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A 34-year-old male asked:
my son is 5 months post op from open heart surgery. he has a rash around his chest scar. it is a red sandpaper feeling. normal or call the ped.
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Call the Ped: Doubt if it's related to the surgery. Probably some infectious disease
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A 30-year-old member asked:
How can differentiate the chest pain from acute pericarditis than acute myocardial infarction?
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Dr. Gutti Raoanswered
Hospital-based practice 46 years experience
Different: Acute pericarditis may present with fever chest pain. On exam we may find pericardial rub. Also ekg findings may differ between the two.
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A 44-year-old female asked:
Stage 3 breast cancer her2 positive how many herceptin (trastuzumab) cycle she must undergo?
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Dr. Romeo Mandanasanswered
Hematology and Oncology 38 years experience
Up to 1 year's worth: Herceptin (trastuzumab) can be given together with initial chemotherapy for the first 4-6 months then subsequently by itself for a total of 1 year. If chemotherapy was given first without Herceptin (trastuzumab) then Herceptin (trastuzumab) can be given for a full year by itself. The usual cycle runs every 3 weeks (17-18 cycles in one full year).
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Dr. Joseph Woods commented
Pathology 28 years experience
The optimal treatment duration is currently unknown. Trials are being done to see if short term therapy is just as beneficial with less side effects, like cardiac dysfunction. For now, one year of treatment is accepted as the time period of therapy.
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A 30-year-old male asked:
My 2 year old son is with fever for one day and running nose for 5 days.What should I try?
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Dr. Thomas Robbinsanswered
Family Medicine 10 years experience
Check-up: How high is fever? What colors is drainage from nose? There could be many causes. Illness in children is most likely a virus and symptomatic control is usually all that is needed. I would advise you to a make an appointment with his pediatrician if you are concerned.
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A 18-year-old female asked:
I have the flu and am struggling to breath with bad chest pains and shooting pains down my left arm?
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Dr. Martin Raffanswered
Infectious Disease 56 years experience
See a doctor: This no longer sounds like influenza. If flu to begin with this can predispose you to secondary acute bacterial pneumonia which can be potentially very severe and even fatal. Please go to an emergency room asap and be examined and treated. Do not wait. Hope you are better soon.
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A member asked:
I am noticing small red rash on my feet and hands. Mainly on my big toes and ony palms. Any suggestion to what it is?
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Depends on your hist: It all depends on your medical history. Your medical history (how this all developed, what medical issues you normally have, what medicines you take, lifestyle considerations), is what lets your doctor know what risk factors you have and allows him/her to narrow the list of possibilities down and come up with just a few possible diagnoses to choose from. Looking at the rash helps too.
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