Good evening! My smartwatch (Fitbit Sense) can write a single-channel EKG on request. It works well so far. This morning, it showed atrial fibrillation. Just to be on the safe side, I would like to have it checked by a doctor. I have attached the EKG...
Good day. A little about me: I am male and 27 years old. In 2017, I noticed a fine black line on the fingernail of my right index finger, running from the tip of the nail down. It was not even 2mm long and very narrow, less than 0.2mm, taking up less...
Hello again, Mrs. Gehring. Today I had another examination in Tübingen due to my lupus. If anything were to be noticeable, they would contact me today... so there might be a follow-up question regarding this if there is anything, to also seek your he...
Good evening again, Mrs. Gehring, As mentioned in the last post - the small problem with the ear. It is, as I said, not constant and I couldn't perceive it during the day, would that speak against a tumor or a fistula? According to my logic, it shou...
I had a septoplasty done. Attached is a picture from one week after the surgery, splints already removed. As you can see, the (from the front) right nostril is still smaller than the left - due to this small "bump". When I went to the ENT, this seve...
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...
I was bitten by a tick in an FSME risk area (Winterthur, Switzerland) 11 days ago, and I am not vaccinated against FSME. Since then, I have been worried that I may have been infected with FSME. I have read that the disease progresses in two phases - ...
Hello, I have had this swelling on my left elbow for about 1 year. Please see the photo attached. It doesn't hurt, so I haven't been to the doctor yet. What could this be please? Thank you very much!
Hello, a blood test has been conducted on me. My general practitioner wants to refer me now, as there is a suspicion of a Hepatitis B infection and he has not seen such a high value before. The Hepatitis B vaccination was last administered in 2009....
Good morning, I have a question about the blood test. What can you tell me about the attached blood test results?
Dear Doctor, For the past 2 years, I have had a pretty bad blood count and none of my primary care doctors seem to want to help, which seems very suspicious to me. More and more issues are arising, but no progress is being made. I have now reached ...
Hello Mrs. Gehring, unfortunately I have to contact you again regarding my lupus. The fear may have decreased minimally, but it still persists. I want to write down my symptoms again, some have appeared, some have disappeared. First of all, I would l...
Hello, unfortunately I am experiencing anxiety again (Lupus, male 24)! I actually thought that the symptoms were overcome, muscles and joints are feeling better (although still experiencing occasional overuse pain), hot flashes have not occurred for ...
I recently had a CT scan of my sinuses due to a planned surgery for my deviated septum (see attachments). There is a strange-looking area visible in the brain. Out of curiosity, I asked my ENT doctor about it, but he couldn't tell me what it is eithe...
Hello, unfortunately I have to ask another question now, but hopefully this will be the last one! I noticed a few more small things and I actually think it must be related to lupus, but the fear of acute myeloid leukemia still haunts me... First of a...
Now I have to get in touch again! And even at night... I was only sleeping for an hour and woke up with sweaty legs and forehead, but my upper body was dry! Now I remember 2015 when a doctor scared me by finding my lymph node a bit swollen... Afterwa...
Hello... unfortunately, it's me again, the 24-year-old lupus patient! By the way, the petechiae on the palate have become paler and disappeared over the days, and the gum has also calmed down! But today while working, the next uncertainty... with a s...
Good evening, my question is directed to a gynecologist. Lately, I have sometimes felt a kind of "foreign body" in my vagina (especially when sitting and walking), and today, while exerting strong pressure, I discovered something (a kind of "growth...
Dear expert, 10 days ago, I bumped the third toe on my right foot head-on. This was followed by a brief, intense pain, and by evening the toe was severely swollen and black from the middle joint upwards, with a noticeable bump. On the tip of the toe...
Dear Dr. On December 29th, I underwent a percutaneous Achilles tendon suture according to Pässler. The clinical and sonographic diagnostics showed a 6cm defect of the Achilles tendon, 6 cm proximal to the calcaneal insertion. The surgery and posto...
Menopause. Good day. I am 50 years old and have been experiencing various menopausal symptoms for about 2 years (including night sweats, sleep disturbances, heart palpitations, joint pain). My period was very regular and consistent until August 2016...
My mother still has hellish pain three months after knee arthroplasty (total replacement), in the back of the knee and in the thigh. She can bend her knee, but it remains stiff when walking. Is this normal or what could it be. My mother says it doesn...
Good day, is there a gastroenterologist here with experience in treating patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)? I have been suffering from Crohn's disease since 2011. I experience recurrent diarrhea, fatigue, and joint pain. Pentasa was inef...
Dear Dr. med., A brief overview of the history: my husband had a left-sided undescended testicle "corrected" with medication at around 1.5 years of age (the testicle was partially not in the scrotum until primary school age, pendulum testicle? and i...
Hello, I would like to request an exemption from sports for my last year of school (starting 12th grade after the holidays). Currently, I am undergoing treatment for pain in my ankle, knee, hip, and back (so actually quite a lot) with a doctor. Addi...
