Doctor in the House: Free Medical Advice Available

Thanks sista. We do try our best on this forum

@gentleone,
 There is no strict regulation on how often one should deworm. I am not sure I have seen it in any text or article on the frequency of deworming. Also deworming would depend on the age of the indivivdual (as children are more predisposed to the effects of worm load) and the location, I mean place of domicile of the person. I do not expect a person in the US to have the same worm load as someone living in my village in Osun State. You get. But Personally I would advise once in 6 months for an adult. That though is very arbitrary as I myself I have not dewormed in the past 6 years. (maybe thats why I am this skinny).  LAUGHS

I welcome other people's comments on the frequency. I'll advise once in 6 months to a year.

Now for the effects of worms: plenty. Firstly depends on the type of worms. Mostly the kind of worms that inhabit us in Nigeria is Roundworm (ascaris).

Effects of Ascariasis include:
Nausea, vomiting, abdominal discomfort. they may cause biliary obstruction and intestinal obstruction if the worm load is much. Actually in my unit when I was in Paed surgery one time , we had  taken a child to theatre for Intestinal Obstruction only to get in and find a bag of worms. some of those worms were as big as my head. They also cause malnutrition esp in children.
Hookworm causes anaemia.
Threadworm causes intense perianal itching (itching around the anus)
etc.
Let me stop boring you.

The effect of worms are more important in children and I would advise regular deworming in children but in adults I think once in 6 months and above is good enough.

Thanks

Hi doc Balogun, read d posts and hav to commend the time and effort u put into them. I'm a med student myself in TCD, read in one of yor posts that you trained in Dublin. I'm curious to know where you did your internship and how it worked out  as it's tough these days for non eu nationals to get a spot in hospitals in Eire.

Hello doctors in the house,

For sometime,i have been coughing and sneezing when i wake up in the morning.It normally stops after sometime(8-9am). I was told it is an allergy. Piriton was precsbribed,to be taken at night.The issue is that when i am through with the dosage,it starts again.

Please advice. Thanks.

Hi Christie,
I am not a doctor but I have suffered with allergies for many years.  Here are some changes you can make to your diet that will help:
    -eat a lot of leafy green vegetables
   -eat less sugar
   -less carbohydrates
   - drink alkaline water (water with fresh lemon juice) try to drink 8+ glasses daily
   -less coffee
   -more green tea
   -more chicken breast
   -less red meat
   -exercise more
   - increase your vitamin C intake

Exercising more will help your body sweat out toxins.  You will find that this diet will help you right away. It cured me of chronic sinusitis which I had for 2 years.  I still use it to controll my allergies. You can research this diet on line it is called the alkaline diet.   Also cover your pillow with a silk pillowcase  that has a zipper and if you can get a silk filled pillow that would help greatly.  Dust mites in your pillow and mattress are causing you to sneeze in the morning.  Silk is suggested because dust mite don't like silk.   A mattress cover will also help.  Try to find out what you are allergic to and eliminate from your diet if it is food, if it is pollen or fabric.  If you are allergic to pollen close your windows in the morning when pollen is a big problem and buy local raw (or unpasteurized)honey and use it in your tea every day.  Having honey every day will help your body become immune to the local pollen.  Make sure your are getting enough fiber in your diet to cleanse your intestines. I got this information from consulting  several Allergists, Certified Nutritionists, and on line research. I use all of the above techniques and they work. You will find that your diet will not need to be strict for it to work well for you.    I hope this works for you. God bless

Hi everyone.
So many questions. Its been busy for all the doctors I am sure. Its been busy for me sef.
So lets answer the questions as best as possible:

@christie,
 I agree that that might be an allergy. One problem is that you have not yet been able to identify what you react to. The presence of the allergy would continue to stimulate that response, so a long lasting solution apart from the drugs is identification of the allergy and life style modification.
Are you also asthmatic? Do you itch around your eyes, nose? All these allergic conditions can coexist. What you have is probably perennial rhinitis. The most probably organism is house dust mite.
So the following advice might be useful, remove all pets (cats, dogs etc), rugs are to  be changed to carpets if possible,
your pillows and beds should be covered with silk beddings. There are other drugs but I don't see a point in adding another one. your symptoms seem mild to me and you are well  controlled on piriton. I think lifestyle modifictaion is all we need to win here. Ok
Please do not hesitate to ask any questions you are not clear about.


@4 play,

It is possible he has congestive heart failure. He has swollen feet, he complains of feeling his heart racing. The hyperventilating symptom looks like PND to me. Its is very possible
But I think a thorough check up in a hospital would be essential
I have to ask a lot of questions but it is better he is thoruoghly evaluated.



@bimpeaka,

How long have you been married.?
Have you been pregnant before?
Other questions I'll love to ask seem personal. You can mail me or buzz me when I am online. I can ask a few qesutions and probably recommend you see your Gynecologist or whatever.

Thanks everyone

Gat to go

Thanks


 

Good job doctors.
A friend had a wart removed from her forehead by cryotherapy but noticed discolouration around the area which she says is how the wart develops.Her dermatologist prescribed retinon which isn't working. Other creams she tried are neomycin and scabicides, but the wart disappears for a cuple of days and then reappears and continues to grow.
What cream or tablet could she use to find a permanent solution to this problem?

My friend masturbate daily he said he enjoy it instead of  prostituting about because of hiv.I warned him  what are d consiquencet and side effects?

Doctor in the house, i thank u so much hw u hv been rendering medical advice to nairaland users , i pray that almight God 'll reward u mightly. my problem is that of difficult to sleep. most times after a busy day at work and coming back to sleep nd get ready for the next day job becomes a problem. more especially when i'm interupted at night by late night call or something else.most times i take drugs i mean sleeping tabs. But i think that is not helping matters, i want to find a permanet solution to the problems. As result of the problem i hv visited different doctors severally, and most of them always said that i'm thinking, but is not true. I'm not thinking anything, i told one doctor one time that i hv experienced sorrowful times, like the time i lost my fiance and my immediate elder sister so dear to me and it was a matter of two days i got over it, i began to enjoy my normal sleep again. How could it be this time i hv everything going for me by grace of God that i will be thinking. I nowmarried and also got a well paid job, honestly i'm not thinking anything but the question is what could be responsible for my sleepless night. I need your prompt advice. And most times when it happens, my temperature increase and my heart beat increase as well.Please i need your advice.

ok let's see what we can do to help here
@ Daviso
           How long have you been Insomnic?
           Which is more of a problem for you ,  falling asleep initially or getting back to sleep after you've been woken up?
           Do you have these episodes of fast heartbeats during the day also? Do you also break out in sweat when they occur?
           When you say your job is well paid are you saying you r exempt from financial pressure?

@iamworried
            If your child is nine months old and your husband still complains or you still think you r slack down there, you will need to see a gynecologist. There are remedies for that.
 
Cheers.

Thanks Doc. for the mail.

I really appreciate it. Can herbal medicine cure is totally or we should fore-go the idea of trying herbal?

Any advice for me please? We have exhausted all available ideas. We need you help!

@ Radient,

Thanks for your reply. In your current location, don't you have a herbal store around? I mean even if not a herbal clinic, somewhere we could get a cure from.

In this cause, money is not a stopping point. We need help, we need real help Radient.

@ All,

I need you great help pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Thanks Webbo,

I just mailed you now and hope you get back at me soonest!

@ All,
Please we need your advice  and help!

Baby has blue inhaler, brown inhaler and baby mask. What is the right way to use the inhaler for a baby. My uncle's wife says I have to force it on him as he pushes it away that it does not matter whether it enters through his nose or mouth. Is she right?

Thanks for the reply. We were given a baby mask (spacer ) to use with the inhalers and this device covers the nose and the mouth but I didn't know whether the gas was supposed to be inhaled via the nose or the mouth.

When I picked up the repeat prescription, we were given one in a powdery form to put on the tongue in a circular shaped thingy and another one, (can't remember). Returned both as main ingredient was lactose and baby is lactose intolerant. Pharmacist advised that it had to go in through the nose for babies, not sucked through the mouth.