Dr. Daniel Bates
Family Medicine
Fort Collins, CO
10 years experience male
Locations
Dr Now Urgent Care
Greeley, CO
About
Bio
I am a board certified family medicine physician with experience managing acute and chronic illnesses and injuries in all ages.
SpecialtiesDoctors 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.
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.
Family Medicine
Licenses
United States: California, Colorado
Languages spoken
English
Doctor Q&A
251 Answers
28 Agrees
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Daniel Batesanswered
Family Medicine 10 years experience
See your OB/GYN: This could be a Bartholin's gland cyst, I would see you family doctor or OB/GYN to be assessed this may need to be surgically drained, or a small cath... Read More
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A 39-year-old female asked:
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Neuortransmitters?: I'm very sorry your are experiencing this, how frustrating! There are rare forms of schizophrenia that present with only physical hallucinations like ... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 10 years experience
Air: During penetrative intercourse air gets pushed into the vagina, when it comes out in a little puff it is commonly called a queef. Nothing wrong or abn... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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BV?: You may have bacterial vaginosis (BV), this usually presents with clear, watery discharge with fishy odor. BV is common in pregnant women as the vagin... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
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Family Medicine 10 years experience
Anoscopy: An anoscope is a round piece of clear plastic that's used to look at the anus and first part of the rectum, think of it like the anal version of a vag... Read More
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A female asked:
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Family Medicine 10 years experience
Pregnant?: First off, good for you for practicing safe sex! It's great to hear about girls your age being so responsible. Sounds like you did the right thing by ... Read More
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A 26-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 10 years experience
Breastfeeding: When breastfeeding it is common for you to have irregular periods or spotting between periods until a few months after your child weans. Remember you ... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 10 years experience
No and yes: The length of a cycle has no implication on how fertile you are. As for the length of a cycle, the normal length is between 21-35 days with 28 days be... Read More
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A 67-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 10 years experience
Appetite: Consider consulting a UK doctor here on HealthTap for what is available in the UK, but in the US I commonly prescribe an antidepressant called Remeron... Read More
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A 39-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 10 years experience
Please see your doc: Persistent brown or light bloody discharge can be a sign of a sexually transmitted disease like chlamydia or trichominasis . You should see your docto... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
Dr. Daniel Batesanswered
Family Medicine 10 years experience
No: I want to make sure you are talking about Implanon(Nexplanon) the implant that goes in your arm and not an intrauterine device (IUD). As long as the i... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. Daniel Batesanswered
Family Medicine 10 years experience
Go to the ER: Right lower abdominal pain with nausea/vomiting and diarrhea could be a sign of appendicitis or in a female an ovarian cyst, ovarian torsion or a tuba... Read More
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A 47-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 10 years experience
Yes!: Sciatica is caused most commonly by compression of a lumbar nerve root by a bulging disc or spasming muscle. Where this is felt depends on which nerve... Read More
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A 34-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 10 years experience
Infection: For any gynecological operation the usual care is to have 2-6 weeks of vaginal rest, this is to prevent ascending infection into the uterus and vagina... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 10 years experience
Go back to GP: go back to see your GP, this may be bad constipation or it may be something more serious. Someone need to feel your belly and you may need some imagin... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 10 years experience
Migraine: this sounds typical of a migraine type headache. Try drinking a bunch of water and taking some over-the-counter migraine medication like excedrine. If... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
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Family Medicine 10 years experience
Preference: As with all forms of sex it comes down to preference. Some women find anal sex pleasurable, some find it uncomfortable, same for men. Not all women li... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 10 years experience
No time at all: your colonoscopy prep should have been done with Go-lytely a mixture of laxity r and electrolytes which stops any electrolyte depletion. If not, you c... Read More
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A member asked:
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Family Medicine 10 years experience
Usually no: Implantation bleeding would not have a specific odor other than the normal coppery odor of blood. If you are having spotting an malodorous discharge t... Read More
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A female asked:
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Family Medicine 10 years experience
Probably: if you are taking a combined estrogen/progesterone pill, and took all of the first 7 pills on time, the you will likely be ok. Unless you miss 3 pills... Read More
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A 35-year-old female asked:
Dr. Daniel Batesanswered
Family Medicine 10 years experience
Trauma: Did you fall or have any other trauma recently, this could be a fractured rib if so. This could also be costrochondritis, basically arthritis of the j... Read More
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A 20-year-old male asked:
Dr. Daniel Batesanswered
Family Medicine 10 years experience
Absolutely!: Any genital contact can lead to pregnancy or disease transmission. "Pre-cum" does contain sperm and can get someone pregnant. For best practice you sh... Read More
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A 30-year-old male asked:
Dr. Daniel Batesanswered
Family Medicine 10 years experience
HIV PCR testing has been shown to be 100% sensitive for detecting early HIV infection between 10-15 days from exposure (AIDS. 2002;16(8):1119.). A neg... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Daniel Batesanswered
Family Medicine 10 years experience
Yeast infection: Metrogel is used to treat bacterial vaginosis which usually has clear fishy smelling thin discharge. Thick clumpy white discharge sounds very much lik... Read More
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A 36-year-old male asked:
Dr. Daniel Batesanswered
Family Medicine 10 years experience
Ignore: You can lose weight while dining out, it's all about healthy choices and limiting portion sizes.
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Family Medicine 10 years experience
Please get help!: you must be in so much pain to even think about doing this to yourself. I'm so sorry for whatever events have made you feel this way. What you are fee... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Daniel Batesanswered
Family Medicine 10 years experience
Pregnant?: If you are worried about being pregnant, pick up a home urine pregnancy test at your local pharmacy or supermarket. They are cheap and very accurate, ... Read More
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A 28-year-old female asked:
Dr. Daniel Batesanswered
Family Medicine 10 years experience
Get checked out: You should go back to your doctor if you are having return of symptoms or new symptoms. You should also get retested in a few weeks to ensure that you... Read More
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A 41-year-old male asked:
Dr. Daniel Batesanswered
Family Medicine 10 years experience
Hmm...: You may have hurt your sphincter muscles with too much clenching. They will probably repair themselves in 24-48 hours, just stop the clenching. Males ... Read More
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A 34-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 10 years experience
Clot: The only thing that looks like that that would come out of your vagina would be a blood clot. If you had gotten pregnant on the previous cycle this co... Read More
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A 35-year-old female asked:
Dr. Daniel Batesanswered
Family Medicine 10 years experience
Very common: These types of fetishes are very common and normal. As long as you and your partner are having fun and are safe, no need to worry. That means emotiona... Read More
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A 24-year-old male asked:
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Family Medicine 10 years experience
How much?: How much Tylenol (acetaminophen) have you taken. A healthy person without liver disease can take up to 4000mg per 24 hours (two 500mg Tylenol (acetami... Read More
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A 43-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 10 years experience
Constipation: Sounds like you're very constipated. In the long term, adding more fiber to your diet and drinking more water are essential to prevent this from happ... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 10 years experience
Pregnant?: Even if you had sex just once you could still be pregnant. If you are worried about being pregnant, pick up a home urine pregnancy test at your local ... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 10 years experience
Probably not: Sounds like a low speed impact, probably won't hurt you baby. If you are having any bleeding, belly pain, contractions or not feeling your baby move a... Read More
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A male asked:
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Family Medicine 10 years experience
Above or below: Blood in the stool and pain after eating could be signs of a gastric ulcer, in addition to the colonoscopy, you probably need an EGD (Endoscopic Gastr... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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Family Medicine 10 years experience
Its not the size: Ever heard the old saying "it's not the size of the boat, it's the motion of the ocean"? If you want to increase your partner'... Read More
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A female asked:
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Family Medicine 10 years experience
Don't!!!: Let this happen naturally! Artificially breaking the water can be very risky if done improperly. We do this in the hospital under very specific circum... Read More
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A female asked:
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Family Medicine 10 years experience
Waste of money: Safe or not there is nothing in this product you need to be taking. If you are eating a diet rich in fresh fruits and vegetable and lean meats you are... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Daniel Batesanswered
Family Medicine 10 years experience
Good Tech!: As part of a complete cardiovascular ultrasound screening you should check the carotid arteries (in the neck) for plaques and the abdominal aorta for ... Read More
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A 33-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 10 years experience
Pretty low: if you don't take into account timing of intercourse in the cycle, a single episode of unprotected intercourse has a pregnancy rate of about 8%. Plan ... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 10 years experience
Usually not: Watery fishy smelling discharge is classic for bacterial vaginosis. With a bad case of BV you can have some irritation and UTI like symptoms of pain/b... Read More
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A female asked:
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Family Medicine 10 years experience
Otitis media: Sounds like you may have an ear infection. Please see you doctor or go to a local urgent care to be checked out. Ear pain with fever and cold symptoms... Read More
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A 18-year-old male asked:
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Family Medicine 10 years experience
Protein: The only thing that is going to make you get stronger and gain muscle is intense strength training. If you want bigger stronger muscles, tell it throu... Read More
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A 16-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 10 years experience
See your OB/GYN: This could be a Bartholin's gland cyst, I would see you family doctor or OB/GYN to be assessed this may need to be surgically drained, or a small cath... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
Dr. Daniel Batesanswered
Family Medicine 10 years experience
Normal: A small amount of spotting during ovulation is not uncommon. This may be caused by the rupturing of the follicle releasing the egg. Sometimes there is... Read More
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A 26-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 10 years experience
Pregnant?: If you are worried about being pregnant, pick up a home urine pregnancy test at your local pharmacy or supermarket. They are cheap and very accurate, ... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 10 years experience
Probably not: It sounds like you had a normal period. Cycle lengths can change for may reasons most time we don't know why. It could be stress or other factors.A 2... Read More
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A female asked:
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Family Medicine 10 years experience
Pregnant?: If you are worried about being pregnant, pick up a home urine pregnancy test at your local pharmacy or supermarket. They are cheap and very accurate, ... Read More
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A member asked:
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Family Medicine 10 years experience
Probably not: Drug manufacturers are required to put an expiration date on their products that gives a window of time when the drug formulation will be adequately p... Read More
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May 5, 2015
Great answers! Understandable, and meets patients where they are with warmth and expertise. I look forward to learning more from Dr. Bates!
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Dec 23, 2015
I am grateful for this doctor this Thanksgiving!
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Apr 29, 2015
phenomenal doc here
HealthTap member
This was very helpful. Thanks! Yeah i just have no way of getting a pregnancy test without everyone finding out. Also that was the one time we did not have condoms..So lucky us haha
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This was very helpful. Thanks! Thank you for your diagnosis. Other than aspirin I am not on blood thinners. It looks like a blood vessel with coagulated blood in it.
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This made me feel good. Thanks! thank you and everyone in case it does not reach everyone. No I would ween with docs help not cold trukey bymyself.
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, CO
Graduated 2013MD
Residency
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS MEDICAL CENTER
Awards
Most Influential, First Place, Sacramento Region - Spring
2015
Thought Leader, Second Place, Sacramento Region - Spring
2015
Top Doctor, Second Place, Sacramento Region - Spring
2015
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