I have knee replacement surgery in 2 weeks. A pre-op nose swab revealed a staph infection, but it's not MRSA. The nurse is giving me an ointment to use in both nostrils for 5 days before the surgery. Should I be concerned about this infection and the surgery? Will the ointment solve it?

March 9th, 2023

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