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Asked for male, 72 years old from Chennai
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He would need a CT thorax to confirm the size and number of metastasis. Also a bone scan would be advisable if bone pain or raised alkaline phosphate level in blood. PET CT scan can be done instead of both the above investigations. MRI brain if symptomatic.
If he is asymptomatic for the lung mets and his general condition is good and tumor is resectable and not poor prognosis on IMDC criteria (based on some blood reports and contition of Patient), then I prefer to to a cytoreductive nephrect...more
If he is asymptomatic for the lung mets and his general condition is good and tumor is resectable and not poor prognosis on IMDC criteria (based on some blood reports and contition of Patient), then I prefer to to a cytoreductive nephrect...more
Asked for male, 26 years old from Ahmedabad
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MBBS, CCEBDM, Diploma in Diabetology, Di...read more
Endocrinologist•Dharwad
Hello, Thanks for the query.
Chicken pox a viaral infection is self limiting. There is really no treatment for that. If there is very high fever one may need antipyretics like paracetamol.
Antiviral drugs are not at all required. The lesions appear in crop and in about 12 hours dry up. Person remains infectious for a few days when lesions are drying. Taking drugs like gabapentine is absolutely unnecessary. Cefixime has no role at all as it is an antibiotic. Intake of enough liquids is im...more
Chicken pox a viaral infection is self limiting. There is really no treatment for that. If there is very high fever one may need antipyretics like paracetamol.
Antiviral drugs are not at all required. The lesions appear in crop and in about 12 hours dry up. Person remains infectious for a few days when lesions are drying. Taking drugs like gabapentine is absolutely unnecessary. Cefixime has no role at all as it is an antibiotic. Intake of enough liquids is im...more
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If it is proved beyond doubt that lymphadenitis is due to tuberculosis then by taking antitubercular treatment they usually subside within few months of starting the treatment.
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To summarize she has a breast lesion and bone lesion. We need to review the PET CT images. In the absence of axillary lymphadenopathy it is unlikely that bone lesions is due to cancer. I would suggest you to review PET CT images if non metastatic, go ahead with surgery followed by chemotherapy followed by radiation if metastatic looking, do biopsy to prove it then plan further.
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Integrated Medicine Specialist•Kochi
Get to know the correct tests to do as well as the treatment protocols. You might not get the right information from your treating doctor if he is not aware of the pitfalls of the testing and treatment protocols.
That is the reason world wide hypothyroid patients are on life long medications with the the autoimmune component not addressed correctly
One has to do the right tests
7 of them and not the only TSH. FreeT4 and Free T3
Which is the common tests done by even endocrinologi...more
That is the reason world wide hypothyroid patients are on life long medications with the the autoimmune component not addressed correctly
One has to do the right tests
7 of them and not the only TSH. FreeT4 and Free T3
Which is the common tests done by even endocrinologi...more
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