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kaycee676:
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Tanks doc. So am on de right track by taking folic acid for now or should I stop it?

Continue the folic acid.

Madamkilljoy:
Doc, what if the stool comes not only with a peppery sensation but also with blood? Is it still the same problem? If no, how can it be treated?

It is still possible to be anal fissure. However, other causes pf blood in stool should be ruled out, particularly haemorrhoids (pile). Lower stage haemorrhoid is treated medically and with Sitz bath, but bigger (Higher-stage) ones require surgery.

kaycee676:
Hi doc, gud evening. Pls I Wnt to ask if it is ok to start taking routin drugs now cause am 5weeks pregnant. For now am just taking folic acid. Is dia any drug dat I can take to join it or is it too early to start taken routine drugs. Tank u.

It is best to avoid avoidable drugs until at least the 10th week from your last period has passed. Only folic acid is completely safe before then.

You can commence others after your first trimester.

Kudibaby:
hello Dr omicron I am scheduled for hsg on Saturday,but I have some fear about the procedure which I would like you to clear for me,I Heard it's a painful procedure and if not managed properly could push bacteria to the pelvis,I have heard series of pid before,though I believe it is gone because I have treated with antibiotics and some injections too and I have no symptoms of it now,I want to no if I should do the hsg or not,or is their some form of antibiotics and painkillers I can use before the x Ray to prevent bacteria and to also ease pain respectively.thank for the good work may God bless you.

HSG is painful to some women and not for others. The degree of pain varies too. If you normally feel pain during pelvic exam, you are sure to feel pain during HSG. They may give you a painkiller injection before the procedure to reduce pain, and a sedative to reduce anxiety.

There is a possibility of infection, but it is uncommon. You may be given a broadspectrum antibioctic oncr, just before the procedure.

HSG is used to check for the patency of your tubes. If you are ttc or have had miscarriages, and the HSG has been advised, you have to do it.

Just try and be less anxious. In less than 10 minutes, you would have finished.

All the best

spyder880:
My question is, is this Sullivan Chime or Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi's work?

What does it matter? It's work by the government? And Sullivan was never the government.

That is one of our many developemental mistakes in Nigeria, where projects are seen as "my works", "his works" etc. And where projects are undertaken for political gains rather than with actual development in mind.

ICC remains Chimaroke's work? Perhaps that is why it is still abandoned.

The fact we cannot say if this is "Sullivan's work" or "Ugwuanyi's work" is heart-warming.

The thinking that the project is connected to Peace is "bear-palour talks".

Smh..there was really a country.

mrsfrank:
Quote @Omicron

Thank you for the response, my Job entails more of sitting, and my bed is very comfortable.

I have been on Dostinex for 3weeks now, 1tablets 0. 5mg weekly.
I stopped taking diclofenac because I heard its not good for TTC.

Ok. Well, like I said many things can cause waist pain. You should also know that Dostinex can very commonly cause back pain, so you should check if this waist pain started before or after you started taking Dostinex. Inform your doctor if you think your pain is related to the drug.

There is no straight answer to how long you should take Dostinex. It all depends on your doctor and his diagnosis. A follow up lab test will reveal when your prolactin level has normalised.

Diclofenac does not affect TTC. It is those who are already pregnant that should avoid it.

Abibaby:
TANX I DONT TINK ITS DIARRHEOA,COS D POO IS LIKE 3TIMES DAILY MAYB I SHOULD STIL GO TO D HOSPITAL

Yea, it's better. Two months old baby with a possibility of diarrheoa should see a doctor physically. It may not also be something abnormal.

mrsfrank:
Good day Doctor, I have been having severe waist pain for a month now, what happened was I did HVS and and it reviewed I have Candida Ablican. My doc placed me on antibiotIcs (IV) only for 7days. Before the treatment I had no signs or symptoms of infections.
Pls tell me what to do as my doc gave me only declofenac, but the pain is still severe.

And again I'm on Dostinex for high prolactin, 1tablet weekly as prescribed by my doctor. I have taken 3tablets but no improvement yet, I still have fluid coming out from my bossom. How long do I take this drug to achieve results?

Sorry for my plenty questions.

There are many causes of waist pain; candidiasis is not one of them. PID can cause that, but your test has not showed it and, more importantly, you have no (other) symptoms. So a PID is not likely.

It could be musculoskeletal, related to posture. What is your work? Does it entail much standing? Is the bed so soft you "sink" in it? Are you overweight? It could be arthritis too.

What dose of diclofenac are you on?

How long exactly have you been on the Dostinex?

Abibaby:
PLS O,DOC IN D HOUSE,MY BABY OF TWO MTHS PLUS HAS BEEN POO POOING FOR SOME DAYS NW,ND D POO IS WATERY WT EGUSI LIKE,MOST TIMES IT MAKES LOUD NOICE AS IF ITS MUCH BT WEN U OPEN D PAMPERS U WIL ONLY SEE A LITTLE OR NOTHIN.ND I ALSO NOTICE DAT HE ALWAYS DOES DIS AFTER SUCKIN,WAT COULD B HAPPENIN PLS QUICK RESPOND WIL B APPRECIATED

You have to go to the nearest hospital asap if you think your infant has diarrheoa.

AdmiralPato:
Pls.. i am sorry. i know this isn't d right place to ask this

A friend of mine has been complaining of tommy pains.. he told me he has seen a doctor and was told the only solution is he should have sex.

is there another solution?

Either he saw a quack or this is not exactly what a doctor had told him.

Tommy pains could be due to 1001 things; having sex is not a solution to any of them.

He should she a proper doctor to get a proper diagnosis and treatment.

phreakabit:
Good day Doctor
At the moment he isn't an inpatient, the diagnosis was made in a specialist hospital which he was referred to by a GP.
To make it clearer he was diagnosed with E coli, which he treated partly (he stopped because he had to embark on a trip)
However, when he got back he noticed he had low pressure whenever he peed, having urine retention in his urethra as well as frequent urination, and heavy perspiration.
He decided to go for tests after it was revealed that he had fluid retention in his kidney. . . The doctor said there were two treatment options available, one was to pass a catheter up his urethra and the other was to pass a pipe through his back ( I don't really understand this second procedure).
Regards

Hmmm.

First, no doctor makes a diagnosis of E .Coli or Staph or any of those. It is always a diagnosis made by quacks.

A diagnosis of urinary tract infection is easy to make and easy to treat. It is almost always treated with oral antibiotics, so embarking on a trip does not justify cessation of treatment.

Hydronephrosis is a consequence of obstruction anywhere along the urinary tract, which transmits a high pressure to the kidney resulting in its damage.

Hydronephrosis in itself has no treatment or cure. Its treatment is the treatment of renal insufficiency (or failure) which it ultmately results in. Relieving the causative obstruction will prevent further damage.

If the catheter was hard to pass, and he had poor urinary stream or a retention, I suspect your friend has some obstruction along the urinary tract. Maybe a stricture. Maybe a stone. Maybe a BPH (How old is he?)

So, a big step forward is for him to understand fully what is wrong with him. Is it a an obstructive uropathy (obstruction), a UTI or hydronephrosis?

Obstructive uropathy is a surgical case, mostly. While management of renal failure caused by hydronephrosis will require a nephrologist.

Abidex114:
I Was, Due To The Scarcity Of The Drug. I Accidentally Came Across It Two Days Ago And I Have Started It Again Since Then. The Heart Beat Corresponds With My Heart Beat. What Should I Do About The Bulge Eyes? The Drops(hypotears) I Am Using Isn't Working And The Oitment(chloraphenicol) Irritates Me So I Stopped It. Please Help Me

Ok. The palpitations (awareness of your heartbeats) will subside now you are back on the drug. That drug is the mainstay of your treatment. Will subside your symptoms, and prevent complications.

Your doctors will change your eye drops, if need be. Eye hygiene is paramount, and there are a lot of habits you should adopt or stop in order to avoid eye irriation and infection, since the bulging eyes are specially predisposed to irritations and infection. You can google for those tips.

The bulging eyes are a complication of the main problem. Not so much you could do definitively to reduce it.

You will be ok. One step at a time.

All the best.

Abidex114:
Hi Doctor, The Teaching Hospital I Am Using For My Hyperthyroidism Treatment Is On Strike So I Have Been Unable To Do The Ultrasound Tracking Since The Time You Told Me To, I Have Also Put My Mind Off Getting Pregnant Since The Day You Told Me To. But There Is This Kind Of Heart Beat In My Lower Abdomen That Beats Constantly Every Hour If I Am Not Exagerating. At Times At The Upper Part Of My Stomach And Sometimes At Other Parts Of My Boday. I Did Home PT This Morning But It Was Negative. Please What Is Happening To Me? I Need An Urgent Reply Please Because I Am Dying To Know If I Have Put In Or Not. Please Doc, Urgently.

Ok.

Heartbeat in your abdomen? Does it not correspond to your heartbeat (from your heart)?

Could be your normal heartbeat felt in your upper abdomen which can be caused by hyperthyroidism.

Can also be a different thing. Would need a medical consult to rule out other possibilities out.

It is not a symptom of pregnancy.

Have you been off the anti-thyroids?

phreakabit:
Good evening doc.
A friend of mine has a case of hydronephrosis resulting from UTI which was caused by Ecoli, and has tried using a catheter but failed in inserting it. Its taking a huge toll on him, please what can and should be done?

Hi,

Where was this diagnosis of hydronephrosis made on your friend? Is your friend in a hospital?

The story is not making complete medical sense yet.

bravesoul2:
Gudevenin doc!God bless you for the work here,kindly Interprete my Sperm analysis result;


Gram Stain:Gram Positive Cocci
Culture: Yielded a growth of staphylococcus aureus
Appearance- Greyish white
Volume -6.0ml
Viscosity- low
PH- Alkaline
Living cells 40%
Dead cells 60%
Sluggish cells 20%
Active cells 20%
Total sperm count 32.0 x106ml
Viable sperm count 6.4 x106ml
Duplicate head 05%
Tapering head 02%

WBCs 6-8

Viable sperm count is lower than normal. Normal should be at least 20 million but yours is 6.4million

Sperm motility is also very lower than normal at 20%, against the minimum normal of 50%

Staph aureus was cultured from the specimen. Most likely, this is a contaminant. But you may take the full dose of any of the antibiotics suggested by the MCS report as sensitive.

In smmary, it is an abnormal result, particulary the sperm motility and count.

Many things could explain this, including current or past history of infections affecting the testis, such as mumps;sperm-killing habits such as smoking and excessive alcohol drinking and too much heat around the scrotum consistently; developmental disorders. Genetic causes can explain it too. Rarely, it could be a lab error (and you are advised to repeat test at another lab to crosscheck results).

All the best

Redeemed:
@doctors in the house, thank you for a job well done on the thread.
I did hsg last month and the result was bilateral tubal occlusion, my Gynae recommend laparoscopy. Please I want you to shed more light on the laparoscopy test, its benefits, effectiveness and probably side effects.
Thank you as I await your response.

In laparoscopy, a device, which has a camera to it, is used to view the inside of the body through a small hole on the skin. It can be used as a test or a treatment.

It is used as part of investigation of infertility, or its treatment. In your case, it can be used to assess the patency of the tubes, as well as to check and treat any pelvic adhesions, etc

It is effective in doing the above things, and it is superior to opening up the abdomen to do them.

It has risks, of course. These include damage to internal organs such as the bowel, or a blood vessel. These complications are very rare in experienced hands.

It is usually a day-case, meaning you can go back home same day it was done. Or highest after a couple of days.

All the best.

I'm in support of justice, but not the jungle type

Consy11:
Gud evening doc. i appreciate ur quick response.On dat labour day, i was checked and d midwf said de opening was 2cm, she kept on checkin me but yet no expansion. she induced me afta like 2hrs, all 2 no avail. she now called a doc who orderd for a cs. i took in 19 mnths afta my 1st delivery. hope it's o

Your story is not complete

chinma414:
good morning doc. I missed my period yesterday and went for a test this Morning and the lab attendant told me it is weakly positive. I hope there is no problem.

Ok. It is a qualitative test. Weakly positive means the colour change is not as strong as she/he is used to.

No problem. Relax. Repeat test in about a week, and see.

All the best

coolwisdom:
I have not done scan but it is bliking red light in front of the dash board

scan the car.

Which of the indicators is blinking? Can you take a snapshot?

Consy11:
Gud evening gud docs and mums in de houz. i appreciate de way u guys (docs) tackle ppl's probs. God ll continue 2 reward u o.
pls i hv a question. i delivered my 1st baby july 2013 tru cs. Reason: Cervical Dystocia! I m now pregnant for de 2nd one. what do i do or avoid so as 2 hv a safe delivery time? i dont want 2 be cut again. pls docs, help me. tnx

Hi,

Cervical dystocia is the failure of the cervix- the mouth of the womb- to soften and widen adequately during labour. This failure will, of course, make it hard for baby to pass.

Commonest cause of dystocia is scar formation within the cervix. This may be due to a previous D and C, cervical injuries or Cone Biopsy. Poor management of labour can also cause similar feature, such as commencing induction of labour when the cervix is not yet "favourable", or ready.

There is not so much you can do avoid it. Only make sure that your labour is expertly managed/supervised, that is if you meet the criteria for Vaginal birth after CS (VBAC). I hope you do.

All the best

Onegai:
Hello doctors in the house, this is not a medical problem per se but it happened to someone recently on the Pregnancy thread. Please may I post it here?



What that nurse did was very wrong. The hospital was Military Hospital, Port Harcourt. Please is there anyone of you who works there or has contacts there? Can something be done? Because this could have easily turned into another thread titled "I lost my child due to carelessness of Medical people" and people will start bashing doctors and nurses again.

I know doctors complain Nigerian like to bash them (I have 4 doctors in my immediate family so I'm actually on your side regardless of what you think). I feel it would be better if you self-regulate yourselves rather than leave it to people who don't see everything up close to come and make accusations. Years ago, one of my relatives had to step up and push for discipline for some nurses from Matron at LUTH's delivery ward (because her name will be part of that story and she wanted to protect her dept's reputation).

Please can someone look into this matter? It apparently happened this weekend. Thanks.

Sorry, about that.

There are bad eggs in any profession. Justice demands that they be appropriately punished. Justice also demands that the sin of one should not be used against all, hence why your bringing this complaint here first is highly commendable.

Issues of malpractice or negligence can always be reported to the authotities, such as the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, Nursing Council of Nigeria or the various Ministries of Health.

coolwisdom:
Please i spear headed a buying of a car to one man in our area and the man is treatening me now because the car have problem has soon has it arrive in calabar first the man say that as he was driving the car when he make a stop or hold break the car will fine it deficult to move somtime he need to change from d to d2 before it start to move and even on that the staring and tyre will shake has if somthing hold the leg of the car and the car will be fire on high velocity before it that to move and when it finaly free it will move freely till when you hold another breake or stop so since the car was indicating change oil i advice the should change the atf and the change it and put 8 litres of seahorse atf that is in the red contianer and it has if the problem was about to stop the car move very freely to a very long distand there was no problem but when the car become hot and it drive far distanse it start again this time it do not move again when you put it in drive it only drive reverse and i i let the car to be cold and i top 2 litre again the car move again and drive d but has he was driving the car stop and start again after he has drive lond distance it dont drive front again it oly drive reverse so when i check the dip stick in the gear box i discover that the transmission he use was not the right one that he was supposed to use marcron v oil or transmission but the macron v transmision is very cost which other transmission can we use the car is fordwinstar the space bus type and if we change the transimition will it work will the car move will it stop the problem and secondly the car cosume fuel we have check injector,nusel,plug,it all ok but the car is till cusuming fuel and please is the any other cheap tramission to use for ford winstar

Your write-up is almost unreadable.

What year model is the car?
Any blinking lights?
Have you scanned?


*just trying to help you get your message across the experts.

Hi Kite02,

None of the symptoms you have given is a cause of worry, except, to some extent, the fact that you have been ttc for nine months.

The presence of brownish discharge just before your mesntruation could be normal, and represents the 'washing off' of the 'remnants' from the last mesnstruation.

The symptoms of breast tenderness and malaise are unspecific, but are also common symptoms of Premenstrual Syndrome, a common condition that has no bearing on fertility.

You and your dh deserve a full fertility work up.

Hope you are seeing a doctor already.

Dh should do a semen analaysis. You should do a full hormonal profile, including thyroid hormones, prolactin and Day 21 progesterone assay.

Then you take if from there.

All the best.

successmatters:
add 15 years to it if he was in the civil service, that dude I see up there is at least 79 years OLD.
we should stop voting old ppl to lead the eastern progressive, what happened to young dynamic men that can act and react with zeal?

Lol

I doubt he is up to 70. He looks more like one in his late 50s or early 60s

spyder880:
I don't think that age has anything to do with performance, but how young is our governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi?

centje:
I guess mid 40

Born March 1964, according to Wikipaedia.

cjrane:
Yes, this thread documented the Chime Era.
we can open a thread to document the Ugwuanyi era

A tempting solution, but IMO not the best.

This thread is more than Chime.

This thread is an economic, political and developmental think-thank, that far trascends the political dispensation of Chime.

The same way we want continuity in government, let the thread continue into the Era of Ugwuanyi and beyond.

spyder880:
What if I alter the topic to include something political?

I really don't think that is necessary. The thread is nothing but political. Seun and his moderators know that. Their decision to move the thread away from Politics is highly political and ill-conceived.

The thread will thrive regardless of its location, even though Politics is a much busier and rightful section.

Moreso 90% of comments that perpetuate this thread come from people who already follow the thread.

This issue has been decided before, and seun gave his word that it will remain in Politics section. No thanks to Nairaland data loss, I think the pages where he said that are no longer exixting. But if he is an honorable man, he should remember his words that day and let the thread be brought back.

Anyone who insists this thread is apolitical is just being mischiveous.

Changing its title will play into their mischief.

KAMEELA:
Hello Doc,

I had a baby in Oct 2013, I did'nt menstruate until Aug 2014 and it ws very very scanty and it is still very very scanty till now. I stopped breastfeeding in Nov 2014. Kindly help doc.

Thank u

How many days flow? How many days cycle? How regular? Are you using any contraception?

fosterkid:
tanks for the response my menstration is regular, its always between 27/28days, pelvic scan ddnt show any abnormality,im not seeing a gyna yet since its a year yet,im below 30 and i used to get pregnant easily, will try and do the hormonal profile, thanks for the response
My fear is if i still ovulate

Ok, I see.

Absence of ovulation can cause that too.

A mid-luteal phase (Day 21/20) progesterone test will show if you do.

All the best

fosterkid:
How una dey, please the problem im having is after i had a miscarriage my period pattern changed and i have being trying since then(like 8months ago). I spot for two days and then a day or two after i get heavy flow for two days, was not like this before the miscarriage, i do not even know when to count as cycle day 1
2ndly no slippery cervical mucus during ovulation, only whitish and watery and thick somethings, i did HVS before and it yielded no growth, the one i did recently was staph and have treated that, please what could be wrong and what test do i need to do?
Sorry for the long epistle

Irregular menstruation.

Many causes abound.

Pelvic ultrasound, Hormone profile will help in narrowing the causes.

Hope you are seeing a doctor, as medical advice does not substitute real clinical consultation.

All the best.