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Answered by Dr. Ohams Ike Henry

Please advice on my blood reports.

Hello,Welcome to icliniq.com.The test is not specific. You need to specify why it was done and what your symptoms are. The test indicates macrocytosis (larger platelets than usual), and the red cell distribution width is higher than normal (11.5 to 14.

April 24, 2026

How to manage blocked heart vein symptoms in a 45-year-old?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. A blocked artery in the heart causes pain, especially during activities like walking, due to increased heart rate, which reduces blood supply to the heart muscles, leading to ischemia and pain. This condition is called angina pectoris. It is a problem with the coronary arteries that supply the heart muscle. The doctor you need to see is the cardiologist.

February 13, 2026

There is white tongue with swollen lymphnodes. Why?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. White patches on the tongue can be oral thrush caused by candida albicans seen in severe imunosupression especially stage 3 or 4. Pain on swallowing can be from involvement of the larynx and oesophagus of the thrush seen in stage four. Persistent lymph node is also common. The kid should be put on PeP very important just to avoid getting infected, because there could be an open wound in the child's mouth through which the virus can gain entry.

February 2, 2026

Why do I have post-hernia surgery pain even after 12 weeks?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Well, ideally if you have a bilateral inguinal hernia, or an inguinaĺ hernia on one side and a hydrocele on the other, the surgery should be done for one first before the other, not simultaneously. So that when you are fully recovered from one, then the other can be planned and done. Pain can be due to entrapment of a nerve like the ilioinguinal or iliohypogastric nerves, which run with the spermatic cords, or it can also be present if there is improper repair with subsequent breakdown of the repair and subsequent herniation of the bowel content into the inguinal ring, or it can be from infection of the operation site. 12 weeks is quite a long time for surgical pains to have disappeared.

December 18, 2025

What is the cause of the burning sensation on my waist?

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Your HVS (high vaginal swab) was negative, so I presume it did not have discharge. Have you done a pelvic scan because if there are infection and collection at the pouch of Douglas, you may not see a visible discharge. Do you have a regular menstrual cycle, like a predictable cycle? The pain you get around be the time of your ovulation could be a sign of an ovarian cyst, pains of the cyst come towards ovulation. Try to do a scan and get back to me through this platform.

October 17, 2025

Will taking Sibelium for migraine delay the periods?

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. On the aspect of missing your period, the migraine prescription medication, Sibelium (Flunarizine), has some effect of blocking the dopamine receptor in the brain. Besides, it has a calcium channel blocking effect. So the possibility is that blocking the dopamine receptor will cause a central increase in prolactin. Prolactin will lead to galactorrhea and, in turn, alter the menstrual cycle.

October 16, 2025

Are Decdan and Practin good drugs for weight gain?

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Decdan (Dexamethasone) is a steroid and has a lot of negative side effect as such. It may cause you a disproportionate and inappropriate fat deposition in the abdomen, face, on the upper back, and you would not like your shape. And besides the bad shape, you may start having high blood pressure, a heart condition, can predispose you to diabetes later. It can also lead to adrenal gland suppression by which the corticosteroid hormones will impair the natural hormone produced by your body, leading to adrenal failures.

April 3, 2025

Does headache medicine cause stomach pain?

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. You have a persistent headache in the frontal part of your head. Was there fever, chills, and rigor, were you feeling like vomiting, after taking those drugs prescribed for you? Did your headache subside? The medicines given at the pharmacy are fine for malaria, but it may not have been malaria, but it could be Salmonella typhi infection, which causes typhoid fever. Worm medicine is fine in the case. I will advise you to go to a lab and do blood film for malaria parasite, do Widal test and stool microscopy culture and sensitivity.

July 2, 2024

Why am I having hard stools with ulcer inside my anus?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. You feel pain when you use the toilet, and always hard. You need to take enough water, fruits and vegetables in your diet to soften your stool. You need a lot of fibres in your diet. For the ulcer like symptom as if there is a wound in your anus, that may be making you to go to toilet for fear of pains after use of toilet, in turn it makes your stool get harder beause you do not go to toilet when you ought to.

June 18, 2024

I am diabetic with ED and depression. Kindly advice.

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. By ED do you mean erectile dysfunction or anything else? You are a male, so I pressure you to mean erectile dysfunction. The erectile dysfunction, together with the fact that you have to be on medication for your sugar control that could have been responsible for the depression that is entirely understood. The erectile dysfunction can cause d inability to have a penetrating sex.diabetes cause damages to tiny arteries which supplies the nerves, and when the nerves which carries e erectile sensation are affected, it results to a weak erection.

June 10, 2024

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