Dr. Claudwardyne Thevenin

Emergency Medicine 16 years experience

Ignore: Have a plan, change your diet, exercise, plenty of water and rest.

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A 37-year-old male asked:

Please share an interesting fact about cooking healthy recipes.

Emergency Medicine 16 years experience

Ignore: Be careful of the oil that you use stay away from canola or vegetable oil use coconut oil.

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A 53-year-old member asked:

What to do if i was bit by a spider in my room now i can't find it?

Emergency Medicine 16 years experience

Spider bite: get the bite area evaluated, different spider bites have different type of lesions on the skin. If you can't find the spider maybe it left the room or... Read More

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A female asked:

What can i do right now until i can get a real diagnosis for strep - my sore throat appears to be rapidly getting worse, i don't want a severe disease?

Emergency Medicine 16 years experience

Throat: Motrin or Tylenol for pain and some home remedy warm salt water gargle

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A 17-year-old female asked:

For about the first 6 days of my period, there was barely any blood, but there was a lot of clotting. from day 6 to day 9 (today) it is insanely heavy?

Emergency Medicine 16 years experience

Menstruation: all depends on your hormonal levels in your blood in your body reaction to it day 6 and 9 is it do heavy for you that's the time that you're shedding ... Read More

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A 43-year-old female asked:

Recently i experience cramps, pulling/tugging sensation in pelvic area during orgasms. no pain during sex before or after orgasm. what can cause this?

Emergency Medicine 16 years experience

Orgasm: if no persistent pain or pain during sexual intercourse probably just muscle contraction. I wouldn't worry at the moment.

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A 37-year-old male asked:

Please provide some do's and don'ts on overcoming anorexia.

Emergency Medicine 16 years experience

Ignore: Seek individual and group counseling for better success rate.

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A 37-year-old male asked:

Please share an interesting fact about dealing with scarring.

Emergency Medicine 16 years experience

Ignore: Vitamin E and the scar. Avoiding The Sun.

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A member asked:

My son developed a rash on his torso last night and his temp was 35.4 but otherwise seems fine. his temp was 35 this morning and is still 35 now even after riding his bike. his temp hasn't been that low before so not sure what to do?

Emergency Medicine 16 years experience

Viral rash: X one can develop rash with viral illness. Sounds like your son have viral exanthem. If he is drinking comma not sick of hearing, urinating well so ha... Read More

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A 25-year-old female asked:

I have hundreds of these little spots under the skin on my thighs. they weren't there yesterday. they look like tiny brown freckles but some of them look reddish. we were at a public pool yesterday and in the sun. they literally popped up overnight. ?

Emergency Medicine 16 years experience

Sun burn: Maybe sun blisters. Monitor to see if they worsens into infection

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A female asked:

Rash on chest & back. had a month now spreading but only those 2 areas. small & scatter 20ish spots pink not raised, little itchy, 1/2 size of a dime?

Emergency Medicine 16 years experience

Rash: Sounds like a case of dermatitis.You need a short course of prednisone to start.

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A male asked:

Can a person be rough after a mental shock in his childhood?

Emergency Medicine 16 years experience

Child hood: Any type of some trauma to a child can affect them in their adult life. Anger may be a manifestation of protective mechanism.

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A 16-year-old female asked:

My mother is experiencing unusual mole.

Emergency Medicine 16 years experience

Mole: get it to check. She might need it to be biopsied

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A 41-year-old member asked:

Can you tell me how i could mend my leg, running injury?

Emergency Medicine 16 years experience

Rest: start with resting, elevating the extremity, Anti-inflammatory meds and massage.

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A 37-year-old male asked:

Please provide some do's and don'ts on aging gracefully.

Emergency Medicine 16 years experience

Ignore: First advice say active you can volunteer, spend some time with the kids, pick up a hobby like garde.

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A member asked:

I was given a prescription for amoxicillin without giving a swab for strep. now that it's been a few days, it looks more like a canker sore on my right tonsil. should i keep taking the antibiotics?

Emergency Medicine 16 years experience

See a doc: that's a good question I would see your doctor to see what the sore looks like and have a definitive answer it's kind of hard to say yes or no to cont... Read More

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A 19-year-old female asked:

If i have late periods, blood clots, lower back & pelvic pain,pain with urination & bowel,brown blood,& ultra/s clear, what should i do?no intercourse

Emergency Medicine 16 years experience

Hold up on the sex: You need to get a urine pregnancy test, also you need to get a urine test make sure it's not an infection of bladder or a kidney infection. See a Gyn... Read More

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A female asked:

I have a red scaly odd oval shaped rash on my leg, just below the knee. this occurred after i fell on a concrete step last november which caused a hem?

Emergency Medicine 16 years experience

Possible skin infect: i would get that check out to determine its is fungal or bacterial skin infection

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A 16-year-old female asked:

May22 ;i'm late on my period and i have no symptoms of being pregnant , may 7 my bf and i rubbed our gentials against each other but he didn't cum. i just started doing volleyball/working out this month so that's a reason why i think it might be late?

Emergency Medicine 16 years experience

DECREASE CHANCE: KEEP IN MIND MALE HAVE PREEJACUALTION FLUIDS. AND SPERM TRAVELS. BUT THE CHANCE THAT SPERM WOULD TRAVEL FROM THE OUT OF VAGINA TO THE INSIDE IS VERY L... Read More

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A member asked:

Need to know cause and effect of not being treated for worms?

Emergency Medicine 16 years experience

Worms: They multiplyand can cause intestinal blockage and malnutrition from not been able to absorb nutrients from the food you eat

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A female asked:

Is pulmonary embolism still life threatening if it's diagnosed and treated?

Emergency Medicine 16 years experience

PE: How you talking about fully treatedz for three to six months? Depends how big is the pulmonary embolism how many of them are there and where is the e... Read More

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A female asked:

My legs and feet are very swollen, but the rash is on the tops of my feet and back of one lower leg. the other leg feels bruised in one area but no ap?

Emergency Medicine 16 years experience

More is needed: How long you had this for? Any pain? it might be sign of infection or skin infectionm.it mightbe a sign of poor circulation. So you need to go see you... Read More

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A female asked:

23 hrs ago, noticed both clots in the 2 extractions i had done on monday morning were stuck to my neighboring teeth.no pain, so safe to assume i'm ok?

Emergency Medicine 16 years experience

Yes ok: If no active bleeding I wouldn't worry about it. the clots most likely just dislodge and attached to the other area of your tooth secondary to some m... Read More

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A female asked:

Numbness on my lower left back?

Emergency Medicine 16 years experience

Get evaluated: I would have to know if there's a recent trauma associated with it or a history of low back pain or history of disc herniation. So you should get eval... Read More

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A female asked:

Sauna/steam room after c section how long should i wait?

Emergency Medicine 16 years experience

Sauna: Wait until fully ambulating without pain and wounds are are healing well

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A female asked:

I had an endometrial biopsy and colposcopy and cervical biopsy on 2 days ago. discharge is normal looking but foul smelling...normal or not?

Emergency Medicine 16 years experience

Infection: Is there any discharge? Foul ordor usually is bacterial involvement. So you should go back to your GYN to get a pelvic exam and we examination.

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A 36-year-old female asked:

Depressed but not sure if prozac making worse. emotional numbness lack of motivation anhedonia negative thoughts. wellbutrin caused insomnia, extreme dry mouth, fits of rage. when prozac was doubled, felt high, agitated. tired of med merry go round.

Emergency Medicine 16 years experience

This is serious: these are serious side effects to those sort if medication. you should see your psychiatry doctor who started you those meds to readdress what is goin... Read More

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A 34-year-old member asked:

Pain in both pinky joints. what does this mean?

Emergency Medicine 16 years experience

Need more info: need more info? is there a swelling is it related to trauma is it related to overuse? a list of possibilities it can be inflammation or infection. so... Read More

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A 24-year-old female asked:

Have been on oxycodone 15mg up to 4 times a day for about 7 months for chronic back pain. concerned i might be physiologically addicted. how soon after a missed dose would withdrawal sxs start? what are common withdrawal sx? how long does it last?

Emergency Medicine 16 years experience

Addicted: If you take it regularly 4 times a day if you miss two doses you will have some kind of withdrawal symptoms.

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A 52-year-old male asked:

In a 3 yrs old strawberry tongue like signs only on the tongue. no redness and no other signs. can it just be normal and nothing to worry about?

Emergency Medicine 16 years experience

Monitor: Strawberry tongue two things I'm thinking about Kawasaki or scarlet fever. So you need high fevers for a 4 to 5 days, peeling on the lips comma or des... Read More

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A female asked:

I'm 27 weeks pregnant, and noticed a really thick booger like thing in my underwear, about the size of the tip of a q-tip, but no blood or pains.

Emergency Medicine 16 years experience

Pregnancy changes: if Northern acacian of fever chills bleeding contractions I would just monitor. remember your body also goes to changes secondary to home alone and th... Read More

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A female asked:

Can steven johnson sydrome happen twice? lamictal gave me that. but now my dr wants me to take topamax for migraines

Emergency Medicine 16 years experience

Steven Johnson: yes you can have a recurring Steven Johnson if a new treatment or medication have a risk for that particular reaction

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A 30-year-old female asked:

Today i noticed when i had a bowel movement that my stool is grey this is the first time its ever happened! should i be worried?

Emergency Medicine 16 years experience

Monitor: I would monitor for one or two more episodes. if that happens again I would see if your doctor to get blood work just make sure your liver function ar... Read More

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A 22-year-old male asked:

Could a menstrual cycle cause nause only when standing?

Emergency Medicine 16 years experience

Interesting symptons: you can experience nausea during menstruation is due to hormonal changes doing the cycle. Do you get light headed with standing? and my next question ... Read More

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A 35-year-old female asked:

B/w said reactivated mono.have sore spot along l/s bikini line feel a small bump when pressed.other ln areas sore too,ct is clean. should i be concern?

Emergency Medicine 16 years experience

Mono: Mono is an infection therefore your lymph node will be reactive to fight the infection. So get lots of rest lots of fluids no contact Sports and follo... Read More

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