Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. You seem to have developed pleurisy or pleuritic chest pain following an acute asthma attack. I would recommend, first of all, a chest X-ray to rule out any pleural effusion as well as any pneumonia. If your chest X-ray remains clear, then you would need treatment with a short course of steroid like Prednisone along with a bronchodilator like Levosalbutamol and Budesonide. This should resolve within a few days of treatment.
Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Yes, Ibuprofen is a strong painkiller; it should not be taken often, as it has many side effects like gastritis and liver and kidney damage. But in the initial days of pain following a rib fracture, the pain is actually very severe. I suggest you try doing the following: Tramadol 50 mg (milligrams) twice daily or Oxycodone twice daily. Take Ibuprofen only when pain is severe.
Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. We are here to help you. A diagnosis of any disease is based on the symptoms and laboratory work. I need the following details to help you better. Why were these tests performed? Do you have bone pain or any night sweats or any weight loss? Please attach a scanned copy of your report, calcium levels and ESR (erythrocyte sedimentation rate).
Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Yes, you have heard the things right. Due to increased pore size, protein is present in the urine. The best treatment remains the Cortisone. In cases where there is no response to Cortisone as evidenced by the persistence of albumin in urine, we need to shift those patients on Cyclophosphamide and Azathioprine.
Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. We are here to help you. In evaluating his case, my recommendations would be that he should be admitted for a week and should be given injectable broad-spectrum antibiotics according to his culture and sensitivity report. He would also require a color Doppler of his leg to rule out any evidence of deep vein thrombosis. He would require Insulin for perfect control of blood sugar till his wounds heal.
Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. We are here to help you. Yes, your doctor is right that you probably developed altitude sickness. There is no point in measuring oxygen levels as initially at this stage your oxygen levels may come out to be normal. But, your body's acclimatization may be under process causing you trouble.
Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. See this report needs clinical correlations (attachment removed to protect patient identity). So, I would need to know for what basic symptoms this magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed? Kindly provide more information for detailed guidance. Thank you. .
Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Rugae thickening by itself is not going to cause you stomach pain. Such thickening is usually normal or a result of hyperacidity, or rarely Menetrier's disease. Now, first of all, you need an upper gastrointestinal endoscopy as well as a biopsy to rule out Helicobacter pylori infection and other causes. Tuberculosis can also cause such thickening.
Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Your chest pains seem to be muscular. Another possibility is acid reflux that can also cause such kind of illnesses. We should also rule out any cardiac issues in case of chest pains. So, you should get a chest X-ray and an ECG done.
Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. We are here to help you. You need to consider the postprandial report two hours post breakfast while checking blood sugar at home. This is very normal phenomenon that you are observing as one gets lower blood sugar levels after three hours. There is no doubt by these readings that you are having diabetes.
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