Dear medical team, I am 34 years old, 184 cm tall, and weigh 105 kg. Since the age of 19, I have been suffering from paroxysmal tachycardia with sudden onset. I can usually stop these tachycardias more or less well with the Valsalva maneuver. Someti...
Dear Sir or Madam, I am currently at the end of a summer cold that started with a scratchy throat last Tuesday. The course of the illness was as follows: slight scratchy throat from Tuesday to early Saturday, took Dorithricin. Since Friday evening,...
Dear medical team, I am a 32-year-old male, 184 cm tall, and weighing around 100 kg. I am a rather nervous person who gets worked up about everything. Since the age of 18, I have experienced episodes of rapid heartbeat about 2-3 times a year, as wel...
Hello, it's about my blood pressure again (or still). A long story. But the heart is definitely healthy. In January, my blood pressure was extremely high, fluctuating, and also with high/fluctuating pulse. It turned out to be psychosomatic, which ...
Hello, I am 23 years old and have had soft stool for the past two years. It is very rare for it to be normal. I have been trying to gain weight but without success. I am 1.80 meters tall and weigh 66 kg. Two years ago, I had a fungal infection in ...
Hello, my wife is pregnant in the 9th month. We have been thinking about how to make the birth as stress-free as possible for my wife and our child, and we wondered if a low dosage of cannabis products could help during childbirth? My wife had previ...
Dear Sir or Madam, I am reaching out to you because I am feeling desperate as I am unable to find a solution to my health issues. The problem is as follows: Until April 2014, I was perfectly healthy, active, in good condition, and had no health pr...
Dear Dr. Schaaf, I am once again seeking your advice. I am feeling somewhat confused following my visit to my specialist in Munich. The follow-up appointment revealed that all veins are clear, no reflux anywhere, and the leg looks externally normal...
Dear Sir or Madam, I often have the problem that suddenly, for a few seconds, I hear less on one or both ears and it makes a monotonous noise. It feels like being muffled, never completely gone. This sensation usually disappears after about 1-2 minu...
Dear Sir or Madam, for unknown reasons, gases are forming in my stomach, leading to a number of unpleasant symptoms. I would like to have a clear diagnosis and examination options for diagnostic confirmation. +++ Medical History +++ I am male, 32 y...
Dear medical team, It is now in the middle of the night again and I cannot sleep. I have pressure on my chest, a strange lump in my throat feeling with tension, and oh everything feels weird. Just before falling asleep, I jerk awake, thinking my hea...
Dear medical team, I unfortunately have to reach out to you again, as I am really struggling with strong internal restlessness and noticeable palpitations. Over the past week, I have been experiencing a strange feeling above my chest at the sternum ...
Hello, I have a leukocyte count of 18.4 (neutrophilic granulocytes 78 and 14,280 in the differential blood count, others barely elevated or well below, e.g. lymphocytes at 15). Vitamin D is too low at 23, it was even only 8 months before. Before th...
Good morning, I occasionally suffer from headaches. Lately, for about 2 weeks, I have been experiencing them more frequently. I always blamed it on the weather, but it's starting to become exhausting. I take an Ibuprofen 400 almost every day and I f...
Dear specialists, dear doctors, Today I have been suffering from palpitations all day again. It is a strange feeling in the lower neck area and chest area, with no pain or anything similar. I just feel like my body is vibrating, causing me to be very...
Hello, I have a very important concern for me .. About 3 years ago, I had an extremely stressful time in my life and my body eventually reacted with a raspberry tongue and resulting fever. The doctor prescribed antibiotics for it, the symptoms disapp...
Hello, I have a general question about shingles. Some say that shingles only break out once. Others say that while shingles can often break out, it does not occur in the same place. Others again say that if the immune system is weakened and one is ...
Hello, For about 2 weeks now, I have been experiencing blood in my saliva. It is fresh and bright when I spit it out, sometimes more, sometimes less. For the past 2 days, there has been a bit more in the mornings. I went to my primary care physician...
Good day, I have a question about the emergency contraceptive pill. It is very unlikely that something has happened but not impossible. What is more stressful, taking the emergency contraceptive pill or risking a possible abortion? I have problems wi...
Dear Sir or Madam, Female, 43 years old, happily married, self-employed, sensitive, irritable. For about 5 weeks now, I have been feeling a pressure just above my belly button about 2-3 hours after eating. It feels like my stomach wants to growl, b...
Hello and thank you in advance for your help! Enclosed you will find blood test results that were given to my husband by his general practitioner after his 2-year check-up. I, the wife, am a medical assistant and two years ago during his very first ...
Hello, During a very stressful time, I experienced strong upper abdominal pain and a few weeks later, a minor tear in my diaphragm was discovered through an endoscopy. At that time, however, I was symptom-free. It was also found that the entrance to...
Hello, I have a problem. For several days, I have been suffering from sleep disturbances, fatigue, headaches, dizziness, palpitations, and nausea. I also cannot motivate myself for anything, have poor concentration, and feel nauseous and unwell as s...
Hello, after an extremely stressful week (3 heart attacks in the closest family circle), on the way back from the hospital on Sunday I noticed in the car that I had a small painful lump on the inside of my thigh. Since my lymph nodes in my neck swel...
I have been experiencing noticeable heart palpitations for about 3 weeks. I feel as though my heart pauses briefly and then resumes pumping regularly. There are no chest pains or difficulty breathing associated with this. I had a similar problem abou...
