A 40-year-old member asked:
i found out that's a way that doctors remove styes, but what do they actually do, what do you recommend?
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Dr. Tim Conrad answered
Ophthalmology 34 years experience
Styes: are infected eyelid glands. They are painful and swollen. Often they will resolve with the use of hot soaks four times per day for a week. If this does not work, then the stye can be opened and drained. This can be done in the ophthalmologist's office under local anesthesia.
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How do I properly remove a tick?
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Dr. Pedro Hernandez answered
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Anapsid.org/lyme: http://www.anapsid.org/lyme/removingticks.html (how to remove a tick). Using sharp pointed tweezers, or specially made tick tweezers, grasp the tick as close to your skin as possible, as close to its embedded mouthparts as you can. If you squeeze the body or head, you risk compressing the guts and salivary glands and expelling even more organisms through their mouth into ...
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Depends: Depending upon what your are concerned with? If you are referring to "black mold" , you should contact someone with the skills and credentials and equipment to diagnose treat this. It is not safe for someone not trained in the abatement of this condition to do so. See professional help.
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I broke my right collarbone 3 months ago. Should I remove the plate or not, and if yes, when. ?
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Dr. Peter Kurzweil answered
Internal Medicine 50 years experience
Plate is unusual: The clavicle is the most common fractured bone in the body. Vast majority of time it requires a sling, immobilizing shoulder, pain control, then some physical therapy. If a plate is needed, probably needs to be there at least six months, but that is orthopedic (which I am not) assessment who did the surgery.
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A 18-year-old member asked:
Can I have a wizdome rheeth removel operasion if I have flu ?
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Dr. Ryan Stanton answered
Emergency Medicine 18 years experience
I wouldn't: Since it isn't emergent, i would save any procedure until infection free. Sometimes you don't have a choice...But in this case, waiting a week or two may be helpful.
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