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I've been having a headache with constant nausea dizziness and loss of energy in my no day sensation. I noticed it happens right after I eat. What can be the problem?
Dr. Zakia Dimassi,
Pediatrics
- The symptoms you are describing can be due to many causes, such as:
- a migraine headache variant
- anemia: the process of digestion is energy-consuming; if you are indeed anemic, then eating by itsel... Read More
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Im 26 & had a tachycardia yesterday. Peaked at 138 bpm. Tested positive for troponine, but echo and ECG showed no sign of something wrong. 24 hours later troponine is negative. How should I proceed?
Dr. Zakia Dimassi,
Pediatrics
- You should consult a cardiologist for this matter; he/she may order a 24 hours monitoring of the heart beats in an attempt to detect the frequency and extent of tachycardia, and any associated changes... Read More
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Lung adenocarcinoma patient has body temperature ranging from 35.4 to 37.5. He is taking filgrastim and innohep.Does it mean that he is having fever once he reached 37 degrees?
Dr. Zakia Dimassi,
Pediatrics
- A temperature measured orally and ranging between 35.4 degrees Celsius and 37.7 degrees Celsius is perfectly normal; the point at which we start suspecting an impending rise in temperature and for whi... Read More
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What happens if it was wrongly done? One nurse had caused hematoma in his arm and was and still is painful to this day (injection was 5 days ago).
Dr. Zakia Dimassi,
Pediatrics
- The process of healing is expected to be suboptimal in patients receiving chemotherapy, so this hematoma will take longer to resolve. A subcutaneous injection, or any injection, given improperly, will... Read More
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This is my first week with braces. its hell. hurts all the time. what kind of analgesics should i take?
Dr. Zakia Dimassi,
Pediatrics
- You can start with Panadol and Advil or Profinal. If the pain is not adequately relieved then you may require more powerful analgesics that need a doctor's prescription.
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Zakia i took by myself gerimax with ginseng one hour after i felt like my sugar blood has decreased and my hands and feet were trembling .is that from ginseng ?
Dr. Zakia Dimassi,
Pediatrics
- Yes it is very likely that ginseng has induced a drop in your blood sugar level. You are advised not to administer it on an empty stomach and avoid it all together if this adverse event re-occurs.
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A lung cancer patient was prescribed innohep injection and neubopen injection, both subcutaneous. How are these medicines given if to be injected in the abdomen and in the arms?
Dr. Zakia Dimassi,
Pediatrics
- These medications, as you have mentioned, are administered via subcutaneous injection, just like insulin. You need to ask a healthcare professional (like a nurse) demonstrate to you how such injection... Read More
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I’d like to know delayed menstrual cycle note that I make ultra sound for ovary and showed normal.I make eggs extraction for IVF in September 2013, and since that time menstrual cycleis not organized
Dr. Nemer Charafeddine,
Obstetrics & Gynecology
- can be a normal thing as the injections you get during ovarian stimulation can disorganize your cycle,
but it should be regular in 2 cycles, if not you should see your gyn for that, as it can have oth... Read More
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What causes the Labia minora to swell though not making it red, sometimes give an itchy feeling but on the urethra not the vagina actually? And occasionally an odorous discharge. Can it be a UTI?
Dr. Nemer Charafeddine,
Obstetrics & Gynecology
- can be a vulvovaginal infection also,
you should be seen by a gynecologist...
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I used vaginal dilators for 6 months to treat vaginismus will it be painful to have first intercourse?
Dr. Nemer Charafeddine,
Obstetrics & Gynecology
- if it is working with the dilators, so it should work naturally..
you have to try , & have self confidence that it will work...
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