Doctor in the House: Free Medical Advice Available

Hi doctors in the house, thank you for the good work u've been doing all these while, may God bless u.
my question is- why is it i've a very low appetite for food nd drinks; the point is that even if i want to eat or drink much my stomach wont just accept it, it will be full and its has been like that since i was small. is it that i've small intestines?

Hi Naijaking1, Balogun nd others,

I want to update u on my situation. I've been trying more to lose weight and it's been working. What I do most is to delay my breakfast till around 11 or 12 then take my second meal around 6 or 7pm and then I wont take anything again for the day, is this a good idea.
One thing I forgot to add to my the problems I listed then was that water comes out from my anus and get's worse when I sweat, it's so annoying and embarassing and I don't know what to do about it.

One last thing is that I read somewhere that sleeping with one's chest facing down puts pressure on the heart and makes it wear out quickly and one thing with me is that if I don't sleep with my chest facin down, I won't sleep on time but since then I've stopped and it has been working for me, the suggested way were sleeping on the back or the right side to reduce the pressure on the heart. Is this really true?
Awaiting your response, thanks so far

Can a doctor in the house please reply to my post plssssssssssssssssss, am waiting.

Thank you very much doctors in the house, God is really using you guys to bless this forum.
Please an Anty of mine has been suffering from partial stroke for about 5 years now, she has been to the hospitals for treatment though one part of her body is affected, but about a year ago, she started experiencing serious pains in that part of her body that was affected. She has taken all types of drugs but the pains keep increasing every day.
Please i really do need your help and response.

secondly, there is a friend of mine that has been suffering from an infection for about 4 yeas now, she coughs, brings out coloured mucus always, with little chest pain, congested throat, short breath once in a while, and the cough is contagious, she has been to verious hospitals for test like chest X-try, sputum test, blood test and others for more than four different occasions, nothing seem to be seen or discovered in the test that has been carried out. Doctor, please, i know u could be of help.
Thanks.


hi treasure j

i read your post. thot i shuld say  somethin. i just graduated in Dec 07, about 2 start my internship.

for your Aunt with the partial stroke of 5 years, i'm  not so sur of what u mean. did she lose the  ability to use one  side of her body completely at the time of s stroke with a slurred speech? has she be doin physiotherapy & speec therapy to regain the use of her limbs and speech.

please explain more about the pain or is it like pins & needlses or burning sensation? is she diabetic and/or hypertensive? is she obese?

all these questions r important and she needs to see a consulatant physician!

for your friend with a cough of 4 years, i that of TB initially but its a posssibility. does she cough up blood or blood-stained sputum?any significant weight loss, drenching night sweats, loss of appetite?has TB ever been diagnosed and treated in her? u said d cough is contagious TB is extremely CONTAGIOUS!

please take her case seriously i;ll advise both of these people to go to LASUTH. Ikeja! they are lot of experienced hands there, ok.

please pray 4 them. God heals, We Care.


Cheers


Shawla

Hi please any doc in the house can someone conceive when you have sexual intercourse during menstruation?

And wats the effect of having sexual intercourse during menstruation?

Please i need an urgent answer to this.
i detected that i always hav temperature on the right part of my body.please let me know what cause this and the quick solution to it before half of my body paralyses, pleeeeeeeease

@ chii, yes you can conceive during your period, but the percentage of that happening is usually very low. Also, There's no risk to that.

Soulmatebj. Probably refer your question to my colleague kathyekiti who is doing obs/gyn forum. Would have been best for your doctor to tell you what was found on the scan before starting you on augmentin/cephalosporin. Might be pelvic inflammatory disease!!

Dysfunctional bladder and bowel movements usually characterize spinal cord trauma. Depending on the extent of the injury, symptoms could vary.

In addition to stooling and urinating functions, others such as sexual, and lower extremity motor and sensory functions could also be affected.

In response to your question specifically, diet consisting of high fiber is mostly recommended, because patients tend to be chronically constipated.

There could also be a problem with sphincter muscle control, ie. incontinence to stool, urine, etc.

Congratulations, if you have passed the acute phase of the injury, on the rehablitative phase, you and your family would need a lot of education/understanding of the process.

Physical and occupational therapy would also play a big role.

Depending on your means, there are very good rehablitation programs at Emory, Cleveland Clinic, and of course Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN-World's #1 program.

I studied mostly at Mayo, so my bias may tend towards their program.

Good luck.

Hi Nairalanders,
and to the docs in the house (Balogun, Naijaking etc) welldone guys.

I am a medical doctor myself (from www.naijamedico.com) , based in Lagos and wish to give you guys a hand from time to time. So help me God

@big spif, it seems you have constipation with resultant hard feces which can cause you to spend a lot of time in the toilet, as well as experience strange things like "growth protruding" from your anus. Hard feces can cause these. It can also cause painful conditions in you anus if you don't seek medical attention. For all we know, you may have hemorrhoids or other scary things.

My advice? Change your diet. Start with a meals that form little or no stool (soft rice, pap) for about a week. A tablespoon of liquid paraffin three times daily has been known to be helpful. After that, eat meals high in fibres (e.g. vegetables, carrots, cucumbers, meat etc). Reduce the amala or akpu. This should held with the constipation and nip the problem in the bud. Should it persist after 2 weeks, go the the hospital. If at anytime you see blood in your stool, go to the hospital immediately.

As for the knee pain, you haven't given me much to work with e.g. have you sustained any injury on the knee before? How long ago since you last exercised? Did you jump from a height and land on your feet recently? Do you participate in any outdoor sporting event? So many questions. Hope you find these helpful

Cheers

Hello Balogun,i fell ill in 2005 n after various test i was told i had malaria parasite n typhoid.I was treated n i got beta bt d thing is ever since then,i fall sick all d time n doctors still say its dsame typhoid.Cant it b cured.I practicaly live on drugs n am sick of it.Please what can i do?

May God bless you for the help you've given Nairalanders.

I developed a kind of allergy sometime last year.
When i'm cold, slight inflammation erupt from my skin and it itches like mad.
It emerges like rashes on a line, sometimes, a line, sometimes the mark of a cane.
The more i scratch it, the more the swelling extends to other areas of my skin.
The swell  looks like mosquito bite.
It is worse at night.
I was told by a trado-herbalist that it is a symptom of impending fatness.
Please help!

@iamworried
I am worried about you.  Are you the same person that has a post about tightening the vagina after childbirth and now you got slapped?  if, yes, my friend, are you in a physically abusive relationship?

@iamworried

Phew!!!!!!!!!!!! Now I can sleep well.  You need an ear evaluation.  You might have a ruptured ear drum.  Has there been any change in your hearing?

@chineduleo,
Unfortunately, low sperm count hardly presents with any physical symptoms. It is usually discovered accidentally during a semen analysis when a couple complains of inability to conceive after over 1 year of frequent, regular unprotected sexual intercourse.
Different treatment modalities exist depending on the exact cause. In developed countries, assisted reproduction is used to solve this problem. This technology is available in nigeria but it is rather expensive. It involves taking the man's sperm cells from his semen and directly introducing it to the woman's eggs either inside out outside her body.
Many factors contribute to low sperm count but some common ones in this environment include wearing tight underpants/trousers, untreated testicular/scrotal conditions whether acute or not e.g. torsion of testes, having mumps in childhood, untreated STIs, etc. Infact, a medical expert from UCH Ibadan just alluded to "Okada" riding as a cause of low sperm count!

@ChiefS, her having another C-section is dependent on the reason for which the previous one was done. The 18 months is to allow her more time to recover and be fully prepared for the stresses of another pregnancy