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Can a virus cause my nausea and diarrhea when RAT is negative?
Query: Hello doctor, I think I have a virus that is giving me nausea and diarrhea. I have been experiencing this in the last 24 hours, and I am not feeling like eating or drinking anything. I have had headaches, a runny nose, and a sore throat. I am female, 56-years-old, my height is 155 cm, and my weight ... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have read your concern in detail and will surely help you out. You have got an acute infection in your stomach, known as acute gastroenteritis. This is very common at this time of year when summers are coming up. I suggest the following medications, and you will ... Read Full »
Why am I having persistent nausea after drinking coffee?
Query: Hi doctor, I have had persistent nausea for roughly 15 months now which from memory started on a holiday where I had drank coffee and ended up with anxiety symptoms. I have had heaps of testing done and an endoscopy actually found eosinophilic esophagitis (which is basically esophagitis caused from... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Thanks for writing your query to me. After going through your history, it is very clear that what you described are totally two different issues. One thing is eosinophilic oesophagitis and second is caffeine sensitivity. I used the word sensitivity for caffeine beca... Read Full »
What could be the reason for a chest swelling that later moved to the abdomen, groin, and ankle?
Query: Hello doctor, I am a 48 year old male. Two months ago, I noticed what felt like a swelling in my chest. It impaired my breathing. It seemed like I could only inhale about half or less of my lung capacity. Over a week, the swelling moved into my abdomen. My stomach began to swell and look distended.... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. This sort of progression of swelling from the abdomen to the groin and then to the ankles is usually seen in liver diseases or due to a local abdomen pathology compressing the inferior vena cava. Sorry to tell you, but it is impossible to find out the exact cause witho... Read Full »
I feel dizzy and nauseous, and my body feels hot. Why is it happening?
Query: Hello doctor, I am a senior citizen. I have not been feeling well. I have dizziness when getting up, feeling of nausea, do not have fever but body is feeling hot, and normal blood pressure. This has been going on for the last five days. Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have read your query in detail and understand your concern. There can be multiple causes of dizziness. To list a few, the causes can be hypertension, hypotension, anxiety, stress, hypothyroidism, hypoglycemia, and heart abnormalities. Now, we need to rule out the... Read Full »
I feel nauseous even after having medications. Is it due to hiatal hernia?
Query: Hello doctor, Before two years I was in a lot of pressure and anxiety, while I was eating shawarma. After that, I felt that I need to vomit (nausea). Then I went to the bathroom, and I vomited, I felt relief. I thought nausea would go away. After that, this nausea stayed with me like four-month, I s... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Darwesh you are suffering from functional dyspepsia, and a significant cause of it is anxiety and depression. That is the reason why you felt better with depression medications. It is a relapse and remitting disease means it will be fine for some time and may occur a... Read Full »
Are cramps, spotting, and nausea after unprotected sex signs of pregnancy?
Query: Hi doctor, I have a height of five feet four inches and a weight of 77 kilograms. I have nausea, insomnia, fatigue, dizziness, leg cramps with back pain for a week. Today is my period day. I had spotting and cramps one or two times. I faced a sharp pain in the left lower abdomen. I had unprotected ... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your concern. You are having nausea, insomnia, fatigue, dizziness, leg cramps, back pain, lower abdominal pain for a week with spotting. You have hypothyroidism also. You can have these symptoms due to ectopic pregnancy, normal uterine pregnancy, primar... Read Full »
I am taking a lesser amount of food as I feel obese. Am I anorexic?
Query: Hello doctor,I have had a loss of appetite and a feeling of nausea after eating for a while now. I also see myself as fat although I have been told I am not. I used to lower the amount of food I ate so that I would not put on weight. I only ate dinner as a way of getting thinner. Does this make me a... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. You seem to be suffering from anorexia nervosa as you have been eating less so as not to gain weight, in spite of being told that you are not fat. It is a type of a psychiatric disorder. So, I suggest you consult a psychiatrist regarding this. For your complaints of n... Read Full »
I have some pregnancy symptoms. Am I pregnant?
Query: Hello doctor,I am a 26 year old female. I am trying to get pregnant. My doctor recommended me to take Susten 200 after the ovulation period. Now, I am on the 29th day of my cycle. I have some pregnancy symptoms. But, I am not sure. Please give me some clarity. I am scared too. Read Full »
Dr. Ashish Jayanand Chandwadkar
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Please note the following physical signs of pregnancy, which you may experience in a few days if pregnant: The absence of menstrual periods. Four days after your expected date of period, do a urine pregnancy test to confirm pregnancy. Breast changes like achy o... Read Full »
When I smoke just two sticks of cigarette, I puke. What could be the reason?
Query: Hello doctor,I am an 18 year old. I was in a boarding school and tried smoking cigarettes quite a few times. I am not addicted to it. I just thought it was alright to try it a few times. I used to try three sticks in a span of three weeks. And then, I stopped for around three months. And now, when I... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. As you have been smoking previously quite a few times, then stopped and now again restarted it, you are feeling nauseous. It does not mean at all, that you have lung cancer. So, just do not worry. Smoking causes gastritis which is very common. I suggest you quit smoki... Read Full »
What is the reason for recurrent and persistent headaches in my mother?
Query: Hello doctor, This is regarding the health of my 50 year old mother, who is not keeping well for the past six months. She has been complaining of headaches for the past five to six months, which has been constant with heaviness around her forehead and the area between the eyes and the nose. We got a... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I just went through your query regarding your mother's health. The complaints could be due to sinusitis. She will need further testing to confirm it. Until then, I suggest the following: Please start Furamist nasal spray (Fluticasone topical) once a day for 15 days. If... Read Full »