A 21-year-old member asked:
no one in my family has tn. how did i get it?
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Dr. Johnnie Strickland Jr answered
Family Medicine 33 years experience
What is TN?: What is tn?
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Dr. Robert Kent answered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 12 years experience
Trigeminal neuralgia: Are you talking about trigeminal neuralgia? If so, this is where a specific nerve is irritated for any number of reasons, and is not necessarily related to any genetic factors. It can occur from a number of pathologies, most notable minor trauma. If this is not what you are referring to, I do apologize.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Did a large number of people have hayfever 100 years ago on the farm, and, if so, how did they manage their symptoms?
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Dr. Eddie Nakhuda answered
Geriatrics 54 years experience
No one knows for sue: Sincehay fever is mostly self limiting- the remedies used must have included herbals as well as spells & chantings with variable results being produced.
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A 33-year-old male asked:
My doc prescribed me oxcycontin 20mg every 8 hrs. I am reading that I should only take it every 12 hrs. Did he prescribe it wrong?
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Dr. Alvin Mathew answered
Internal Medicine 18 years experience
Ask him: Call the office and ask him. Oxycontin is typically every 12 hours but only he knows you best.
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A 30-year-old member asked:
Did a lot of famous writers trip on drugs? Which ones?
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Dr. Pierre Moeser answered
Specializes in Rheumatology
Some: J cocteau, a huxley, ws burroughs, hs thompson, c baudelaire, j kerouac to name a few. Many drank or did drugs because they wrestled with inner demons. Drugs and alcohol ended lives prematurely and did not enhance their writings. Ut may have soothed some of their inner turmoils.
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A 47-year-old member asked:
Did families really used to eat together every night?
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Dr. Luis Villaplana answered
Internal Medicine 35 years experience
Yes!: Imagine that! kids actually spoke a language and parents too! unbelievable.
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A 32-year-old member asked:
When did alpha fetoprotein testing start?
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Dr. Bryan Treacy answered
Gynecology 35 years experience
1980's: The Alpha fetoprotein test was around when i was a resident physician. The test has progressed through the y ears such that there are four levels measured in the pregnant woman's blood looking for the risk of down's syndrome (trisomy 21), trisomy 18 & neural tube defects like spina bifida. This is called the quadruple screen best measured between 16 & weeks of pregnancy.
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