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Can a person with HIV and undetectable status donate his organs?
Dr. Zakia Dimassi,
Pediatrics
- No they should not donate organs, but suppose they want to, the process of organ donation is a very rigorous one, so the donor must fill a detailed questionnaire including travel to areas endemic for ... Read More
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I get mouth ulcers all the time. But this time I have 10 ulcers. I think it's from junk food. I'm taking Colchicine & mouthwash, anythn else I can do?
Dr. Zakia Dimassi,
Pediatrics
- The fact that you are maintained on colchicine suggests that you have a rheumatologic condition like familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) or Behçet's disease, which cause disease in the joints in additi... Read More
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Everytime I eat Halls or Strepsils I get throat irritation and it starts to itch. what could be the reason
Dr. Zakia Dimassi,
Pediatrics
- These products, used to clear nose and sinus congestion and relieve sore throat, have common ingredients like menthol and eucalyptus that can irritate and dry the throat and voice box (larynx).
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Doctors i cant sleep at night i gave birth 4 month ago and my daughter started sleeping through the night but i cant sleep what should i do ?
Dr. Zakia Dimassi,
Pediatrics
- I understand that this should be frustrating: now that your baby has finally started to sleep in one stretch throughout the night, your own biological clock is messed up and cannot adopt to not waking... Read More
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Sometimes blood runs fast thru my veins and beat hard and it is visible. In different area specially when i lay or sit down , couple of times per day. Could be from stress ?
Dr. Zakia Dimassi,
Pediatrics
- Do you mean that your veins dilate when you're feeling warm? This is normal since when the body warms up, the blood vessels dilate (enlarge and as such become visible) to let out any excess heat in or... Read More
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My sister, 20 years old, always feels pain under her left breast (more like a bone pain she says).She feels this pain less once she gets her period. What could be the cause?
Dr. Zakia Dimassi,
Pediatrics
- This is a rather unusual complaint - usually rib tenderness, also known as costochondritis, occurs at the point where the rib attaches to the chest bone (xyphoid bone) and is an inflammatory process t... Read More
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I'm on my 3rd day of period having painful chills and flu symptoms but no fever. What may be the cause and solutions?
Dr. Zakia Dimassi,
Pediatrics
- These may not be related - you may have caught a common cold (it's the season and the viruses are circulating at a high rate) and it happened that you're having your period at the same time, which cou... Read More
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Discomfort on my right kidney and down been there for a week i have no burning in pee not always bubblesshould i worry or shab2it hawa? But its been there for a week it dsnt bother when i lie down
Dr. Bassem Tanios,
Nephrology
- Although the pain you are describing seems musculo-skeletal in nature, which should resolve spontaneously, you might want to do some basic tests, including a urine test to make sure everything is norm... Read More
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Hi i am 56 years old a table tennis player i have a plaque in my hand i notice a dark red urine after a long table tennis duration any relation between the plaque and the dark red urine due too fatigE
Dr. Bassem Tanios,
Nephrology
- Red urine or macroscopic hematuria as you are describing can be related to exercise and is termed exercise-induced hematuria.
However I advise you to seek medical attention, and preferably a nephrolo... Read More
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How can i confirm if it's my period without a blood test and can i do the home pregnancy test during my period?
Dr. Zakia Dimassi,
Pediatrics
- If it's regular menstrual bleeding (and not slight vaginal bleeding like the bleeding that may occur during pregnancy and that I have described in my previous reply), and it occurred on the day that y... Read More
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