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, I am asking a question for my father, who is 59 years old. He has always had mild back pain that occasionally worsened and could be relieved by manipulation at the orthopedist. A classic case of "I have back pain". However, for the past three...
Hello, Four weeks ago, I went to the hospital with strong chest pains and was kept there for a day. ECG and ultrasound were inconclusive. Inflammatory markers in the blood were slightly elevated... Three days later, at the general practitioner, the ...
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...
Hello, seven weeks ago I (male, 180cm, 76 kg, 47 years old) had an older medial meniscus tear in the posterior horn smoothed out (part of it removed) via arthroscopy based on an MRI diagnosis. Before the surgery, I had an MRI done because my leg woul...
Hello, About 3 weeks ago, I noticed a lump in my right groin area (5cm towards the thigh), which I can still feel today. I would say it's about 1 cm in diameter. There is no visible bump on the skin or anything like that. I also don't have any pain ...
I have been experiencing mild dizziness in my head for about 2 weeks. My primary care physician says it may not be real vertigo, as it doesn't feel like the room is spinning. It's hard to describe the feeling... when I turn my head or see moving imag...
Good evening, I am currently freaking out and hoping that you can help me quickly. For about a week now, I have had a strange thing under the skin on the upper outer labia on the right side, which has now doubled in size. I don't think it's a pimple ...
Dear Sir or Madam, For the past two days, I have had a small bump on the back of my neck, approximately 1cm to the left of the spine and 1cm below the base of the skull. The bump is oval in shape, about 1cm in length and 0.5cm in width, with a slig...
Dear Sir or Madam, In October 2009, I bought a golden hamster. Unfortunately, it has bitten me twice already. Could the hamster have infected me with Hepatitis C or HIV through this bite, as I do not know who else it may have bitten before me? Or is ...
