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Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: I have had a persistent cough for over two months with drenching night sweats for about a month and a half. Within the past few days I have noticed a small lump in my armpit. It doesn t bother me other than itching constantly! I ve had two clear chest X-rays, negative ppd test and been on two rounds of antibi... | Hi, dairy have gone through your question. I can understand your concern. You may have tuberculosis of lymph node or reactive lymph node enlargement. You should go for fine needle aspiration cytology or biopsy. It will give you perfect diagnosis. Then you should take treatment accordingly. Hope I have answered your que... | healthcaremagic | 2646a5d2c8d2bff5 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: I recently had Scabies, and think I ve gotten rid of it, however, when my mucus drains into the back of my throat, it gets stuck, not matter if i drink something afterwards. when i try to spit it up, it s simply clear mucus with pieces of white stuff. I ve lost my appetite, and have a headache. I m nauseous a... | Hello, THX to contact us. If I am your treating doctor I would like to advice you that scabies is antiparasitic infection. It is common in people living in dense atmosphere like hostels, military houses. You should think of permethrin for the treatment. All the candidates of the house should be treated simultaneously. ... | healthcaremagic | 025b5c7b837fa559 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: I am having vitiligo disease in my body parts. I am 55 years old man had under gone operation for pitutiory macro adenoma during 2002 and taking madecins like Eletroxin 1.5 mg daily and wyslone 5 mg on altranate days. I want treatment for my vitiligo disease.
Context: I am having vitiligo disease in my body ... | Hi, Vitiligo is an autoimmune and partly genetic skin disease. It is a harmless condition. Patient does not have any debility except cosmetic look. If you do not feel bad with this pigmentation, you may avoid treatment. If you want to take treatment, you consult dermatologist. He may examine you thoroughly, and then he... | healthcaremagic | f74091fd5b7f556d | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: As a diabetic with mildly high sugar (usually in the range of 99-105 before meals, 110 two hours after meal) I have discouvered that AFTER eating a candy bar, or some other sugar laden product like cake or pie, that my sugar lever actually goes DOWN, to around 80 - 90, and will remain so until my next meal. W... | Dear Friend, greeting s from Chat Doctor . I think it is due to excess secretion of insulin .... at a time over loading glucose is not good you are straining beta cell s for more insulin . You need to consume those foodstuff which will maintain glucose slow and in a constant rate . Like proteins and low glycemic index... | healthcaremagic | 487038ee6c445018 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: my husband is in the hospital with a collapsed lung secondary to stage IV non small cell squamous carcinoma. The doctors told us he also had a "mild" heart attack during the lung episode. It showed up in blood work. What would that be and what is the number I should be concerned about. Thank you!
Context... | Hi, Thanks for writing in. A patient having a cancer can also have a heart problem and the two being unrelated if that was there from before or can be a recent development after the cancer. The heart is a biological pump and helps in pumping blood to other parts of the body. It might happen that he previously had a cor... | healthcaremagic | 373e678a99fcb0db | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: Knee is sore when touched, pain is in the middle below the knee cap. I experience a severe sharp pain when i bend my knee while standing up. I first experienced it this morning when i got out of bed. It does not hurt when i walk straight legged or when sitting down.
Context: Knee is sore when touched, pain i... | Hi I am Chat Doctor. Anyway for now you may start icing it for the first 48 hrs, topical gel, Advil tab twice per day after meals, acetaminophen tab three times per day is helpful, elevating the leg and the avoidance of vigorous actions and trypsins or diclofenac is effective with the swelling and will free the joint ... | healthcaremagic | 16abd0ff5e489b82 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: I am having this sever neck pain, back pain,pain in my inner thighs...also I feel like my head is spinning and I might fall if I dnt get the support of something.also I fail to hold even a cup of tea and plates irrespective of the temp and weight and it feels it will fall down from my hand. my age is 26 I am ... | Hello, Medical conditions causing such symptoms are commonly slipped disc, cervical spondylitis & vertigo. Get physically examined by a GP. Get blood & Imaging tests done to detect the pathology causing you such discomfort. You are suggested to get Blood tests, X-Ray & MRI done to rule out arthritis, inflammations, lig... | healthcaremagic | 9256c354721bf888 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: hi, im 37 male, 5,11", , i had sarcoid in my lungs feb 2009, was on prenisalone steroids for 2 years, since off them i have been ok, but in the last year i have been breathless and tightening in my chest, i also find it very hard to breath after and dureing sex, i am very frusterated and worried. can you help... | Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. I can understand your concern. Possibility of either inertial lung disease (OLD) or bronchitis is more in your case. Both are common in acidosis patients and both cause breathlessness on exertion. So better to consult pulmonologist and get done 1. Clinical examination of respira... | healthcaremagic | b84cc8eb39c3de06 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: Hello, my name is LaShan Lewis, I have been a customer service representative for over 12 years and I am finding it harder and harder to take calls all day long. I have been looking for some other form of work but haven t found anything that can support my family, like my current job. I am struggling mentally... | Hi LaSh an Lewis! Welcome to Chat Doctor ! I have gone through your query and understand your concern towards stress at your workplace. I can suggest you to try to find some solution that can help in the present job. Furthermore, I can help you to get relief from stress through some stress relief techniques like Chat... | healthcaremagic | 8a38f8296894e7b4 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: My 3 yr old daughter took amoxicillin for 7 days and then broke out into a rash. She saw the doctor and she advised that she needed to take benadryl. This has helped her upper half but her legs are now turning black. Can you please assist on why this would happen? | Hi, Welcome To Chat Doctor & Thanks For Asking Your Query Here Some children are allergic to amoxicillin and Most probably it is allergic reaction to amoxicillin However rashes will take some time to go completely but as you said that legs are turning black so either the allergic reaction is still undergoing or there a... | healthcaremagic | 9fda641c31c2410e | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: i am having severe pain in my ankle area. it is on the medial side of my foot and happens to both feet on occasion. today it is my left. When I touch the area, it feels like tendon or ligament and it HURTS severely to touch it. This all started after I had Knee surgery a couple years back and then had a back ... | Hi Thanks for your query and Welcome to Chat Doctor. I am Chat Doctor. Your symptoms could be due to certain causes :- Tibialis posterior dysfunction- Entrapment neuropathy-Pain from spine etc a proper examination is required. If you can send me a clinical pic of the affected site, then maybe I can see and then advise ... | healthcaremagic | 95bd77f16a0145bc | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: Why do I always end up with a horrible gagging cough with a chest cold? I dont just mean coughing but literally I start gagging before I start coughing and then it becomes a coughing fit with several violent dry heaves and trouble catching my breath. How can I prevent this from happening? I also become asthma... | Hello dear, The symptoms can be attributed to bronchoconstriction (obstruction of smaller airway passages) which is indicative of Hyper-responsiveness of air passages (seasonal allergy or asthma)Management consists of:1. Stalin inhaler-provide symptomatic relief by causing bronchodilator (dilating the smaller airway pa... | healthcaremagic | 49f50855495bfad9 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: I had a reaction to a bite (not sure what kind) that caused me to break out in a rash. One place blistered and looked burned. I went to the doctor and received a steroid shot, an antibiotic shot and a tetanus shot.I was prescribed a steroid pack and an anitbiotic. Today would have been my last day to take the... | Hi there, thanks for writing in. I think that your reaction is most likely related to the medications (and very possibly either the antibiotic or the steroid), but it is difficult to tell without seeing it in person or knowing what the antibiotic was. Steroid induced rash is a common side effect, as is a delayed hypers... | healthcaremagic | 7eb3d9d6d1bbf223 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: Hi Dr. Keerthi. My husband had a traumatic head injury 20 years ago and was in a coma for 20 days. The injury left him with a limp in his walk and memory problems. Four years ago he had a stroke whicChatDoctorplicated his recovery. He is now unable to walk and has severe aphasia. The doctors are saying h... | Hi, Welcome to Chat Doctor .com I am Chat Doctor. Mariano Into Bruno Mascaras. I have gone through your query with diligence and would like you to know that I am here to help you. Question : Could it be that this advance column loss and age related neuronal attrition is what is complicating his recovery. Answer : Yes. ... | healthcaremagic | 6daede2f1472102d | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: hello, I am inquiring on behalf of my dad you just had a biopsy today... told there is a tumor on his 3rd rib, right side. he has lost almost 20lbs, is on pain killers, loss of appetite in a very short period of time, maybe 2 months, what could this mean? | Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. In my opinion he should get done PET SCAN to identify the rib lesion and distal spread if occurred. Also get done biopsy from the lesion. Biopsy will be the diagnostic test to confirm cancer. His all symptoms like weightless, pain and mass all are suggestive of cancer only. So w... | healthcaremagic | 4c6465e6037b70a0 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: Hey I m 20 years old and 29 weeks pregnant. I suffer from severe anxiety and it has become a lot worse since my cousin passed away on the 19th of last month. I have been having pain on the left side of my chest just under my breast and I m not sure if it s my heart or just my ribs also it feels like my stomac... | Hello! Thank you for the query. According to your description, you probably suffer from heart arrhythmia. This is a condition when heart spontaneously beats irregularly. This is a very common heart condition. In most cases hearts gives an extra beat from time to time and after that beat, there is while for the heart to... | healthcaremagic | 93b06584dbed3a1a | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: My husband has an infection in his left foot which was being treated with sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim tablets 800/160mg. It appeared to have cleared up and medication finished when it came back. Between his big toe and next toe it is filling up and oozing. My husband is a diabetic so he does not heal well. ... | HelloWelcome to ChatDoctorThanks for posting your query. I understand your concerns. As your husband is a diabetic patient, his wound healing gets delayed due to decreased due to various factors like impaired microvascular circulation, which limits the access of phagocyte cells to the infected area and results in a poo... | healthcaremagic | e2264e48e1c97743 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: i ve been having what seem like skipped heart beats... They happen as much as 3 or 4 times a day sometimes. i m only 28, but i haven t always been the healthiest... I m not over weight but i did drink alot in the past. Could I have damaged my heart? | Hello, Your symptoms could be related to anxiety. Anyway, I would recommend performing some tests (a resting ECG, a complete blood count for anemia, thyroid hormone levels for thyroid gland dysfunction and blood electrolytes for possible imbalance). An ambulatory 24-48 hours ECG monitoring would help examine your heart... | healthcaremagic | a3d895f30edd3bae | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: My frenulum ripped during intercourse and after a short time, I pulled out and noticed a lot of blood. My wife is concerned about my blood inside of her. I do not know my blood type, but hers is O positive and she s scared that my blood can t mix with her.
Context: My frenulum ripped during intercourse and a... | Hello,It is possible for the frenulum of the penis to get injured or tear during sexual activity. The bleeding is not much significant unless there is injury to the regular artery. Healing usually occurs within two weeks. But if there is no evidence of healing, then you need to consult your Doctor. Also make sure that ... | healthcaremagic | 42ab615acf4baa43 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: HI,,My friends fiancee showed very abnormal behaviour three days before her wedding.She stopped talking or interacting.On the day of her wedding she was in a trance, failing to say her wedding vows or recognicing the groom or acting normally to any of the guests.After the ceremony her parents told she had ... | HiT hanks for using Chat Doctor I think, she has either acute stress reaction or acute psychosis. Acute stress reaction improves with benzodiazepine only and could happen anytime due to stress. There is nothing to worry about in that case. In psychosis, patient needs continuous antipsychotic Chat Doctor. That could be... | healthcaremagic | 9c08d743c006b6ba | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: sir, i m anupam verma , i have typhoid fever repeate again again ,we use medicine pan 40,paracetamol,oflaxin for this treatment , widel test 3 time positive but typhhoid not gone ,wat i done?????????????/ now this time i have fever my mail id YYYY@YYYY | Hello ANPAA Versa, Welcome to Chat Doctor. I understand your concern. Every fever after an episode of Typhoid is not a typhoid relapse. Tidal will not help in diagnosing a relapse because in tidal you are only checking the antibody levels which will remain high (especially H) for some time. You require having cultures ... | healthcaremagic | 2ae8b53ad37b81ad | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: Im on citalopram 20mg and have been for about 2 months (2nd time of being on it) recently ive been forgetting to take it only every couple of days ill possibly forget 1. ive been feeling worse than ever these past few days despite things going well with friends and work i was wondering if the missed doses bei... | His admire your concern. Citalopram is antidepressant and use to treat mood disorder. It has short half like of 21 hours. So it can be possible that if you do not take it for one or two days then it produces with Chat Doctor. Though it is not common but yes occur in some patients. For this you have to take it daily or ... | healthcaremagic | 5457a875e539fd79 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: hi, i have enlarged lymph node on my neck, noticed one month ago , it s not painful, the latest blood test i have an elevated uric acid level, i have made CT scan last month and it came back that i had a gland over 1.4 cm in my left part of my neck and other smaller lymph nodes in yhe right. do they have a... | Welcome to Chat Doctor .1. No you don't have to undergo any operation at the moment.2. Enlarged lymph nodes generally have an underlying medical reason, chronic illness, infections / inflammations.3. First thing you have to get them in control and then the lymph nodal enlargement will go on its own. (first rectify your... | healthcaremagic | fa50567b68faa4bf | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: Iam a 55 year old male just had cervical fusion from c3 to c7 before surgery took a fall stepping out of shower hitting back on side of tub in worst pain I ever had even more than triple bypass in 7/2010 went to emergency Room the gave me 325/5 codeine they are useless gives me hiccups have compression fractu... | Hellomild compression fracture needs no surgery and can be treated with a spinal Taylor brace wearing for 2-3 months during daytime, removing at bedtime to prevent forward bending, it will heal If you continue walking power in lower limbs will remain better and bowel movements shall also be better. For pain management ... | healthcaremagic | 6e269c2d471d6507 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: hai i used nordette for the 1st time. and i followed the taking of 4 pills after unprotected sex then another 4 pills and just continuing the usage of nordette. im already 1 week delayed from my period. i have taken a preganancy test 14-15 days after my unprotected sex. and i just took another pregnancy test ... | Hi there, and thanks for using this forum to pose your worry there are some chances of getting pregnant even after taking an emergency contraception. However, your pregnancy test result (which you didn't mention), should tell if you are pregnant or not. Also, hormones are able to disregulate your cycle sometimes. So if... | healthcaremagic | 1510e16997ac1d93 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: Hi, i have a thickened anterior mitral valve leaflet.i just want to ask if this can cause of my dizziness and palpitation? It s really hard for me to travel because of my dizziness. Even when im riding in a motorcycle i still feel dizzy and most of the time i vomit during travel.. I feel chest pain, palpitati... | Hello Welcome to Ask a Doctor service I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. Dizziness may have several reasons, but most common is vestibular dysfunction and Deniers disease, but it may not be due to mitral leaf let stiffness, only if the disease is in severe conditions, as a dizziness have many causes it h... | healthcaremagic | d8a6765c0e286252 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: Dear sir ,I am 22 years old male height-5 6 , 55 kg from punjab (india) i have planned to take deca durabolin steroid plzz suggest me some important things which should i knw about this injection What amount of dose is sufficient for my body and what are its effects ? | Hi, Side effects of steroids include severe acne, hair loss, heart disease, such as heart attack and stroke, altered mood, irritability, increased aggression, depression or suicidal tendencies, blurred vision, early cataracts or glaucoma, papery thin skin with easy bruising, insomnia, decreased immunity, secondary infe... | healthcaremagic | e3116f42f526d4d0 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: my father is 83 years old and he was having pains in the lower back region since last so many decades. now that he has undergone oil therapy and also consumed many alopatChatDoctoredecines. but the pain persists. X-ray has bee taken and orthopedician has informed that there is spondalities in the region and ... | Howell come to ChatDoctorI really appreciate your concern for your father if this is degenerative disease of the spine then such pain would be very likely some time this could be surgical condition and this need to be treated accordingly, if the NSAID is not giving much relief, so opioid can be tried but prior to initi... | healthcaremagic | a26b0018454d8782 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: 60 yrs old hardworking diabetic, started tribet 2 since 3 months. contracted hiv thru blood transfusion.diagnosed in may 2011.on Viraday since then. CD4 increased above 200 about 2 months back. wife passed away in may 2011 and also lost grandchild 2 days later during delivery. I suffered a shock (may be a str... | Hi, Certain A and Road f that you use for preventing further blood clot and stroke does not increase your blood pressure. In fact many studies show that they reduce blood pressure. There are 3 possibilities to your recent rise in blood pressure1. A new onset renal failure either due to HIV or blood clots in your renal ... | healthcaremagic | be30815bf8b27b6e | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: my mother-in-law is 84 with 2nd or 3rd stage dementia. she is complaining of heaviness in her chest like a weight is on it. doctor examined her but cannot find any congestive heart failure or related condtions. could this be due to GERD at the time she is complaining about this "weight?" we think she has "bu... | Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. I can understand your concern. Yes, possibility of HERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease) related symptoms is more. No need to worry about heart diseases as doctors have examined her for heart failure. HERD is due to laxity of gastroesophageal sphincter. Because of this the acid... | healthcaremagic | 875e453211cea7f1 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: hi i dont know if you can help. i am pregnant and my last period was end of november witch would put me at around 6 weeks i went for a scan on 14th jan and they could only see the pregnancy sack and yoke but not the baby the lady said im probably 4 to 5 weeks should i be worried
Context: hi i dont know if yo... | Hi, I understand your concern. Absence of fetal pole at 6 week gestation of pregnancy indicates it's a chemical pregnancy/ blighted ovum. Where fetus is not formed, but only hormonal response like pregnancy occurs. This eventually is terminated automatically or by evacuation surgery. But before going to a conclusion,... | healthcaremagic | 9277cb497379196c | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: My 5 year old daughter accidentally brushed her teeth with clearasil ultra acne cream. She spit it out right away and then brushed her teeth with the right tooth paste. The cream has long expired, as well. She is showing no sign of anything wrong. However, it is late and she is now in bed sleeping. I have che... | Hi...as of now you need not worry. Nothing serious will happen. At the most she might throw up once or twice and might have some diarrhea too. But if she is waking up with tummy pain or incessantly vomiting then get her to the nearest emergency room. Unless the kids having low urine output or very dull or excessively s... | healthcaremagic | 12938a34f0d5fda6 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: Hi. i have a breast mass which i discovered more than a year ago. Im afraid of surgery so i drink mx3 capsule. would it help remove the lump? last year i got pregnant and gave birth 2 months ago so i stop drinking mx3 but after i gave birth i found out that there are already 2 lumps in my breast, a new small... | Hi, dairy have gone through your question. I can understand your concern. You have breast lump. It may be some benign lump, or it may be cancer. Chat Doctor. Symptoms of cancer are growing lump, weaknesses, weight loss mild fever etc. You should go for fine needle aspiration cytology or core biopsy of lump. It will ... | healthcaremagic | f572d9dd5e979462 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: i am 29 n married for 10 months. my cycle is 5-6/30 days n regular.according to my last medical report my doctor gave opinion as: non-grand normal size ovaries. both ovaries show multiple growing follical not more than 0.7 on either side. largest follical measuring 1.4 into 0.7cm.:i had taken inj.hmg massone ... | Hi welcome to Chat Doctor. I have gone through your question. Your both reports are normal is suggesting "UN explained infertility", I would advise doing follicular scan for next 3 cycles starting from 9/10 day of your cycle and see whether clicked are developing or not. If not then take some follicular stimulating med... | healthcaremagic | 54fe4f99b00bf7ee | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: hi there i have been diagnosed with viral myalgia and i also had an endoscopy that revealed helicobactor pylori. i had eradication therapy and after a stool test was negative, mild gastritis was also present. i keep getting spells of light headedness,dizzyness,and feelling really weak is this a syptom of the ... | Hi, omeprazole doesn't cause dizziness.don't worry about that.continue the medication. H.pylori after a negative test is less likely to cause these symptoms.yes viral infection causes fevers, malaise , body aches headaches etc it is generally self limiting.you can take paracetamol for the symptoms to reduce.if there is... | healthcaremagic | 33f515a8159d5673 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: Hi Doctor, In 2011 ,October I had back pain and my doctor (ortho) diagonised it as IVDP 3487 (???)..I had taken bed rest for few days and he showed some excersices,which I did n practice once the pain had gone.(my mistake) Now again this pain came to me,with a needle pain in toe ,numbness feeling on legs,join... | Dear Mr. Rajesh, As your orthopedic doctor has probably rightly diagnosed you with a PIED (prolapse intervertebral disc), your symptoms are very typical. In simple words, it is called slip disc. Your long Chat Doctor. Just wanted to know if an MRI was performed or this was just a clinical diagnosis. Initial treatment ... | healthcaremagic | dd381b91383be0a1 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: hi.. My father has been diagnosed with schwannoma tumor in left vestibule nerve. Neurosurgeon at Kolkata has referred to Dr.Shashank Kale, AIIMS, Delhi, for Gamma knife therapy. We want to book an appointment for Gamma knife therapy. What are the procedures? | Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. Gamma knife therapy is newer kind of surgery. In which gamma rays are used to cut the tumor tissue. It is highly specific and less injurious to surrounding tissue. The cut made by gamma knife are very precise in dimension so over cutting of tissue and damage to surrounding vita... | healthcaremagic | dab4211e93f43dd4 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: We had a home made chicken and dumplings lastnight at a friends, my daughter complained (three year old) of a stomach ache. Had a low fever, threw up at 2:30, and at 3 I was ablt to get some tylenol in her, still working on pedialyte. Should I be concerned as that there were also small chicken bones that I my... | Hello, It is likely that your child is suffering from viral gastroenteritis due to consumption of contaminated food, or water. There is nothing to be concerned about at this stage as she is accepting fluids orally, and minute chicken bones are less likely to cause any harm. I would suggest you keep your child well HY C... | healthcaremagic | 72a64230d9afb9b8 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: I have had a sharp pain in my heel when I get out of bed in the morning, or when I stand up after sitting a while. It started 10 days ago, but got much worse today. Yesterday I walked the circumference of the mall 8 times, not wearing walking shoes (i.e. sneakers). I need a cane to walk. Is that the cause for... | Your symptoms sound typical of plantar fasciitis. it's a common condition related to footwear and aging. Basically the culprit is tight ankle flexors, i.e. the Achilles tendon. This leads to microtears in the plantar fascia especially where it attaches to the heel. The inflammation and further microtears from a tight A... | healthcaremagic | 414762d65dbb26bc | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: excess mein means (hafte mein 2 ya 3 bar hasthmaithun) karne se kya aadmi sexually weak pad jata hai..,,,, iska hamari future mein sexual life par kya asar padta hai,,,,ise hafte ya month mein kitni baar karein taaaki insan ka future related to sex safe rahe, please clear my doubt,,........
Context: excess m... | Hi, Nothing to worry, masturbation is usual habit like thirst, hunger. So nothing to worry. Masturbation has not any adverse effect on your health or having bad effect in your future martial life. If you do not masturbate, semen and sperms are not deposited in your system. At regular interval it will be thrown in blood... | healthcaremagic | 994c5986af1047eb | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: I have my blood tested, it showed CRP positive (8.1) I am suffering from stiffness during night, migrating joints pain, jaw pain and throat pain continuously since 4 months. what should i do. I am 32 yrs, 65 kg of weight and 5 ft 3 inch height. I am taking medicine of arthiritis for a week. before that i took... | Hi, dear. I have gone through your question. I can understand your concern. You have migrating joint pain with high CRP. High CRP suggestive of some inflammation in your body. So you may have some inflammatory arthritis. You need to take anti-inflammatory and analgesic Chat Doctor. Consult rheumatologist and take tre... | healthcaremagic | efab64231cdb9c1a | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: Hi, for some time now I am experiencing abdomenal pain. Since then I have done abdomeba ultrasound twice, and both of those where ok. Now in past few days I am experiencing (comes and goes) sharp pain to the right of my belly button going all the way to the toes of my right foot. This is exactly same pain at ... | Hello, I am pleased to be able to help you with your health query and hope you will get some reasonable answer(s) from this forum. Abdominal pain especially on the right side of your abdomen could be as a result of one of a good number of causes notably appendicitis, nephritic colic (which may be due to a kidney infect... | healthcaremagic | 9cbaaf9e2c99e184 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: Im a 14 year old male I found this lump under my scrotum but think its from chafing. What should I do? Oh and I also urinate every hour, I think its an anxiety disorder. Ive seen a Dr about it and take medicine but it doesnt seem to be helping What would u reccomend? Im not gonna pay to ask questions but if u... | Hi ! Good evening. I am Chat Doctor answering your query. The frequency of urination could well be due to anxiety disorder, but as a routine I would advise you to get your urine routine/microscopic test and a blood sugar test done to rule out any pathology. The lump could be a cyst (sebaceous cyst) if it persisted for ... | healthcaremagic | b2759229dae2cc59 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: Hi, Im 25yr old female, suffer from ulcerative colitis since 2007, last flare up April 2011, currently taking 4grams pentasa daily and probiotics. Recently experiencing lower back pain, feels almost like my bones aching. Could this be due to my colitis? | Hi, Welcome to Chat Doctor. After going through your query I think you are suffering from chronic backache. Treatment of back pain is exercises and analgesics (diclofenac SR). Sometimes strong analgesic(such as attract three times a day after meals) is required. Consulting with treating doctor is advised. Sometimes vi... | healthcaremagic | 5b81b55f317d393d | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: Hi, I m a 43 year old male. I have an elevated ganglionic neuronal antibody. I was told by my neurologist not to worry about it. Should I be worried? What is normal procedure upon this finding? The antibody is .05 I have had unusual symptoms. Slight dizziness, low vitamin d2,low testosterone, arm weakness, an... | Hello. I understand your concern. The antibodies you have been found can cause a disorder called autonomic neuropathy. This is a rare condition, difficult to be diagnosed. The anybody level is not too high, but it is The dizziness, sexual dysfunction may be related to this disorder. The weakness too. But the level of t... | healthcaremagic | b162d6b060e1d275 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: Hi my name is nancy I have a server pain top of my shoulder left one geart doctor says heart is good it like the pain sets on my shoulder a little towards my neck tried muscle rub heat pack andbicebpack no pain down my arm pain stay right at the top of my arm sitting in the area where my bra strip go cross ca... | Hi, thank-you for providing the brief history. As per the history I don't think this is a cardiac issue. It is more of muscular pain. I will advise you get thorough tho clinical examination done along with MRI of the cervical spine. This looks to me more of a nerve impingement and trapeziums. As most females suffer the... | healthcaremagic | c18bd6ca53fd2972 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: I took vitcofal 2cc injection yesterday on my buttocks and have also been advised by my Dr.to take Cap.RejunexOD once a day for four months.Injection is to be taken once a week for five weeks.This was due to my B12 recording 138.Pain in the buttock still exists and there is a fear of taking the medicines. Pl.... | Dear patient Post injection pain in your buttocks is common and is due to mild inflammation. It subsides within two to three days. You should apply ice packs at local site of pain. You can take tab ibuprofen 400 mg thrice a day for pain relief. But if there is redness at buttock with fever infection is possibility and ... | healthcaremagic | 395a3c01477e6676 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: Daughter has akathesia caused by reglan and compozine. This has been on going for one month. it has caused disassociation, anxiety, memory loss, tremors, out bursts of anger. looking for help on how to treat her. quality of life poor, never had issues until those meds were given.
Context: Daughter has ak... | Hi, Thanks for choosing Chat Doctor. I have read your query carefully and understood that your daughter had taken Raglan (Metoclopramide) and Comparing (Prochlorperazine) (?? Dose and duration) and now she is having symptoms suggestive of akathisia since last one month. I would like to let you know that both the Chat D... | healthcaremagic | 6301c8ff9e23a6cf | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: Hi I woke up this morning with knee pain. I haven t knocked, banged or twisted it and found it painful to get out of bed and weight bear. It was sore to touch and got more swollen throughout the day. Little bit warm to touch. Do you think it could be gout or bursitis? | Hi, I appreciate your concern. Painful and swollen knee, without any injury or twist, appears strongly a case of GOUT, or its variants.I always investigate my such patients for blood test, joint fluid aspiration and testing, to confirm the desease.in the meantime, immobilization of knee in splint, ice therapy, and safe... | healthcaremagic | 72271c05d990a021 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: A concussion? My four year old fell an hit her forehead yesterday afternoon. We took her into see her pediatrician and was told she was okay. Today she has a fever of 103. She has had a cold for a couple of days, so initially I assumed that was it, but now I am worried. Should we take her back in to see a doc... | Hi... Thank you for consulting in Chat Doctor. I understand your concern. First be reassured that your kid is normal. I will suggest you danger signs of head injury -1. Vomiting continuously2. Seizures3. Watery of bloody discharge from ears and nose4. Unconsciousness5. Altered sensorial or behavior. If none of them are... | healthcaremagic | a52d5812ab1109b1 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: Hello, my wife is 15 weeks pregnant. Today she saw some blood. Actually not blood. Its like black color. It was for some 2-3min. then it was vanished. Doctor prescribed her mirogest 200.I want to know more how to make her and baby safe. By the way, we got twin. So please assist.
Context: Hello, my wife is 15... | Hi, Thanks for the query. Black spotting at 15 weeks suggests Chat Doctor. Doctor has given mirages pills to prevent fresh bleeding (mostly its due to hormone deficiency. Replacement helps) I would suggest USG pelvis . To exclude any fresh lesion./low-lying placenta./ high blood pressure Bed rest till fresh bleeding ... | healthcaremagic | f6da9cf6f919f2f9 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: i have had thrush for close to 6 months and have been told by my doctor to take an anti thrush tablet and pessaries and also to apply cream. nothing has been able to get rid of the thrush for good so far. can you advise anything? can i change something in my diet? | Welcome to ChatDoctorI have read and understand your query hope this will be useful would prescribe my patients who have such chronic persistent vaginal thrush, an oral antifungal once weekly for at least 6 months to completely cure the thrush. As in your case you are having the thrush for 6 months which has not reliev... | healthcaremagic | 69f2943ba2b14a2d | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: I have an abcess on a tooth but have noticed a lump on either side of my mouth on the top of the inner cheek. the lumps are flesh coloured soft and don t hurt. should I be worried. I only noticed them this evening. there is also a tender part of the gum/cheek at the back between the top and bottom layer of te... | Hello and welcome to Chat Doctor forum, according to the dental history presented by you, it seems that you have a dental abscess which causes pain, swelling and pus discharge in some cases.I would advise you to see your dentist and get the tooth treated to avoid the infection from spreading to the surrounding tissues.... | healthcaremagic | a865db3326601203 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: Hi I have a couple of hard lumps growing deep in my penis, one is the size of a BB higher up but deep in the flesh, the other is much larger and I think it is partially blocking me from being able to pee. Thank you for any help, I can t find anything on line
Context: Hi I have a couple of hard lumps growing ... | Hi, Possibly that can be a.lymphocyte. He has a hard swelling that suddenly appears on the shaft of the penis. It happens when the lymph channels in your penis are temporarily blocked. The swelling should soon subside and won't cause any permanent problems. Kindly visit your physician for a further investigation like ... | healthcaremagic | 964a99830856a63d | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: g.evening, i am a live in carer for a 100 yr lady. i have to lift her in and out of bed, for she refuses to use a hoist. i am experiencing terrible back ache and developed painful varicose veins around my ankles and legs. is tere any treatment or exercise to relieve this? | Hi there. First and foremost I would advise you to stop lifting the patient like the way you do. That is the most dangerous thing you can do to your back. Stopping this will relieve most of your pain. Take some time off and get ample of rest for back pain recovery. An anti-inflammatory and muscle relaxant like Etoricox... | healthcaremagic | 89dbe8345a035383 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: i am 64 yrs old having two stones in my right and let kidney around 7mm and 5 mm stone in my right and left kidney and both are silent stone I have been using the stonvil tablets since last 7 months along with other Aurvedic medicines for prostrate, fatty liver and sugar. The stonvil tab has not shown any imp... | Hi welcome to Chat Doctor, and thanks for your query. Ultrasound measurement of stones is not the best method. If you are worried, it is better to get a CT SCAN done to check the location of the stones. If it is confirmed as kidney stones, the sizes you have mentioned, then plenty of oral fluids is sufficient. It is be... | healthcaremagic | 94126f069d774481 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: my ultrasound says prominence of the pelvicalyceal system is seen at right kidney .what does it mean & what is the risk factor for my kidney.is there any serious abnormality.bilateral nephrolithiasis since 2008.eswl done twice.but multiple stones were noted in both the kidney at all the poles on 02.10.2012 by... | Hi Mr/ms shanty, you have multiple small kidney stones on both sides, and mild fullness of PCS on right side. It may be a normal finding, it may also be due to small stone on its way out in right kidney tube, or a recent passage of stone from right kidney. If you have no pain, maybe a repeat sonography can be done aft... | healthcaremagic | c5bf2b9730907c17 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: My son had to have 12 biopsies of his prostate to check for any cancer. He is 47 yrs. old. This was done about one month ago. Now he says his semen is watery and would like to know the reason. He was found benign. What is causing the watery semen? | Hello, Watery semen may be due to low sperm count or due to block in spermatic cord or due to frequent ejaculation etc. Until examination is done it is difficult to say what it is. Get it done semen analysis, get done ultrasound scrotum to know the block. If symptoms not improved please consult with your physician he w... | healthcaremagic | bf15d61092270fb9 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: Hello, I am 52 y.o. white female. Recent lab results show my Creatinine level at .93 mg/dl. My Dr. is saying I have renal insufficiency; my a1c is 5.4 and fasting blood sugar was 100, he says I am pre-diabetic, I feel he is being a little too aggressive with diagnoses? | Hi, If blood sugar level goes above 100 and below 126 than it is called pre-diabetic. I am not in favor to label your case as pre-diabetic. However, you need to get checked your fasting and post radial blood sugar again after few weeks to check control in sugar. Meanwhile, take low fat and low sugar diet with active ex... | healthcaremagic | aa156ca6a4eb2272 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: hello sir, i feel pain in my heart everytime i smoke, even i have tried to decrease it to once a week but it still happens after smoking. can you please tell me the possible reasons for this? and yeah for a a little background check i have started smoking 4 months back and smoke one cigarette a day which as i... | Hello! Thank your for asking on Chat Doctor! Regarding your concern, your symptoms do not seem to be related to the heart. You are too young and with a short experience as a smoker, to have symptoms related to chronic smoking like angina or coronary artery syn Chat Doctor. I think that your symptoms may be related to ... | healthcaremagic | 914510ddf6d99e46 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: I had a cole sore develop a week ago and then started to get flu like symptoms, sore throat shooting aches and pains, extreme headache and fever, recently the gums surrounding my two front teeth have become swollen, what does this mean? I have never had a cold sore before but Im assuming it is one, my lips ha... | HELLO AND WELCOME, The cold sore and swelling may be associated with-Herpes labials Deep dental caries progressed into abscess formation Progressive periodontal infection resulting in abscess formation. Authors ulcers. I would suggest you to visit a dentist and get thorough clinical examination. Get deep scaling and ro... | healthcaremagic | 77d7c54079a9de22 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: My husband has a tooth abscess. We have been to the doctor today and he received an injected antibiotic as well as a prescription antibiotic to take for the next several days. He has really bad swelling in his cheek from the infection. When should we expect to see the swelling go down? | Thanks for using Chat Doctor. Read your query. Antibiotics usually take a24 -48 hours to properly have a complete effect on the body, which may vary from many conditions and what kind of antibiotic is prescribed. I would advise you to just continue the medication properly as prescribed. Do not apply hot bag externally.... | healthcaremagic | 288f76856f266d47 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: Hello, My 10 Months old son is suffering from cold from past 2 days. I am giving him steam in the closed room for 10 mins ( twice a day) and the medicines Clamp( 3 ml), combiflame( 2.5 ml)( for 2days); Nozuka(3.5ml) twice a day. He has vomtings and had given Ondam(3.5 ml). I am giving him nossil drops 4 times... | Cellophane You for contacting Chat Doctor. It takes around 3-4 days to get improvement after start of medication. I would suggest you following things:> Give medicine regularly at prescribed time.> make sure that room temperature is appropriate for him. If It's cold outside then make sure you keep him warm by wrapping ... | healthcaremagic | fa6034053658bc21 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: I am 32 years and i am married for 6 years and having a child of 4 years. we are trying for a second baby since 1 year, but no results still, recently i have done my semen test and i am having 21 million counts with 62% active sperms, please suggest me some food so that i can increase my counts, . I am 98 kgs... | HelloThanks for your query, based on the facts that you have posted it appears that you have done your semen analysis which revealed low Sperm count (Oligospermia). Following general measure will help you to increase sperm count 1) Practice regular exercise for 45 minutes followed by meditation for 1/2 an hour in the m... | healthcaremagic | 623f3449471141d6 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: I have been told that my right kidney has a large complex cyst over 7cm arising from my superior pole with thin internal septations and low level internal echoes with no color flow within. Unfortunately my only healthcare is through the VA so my appointment with the urologist isn t for another month. Is this ... | Hello and welcome to Chat Doctor. As a Urologist, I can understand your concern. Basically, you should know, therere two types of cyst, simple and complex. Simple cysts are filled with clear fluid and are well-defined on a CT scan. A complex cyst is irregular, inhomogenous, has septations or calcified, etc. A simple cy... | healthcaremagic | 1aaf66716938c556 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: I am 23 years old and have been doing 4 sports (Hockey, Cricket, Basketball & Baseball since my child hood until I turn 21. Then I did some of these time to time while I was doing my higher studies. When I did a sudden check up including lipid profile I got quite high rates for SGOT and SGPT (both 68) and sli... | Hello are overweight by few kg only. Most likely explanation for your high liver enzymes could be lack of exercise, junk food, colas or alcohol. Ad Chat Doctor. Get your liver enzymes tested after 6 to 8 weeks of your lifestyle change. Ideally you should be all right with these measures. However, if there is no improve... | healthcaremagic | 1d7f10ca6b1595df | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: I was having pain in my lower back on the left side and it would radiate down to my left hip joint and into my land after left testicle. I woke up one morning with no pain, and went through the day without any pain. I was feeling great and eating ruby red grapefruit slices durning the day. Later that night I ... | Hi, Kidney stone pain or renal colic can aggregate any time, its classically present as pain in lower back right/left radiating to groin on respective side, commonly associated with nausea and vomiting, Pain get relieved by antispasmodics and analgesics, Its not necessary it will always be associated with urinary infec... | healthcaremagic | b7718135bffe432a | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: I am 64 years old and in the last 7 months had gallbladder surgery the old fashoned way - not laproscopically. I also had severe jaundice as there was a stone stuck in the bile duct. I was released from the doctor in May. Had a physical this month and my psa was elevate to 5.3 would the surgery have caused... | Hi and welcome to Chat Doctor. Thank you for your query. I am Chat Doctor, I understand your concerns and I will try to help you as much as I can. No, surgery should not be related to this, and you should evaluate your prostate and do ultrasound and check if there is hypertrophy or tumor signs in prostate. I hope I hav... | healthcaremagic | 48083289ce242674 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: Weakness like sexual weakness. Feel weak all the times. Testicular ultrasound with Doppler came normal. But still feel weak after ejaculation . Free testesterone level in range 127.4. I m male 39 years old.
Context: Weakness like sexual weakness. Feel weak all the times. Testicular ultrasound with Doppler ca... | HIT hank for asking to ChatDoctorI can understand your problem what ever test you go for that all will come unremarkable because you do not have any disease all you have to do is control your negative thoughts, keep your stress level low there is nothing wrong with you just take it easy your weird ideas, otherwise you ... | healthcaremagic | 22493e6b4d3d4af0 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: I have a lump on the outside of my left knee, it almost feels like the head of fibula but it s been like it to different extents for years, I did break the fibula playing rugby 8 years ago an inch lower down, there is no real pain but recently it seems worse ( doing more training) and has started to hurt in t... | Hi, Dear,Thanks for the query to Chat Doctor. I studied your problem in depth and I understood your concerns. Cause for painful lump on left knee-In my opinion your lump could be a mismatched fibula post-healed fracture of fibula 8 yrs back. Due to increased training strain, it is hurting you and indicates arthritic ch... | healthcaremagic | 5135c82d0b40b19e | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: Hellow my father is 68years old and had a major stroke brain bleed on the right side he is 19 days in a coma and only sometimes in the morning open his eyes and moves his hand and legs other than that no movement at all his doctor wants to do a feeding tube in the stomach and a trek in the neck to remove the ... | Hi, Thank you for posting your query. It is unfortunate that your father is still in coma even after three weeks after major brain hemorrhage. To answer your query, I would need the CT scan and EEG reports. I request you to upload them. Tracheostomy and PEG (percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy) are routinely performed ... | healthcaremagic | e45756df57427847 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: Hi, I have been getting what I thought at first was something biting me cause it itches and swells up like a bite. In a day it it going away. But I notice it is happening every week or two I get one. I have noticed nothing in my house like a spider or anything that would bite me to cause this. What could it b... | HiT hank you for asking Chat Doctor. I have gone through your query. For normal spiders only symptomatic treatment will be enough. You can wash the area with soap and water and apply ice pack of pain relief. Over the counter analgesics can be used in case of more pain. Tetanus toxic should be taken for prophylaxis. You... | healthcaremagic | f4eb3f40707f6010 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: i have lichen planuspilaris in my scalp. I am losing my hair daily. I have tried emuaid. and herbals stuff like stinging nettle, horsetails. omega 3,6,9, plus creams given by dermatologists.. I am stressing out over losing my hair and I don t know what to do.
Context: i have lichen planuspilaris in my scalp.... | Hello. Thanks for writing to us at Chat Doctor Lichen Plano Polaris (LPP) is one of the causes of Cicatrices Alopecia (irreversible loss of hair) of the scalp.LPP is characterized clinically by follicular lesions, scaling and loss of hair leaving behind smooth atrophic patches and hyperpigmentation. The disease tends t... | healthcaremagic | 943d24ab8783563c | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: Hi A week back salmonella o typhi count was 1:80 n salmonella h typhi count was -ve Doctor advised to take taxim o 200 mg. (antibiotic) I got the widal test redone. Surprisingly, salmonella o typhi count is the same but salmonella h typhi count has also become positive 1:80.. no fever as of now.. pl advise
C... | Hello, THX to contact us. If I am your treating doctor I would like to advice you that Tidal results may be high if you are a chronic carrier of the salmonella infection. If you had been previously infected and treated, it may be possible that you become a carrier for salmonella, so you are having high tidal result. If... | healthcaremagic | 263627b1fd970748 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: Thank you. I got a call from my mom because she has been experiencing pain behind her knee. When I went to assess, there was swelling and hardness that covered about 3 x2 behind the knee. (Hard upon pulsation) It did not feel like the hardness had an exact shape or form, (like a bakers cyst) Now, there was ab... | Hello have read your query. There is possibility of DVT. I will advise you color Doppler of calf. Till time take neurotrophic medication like methylcobalamine. Another possibility of knee osteoarthritis. Physiotherapy like ultrasound and Tens may give you relief. Bruising can be due to associated skin involvement. I ho... | healthcaremagic | aff75359924c7437 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: hello my name is derya i am 35 yrs old I ve been having vague symptoms i can t understand chest pain but not persistent sometime the pain hits me from my upper back and sometimes the left side of my chest. my left arm has been aching on and off for some time . I ve also been experiencing jaw pain as well most... | Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. I can understand your concern. By your history and description, possibility of heart related diseases like arrhythmia is more. You are skipping your beats, having chest pain, left arm pain etc. All these are commonly seen with arrhythmia (rhythm disturbances in heart). If not tr... | healthcaremagic | 87e0cbe2f82bb89d | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: My sister who is 69 years old has been diagnosed by an ER doctor with Cerebellum Neuropathy. She has seen many, many specialists over the past six years and no one has been able to diagnose or help her. She is in constant severe pain and is about to give up. Is there a treatment center or who should she see f... | Hello, Cannot say in her particular case especially because cerebellum ataxia is quite variable in what it produces, but it seems like they found the diagnosis. In this disorder part of the brain goes away. That is not going to be fixable. There's a lot of nerve pain Chat Doctor. There's Cymbal ta which is a bit of a... | healthcaremagic | 58ceb877ade6774a | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: Unexplained swelling in lower legs and ankles. Have changed blood pressure med to one that has a dieuritic but it has has no effect. Am a 2-time breast cancer survivor (1987 and 1996, two mastectomies, no chemo or radiation) and a minor stroke in 2000.
Context: Unexplained swelling in lower legs and ankles. ... | Hi, Swelling in lower limbs can be a side effect of some antihypertensive medications like Calcium Channel Blockers which include Amlodipine, Cilnidipine. So check if you are taking any of these. Also get your echo done to see for any heart dysfunction which can also cause swelling in lower limbs. Other abnormalities t... | healthcaremagic | 3bc47672d68288b0 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: evening, my 3 year old daughters vagina has closed. there appears to be skin growing over what was once the labia. the clitoris and a tiny gap that allows urine out are still visible. she has been referred to gynae but i am a little confused as to why this has happened. do hormones have a significant role to ... | Hi.... By what you say I understand that this could be a simple case of vaginal synechiae, which are very, very common in this age group in girl child Chat Doctor. A very simple remedy like usage of remain cream there with pressure for 4 weeks twice a day will solve the problem and open up the vagina. You need not wor... | healthcaremagic | dd01173b0fa57e35 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: Thanks I have had gum problems, all this year my dentist said I had a Teeth that need pulling but when i went for appt I only recieved filling, Now we have new contract for our facility and have a mobile van. They pulled 2 teeth (1 wisdom) SAID TEEH HAD DECAYED AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN PULLED LONG TIME AG0. i. CO... | Thanks for using Chat Doctor. Read your query. Chronic gingivitis is usually associated with bad taste, bleeding from gums and many other symptoms. Controlling the sugar levels is very important in a diabetic to prevent the gum disease. If I were your treating dentist I would advise you to continue with the antibiotics... | healthcaremagic | b8096ae2c2e243d5 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: HiAfter taking antibiotics for almost a week (cipro 500mg) i have been having this slight but very bothersome pain in my abdomen mainly in my left and right side. my stool became loose and notice pieces of red stuff. I have ben like this for about a week. I had a colonoscopy and result was hemorroids easy to ... | Hi welcome to Chat Doctor forum. Thanks for calling Chat Doctor. Forum. After using antibiotics for one week, (Cipro) you had abdominal pain on both sides, stools became loose and with red stuff, since one week, colonoscopy show hemorrhoids, In some areas due to hardness of water some antibiotics show such changes li... | healthcaremagic | f093153ea7faf696 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: I took my daughter to the doctor today and they tested her for strep. The test didnt come back either negative or positive( iguess borderline positive) the doctor prescribed penn for her in hopes that if that is what she has that it will kick it in the butt. I know she has only had 2 doses of it but she is st... | Thanks for consulting me at Chat Doctor. I have carefully worked through your case, and can well realize your health worries. Being your physician, I want to assure, I will take care all of your medical concerns according to the latest medical guidelines. You need to give her the antibiotics for a full course as prescr... | healthcaremagic | cb6efaf871514e9b | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: Hi my 12 week old baby has been having on average 6 very loose bowel movements a day for the last 5 days, this is much more than usual for her. She also seems to have a decreased apetite and is fighting the botle during feeds. She often only takes 2-3oz. She is very happy in herself but I m wondering what is ... | Hello, The symptoms are typical of gastroenteritis probably viral in origin. Indigestion is also a possibility. In most cases it will resolve by itself without any complications. Continue breastfeeding to prevent deny Chat Doctor. If there are symptoms like fever or decreased activity, consult a pediatrician at the ea... | healthcaremagic | dfad9533231b5f04 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: i am a 38 year old female with blood pressure at 170/89. This is my second reading in one week. My first reading was 162/90 and the nurse recommended i stop taking some cold medication with decongestion. I was told to come back in one week to retake.. which i did and the reading was higher, what could be t... | Hello dear, and thanks for posting your query here. The most common cause of high BP is idiopathic, that means where the cause is not known and is mainly related to genetics. This is called Primary Hypertension. It's not curable and needs to be treated to keep the BP under control. Then there are certain other causes o... | healthcaremagic | b10590e33f1c5465 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: I have been having fever and chills since yesterday. I am taking Ibuprofen 800, vicodin and flexerill. I didnt have a fever when I was at the dr yesterday morning. The chills that I am getting are body racking chills. I have been on the ibuprofen 800 for sometime now. Could I be having some sort of reacti... | Dear Friend. Welcome to Chat Doctor. I am Chat Doctor. I have read your query in detail. Furthermore, I understand your concern. Fever with chills can be due to:1. Malaria2. Urinary tract infection.3. HemogramTill then don't take Ibuprofen. Take Paracetamol 650 mg thrice a day and do cold sponging. This is my best opin... | healthcaremagic | 5d55e6841862d76f | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: Hi Sir,Sometimes I masturbate before I go to sleep at night. Usually nothing is wrong, but sometimes (and this always occurs at night, Ive found) after I masturbate, a few minutes later I have to urinate. And when I do, it is usually very painful. The feeling doesnt pass either. My scrotum usually gets very t... | Degree understand your concerns went through your description. I suggest you not to worry much. People do masturbate, before going to sleep. Most of them feel the urge of urination because of the sensory elements of your urethra. Quite normal. Occasional pain and tightness is also normal. But if the pain is recurring a... | healthcaremagic | 4d028ab2df9f97da | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: I have had high blood pressure since I was 14, and now im 18. I am not fat, I eat healthy for the most part. I do not smoke or drink at all or take any illegal drugs. I am on Lisinipril 20mg and hydrochlorithyzide 25mg. My doctors are baffled because they have checked my heart, my kydneys, and continious bloo... | Hi, At a young age, hypertension is usually secondary hypertension-commonest endovascular cause renal artery stenosis due to neuromuscular dysplasia. You might also be having gastrointestinal vascular malformations (VM) or vascular ecstasies, hemangiolymphangiomas (HLA) or small-bowel varices which are some common caus... | healthcaremagic | fd86e54b527493de | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: Hi. I have chronic cough and mucus only in the morning and evening. Ive been hacking for more than a month now. I have taken cough syrup and antibiotics but the phlegm is still there, i feel like it is only coming from my throat and not from my lungs.
Context: Hi. I have chronic cough and mucus only in the m... | Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. I can understand your concern. You are having chronic cough (cough for more than 2 weeks). Common causes for chronic cough with expectoration are 1. Bronchitis 2. Lung infection. So better to consult pulmonologist and get done 1. Clinical examination of respiratory system 2. Che... | healthcaremagic | 6436d04a69514c60 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: Hello. I am a 19 year old female. I have been experienceing alot of discomfort in my lower left abdomen for the past few months or so. I have been to the doctors numerous times and I am being told that it s due to constipation/Lack of bowel movement, however I have been able to open my bowels quite easily and... | Hi. Thanks for your query. Read about your history of pain in the lower abdomen for months and visits to May Doctor, who say this is due to constipation, which you do not have. Noe your problem is pain even on inserting or removing the tampon during the menstrual cycle. The probable causes are. Colitis and IBS.PID, pel... | healthcaremagic | d78945e57e51d2e8 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: hi, my dad is 69 years old and just called and said he is very lightheaded esp. when he stands and his girlfriends said he started crying for no reason and when i talked to him i could tell he had been crying. what could be going on with his? | Hello He is 69 years old, and he is having complaints of crying without any reason. Crying at this age without any significant reason can occur due to following reasons-- One possible reason is old age depression. Depression at this age can present with symptoms of crying. - Dementia at this age is other possibility. D... | healthcaremagic | ba5289ccafb74df2 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: I am 75 years old with high blood pressure which is under control with Norvasc, Coversill and Lozide. For the past 48 hours, I have had a light headed/dizzy feeling when getting out of bed. Other than that, I am fine. Any ideas? Could it be a drop in blood pressure (which seems unusual to me given my hist... | Hello, It can be low BP, or even high BP can also cause these symptoms. So need to buy one electronic BP apparatus and have home measurements of the BP. Otherwise, you should have a healthy lifestyle like avoiding fatty, oily and high calorie diet. Have low salt diet and monitor blood pressure regularly thrice a day f... | healthcaremagic | ff1a080658ab7a15 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: Dear Dr, my daughter is 2years 9 months old she is taking EPIVAL for the last 7 months as per the Doctor advice , last week she is suffering from fever given Crocin DX 7ml every 5 hours for 3 days . now she is feeling very tired for the last 2days so we have taken to our doctor as per his advice we have teste... | Hi...coming to your queries directly - 1. GOT and SGPT levels of your kid are not alarming - do not worry.2. The raise could be either due to fever or due to paracetamol which was given to control temperature.3. It could also be due to the Rival which is being administered.4. But whatever is the cause - as the levels a... | healthcaremagic | a24ca034b6baac65 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: i had a distectomy and laminectomy 2 years ago discs L 1and 2 , it has now got so bad that i cant walk, the last few day i have had really bad pain in my lower back, i cant walk now and pins and needles in both legs front and back, im in cosntant pain even though i have taken my oxycontin and gabapentin and d... | Hello, I hope that I can better help you understand your situation. From your symptoms it may be that you may have another disc herniation. While discectomy/laminectomy can help with articular pain, you are more likely to re-herniate because the disc is disrupted at this level. If rest, anti-inflammatory meds, and pain... | healthcaremagic | 2bee1e8ff45ba87f | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: my semen analysis report shows color greyish white,volume 3ml,reaction alkaline ,viscosity normal, PUS cells- 6-8 RBCs -2-3 , spermatogenic cells 2-3 Active motile 50% sluggish motile 25% non motile -25% normal forms 70%abnormal forms 30% total sperm count 62 million.what is your opinion on this.please answer... | Hello, Welcome to Chat Doctor, I am Chat Doctor Look, your semen analysis report indicates normal sperm count (normal is > 15 ml as per WHO 2010). The motility is within normal limit (as per WHO 2010, grade a should be >25% or all total >50%). The Normal sperm count is also within normal limit (as per WHO 2010, normal ... | healthcaremagic | 5573097cc906e017 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: Hello, after I urinate the tip of my penis burns and it burns alittle after I defficate. I was checked for all STDs last month and was negative. Last fall I was treated with antibotics. The MD was leaning towards a Prostate infection. Does it sound like I might have another infection? Im 43 years old. The sym... | Hello, Welcome to Chat Doctor, The symptoms are suggestive of urinary tract infection, the burning micturition is a classical sign of UTI. I would like to know whether there is any history of high grade fever, chills and rigor which will suffice the UTI. You may be required lab investigation like urine examination for ... | healthcaremagic | cca44438b100ef45 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: Hi,My daughter has had a cough for a few weeks now. She has been to a dr a couple of times and given antibiotics. She woke up yesterday with red spots (some raised, some not) covering her entire body. I took her to the ER and they said she was misdiagnosed and has bronchitis and an infected bronchile tube whi... | Hello dear, Thank you for your question. In my opinion, the nature of the red spots may suggest an allergic reaction from the antibiotics. In order to create the right idea, I would like to ask you a few questions:-What type of antibiotic has your daughter taken? -Did the ER doctors prescribe a different antibiotic or ... | healthcaremagic | f1d8e7c7a6bf11f8 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: Hello, my son just turned 4 yrs old and has down syndrome. After some routine blood work, his doc called saying that his levels have changed and she suspects hypothyroidism. This was almost 2 months ago and he has an appointment to see an endrocronologist next month. About a month ago my son began sleeping... | Hi, Thanks for asking. Based on your query, my opinion is as follows.1. Further blood reports details necessary to make any possible leukemia diagnosis. Risk is definitely present.2. Hypothyroidism is also common in Downs syn Chat Doctor. A thyroid hormone profile will confirm the diagnosis.3. Anemia if present, will ... | healthcaremagic | ece15e82262c7e0b | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: hi i am 22 years old. i just got sick the begining of january. ever since then i am feeling faint, dizzy i cant stand very long and i feel something is sitting on my chest. a couple weeks ago i had a very rapid heart beat it felt like a mini heart attack. my heart was pounding i got light headed, dizzy, was s... | Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. I can understand your concern. In my opinion, we should first rule out heart diseases for your symptoms. So get done blood pressure monitoring, ECG, 2d echo and Holder monitoring (24 hours continuous recording of ECG). If all these are normal then no need to worry about heart di... | healthcaremagic | ba04721b15b3b723 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: hi, for the past couple days i have had really bad pains in my lower abdomen, (feels like menstral pains but worse). tonight i was pushing against it, & felt a little bump . so i pinched it & it feels like a little ball , a little smaller than a marble. i was wondering if this has something to do with the pai... | Hi, Dear thanks for the query to Chat Doctor virtual clinic. I studied your query in full details updated from you. I understood your health concerns. Based on your query data, In my opinion, You seem to suffer from amenorrhea with incidental finding of ? Lump on abdomen, which seems to be fatty globular tissue of the ... | healthcaremagic | 69e8a90e19862924 | rag_medical_qa |
Answer the medical question based on the provided context. If the context is insufficient, provide the best available medical information. | Question: I am 53 years old, and today had a glass of alcohol, rum and coke this was not a high content of alcohol I usually i ask for it to be filled more with coke, but occasionally over the past 5 or so years, when there have been celebrations - christmas, or have been out and had a drink (I am a low alcohol drinker... | Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. I can understand your concern. Yes, you should definitely consult your doctor and get done ECG, 2d echo and stress test to rule out heart diseases. You are taking alcohol and have positive family history of heart disease, so we should first rule out heart diseases. If all these ... | healthcaremagic | 2958fc2053af78e1 | rag_medical_qa |
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