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My questions are described as below. 1. If one having chronic psychological stress "while" receiving primary series of anti rabies vaccination which is 5 arv doses on post exposure prophylaxis, will high level of cortisol hormone or this chronic psychological stress during those times prevent our immune system to mount a proper response to the vaccine? 2. I believe reduction of antibodies level overtime is a normal process. Chronic psychological stress will be elevated cortisol hormone, does this high level of cortisol or chronic psychological stress causes formerly protected level 0.5iu of rabies antibodies drop to unproductive level? (hope to understand more about antibodies during this event as I ever administered 5 doses of arv 3 years ago) 2. If one having protective rabies antibodies level 0.50iu or more, our antibodies kill the virus instantly once it's in site before it enters the nerve? How long does it take for our antibodies to kill the virus? Assume the virus already entered the nerve and spinal cord but it hasn't reached the brain will our antibodies still be able to kill it? 3. Will chronic psychological stress or high cortisol level affect or alter hepatitis c antibodies and hiv antibodies "seroconversion" process? (means production of antibodies affected therefore unable to properly seroconvert of antibodies due to severe level of stress or chronic psychological stress) 4. For hiv infection I have seen few discussions from Dr. h. Hunter handsfield (hiv expert) through medhelp forum with his patients that antibodies will clear p24 out of the blood until p24 no longer detectable and excess antibodies will start detectable through serology blood test afterward as part of seroconversion. A. For hiv if one having psychological stress or chronic psychological stress or high cortisol level will production level of antibodies that produce by our immune system stop or delay while in the middle of clearing p24 due to stress? I seen some of this p24 discussion from h. Hunter handsfield m.d (hiv expert) with his patient which I screenshot their conversation in the attachment above (kindly refer to the attachment in the above for more detail) he mentioned "in other words, the p24 cannot become negative until at least several days (typically a couple of weeks) after antibody appears" by h. Hunter handsfield m.d. B. I'm concern about will antibodies stop or delay production during that stressful event due to stress which causes improper seroconversion? (probably similar questions to no. 3 but a little more detail:) 5. If one having chronic psychological stress and high cortisol level, will one seropositive infections such as hiv or hcv (hepatitis c) "seroreversion" to seronegative? (i do understand for hiv positive patient seroreversion for hcv is common, although i'm not hiv positive and read some cases mentioned antibodies for hcv persist for life, some said persist for many years or up to decades. 6. If one having psychological stress such as anxiety which is either chronic or not chronic does it affects seroconversion process of antibodies for treponemal test on infection like syphilis (such as tpha, fta-abs) or non treponemal test on syphilis? (such as vdrl, rpr). 7. If one having severe psychological stress anxiety or chronic psychological stress does it causes syphilis treponemal test or non treponemal test antibodies seroreversion? (despite I seen some expert discussed overtime seroreversion for non treponemal test which test turning to negative overtime is normal and is the only issue for non treponemal that might be due to the nature of the test itself which does not happen to treponemal test).

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Psychologist•Patna
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If you have psychological stress you need psychological counseling services through the online or offline process for the positive attitude that will be better for recovery of your problem thank you.
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There are many different symptoms of this condition, the most common of which are:
weight gain, obesity
fatty deposits, especially in the face (round" moon" face), between the shoulders, the upper back, and midsection
stretch marks on the breasts, arms, abdomen, and thighs
thinning skin that bruises easily
cuts, insect bites, and infections that are slow to heal
acne
fatigue
muscle weakness
glucose intolerance
increased thirst
increased urination
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Psychiatrist•Davanagere
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Good Morning ~
If your cholesterol level is high then you might need to be on medications that lower your cholesterol. There are studies linking high cholesterol levels to low levels of libido and erectile dysfunction. I believe you testosterone, although in the normal range, is towards the lower end of normal. If your libido is not better with medications that are already prescribed by a doctor you need to get supplementary testosterone in the form of pills or injections. Losing weight may ...more
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Hello am 28 years old. I got some allergy issues (do not really know the real cause) on my cheeks since april 2018. A dermatologist prescribed me fucicort to apply for 7 days. 2 weeks later I got a rebound and then he prescribed me mometasone for 21 days. One month later I got rebound again, this time it was more serious. I had like a weeping eczema which was enlarging day by day. It was so painful n itching badly. Doctor prescribed me antibiotics n cortisol. N asked me to apply fucidin on it and 2 weeks later told me to apply baneocin as it was recovering too slowly. 7 days later he told me to apply betnovate 10% on it for 21 days. Now I got some rashes on my neck. I applied calamine lotion and candiderma cream for some days. It has stop itching but the skin has become too dark. It is due to the candiderma? Please advise me. Thanks.

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Sexologist•Jaipur
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Stop using betnovate and candiderma cream .they ultimately cause skin darkening.
And also stop applying so much of chemicals into your face. See how your small allergy turned into weeping eczema. And ultimately darkening. I have seen many patients whose minor allergies has turned out into hell by using such steroid creams. Let me tell you how these cream works. These creams put a pause to the allergy .till the time one uses them .they doesn't even eradicate the problem prevailing inside your...more
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Endocrinologist•Dharwad
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Hello, Thanks for the query.
Madam, I have seen the details mentioned. What you have given is very general information, based on which there is no way to decide what is the actual situation. I need to know your current T3, T4 & TSH levels as well as the same levels when you were diagnosed to have hypothyroidism. In case of hypothyroidism heart rate is usually slower than normal. There is no increased heart rate at all. Also let me know why did you stop the medication? Had you checked the ...more
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General Physician•Tirupati
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Hi lybrate-user
welcome to Lybrate I did not understand about '10 kg over my usual weight' what was your usual weight?
Did you gain 10 kg suddenly--time taken for 10 kg weight gain?
You have been trying to lose weight? For how long? Are you dieting? For how long?
Understand that you should aim to be healthy person first without obsessively worrying about weigt loss. Aim should be slow weight loss over a period of time. If you aim quick weight loss it will end up in health problem...more
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Hi! the majority of symptoms that you have measured overlap between the two. Like obesity itself can result in stretch marks, round face, lethargy, resulting in altered menstrual cycle. Obesity in itself is major cause for pcos. But since you've mentioned that 11-12 years back your cortisol levels were altered then it is better that you get your cortisol and acth-dexamethasone suppression test. And in addition get thyroid profile also done.
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You are suffering from hormonal changes causing Androgenetic alopecia causing hair fall. It's completely stoppable even regrowth of hair is possible with certain medications without any side effects. Treatment depends on the grade of hair loss. So, it's a must for diagnosing which grade, you are in for an effective treatment. Please send photos of your head, by direct online consultation for accurate diagnosis and proper treatment.
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Dietitian/Nutritionist•Bhubaneswar
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good morning,pls dont put pressure on body by taking very low calorie diet,it rather puts the body into
complete staravation mode for which weight loss might not occur rather weight gain will occur.so if u need
proper guidance on diet then connect to me through lybrate.
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