Dear Sir or Madam, since my 19th birthday - around 10 years ago - I have been suffering from chronic pain in the right perineal area (male), which started shortly after I moved out of my parents' house, intensified over a few days, and are now const...
Dear experts, I am a 35-year-old female and have been a non-smoker for a year now (due to these complaints). I have been experiencing heart problems for many months. Over time, they have worsened and become more frequent, particularly occurring duri...
Good day, I am 63 years old and have no health complaints. However, I have not yet had a colonoscopy (and no prostate examination other than ultrasound and PSA - which was normal) and no gastroscopy. I unfortunately have extreme anxiety before these ...
A friend has stated that she had a laparoscopy done based only on suspicion. This means that the doctor apparently needed to perform an invasive operation under general anesthesia to determine something in the abdominal area. Are there situations in...
Good evening, tomorrow morning my son (4.8 years old) is scheduled to have grommets inserted and his tonsils removed. Two days ago, he developed a rash on his face and arms after complaining of stomach pain, and he was tired and weak but without a fe...
Hello. For as long as I can remember, I have had a small umbilical hernia, which is about 0.5 x 0.7 cm in size. It can only be seen when looking into the belly button. During my appendix surgery and afterwards, doctors have seen it and asked me abo...
Hello and good day Dr. Höllering, I (male, 40 years old, non-smoker) have questions for you regarding my issue from Monday (one-time coughing up blood, no other infection or cough). The coughing up blood bothered me and I went to the hospital on Mon...
Hello Dr. Berg, I am here again, I asked some questions about high SPA here a few months ago. Now I have another concern. It is about the anatomy in the lumbar spine area. Can you tell me what the normal usual distances are in the lumbar spine area...
Hello Doctor, I am a sometimes very anxious person and take Venlafaxine and Notrilen in higher dosages for anxiety and depression. At other times, I am more of a funny guy and sometimes a bit of a daredevil. However, when it comes to illnesses, I a...
Hello. A polyp was found in my uterus. The outpatient operation including scraping was on 6.1.2016 at the hospital. I have a bicornuate uterus. This is known and was also stated on the referral. Today (12.1) I had a follow-up appointment with my gyne...
Hello Doctor, I am back with a question. A few months ago, I wrote some posts about the high/total Epidural Anesthesia (Spinal Anesthesia) that I underwent. Can you explain to me how it is possible that apparently no ETCO2 was measured in my monitor...
Last year in October, after 6 months of monotonous work, I was diagnosed with left carpal tunnel syndrome with a 5.5 ms delay of the median nerve. The likely cause is a chronic thickening of the tendon sheath tissue. I have not been working since las...
Dear Dr, I will soon have my appointment for a Caesarean section! I am very very worried! It is my very first surgery and there is so much to read and hear about. I am really scared of the spinal block... Does it happen often that it is placed incorr...
Hello everyone, I know... you can't take away my fear, but it helps me to exchange thoughts... My mother (58) was taken to the hospital by ambulance on Saturday: - Pulse of almost 200 - Cold sweat - Pressure on the chest, slight pain in the left a...
25.05.15 05:20 Hello, I am 35 years old and I am currently writing from the hospital because I am feeling lost and in need of advice. Some time ago, I twisted my right knee during sports and the diagnosis was not pleasant for me as a sporty person - ...
Dear Sir or Madam, I had already asked this question on 30.04.15 and received competent answers. Thank you for that. Based on your advice, I visited an emergency practice on the same evening. ENT statement - Doesn't look dangerous. On Monday, I will...
Dear Dr. Berg, I am writing to you again regarding the rising PDA. I have now enlarged the monitor values, as they were very small and hardly readable before. I have saved them in PDF format and have 2 questions regarding them. 1. Could you possib...
Dear Dr. Berg, I have another important and urgent question regarding a protocol sheet. 1. Looking at the diagram, it is apparent that the blood pressure, specifically the systolic and diastolic pressure, is being monitored. What kind of blood pres...
Hello, I have two questions regarding pain control during a cesarean section with regional anesthesia. Specifically, it is about the MOTOR AND SENSORY BLOCKADE. 1. Let's assume one of your patients is having a cesarean section with epidural anesthe...
Hello, I have two questions regarding pain management during a cesarean section with regional anesthesia. MOTOR AND SENSORY BLOCKADE 1. Let's say one of your patients is undergoing a cesarean section with epidural anesthesia. I have read that there...
Hello Dr. I have a general question regarding the ventilation of a patient. Let's consider the following scenario: a patient experiences respiratory failure (high spinal anesthesia) and is ventilated with FIO2 100% until the acute life-threatening s...
Dear Dr. Berg, I am back with new concerns. This time, it is about terms from an anesthesia monitor. Last time, you provided me with very valuable tips. 1. Pbaro 746 mmHg What does Pbaro mean in relation to anesthesia? Is Pbaro always determined du...
Dear Dr. Berg, I have another question for you. You are truly top in your field, of course you have to be as an anesthesiologist, you always give me good advice! I have 3 terms from anesthesia (they are likely terms from an anesthesia machine) and ...
Dear Mr. Berg, I have a follow-up question for you regarding the ECG and the negative values. Somehow I am completely lost. Please correct me if I have misunderstood something. +| - 0 would be the optimum on track 2 where no deviations can be detect...
Hello Doctor, I have a question please. What do negative values mean in an ECG during anesthesia? For example: 20:08: ECG segment 2 20:08: ECG ST 2: -0.94 mm 20:10: -0.18 mm 20:12: -0.53 mm 20:14: -0.58 mm 20:18: -0.6 mm 20:21: -0.22 mm As a laype...
