Dr. Melanie Mintzer

Family Medicine 43 years experience

Cortisone: OTC 1 % hydrocortisone can be used on the scrotum safely in most instances however do not apply cortisone to any genital area without medical consult... Read More

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A 19-year-old female asked:

Why is my boyfriend ball sack itchy?

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Tinea cruris: Many men have a fungal or yeast infection in their groin, and on their scrotum, which houses the testicles. The medical term is called tinea cruris,... Read More

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A 20-year-old female asked:

Im 20 and 5'4 my dad is 5'8" and so is my mom will i grow anymore i really dont want to. ?

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Bone age: Usually by age 20 most women have completed their growth cycle. Some girls whose periods started late, i.e. age 16 or later could still be growing, h... Read More

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A 22-year-old male asked:

What could be going on with me if everything i eat cause me terrible gas pains and within the next half hour send me to the bathroom?

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Gas after eating: If you get gas after eating, this is a sign that your body is having difficulty digesting what you are eating. The usual culprits are lactose, gluten... Read More

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A 40-year-old female asked:

Hysterectomy 20 yrs ago inside vaginal where it ends i guess where doc closed up i have a couple of little bumps is this scare tissue?

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Vaginal irregularity: You can sometimes feel the edges of the skin where sutures [stitches] were placed to close the end of the vagina. If these bumps are painless and hav... Read More

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A 30-year-old female asked:

If im due on the 1st of september when can i check for pregnancy as im trying for a baby and cant wait to find out?

Family Medicine 43 years experience

Pregnancy: most over the counter pregnancy tests are positive 7 days after conception. If it has been 7 days since you have had sex, the pregnancy test would be... Read More

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A 16-year-old female asked:

I have a lot of yellow/white thick cm. its more than i've had before. why is that?

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Cervical mucus: Cervical mucus is produced in the vagina all of the time, but is most abundant around the time of ovulation and during pregnancy. It also increases ... Read More

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A member asked:

Is there an alarm that warns me if i'm slipping into a diabeti coma?

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Diabetic coma: Diabetic coma does not occur in people with blood sugar readings less than 500, which is as high as home glucose monitors can measure. One usually is... Read More

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A 19-year-old female asked:

Can ibs causes you to pass hot wind farts; almost making it feel like your gonna get loose stools?

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IBS causes gas: IBS is a condition which can cause constipation or diarrhea, and often these two presentations alternate. Because IBS can reflect malabsorbtion of fo... Read More

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A 25-year-old male asked:

Hi ive been with my girlfriend for 14 years. and she got pregnant and says its mine but after 14 years? with no protection

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FERTILITY: There are many reasons for male and female infertility. Men who are infertile can occasionally produce active healthy sperm which can fertilize an eg... Read More

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A 27-year-old male asked:

I havebeen able tohear fluid draining through the backof my head. itsounds asif water isflowing down a pipe&draining through a drain.what can itbe?

Family Medicine 43 years experience

Tinnitus: These symptoms may represent a condition called tinnitus, where one hears buzzing or ringing in the ears, or water noises as you have described. I wo... Read More

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A 40-year-old female asked:

Took advil (ibuprofen) wout water. felt stuck right away. burping/pain in chest now when swallowing 8 hours later. pill esophagitis? how long to heal? when should i consult dr? no breathing problems etc?

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Swallowing pills: Advil (ibuprofen) and other otc meds are designed to be swallowed with liquid, and dissolved in the stomach and small intestine. Taking them without ... Read More

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A 25-year-old female asked:

My bottom lip is red and sore on the inner half. i have tried lip balm and coconut oil to heal it thinking it's chapped. it has been a week. ideas?

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Herpes labilalis: Infections on the lips usually heal very quickly If you have had this presentation for a month, you might have Herpes Simplex I infection which prese... Read More

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A 21-year-old female asked:

Is abdominal cramping a common symptom of gastritis?

Family Medicine 43 years experience

Gastritis: Abdominal cramping is a sign of an irritated small intestine or large intestine. Any time there is an inflammation of the bowel tissue, the muscle wi... Read More

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A 26-year-old female asked:

A recent mri showed a large, circular, bright white mass located near my tailbone. it looks almost as large as my bladder. what could this be?

Family Medicine 43 years experience

Spinal mass: A spinal mass is an abnormal finding. It can represent an abscess, a tumor, benign or malignant, an infection, or a hemangioma, a formation of blood ... Read More

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A 24-year-old female asked:

Im taking pills for almost 4 months daphne.. i 4got to take for 3 days .. on a 3rd day i take 3pills.. is it possible to get me pregnant?

Family Medicine 43 years experience

Pills: It is possible for you to get pregnant if you forgot the 3 pils around day 9-15 of your cycle. However if it was before or after those days, unlikely... Read More

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A 27-year-old female asked:

If my cervix was injure what will the doctors give me when they removed my iud?

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IUD REMOVAL: USUALLY IUD'S CAN BE REMOVED WITHOUT ANESTHESIA, AND IT TAKES LESS THAN A MINUTE TO REMOVE. IF YOU WERE ABLE TO HAVE IT INSERTED, IT WILL NOT BE DIFF... Read More

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A member asked:

Is cranberry juice with no sugar good for rebuilding your kidney what else is good for rebuilding your kidney?

Family Medicine 43 years experience

Cranberry juice: Cranberry juice makes the urine more acidic which prevents the growth of bacteria in the urine. Staying off of alcohol, aspirin and ibuprofen and cig... Read More

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A 30-year-old female asked:

Can i take benadyl for my headache?

Family Medicine 43 years experience

Benadryl (diphenhydramine): Benadryl, (diphenhydramine) or diphenylhydramine is an anti-histamine used to dry up runny noses, stop nausea, and induce sleep. It is safe even in s... Read More

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A 61-year-old male asked:

Coronary ct angiogram shows extremely high calcium score of 4242 and ~ 70% blockage one artery. next step cath angio. should i consider atherectomy?

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Angiogram: Coronary CT can demonstrate blockages in arteries, however, it cannot measure blood flow. You can have good flow with a stable plaque in an artery ... Read More

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A female asked:

In the end of the first trimester & cooked with wine (chicken francese). is that harmful?

Family Medicine 43 years experience

Cooking with wine: Cooking with wine will not harm the fetus as the alcohol in the wine is vaporized out. The alcohol content of wine is low anyway, and after boiling w... Read More

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A 47-year-old female asked:

A 2.3 cm solid nodule found on my thyroid on left lobe. no needle biopsy yet. can i have the nodule only removed? or is lobe removal the only way?

Family Medicine 43 years experience

Thyroid nodules: If your thyroid nodule requires removal, the nodule can be removed, not the entire lobe. The nodule can be benign and may not need removal. Seek co... Read More

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A 43-year-old member asked:

How come my scrotum itch occasionally?

Family Medicine 43 years experience

Itching: skin itches for many reasons including bacterial contamination , moisture, fungal infections, tight clothing, sweat, contact dermatitis, etc. Most g... Read More

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A 24-year-old male asked:

When i make a bowel movement it takes 2 hours stool is soft not constipated have hemorrhoids anal fissures how will doc fix bowel movement?

Family Medicine 43 years experience

Bowel movements: 2 hours is too long to complete defecation. I would see a gastroenterologist who can perform a number of tests to evaluate the motility abnormality. ... Read More

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A 25-year-old female asked:

How would i help my chances of falling pregnant after an ablation?

Family Medicine 43 years experience

Endometrial ablation: I am not sure if you are referring to an ablation of the uterine lining or not. If so, your chance of becoming pregnant is decreased. At age 25, it ... Read More

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A female asked:

Breasts are sore feel very tired pain in my back and awful pain on the left side of my stomach 3 weeks after unprotected sex. what's wrong ?

Family Medicine 43 years experience

Pregnancy: You are describing symptoms of pregnancy, and possibly pregnancy in your tubes or ovaries. You need to have a quantitative BETA HCG pregnancy test a... Read More

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A 32-year-old male asked:

What would cause a wet cold feeling in my feet? my feet are not wet at all.

Family Medicine 43 years experience

Sensory changed feet: It sounds like you are experiencing changes in sensation in your feet, which can be related to low B-12 or folic acid levels, diabetes, high decrease... Read More

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A 21-year-old female asked:

Brown and red spotting with little bloodclots instead of period when i use the bathroom and wipe. had protected sex 2 weeks ago. whats going on?

Family Medicine 43 years experience

Irregular menses: Irregular menses makes one think of possible pregnancy. However, spotting and passing clots instead of having a regular menstrual flow can reflect an... Read More

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A 28-year-old female asked:

Taken off nucynta (tapentadol) er 100mgx2 and nucynta (tapentadol) 50mgx3 and started on butrans 7.5. new meds is not helping much w/pain,+mild withdrawal. any advice?

Family Medicine 43 years experience

Pain taper: Your description indicates that you are being tapered off pain medication, though you do not indicate how long your took Nucynta (tapentadol) and ove... Read More

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A 19-year-old female asked:

I'm having a period for 12 days and still counting. i don't know why but at my first day i didn't feel any cramps.

Family Medicine 43 years experience

Long period: A longer period, with or without cramps can represent an anovulatory cycle, a spontaneous miscarriage or pregnancy if you are sexually active, or an ... Read More

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A female asked:

Random swelling of lymph nodes. lymph nodes on right jaw line swollen and painful! doctor gave augmentin, (amoxicillin and clavulanate) went away...now back again. any ideas?

Family Medicine 43 years experience

Salivary nodes: These bumps may be swollen salivary glands that can get blocked by calcium deposits and then become infected. Easily treated with augmentin, (amoxici... Read More

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A 30-year-old female asked:

For mucinous ovarian tumors (stage 1a/grade1), doctor said recurrence was relatively low if any. also, if recurrence happens, can it come back worse?

Family Medicine 43 years experience

Recurrence of ov ca: Recurrence of any cancer indicates that the intervention made to cure the cancer has failed. Mucinous ovarian tumors are low grade and have very low... Read More

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A 25-year-old male asked:

My left arm muscle keeps shaking. it starts all of a sudden n lasts for few seconds. i have migrain n to be honest i lack in execrise. what is this?

Family Medicine 43 years experience

Muscle fasiculation: This sounds like a muscle spasm or fasiculation. It can be caused by acute temperature changes, low calcium, low phosphorus, low magnesium, low iron,... Read More

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A 26-year-old female asked:

I have my tubes clamped can i still have the clear mucus discharge from ovulation with my tubes clamped doestois mean i can get pregnant?

Family Medicine 43 years experience

Tubal ligation: The clear mucus discharge one gets at ovulation is a result of the glandular tissue in the cervix and vagina responding to estrogen and progesterone h... Read More

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A 31-year-old female asked:

When i poop there is white slimy lookingstuff on it and today there was a big white chunk on the end of it what is it?

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Mucus in stool: You may have a bacterial or protozoan infection caused by small worms in your stool. These are easy to get [pinworms] that are transmitted through you... Read More

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A 49-year-old female asked:

Numbness left hand middle to pinky. bone spurs in neck and ddd in lower back.

Family Medicine 43 years experience

Nerve compression: Sounds like you might have C6-7 nerve root compression coming out between the 6th and 7th vertebrae of your neck. which causes numbness in the finge... Read More

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A 19-year-old female asked:

Used a vibrator toward the end of my period and saw a massive blood clot. should i be concerned? size of a 50 cent coin.

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CLOTS WITH MENSES: CLOTS DURING AND AT THE END OF MENSES REPRESENT BLOOD THAT IS POOLING AND CLOTTING SLOWLY. CLOTS ARE NOT ABNORMAL DURING MENSES AND THE USE OF A VIBR... Read More

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A 17-year-old female asked:

Is uneven lymph node under the jaw normal? i have small amt of mucus at times especially in the morning. no other symptoms. normal?

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Lymph nodes: Lymph nodes are located on both sides of your jaw and neck. If there is a unilateral node, it might indicate a local infection on that side, such as ... Read More

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A 57-year-old female asked:

Been on lamictal for little over two weeks and just increased dose to 50 mg and am itching kind of intensely but no rash will the itching go away? also my dr added back prozac (fluoxetine) 10 mg

Family Medicine 43 years experience

Allergic reaction: Itching without rash is a symptom related to liver and gallbladder metabolism. Lamictal or Prozac (fluoxetine) may be causing a inflammatory reactio... Read More

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A 30-year-old female asked:

I had a preventative cerclage (modified sharodika) placed last week at 12weeks . i'm going on a cruise in 2 weeks. i'll be flying, is this ok?

Family Medicine 43 years experience

Circalge: You need to ask the physician who placed the cerclage whether you are safe to travel. That physician knows your case better than anyone and will know... Read More

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A 20-year-old male asked:

He is suffering from jaundice . bilibrum 11 . every year he get jaundice

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Jaundice: Recurrent jaundice is caused by an inflammation of the liver, such as viral or bacterial hepatitis. It can also be caused by a bacterial infection. ... Read More

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A 23-year-old female asked:

Hello i have an itchy labie majora and it only happens while im on my period and i have been tested for herpes and other sti's and i have none ?

Family Medicine 43 years experience

Itching during mense: Blood changes the pH of the vagina so it is possible to having itching during your period. Another cause of the itching might be from using fragrance... Read More

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A 20-year-old female asked:

34 weeks pregnant & having right side rib pain, when i sit or lay down or walk or move it hurts! why is this?

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Rib pain 34 wks: If you do not have a cough or cold or other respiratory infection, your rib pain may be caused by the growing uterus. AS the baby grows the uterus e... Read More

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A 31-year-old female asked:

First baby. when should i start showing?

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Pregnancy: By the end of the first trimester, 13 weeks, your waist will get bigger and the top of your uterus will be at the top or above your pubic bone, pushi... Read More

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A 20-year-old female asked:

Hi, i missed my period, due 3 weeks ago, ever since i've been spotting brown/light blood, i'm not sexually active and have been under stress?

Family Medicine 43 years experience

Missed period: This presentation sounds like you had an anovulatory cycle where you the egg was not released from the ovary, however the uterine lining, waiting for ... Read More

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A 24-year-old female asked:

Im having 8 follicles in left and 10 in right ovary.. so am i having pcos? im taking metformin for past 3 months and im in regular menstrual cycle

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PCOS: Confimation of PCOS is made on ultrasound. the number of follicles seen can be many or just a few depending on whether you have been pregnant or not.... Read More

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A 29-year-old female asked:

I had my period for 6 day it was all clear on the 7th day on the 8th & 9th day in had little spots and on the 10th day i had blood in the toilet pan?

Family Medicine 43 years experience

Irregular menses: Irregular cycles with unpredictable bleeding are usually a result of an estrogen/progesterone imbalance, or even an early pregnancy. The menstrual c... Read More

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A 16-year-old female asked:

Sometimes a feeling of just bad homesickness will hit me out of no where, even if i'm at home with my parents. any ideas?

Family Medicine 43 years experience

Homesickness: Homesickness is often a sign of anxiety, fear of separation, or feeling overwhelmed and wanting the protection of parents. It can happen to people of... Read More

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A 33-year-old female asked:

Can watery yellow discharge after your period be a sign of ovulation?

Family Medicine 43 years experience

Vaginal discahrge: The cervical mucus changes with ovulation, becoming more thick and sticky. It can also change colors as the hormone levels change. colored discharge... Read More

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A 17-year-old female asked:

I usually have irregular periods sometimes i skip a month but this month was very weird for me. i was supposed to get my period around june 8?

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Irregular menses: Irregular menses and skipping periods all together for a month are not unusual for women your age. If you are having unprotected intercourse you need... Read More

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