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What are the disadvantages of this habit? Also, I am not a working mother.
Dr. Zakia Dimassi,
Pediatrics
- Interrupted sleep is unhealthy and can cause the child to have poor concentration during the day, not to mention that he could be irritable and fussy. You should avoid long afternoon naps (communicate... Read More
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My baby is three years old. He still wakes up at night two or three times to drink a bottle of milk. He doesn't drink milk during the day. Is it ok? How much milk does he need to drink at his age?
Dr. Zakia Dimassi,
Pediatrics
- This behavior is definitely not normal. It's time you trained your child to sleep all night and stop waking up to drink milk. You can start by decreasing the amount of milk, then replace it with ... Read More
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Five days ago, I started feeling pain in my left arm. I can't move it as usual and if I did, severe pain and burns would be the result. The pain is getting worse everyday, what do u advise me to do?
Dr. Zakia Dimassi,
Pediatrics
- What's the exact location of the pain? Is there history of recent trauma? Are you on any medications? Any other symptoms?
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Drugs that are taken by sublingual route are reversible or not ?
Dr. Osama Da'na,
General Medicine
- Sublingual route make the drug reach the bloodstream directly.
if the action of the drug taken needs to be reversed the exact drug must be known.
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I did Rhinoplasty week ago and i there is still stitches inside my nose and i think i have flue now and i'm sneezing a lot and i have drippy nose what should i take to make it stop
Dr. Michel Moutran,
Plastic Surgery
- The stitches inside your nose will go by themselves. A week after rhinoplasty what you mainly need is keep your nose clean using normal salin (Sinomarin, or any salted water spray) regularly. Take som... Read More
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Why is the systemic absorption of drugs which we take by inhalation not always desirable?
Dr. Zakia Dimassi,
Pediatrics
- Which drug would you like to know about? Please specify so I can provide a more concise answer.
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When the taken drug is irreversible?
Dr. Zakia Dimassi,
Pediatrics
- The overdose of any drug may result in damage in some organs, mainly the liver and kidneys, and to a lesser extent, the heart and nervous system. These damages occur regardless of the route of the adm... Read More
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When I was young I was blond (blond hair brown eyebrows) but as I grew older my hair colour changed to brown and my facial hair grew brown. Why is that?
Dr. Zakia Dimassi,
Pediatrics
- Hair color comes from the pigmentation of hair follicles. There are two types of melanin in human hair: eumelanin and pheomelanin. In general, the more eumelanin you have, the darker the color of the ... Read More
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Note that a sore throat and fatigue are part of my flu symptoms. Do you still agree it is an allergy? Most of the time, the flu starts with a mild sore throat until it gets stronger a day later.
Dr. Zakia Dimassi,
Pediatrics
- Allergy is still a possibility; another thing is that of a carrier state: you carry a bacteria in your upper airways (most commonly, it is streptococcus, known to cause respiratory infections), and yo... Read More
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What does Rhodiola do? Is it safe? Can we take it if we are on antidepressants?
Dr. Zakia Dimassi,
Pediatrics
- Rhodiola is a plant used in traditional medicine in Eastern Europe and Asia to promote and enhance physical and mental performance, stimulate the nervous system, and defend against depression. Rhodiol... Read More
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