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Re: Doctor in the House: Free Medical Advice Available by Nobody: 9:29am On Aug 24, 2017 |
emmyspark007:Well, that actually sounds like lympedema. The essential story in this condition is that the lymphatic drainage ( system that takes fluids back to the heart) is blocked. Usually it comes as swelling in one limb, and it could easily get infected. Some of the common causes are trauma (like that which your brother suffered), infection from some kinda worms(that's why you did a skin test). By and large, its not too difficult to treat, he would be just fine. |
Re: Doctor in the House: Free Medical Advice Available by Nobody: 9:47am On Aug 24, 2017 |
Frenchfriez:Thanks Doc you are really doing a great job here..God bless you and doctors worldwide. You say its not too difficult to treat; what treatments would you recommend because we have tried our best all to no avail and even the drugs prescribed to us at the orthopaedic hospital was as good as useless against the swelling. My family members believe its something to do with juju, but I believe it should be a medical problem, even though almost all the drugs taken as good as useless. But there is this prescription given to us by one old chemist only it reduces the swelling albeit it makes my bro urinate alot whenever he takes them. Laxis , Nomoretic, b complex, predisalove, and ampiclox..From my research I think they are diuretics although I may be wrong..Sir are these particular drug combination harmful in any way especially when taken almost every week just to reduce the swelling? |
Re: Doctor in the House: Free Medical Advice Available by JandyJ(m): 9:48am On Aug 24, 2017 |
Hello, Pls I Av Been Suffering From Ear Pain For The Past 11 Years Now. I Av Gone To Both Govt And Private Huspitals, The Thing Goes And Still Comes Back Later. I Hear Sounds Inside My Ear And My Ear Brings Out Smelling Liquid. There Was A Time Wen A Herbal Man Brought Out More Than 11 Slim Red Live Worms From My Ear. Pls I Dont Know Wat To Do I Need Help |
Re: Doctor in the House: Free Medical Advice Available by Nobody: 10:38am On Aug 24, 2017 |
emmyspark007:Those drugs aren't to be used arbitrarily. They could do more harm than good, especially the normoretic. I'd advice you stop them, go back to the hospital. There are a range of treatment options depending on the severity of the swelling which I can't assess from here. Treatment could be medications, a kind of stockings and even surgery in advanced cases. 1 Like |
Re: Doctor in the House: Free Medical Advice Available by Nobody: 10:56am On Aug 24, 2017 |
JandyJ:My friend pls go to the ENT unit of a teaching hospital or FMC near you, this is Chronic Otitis Media with effusion and you risk loosing the hearing function of that ear. More dangerously, it could spread inward , leading to otitis interna and the more severe meningitis and other funny (but not so funny) head infections |
Re: Doctor in the House: Free Medical Advice Available by JandyJ(m): 11:04am On Aug 24, 2017 |
Frenchfriez: Pls What Do U Mean By FMC? I Av Gone To ENT before and pls what kind of head infections are u talking about |
Re: Doctor in the House: Free Medical Advice Available by makydebbie(f): 11:37am On Aug 24, 2017 |
Frenchfriez:Okay thanks doctor. God bless you. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Doctor in the House: Free Medical Advice Available by Nobody: 11:42am On Aug 24, 2017 |
JandyJ:I don't want to blow all the medical jargons but there really are a number of nasty infections that can come about if this condition isn't treated asap. FMC is federal medical centre. I should state here that for the condition you described, its not what we'd just give drugs which you can buy from the chemist. You require a course of injections. The pus in the ear would also need to be 'washed out'. So you see, its no small procedure. |
Re: Doctor in the House: Free Medical Advice Available by JandyJ(m): 11:45am On Aug 24, 2017 |
Frenchfriez: I Was Given Vitamin C And Ear Drop At Uniben Teaching Hospital Ent Unit |
Re: Doctor in the House: Free Medical Advice Available by Nobody: 11:52am On Aug 24, 2017 |
JandyJ:Based on what you described, that's just like scratching the surface. Are you sure that's all they did for you? And are you sure you actually got to ENT and not Out-Patient dept. I think you should go back to them and tell them its not cleared yet. |
Re: Doctor in the House: Free Medical Advice Available by JandyJ(m): 12:00pm On Aug 24, 2017 |
Frenchfriez: I Told Them Everything And They Saw The Liquid And Did Test On The Liquid. I Did Ear Dressing Many Times, All They Do Is Wet A Little Rope With My Eardrop And Insert It Inside The Ear With Scissors And Then Remove It The Next Day And Put Another One. Infact Docs There Dont Listen To Somebody Before Moving To The Next Patient. The Highest Time They Spend With A Patient Is 3mins No matter The Situation. on the doctor note the only thing i saw was ear discharge on the middle ear |
Re: Doctor in the House: Free Medical Advice Available by JandyJ(m): 12:03pm On Aug 24, 2017 |
JandyJ:They Didnt Even Av The Ear Drop In Their Pharmacy, I Had To Buy It Outside |
Re: Doctor in the House: Free Medical Advice Available by Nobody: 1:45pm On Aug 24, 2017 |
JandyJ:Its sad what you went through. I still feel you'd be better off when treated at the tertiary hospitals. Good enough, there are at least 3 of such centres in Edo alone. If UBTH isn't cool, then Irua specialist or AAUTH could be an alternative. The best of care and a lasting solution is what we're after |
Re: Doctor in the House: Free Medical Advice Available by JandyJ(m): 3:48pm On Aug 24, 2017 |
Frenchfriez: Ubth Doctors Are Quack Doctors. All They Do Is Recommend And Sell Their Hearing Aid To People Going Through Hearing Loss. Now I Know Why Nigerian Politicians Dont Treat Their Selves And Dogs In Nigeria. Infact U Know The Job More Than Those In The Hospital Receiving Free Salaries. And Wen The Govt Dont Pay For A Month They Will Begin To Make Noise. I Will Try Irrua Specialist |
Re: Doctor in the House: Free Medical Advice Available by freedom96: 4:26pm On Aug 24, 2017 |
Hello doc,pls I have prob with my left ear.For almost a week now,it feels as if there's a blockage inside,the type of blockage you feel when you block your nose and swallow.So yesterday I visited a pharmacy and they gave me cerumol ear drops.The pharmacists believes it's ear wax,but I've applied the ear drop twice now yet no improvement. I've also noticed that there's a continous chirping sound from within the left ear,though I only hear the sound when there's no other noise.What help can you pls provide? |
Re: Doctor in the House: Free Medical Advice Available by leathalbeast: 10:52am On Aug 25, 2017 |
makydebbie:how is your neck pains? I hope it has subsided. |
Re: Doctor in the House: Free Medical Advice Available by makydebbie(f): 12:21pm On Aug 25, 2017 |
leathalbeast:Yea I feel better, thanks for asking. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Doctor in the House: Free Medical Advice Available by freedom96: 4:22pm On Aug 25, 2017 |
freedom96:frenchfriez can you pls help? |
Re: Doctor in the House: Free Medical Advice Available by Nobody: 4:30pm On Aug 25, 2017 |
freedom96:Well, have you had cough or catarrh of recent? Do you feel ill? The chirping sound you hear is called tinnitus, its one of the pointers to an ear problem. |
Re: Doctor in the House: Free Medical Advice Available by freedom96: 4:37pm On Aug 25, 2017 |
Frenchfriez:No sir, I haven't. I don't feel ill either.I had fever some weeks back,that was when I first noticed the sound,then it stopped untill about a week ago.I now hear the sound and also feel as if there's a blockage from within the left ear. |
Re: Doctor in the House: Free Medical Advice Available by Nobody: 7:19pm On Aug 25, 2017 |
freedom96:Best bet would have been to visit the hospital where we would use an instrument to look into the ear and determine the source of the ish. Nevertheless, this looks to me like wax impaction which is quite common in cold and humid weather. I'd say continue with the cerumol for another 3days. If no change, then you may have to do the needful. |
Re: Doctor in the House: Free Medical Advice Available by freedom96: 7:31pm On Aug 25, 2017 |
Frenchfriez:All right,I wil do that. I've browsed on tinnitus.I see there's no known cure for it yet,which makes me a bit worried,though more enlightened. Thank you for the advice and the info. God bless. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Doctor in the House: Free Medical Advice Available by Nobody: 10:21pm On Aug 25, 2017 |
freedom96:Tinnitus is not an illness, its a pointer to an illness as I said earlier. If the cause of the tinnitus is taken care of, the tinnitus would go away. |
Re: Doctor in the House: Free Medical Advice Available by freedom96: 11:59pm On Aug 25, 2017 |
Frenchfriez:I suspect the cause to be music then,as I've played it lately(before the ear prob)more frequently than ever and I usually exceed the volume safety limit But I don't understand why it's only my left ear that has the problem. |
Re: Doctor in the House: Free Medical Advice Available by Nobody: 12:44am On Aug 26, 2017 |
freedom96:Loud music is a very potent stimuli for excess wax production. And even for ringing noise in the ear. Just as no paired organs are entirely similar, same for the predisposition of the ears to problems 1 Like |
Re: Doctor in the House: Free Medical Advice Available by Nobody: 12:45am On Aug 26, 2017 |
freedom96:Loud music is a very potent stimuli for excess wax production. And even for ringing noise in the ear. Just as no paired organs are entirely similar, same for the predisposition of the ears to problems. Its a good thing you have identified the cause of the problem. That's half way to solving it. |
Re: Doctor in the House: Free Medical Advice Available by symmetric: 7:43am On Aug 26, 2017 |
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Re: Doctor in the House: Free Medical Advice Available by queenhecate: 9:32am On Aug 26, 2017 |
Please doctor I have been having hbp since I put to bed six weeks ago. I was prescribed a week's course of hiclodopa which brought it down but at my six weeks check yesterday, it has risen again though I felt completely fine. The doc prescribed hiclodopa again with nitrazepam and normodipin. I took them yesternite but was unable to sleep much because of the baby. My problem is this: I woke up this morning with the most excruciating headache ever in my life and have to take painkillers to diffuse it. Please doctor what should I do. I am scared to take the drugs again this night because I need to function for my family and they made me unable to do so. Help!! |
Re: Doctor in the House: Free Medical Advice Available by freedom96: 11:23am On Aug 26, 2017 |
Frenchfriez:OK sir.Thank you so much. |
Re: Doctor in the House: Free Medical Advice Available by Nobody: 10:33pm On Aug 30, 2017 |
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Re: Doctor in the House: Free Medical Advice Available by Walelavender(m): 7:46am On Aug 31, 2017 |
Good morning great doctors in the house. Two weeks ago I had symptoms of malaria and I used Lonart. Few days after,which waslast week, I used an antibiotics -Amoxicillin(Beecham) which i felt could have been typhoid. The symptoms persisted. I had to see a Doctor couple of days ago and was asked to run a test. Widal and Mp. The widal was negative while the mp was positive. The Doctor said it could have been as a result of a relapse of malaria. The doctor prescribed a drug and I picked it from their pharmacy. Arthemed was d drug, same artemether and Lumefantrine class of Lonart I used. This will be the third day and the symptoms haven't gone. What do you suggest,pls |
Re: Doctor in the House: Free Medical Advice Available by Nobody: 1:37pm On Aug 31, 2017 |
Walelavender:If you have used lonart then artemed is unlikely to make any difference in the treatment. First you should do a qualitative malaria test (microscopy) to be sure of how much of the malaria parasites are in your blood. That would guide on the choice of antimalaria to use. Secondly, amoxyl is unlikely to take care of 'typhoid'. Not in a long shot. Well you said typhoid was negative, so good for you |
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