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What are my chances of contracting HIV if I accidentally touched a friend's cut or scrape with my nail, which has a small paper cut? My friend's cut was red but I'm not sure if it was bleeding, and my cut was not bleeding.
February 29th, 2024
How is it possible that someone receiving B12 injections for a severe deficiency could end up with critically low hemoglobin requiring multiple transfusions, and should this not have been noticed in follow-up lab testing during the course of receiving B12 injections?
March 19th, 2024
I accidentally took a double dose of 5mg each of amlodipine and Ramipril, which are my daily blood pressure medications. Is there any problem with that?
June 3rd, 2023
I was diagnosed with ST segment changes with anterolateral wall ischemia. Is this reversible? I have seen a doctor in the ER for another issue and found out about this from my medical discharge summary. Should the ER MD have mentioned this to me? There was a definite change from a prior EKG. I am taking atenolol, fenofibrate, lovastatin, omega 3, cymbalta, omeprazole, seroquel, and clonidine. I also have a history of chronic pain from a serious MVA in 2001, tachyarrhythmias with HR into the 140s, and had a seizure last week after flushing medications down the toilet. I tried to self-treat shortness of breath and ended up taking 1000mg of atenolol over a 6-hour period.
January 8th, 2023
I’d like some assistance interpreting blood results. My dermatologist sent me for an ANA and urine analysis because she suspected I had Lupus with a rash on my arm. I just got the results and the ANA was positive with a speckled appearance the number I had was 1.40 which according to the range was just at the negative midly elevated zone. The urine analysis came back as turbid as the color with two things a little high. The wbc/hpf came back as 10-20 and the normal range is 0-5. And squamous Epi cells came back 6-10 and the normal is 0-5. There was no protein, glucose, or blood in urine and all other blood work (complete CBC) including wbc and kidney functions were normal. My first question is lupus a death sentence? Should I be overly concerned with the mild elevation of the urine results? Does that mean my kidneys are failing?
January 28th, 2023
I have recurring painful boils in the groin, breast, and underarm areas. The latest one under my armpit has red welts around it and is painful, taking a long time to go away. How can I treat it?
October 27th, 2024