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ECU Student Health Service
Greenville, NC
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Friday: 8:00am - 5:00pm
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina
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I am a Board Certified Family Physician, fluent in Spanish, caring for college students. I have experience ranging from rural health, Latino health, urgent care, and primary care.
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Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Urgent Care
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German
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A 25-year-old male asked:
Dr. Hans Crumpleranswered
Urgent Care 27 years experience
Proper eating helps: quite a bit! Diabetes Type II adult onset is frequently driven by bad lifestyle choices such as too much food and not enough exercise. Type I is dri... Read More
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A 43-year-old male asked:
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Fusidium?: Fusidium is a genus of fungus. If there are lesions on the skin that are not clearing up, usually it is advised to see a medical provider to get the ... Read More
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A female asked:
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Hard to say: It could be debris from the cup or it could represent possible particulate matter from the urinary tract. Sometimes there can be small enough sedimen... Read More
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A 62-year-old female asked:
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See the AAE website: According to the American Association of Endodontists, root canal is still highly regarded as safe and a preferred method of saving teeth and bone fro... Read More
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A 23-year-old male asked:
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Overall nutrition: Subcutaneous fat is our body's way of saving for future periods of starvation. Our body has developed ways of survival over thousands of years of dev... Read More
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A 21-year-old male asked:
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Consultation: It can be treated a number of ways from testosterone supplementation to surgery. A proper way of getting evaluated is a consultation with a thorough ... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
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Urgent Care 27 years experience
Visible to the eye: Pubic lice are usually evident through the intense itching and skin irritation they cause. They are spread through sexual contact from an infected pa... Read More
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A female asked:
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Get it checked out: Urine leakage can be an indication of many things from urinary tract infection, stress incontinence, hematuria, glycosuria, dietary choices. A patien... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
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Get evaluated: Some dizziness can be brought on by discoordination at the ear/eye/balance centers of the body and can respond to some simple forms of treatment such ... Read More
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A male asked:
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Probably not: Depending on the type of procedure, many incisions and removals leave behind a wound that should be allowed to heal and needs to be cared for in a spe... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
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Underweight BMI: We use Body Mass Index (BMI) to roughly gauge healthy weight ranges for patients. It is a ratio between weight and height. For a BMI of less than 18... Read More
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A 27-year-old male asked:
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No supportive data: To date, there is no firm evidence of the helpful or harmful effects of binaural beats. Mental well-being is a balance achieved through numerous fact... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Hard to tell: The types of symptoms described vaguely correlate with upper respiratory congestion or sinus congestion. Typically, a decent evaluation by a primary ... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
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Repeat the CBC: A CBC can be repeated by a medical provider to followup on the one run in the ED. It would be a good idea to try and get copies of your tests and rec... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Not advised: Overall, tanning is not advised due to the documented higher risk of causing skin cancer. Melanoma is the most common form of cancer for young adults... Read More
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A 35-year-old male asked:
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Genetics: Facial hair tends to be rougher in texture than other hair on the body. As a male, testosterone has a lot to do with the thickness and texture of you... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
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Ritalin (methylphenidate): Stimulants can aggravate nerves as a side effect besides helping concentration. It can be a measure of how strong a dose someone is taking. Tremors ... Read More
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A 43-year-old male asked:
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Very common virus: According to the CDC, 90-95% of American adults have evidence of previous EBV infection even without active symptoms. Although the EBV has been postu... Read More
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A 20-year-old male asked:
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Urgent Care 27 years experience
Metabolism: Our metabolism believe it or not, goes UP during sleep. Frequently, our body temperature will rise slightly and can cause some sweating while we slee... Read More
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A female asked:
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It depends: Importantly, if you have been treated with antibiotics and by the time you finish your treatment symptoms have not improved or if they are worse, noti... Read More
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Certainly!: "Flu" is a term misused in many ways but the classic way we as providers qualify flu is when there is a viral infection caused by the influenza viruse... Read More
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A 23-year-old male asked:
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Urgent Care 27 years experience
Difficult to say: Flu is usually diagnosed based on local disease patterns and symptoms. There are confirmatory tests which can check for Type A or B influenza if ther... Read More
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Good idea: Urinary tract infections can be very serious if left untreated as the ability of bacteria travelling up into the ureters and into the kidneys can occu... Read More
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A 18-year-old male asked:
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Urgent Care 27 years experience
No: Cellulitis is infection throughout the skin layers. It can spread rapidly as the skin is an all encompassing covering we have over our whole body. C... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Urgent Care 27 years experience
Depends on exercise: Typically with exercise of the cardiovascular type, you don't bulk up as much as if you were heavy weight lifting. As you work the heart and lung wit... Read More
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A 36-year-old female asked:
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Urgent Care 27 years experience
Neurology consult: Brain tumors are rare on the scale of overall cancers accounting for approximately less than 2% of all cancers worldwide. Some can be primary lesions... Read More
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A 52-year-old female asked:
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Urgent Care 27 years experience
Multiple causes: Calf pain can be related to strain and fatigue of these large, daily used muscles. Unexpected or trauma related swelling, redness, and pain can be co... Read More
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Get it evaluated: Sounds like a good idea to have someone evaluate the area. You can get blood to pool in an area of local trauma called a hematoma but blood clots can... Read More
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Possible: Pre-ejaculate can contain minute amounts of sperm cells especially if a man has ejaculated recently before this kind of activity. It does not always ... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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Probably not: Generally speaking, paint of any kind contains vapors and fumes which for anybody is not good to be exposed to. Most good advice out there will tell ... Read More
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Get evaluated: Panic attacks can mimic other conditions or be in and of themselves prohibitive of being able to function. Typically, making sure you are safe and no... Read More
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A 26-year-old female asked:
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Very sensitive: Most home urine pregnancy tests when used according to manufacturers' instructions, can detect pregnancy within 3-4 days after implantation and by 7 d... Read More
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A 16-year-old male asked:
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Neither is good: Avoid any form of inhaled smoke or vapors. So far, electronic cigarettes have not been proven safer than paper cigarettes or other forms of smokeable... Read More
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A 64-year-old male asked:
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Urgent Care 27 years experience
Relatively normal: According to the US National Library of Medicine, the normal range adult male hemoglobin is 13.8-17.2 g/dl. Hemoglobin is only one indicator of overa... Read More
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A 35-year-old male asked:
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Repeat the question?: Try getting a friend to help you define your question better.
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A 42-year-old female asked:
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Less likely but: Where you live may be other forms of insects. Cockroaches eat what they can as foragers and if there isn't enough food for them, they can turn to hum... Read More
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A 50-year-old male asked:
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Needs evaluation: Blood clots can be difficult to diagnose but are potentially very serious. It is best if a patient who suspects they may have them to have a thorough... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Colorectal surgeon: Here in the USA, we have specialists called Colorectal Surgeons who can treat and help manage these kinds of conditions to keep them from aggravating ... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Urgent Care 27 years experience
Get checked: Occasional blurriness is common, as it could be related to eye moisture levels. It could also be an indication of infection such as conjunctivitis or... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Be careful!: There is a strain of bacteria called Bacillus cereus that can be found in uncooked rice and can lead to gastroenteritis with vomiting and diarrhea by ... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Could be mono: Pharyngitis describes inflammation or infection in the back of the throat. There are multiple causes such as viruses, strep, fungus. Viruses are usu... Read More
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A male asked:
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Body fluids carry it: HIV can be found in blood, semen, pre-ejaculate, vaginal fluid, and in breast milk. Typically, it is not found in other fluids such as tears, mucus, ... Read More
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About 2 days: Many labs will differ how they run tests or advise how they be collected. For one lab an ACTH needs to be collected between 7-10 am and the turnaroun... Read More
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Low risk but yes: According to the National Vaccine Information Center (http://www.nvic.org), there is a causal relationship between tetanus shot and Guillain Barre syn... Read More
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A 17-year-old female asked:
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Orthodontist eval: Typically, underbites and overbites can be corrected by any number of means such as braces and corrective gear. Surgery is an option of there is misa... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Numerous: These kinds of vague symptoms can be related to pH changes, infection, yeast overgrowth, menstrual changes, hygiene issues, type of clothing, perspira... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Possible: Veterinarians check for parasites and infections during animal exams. It is not a good idea to expose feet and skin to any waste as this is a possibl... Read More
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Remain calm: When driven by anger or hostility, we get a response from adrenaline release and can get flustered or react without thinking. A better approach is to... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
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Guess at best: Based on calculations, you may have conceived somewhere between March 3 - March 8, 2014. Obviously this is subject to a great degree of variation and... Read More
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Dr. Crumpler is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Dr. Crumpler is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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This was very helpful. Thanks! Low vit d being treated, but I have high calcium and they are having me supplement that too, calf pain started after that, PTH 67
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! Thank you so much.. My discharge doesn't smell, so I'm very confused.
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This was very helpful. Thanks! Thank you for the reply got the all clear in that result
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, NC
Graduated 1996MD
Residency
VIDANT MEDICAL CENTER
Completed 1999
Awards
AMA Physician Award
Founding Rx Editor, First Place, National - Winter
2015
HealthTap Founding Doctor
Affiliations
AAFP, NCAFP, AMA
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