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Family Medicine
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United States: California, Massachusetts
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English
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286 Answers
24 Agrees
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A male asked:
Dr. Alan Steinbachanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Get help: there are several centers of excellence for the study of electrical injuries. For example, https://www.cetri.org/. I strongly suggest you check out t... Read More
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A 33-year-old female asked:
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Infection/inflamma: a painful lump in the armpit is likely an infection. Is the skin red? Does the lump feel like a small bag of fluid? Oil glands in the armpit can beco... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Alan Steinbachanswered
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Yes: tramadol is not an opioid and does not show up on normal testing. Now that is a drug of abuse, some locales may have added it as a specific test. Bes... Read More
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327 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 62-year-old male asked:
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Probably no: So sorry about your wife. There is a general belief that people with cancer have more severe problems with the Covid 19 disease, but several studies (... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
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Desloratidine ok: if you mean can you take desloratidine any time of day once a day, yes. Side effects are usually minimal. For continued nasal pressure and headache, ... Read More
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A 42-year-old female asked:
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HIV testing is easy: many causes of sore throat can last several weeks. Suggest a visit to your practitioner. And HIV testing has never been easier ( http://hivtest.cdc.go... Read More
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A 26-year-old female asked:
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No: Culture of the stool will not usually reveal H Pylori - the culture test can be done on biopsy samples from the stomach, especially the part called th... Read More
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A 42-year-old female asked:
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Fertility problem: clomiphene is used to induce ovulation, but Graffian follicles are not usually 14 mm..perhaps 1.4 mm?.... Fertility induction is really best conducted... Read More
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A female asked:
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Depends...: Hi Gary 324. The feelings could be from a gastrointestinal problem (just coincidental with losing virginity) or in infection (particularly if you are... Read More
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A 18-year-old male asked:
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Sometime within hour: If you can flex your neck to touch your chin to your chest without pain, its probably not meningitis. If its too stiff to do this, and you have a temp... Read More
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A 36-year-old male asked:
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Many possibilties: Your symptoms have many possible causes, The starting point is an evaluation by your doctor!
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A 51-year-old female asked:
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Not with medicine: Blood pressure medicines work so well that yours could be normalized in hours to days. However, doing it the natural and safer way, by better conditio... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
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Are you headachey?: most headaches are a result of environment (dehydration, allergies) and tension (your muscles trying to fix the problem and tensing up). Headaches on ... Read More
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A 61-year-old male asked:
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Specializes in Family Medicine
Ask the surgeon: I guess the question is 'is there an association between benign tumor and later malignant pancreatic cancer'. But how do you know its benign? In any... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Alan Steinbachanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Stop eating almonds.: Hi GBaum
check this out
http://www.livestrong.com/article/525297-do-almonds-cause-stomach-cramps/
news to me, but seems like it might be helpful for ... Read More
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A 35-year-old female asked:
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Specializes in Family Medicine
Ask users: Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) has many treatments, and the long term studies don't seem to be very comprehensive or well constructed for... Read More
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A 17-year-old male asked:
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Specializes in Family Medicine
Vitamin A: Hi Melissa588
Some dry eyes are the result of major diseases that happen to affect tear production, but one major cause is too little vitamin A in the... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
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Perhaps: Hi Gregory 213 Sounds like you are worried about possibly being pregnant, so I would advise getting a urine test, or consulting a practitioner who ca... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
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Need more info: the effects of any bariatric (intended to treat obesity) surgery are very complex, and I can't tell from your brief and cryptic account what is going ... Read More
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A 32-year-old female asked:
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Specializes in Family Medicine
Depends on timing: Many authors ( e.g., Steinbeck in 'Cannery Row') have chronicled the phases of alcohol's effect on behavior. A great place to find out more would be a... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
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Yes: Age 7 kids with a fever and headache might just have a viral cephalgia (inflammation of the tissues around the brain or spinal cord), or even a ear in... Read More
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A 35-year-old female asked:
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What is dead?: I will assume you mean either a numb feeling or being unable to move. Very different implications. In either case, you should probably consult a pr... Read More
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A 30-year-old female asked:
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Local answers: intestinal gas in young children can be very uncomfortable. Often a gentle massage of the abdomen, going counter clockwise, can help relieve pockets o... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
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Specializes in Family Medicine
Yes: Hi Judy.
How much to worry depends a bit on your age and what it feels like. Could just be a swollen sweat gland or oil gland (hydradenitis). But it c... Read More
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A 17-year-old male asked:
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Yes probably: Hi Jerry 288. The fluid indicates an unusual irritation or inflammation, and a likely cause would be an STI. High on the list would be something like... Read More
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A 16-year-old female asked:
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Yes, and....: Hi Charles 786 Of course you could be pregnant, so best to test or consult a practitioner. Ovulation generally occurs 14 days BEFORE the next period ... Read More
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A 30-year-old male asked:
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Overlap not helpful: Hi Ruby 290. 'Overlap Syndrome' is a Rheumatologists way of saying your mother has signs/symptoms of two of their favored diagnoses...which probably ... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Alan Steinbachanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Reduce stress, test: hi gloria461. If your dentist noticed worn teeth, you've been stressing during sleep for some time. Consider programs like Mindfullness Based Stress... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
Dr. Alan Steinbachanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Yes: Hi Clarence194. The simple answer is yes you can be pregnant. I'd suggest you do a home DIY test that you can get in any pharmacy (ask the pharmacis... Read More
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A 16-year-old female asked:
Dr. Alan Steinbachanswered
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Full stomach = sleep: carbohydrates like rice frequently make people feel full, happy, and also sleepy. Your brain is programmed that way.
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A 35-year-old female asked:
Dr. Alan Steinbachanswered
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Inflamation or?: Hi Martin 820 Its normal to 'hear' a slight clunking sound when you move the thyroid cartilage side to side..its more a feeling than a sound sometime... Read More
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A 26-year-old female asked:
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Yes: yes, but the spotting could also result from retained endometrium or products of conception that weren't removed, particularly if you have continued l... Read More
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A 17-year-old female asked:
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Try beta blockers: Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) could cause all of the problems you note. Dr Fisher at Mayo and others think that beta blockers (used... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Gut migraine: definitely should discuss with Gastroenterologist who's fascinated by neurological problems, or Neurologist interested in the gut..need to do studies ... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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First check BP: the swooshing sound is made by blood flowing through arteries near your inner ear. It can be normal, and if it bothers you, try playing music or the r... Read More
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A 38-year-old female asked:
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Over 45 mg/day: Hi Melissa872 The books say over 45 mg can cause symptoms, and of course in very young children the amount you apparently took could cause major prob... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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No easy answer: hi Louise569. Depends somewhat on the marks. Are they actually keloids...skin usually raised and a little gnarly? By 6 years, simple scars are usual... Read More
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A 63-year-old male asked:
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Call cardiologist: some discomfort could be normal, but best to call the angiographer/invasive cardiologist on call for whoever did your procedure
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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??: not finding anything for 'lyza' , but most BC can nausea and hair loss.
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Unreliable: Hi Kelly153 Yes...is the basic answer. 'Withdrawal' in all forms is one of the oldest methods of child spacing, but there can be some sperm in 'pre c... Read More
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A 27-year-old male asked:
Dr. Alan Steinbachanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Nothing safe: POTS has a number of causes, and one can be the use of almost any anti hypertensive, including the ones you list. So, because of the Postural Orthosta... Read More
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A 16-year-old female asked:
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Up to 1 week: Hi Wayne11 As you know, Plan B stops implantation by hormonally triggering sloughing of the normal endometrial buildup. So its effect depends somewha... Read More
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A female asked:
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Probably OK: Hi Angela637. You may know this, but remember that mammalian menstrual bleeding is made up of tissue that is laid down in expectation of the arrival ... Read More
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A 17-year-old female asked:
Dr. Alan Steinbachanswered
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Until you are strong: CRPS isn't associated with knee dislocation, so be sure your PCP doesn't think something else should be done. Stronger muscles will help prevent recur... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Alan Steinbachanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Ibs?: could be anything from anxiety to cancer...you could be more specific and I might be able to help. Or see your own practitioner.
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A 36-year-old female asked:
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Yes: Presumably you were tested and found positive (by nasal swab) for Influenza A or B, AND were within a day of the start of symptoms like high fever, co... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
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Indigestion: hi joseph352. 'indigestion' covers a huge range of possible problems, since the gut has a massive array of neurons controlling it, and also responds ... Read More
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A 26-year-old male asked:
Dr. Alan Steinbachanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Eight weeks: Hi Carl62
I learned 8 weeks for full recovery from bone or tendon injury, could be less for the young and healthy (? like you).
But theres also the po... Read More
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A female asked:
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Specializes in Family Medicine
Probably infection: a painful lump that fills up with fluid in that area is likely a cyst formed by infection of an oil gland that has become infected, and is now the sc... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
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Specializes in Family Medicine
Hypochondrium: the area under lowest ribs is called the hyopchondrium, from which we derive the term 'hypocondriac'...someone who imagines having a disease. But of ... Read More
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Dr. Steinbach has already taught me a lot after just an hour of reading his responses. I am impressed with the compassion he demonstrates for each and every person asking a question and with his abil...Read More
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Dr. Steinbach is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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This was very helpful. Thanks! Will search out. At same time I can also bet that every chiropractor will state they are an expert in this. I live in south Florida. Must be so cautious of imposters I h...Read More
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This was very helpful. Thanks! Gracias Doctor tengo 48 años tuve quistes mucho tiempo en mi vida
No fui muy activa sexualmente y a los 40 años se retiró la menstruacion , pregunto por si tengo que us...Read More
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Thank you. No. They increased in size initially and one had some superficial bruising. No bruising on other.They have stayed same size the past few weeks. Saw a GP, he looked at them but did no seem...Read More
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