07.04.2021 | answered by Frauke Gehring
Dear medical team,
For the past few days, I have been experiencing a lot of premature heartbeats, especially when sitting down. It all started about 10 days ago when I consumed a lot of sweets and strong black tea over a weekend, and also had a herp...
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05.12.2020 | answered by Frauke Gehring
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...
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29.12.2018 | answered by Felix Aaslepp
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...
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01.09.2018 | answered by Christian Welsch
Dear medical team! Yesterday, I was at the eye clinic because I injured my eyes with detergent. I was prescribed an eye ointment with antibiotics (GENTAX). Half an hour after using the eye ointment, I suddenly got ear pain and felt a dull pressure in...
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20.05.2018 | answered by Frauke Gehring
Hello dear medical team,
About me: male; 25 years old; 1.74m; 57kg; non-smoker (for 2 years) / do not drink alcohol (for 1 year).
For the past year, I have been experiencing recurrent upper abdominal symptoms in the center, slight nausea, minimal pai...
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11.12.2017 | answered by Ulrike Winkler
Dear medical team,
I am currently in the 19th week of my pregnancy with twins. The issue now pertains to the amniotic fluid of the babies.
Last week, I had an ultrasound and everything was fine with the babies. However, there were many white flakes...
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01.12.2017 | answered by Ive Dr. Schaaf
Dear team,
Here are the details:
Since 2007, I have been dealing with issues in my abdomen. Pain, pressure, burning, etc. Blood tests, ultrasounds, and MRIs have been done, but nothing was found. These episodes have continued. MRIs were done in 201...
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06.07.2017 | answered by Christian Welsch
Hello dear team,
I have a question that really interests me, but I'm not sure if I'm in the right place to ask.
It's about a respiratory infection, possibly caused by Coxsackie viruses type A or B?? Or maybe a different virus instead? The respirat...
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22.02.2017 | answered by Christian Welsch
Hello!
I fell on Sunday and had to get stitches on my chin (small scar, about 1.5cm). The stitches were done with self-dissolving thread and fixed with adhesive strips.
The doctor at the hospital told me to be careful for 2 days because although the...
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10.10.2016 | answered by Frauke Gehring
Hello dear team,
I have a problem in what is actually the most beautiful time of the year, on vacation since last night before the flight I had heartburn and took a Pantoprazole after eating, then I had stabbing, pulling stomach pains in bursts. Toda...
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01.09.2016 | answered by Frauke Gehring
Dear medical team,
I am reaching out to you with a rather unusual question. I am a 30-year-old male, non-smoker, 184 cm tall, and weigh 98 kg. Since my 18th birthday, I have been suffering from recurring heart rhythm disorders (by the way, just like...
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14.02.2016 | answered by Frauke Gehring
Dear medical team,
I have been suffering from the heliobacter Pylori germ for years and have often taken antibiotics, among other things.
Lately, I have been experiencing increased belching and sometimes still have whole pieces of food in it even tho...
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28.01.2016 | answered by Frauke Gehring
Dear medical team,
I have already written here once before because I am so impatient with our desire to have children. I am now (unfortunately today) starting the 8th cycle. A very nice doctor told me online that everything is normal for up to a yea...
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18.01.2016 | answered by Frauke Gehring
Hello dear medical team, let me introduce myself briefly: I am a 46-year-old woman, a smoker for 30 years (had a preventive smoking CT scan last year, everything was fine), I am 1.68 cm tall and weigh 70 kg. I don't do much exercise, I jog about twic...
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05.01.2016 | answered by Ralf Berg
Dear Sir or Madam,
My story of suffering began a year ago (January 2015) when I developed a nail bed infection on the big toe of my right foot a few weeks after a severe intestinal infection. Several dermatologists examined the infection and attribu...
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04.01.2016 | answered by Frauke Gehring
Dear team,
I am 29 years old and in my 7th cycle trying to conceive. Unfortunately, it hasn't happened yet. I measure my temperature and take ovulation tests. My charts can always be evaluated and I have a high phase of 11-12 days. 2 days before my ...
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06.11.2015 | answered by Frauke Gehring
Dear medical team,
I have been suffering from stomach problems for years, starting in 2009 with 3 stomach ulcers caused by the H. pylori infection. Since then, I have had a stomach endoscopy twice a year and have had the H. pylori infection each tim...
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07.09.2015 | answered by Ive Dr. Schaaf
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...
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29.08.2015 | answered by Frauke Gehring
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 ...
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18.06.2015 | answered by Frauke Gehring
Hello dear medical team,
I am not usually a hypochondriac, but I have a small concern. This year, we want to start trying to conceive. In my annual check-ups, everything has always been fine. I have a fairly regular cycle, have never taken the pill,...
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01.04.2015 | answered by Frauke Gehring
Dear expert team,
My question is of a theoretical nature and relates to pregnancy. Is it possible to notice pregnancy symptoms before implantation due to the increase in progesterone from fertilization? What would these roughly be, and would the inc...
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09.03.2015 | answered by Frauke Gehring
Dear expert team,
I would like to ask if there is any evidence known to you that suggests that the probability of getting pregnant for couples who have sex for the first time together is higher than that of couples who have had sex more often. In sh...
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06.10.2014 | answered by Christian Welsch
Hello dear medical team,
I have another question regarding my heart rate. For a while now, I have had a resting pulse of 49-55 and a blood pressure of 100/50 in the evening while lying on the sofa. Is this dangerous? I am an athlete, playing football...
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09.07.2014 | answered by Frauke Gehring
Dear expert team,
For almost two weeks now, I have been experiencing persistent twitching in my head as soon as I try to fall asleep. Sometimes it also twitches in my arm or leg, or goes through my whole body. Mainly in the head though, and sometime...
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20.04.2014 | answered by Kathrin Hamann
Dear medical team, I am at my wit's end, as are a whole army of doctors. For several years, I have been experiencing an increasingly frequent problem. My stomach seems to bloat out of nowhere, without any apparent cause. The term "bloating" is actual...
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