Good evening, The triggering herpes virus is transmitted through contact with the blisters. However, these blisters can also be deep inside the vagina, making them not necessarily visible, and the discharge can also transmit active viruses, so a con...
Hello Dr. Gehring. After a few months, I am contacting you again (male, 24 years old, Lupus patient). I am feeling as usual, but unfortunately I have had a sore throat for the past 5-6 days. Strangely, it seems to get better in the mornings. Today, I...
Hello, I injured myself on a glass pane on Sunday, 26.04.17. I was treated at the hospital (about 30 minutes later): wounds were washed, disinfected, and stitched. There was a wound on the elbow with 5 stitches and another with 2 stitches. A stitch ...
In June 2013, I had infectious mononucleosis (Pfeiffer's glandular fever). Since then, my lymph nodes in my neck have not fully gone back to normal and are still palpable. I have a lymph node on the right and left side, they are movable. There is als...
Hello, my daughter (1.5 years old) vomited 2 days ago. The next day she was feeling better. Now my wife and I are experiencing stomach/intestinal issues with vomiting. I am only experiencing vomiting without any additional bowel movements. But I hav...
I had a flu-like infection in January. Lasted for a week. In April, I had another one where I stayed at home for a week. I thought it was better than dragging it out. Not even 5 weeks later, another infection. Again with runny nose, weakness, rapid h...
Dear Sir or Madam, With this post, I would like to confirm my diagnosis and receive advice on therapy, as well as increase my understanding of my condition. A few weeks ago, I already contacted you ("Cause of gas in the stomach?", asked on 29.11.20...
Child 6 years old has had a rash on his body for 1.5 weeks, starting on the stomach and spreading to the back. The rash does not seem to itch much - the child scratches little. The child is not vaccinated against rubella, has already had chickenpox. ...
Good day, there is a plan to fly to India with children between the ages of 4 and 6. A doctor has informed me of the following regarding health concerns. Do you share this opinion? What else should be considered? "Unlike traveling to European countr...
A few days ago, I (30 years old) may have accidentally switched my beer bottle with that of another guest of similar age at a party. Although I wiped the bottle neck as a precaution, I ended up drinking the contents. In hindsight, I wonder if the sal...
For a little over 14 days, I have had a hair follicle infection, an ulcer, on the upper, hairy shaft of my penis that does not want to heal because this area rubs against my underwear while walking and moving, preventing it from "resting". Additional...
Dear Sir or Madam, I have a question regarding possible HIV transmission. I consider the risk of this happening to me relatively low, however, it still makes me uneasy as I have not extensively dealt with this topic before. We have a colleague who is...
Dear Sir or Madam, For the past six months, I have had consistently more or less noticeable red pustules around both eyes (see picture). I have already seen two ophthalmologists and a dermatologist about this. Herpes or a viral or bacterial infectio...
Hello, I am 29 years old and since around 10 o'clock today I have been feeling a considerable pulling and pulsing in my testicles (not constant, in intervals), as well as a strong pain in the urethra while urinating, which then radiates into the groi...
Dear Sir or Madam, During an MRI of my abdomen, a liver cyst of 0.5 cm was detected, as well as a slight hepatic steatosis. A mild liver fat accumulation was previously diagnosed through ultrasound and liver puncture. This was confirmed again in the...
Good morning, my niece has been vomiting constantly from 4-8 am last night. It seems to be a stomach flu. Could I have caught it if I cuddled with her yesterday afternoon? I haven't had any contact with her since around 7:30 pm yesterday. Thank you f...
I have a somewhat unusual question that concerns me: I was at the doctor's office this morning. There was probably only one patient before me. The used paper of the previous patient was still on the examination chair (there were marks on the paper, a...
Dear doctors, I am male, 66 years old, and have been living in Thailand for 18 months. Over the last 6 months, I have experienced swelling of the lymph nodes in the genital area multiple times, along with intense redness/moisture in the groin. I ha...
Hello, just one thing upfront: personal hygiene is taken very seriously and of course carried out daily :-) Age: 26, male, 90 KG, 190 cm tall For several months now, I have been sporadically suffering (often daily) from a strong stabbing and burnin...
What is the risk of infection if, for example, someone pees on you or in your mouth? If the glans comes into contact with someone else's urine? If so, what diseases would those be? Please reply, I got carried away in a drunken stupor, and now I am ...
Hello, I have the following problem: at the end of July, I had high fever for over 3 weeks, up to 40.7. At first, I only had the fever and was given antibiotics, but saw no improvement. Then I started experiencing pain in my knee joints. Blood was ta...
Dear Sir or Madam, I received the result "prominent hilum on the left side" after a chest X-ray. The only explanation I could find online for this is an enlargement of the lymph nodes due to bronchial carcinoma. Am I correct in assuming this (in whi...
Are the dexamethasone tablets meant to help get pregnant quickly or do they only have a limited effect on that?
Hello, In February of last year, I fell ill with the flu. Shortly afterwards, a slight hemiparesis (paralysis) of the right side of my body, unclear speech, slight swallowing difficulties, and later my eyelid drooped and I saw double vision (due to ...
I am 29 years old and have been diagnosed with Colitis of most likely infectious origin for 6 weeks (which is not really my problem). For about 5 weeks, I have also been experiencing other symptoms such as pain in my joints, pelvic area, neck, chest,...
