarriage, fibroids etc. I think you need to be... Read More
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A 53-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Restless: Being restless means she is in alcohol withdrawal.
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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Heart rate: You need to be seen to determine why do you have fast heart rate. Uncontrolled heart rate can tip you to heart failure exacerbation. Make sure you go ... Read More
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A 45-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
blood donation: Non of the medications listed are a contraindication for blood transfusion. You should hold Aspirin for about 1-2 days before donation.
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A 28-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Heart rate: This is normal. When you rest or sleep your heart rate slows down.
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A 49-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Thyroid: It means all of the thyroid gland has been removed. When the thyroid gland is removed, thyroid pills should be taken as there would be no other source... Read More
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A 49-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Heart failure: 1. Avoid smoking and heavy drinking
2. Regular exercise
3. Regular health check up: including blood pressure and cholesterol and for diabetes.
4. Ea... Read More
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A 47-year-old male asked:
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Thyroxine: In the morning on an empty stomach, at least 30 minutes before food.
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A 27-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Creon: Very rarely it can cause nausea. Reported less than 1 %.
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A 22-year-old female asked:
Dr. A. tarig Ahmedanswered
Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Heart burn: You could try anti acids or anti histamines which both you can get without a prescription.
Lose weight (if you are overweight), raise the head of yo... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Anxiety: Of course, anxiety can cause palpitations.
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A 23-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
OB: I encourage you to follow up with your OB gyn physician to further discuss your options.
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A 34-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Fatigue: unlikely the cyst is causing your symptoms. make sure you follow up with your regular physician to test for other things like anemia etc
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
No: the capsule protects it from the stomach acid.
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A 54-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Yes: there are several types for PSVT and a fib is one of them.
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A 22-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Thyroid: Most thyroid problems are not associated with change of gland size. Some thyroid diseases like grave's disease may increase the size of the thyroid gl... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
End stage liver: Some of the symptoms include:
1. Uncontrolled as cite (fluids in the abdomen)
2. Confusion (hepatic encephalopathy)
3. Kidney failure
4. Bleeding... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
PE: Pe cause pain as it causes infarction of the affected part. If there is involvement of the pleural then pleurisy would be one of the symptoms as well.
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A 37-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Chest pain: The way you described the pain it sounds like pericarditis, which means inflammation of the sac surrounding the heart, a condition that can be causes ... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Family medicine : The difference is in training. Family medicine usually focused more in outpatient. Internal medicine training training focus more on inpatient with so... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
LFT: Your alt within normal range. Alt can also be elevated with strenuous exercise or muscle injury.
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A 41-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Cxr: I think at this point at least a chest x ray to begin with is reasonable since you have been having these symptoms for quite some time and with ongoin... Read More
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A 22-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Headache: Some types of headache can cause nausea. Specifically migraine headache. Need more history to determine whatever you have is migraine headache or some... Read More
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A 38-year-old male asked:
Dr. A. tarig Ahmedanswered
Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Obesity/Hypertension: Obesity is well known cause for hypertension and increased cholesterol .
1. Exercise
2. Lose weight
3. Eat healthy.
The above should help getti... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Neuropathy: Your pain sounds like neuropathy which is a common complication in uncontrolled diabetes. The better your blood sugar is controlled, it should help wi... Read More
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A 26-year-old male asked:
Dr. A. tarig Ahmedanswered
Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Late stage: If it is an end stage cancer may lead to erectile dysfunction due to generalized weakness. Depression also plays a role.
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A 32-year-old male asked:
Dr. A. tarig Ahmedanswered
Internal Medicine 17 years experience
INR target: 2-3.
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Beta blockers: They reduced heart rate and therefore oxygen consumption by the heart.
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A 62-year-old female asked:
Dr. A. tarig Ahmedanswered
Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Pancreatic cyst: I do recommend you follow up with a gastroenterologist. It really depends on the description of the cyst. You may need further work up for it which ma... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. A. tarig Ahmedanswered
Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Liver cirrhosis: Liver cirrhosis has many reasons. Most common in the us are alcohol abuse, and hepatitis c. Other causes could be due to wilson's disease, alfa veto p... Read More
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A 37-year-old female asked:
Dr. A. tarig Ahmedanswered
Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Thyroid test: Tsh, free T4 and t3 (liothyronine).
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A 32-year-old male asked:
Dr. A. tarig Ahmedanswered
Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Plavix and coumadin (warfarin): Combination of Plavix and Coumadin (warfarin) increase risk of bleeding. I don't see any indication for the Plavix in your case. (consult with your p... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. A. tarig Ahmedanswered
Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Angina: Angina means chest pain with exertion. Stable angina is not a life threatning. Most of the times it can be managed medically. If symptoms are becoming... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Anemia: Yes! severe anemia can cause shortness of breath. That's because the number of red cell carrying oxygen are less.
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A 62-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Ascites: Ultrasound would be an easy and cheap test to detect ascites.
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Liver disease: Frequent urination has nothing to do with liver disease. Frequent urination could be a sign of infection like uti.
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A 41-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Coreg (carvedilol): It is very effective for angina. It lowers the blood pressure and heart rate and ultimately oxygen consumption by the heart.
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Hepatic encephalopat: It sounds like hepatic encephalopathy, it is difficult to predict with out having some labs. Survival and mortality is predicted by a a formula known ... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Blood clot: Symptoms depends on the location of the clot. If it is in the leg : leg swelling, with pain. If it is in the lungs it can cause shortness of breath, ... Read More
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A 37-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Fibroid: fibroids can cause painful periods, yes.
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Thyroid and plt: I can not think of any relation between high platelet count and thyroid disease.
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Maybe: if there is a severe infection leading to sepsis, or if there is significant bleeding.
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Dr. Ahmed is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Dr. Ahmed is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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