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question:Hi, my almost six year old daughter has said 2x today that her right hand felt numb and prickley. Once in the morning and once in the evening. She has done nothing out of the ordinary today or yesterday. She is otherwise healthy. Is this a sign of a serious medical problem and can a six year old get MS?
answer:DearWelcome to HCMWe understand your concernsI went through your details. Numbness and prickly feeling of right hand should be investigated. But nothing to worry about. Check the child's writing position and hand position while sleeping. these are tow basic causes for numbness.If you require more of my help in this aspect, please use this URL. Make sure that you include every minute details possible. Hope this answers your query. Available for further clarifications.Good luck.
question:my 11 yr old son is starting to worry about strange feelings in his testicles and is giving his self bad stomach pains with worry as he now is convincing himself he will need an operation and if that happens he will die
answer:DearWelcome to HCMWe understand your concernsI went through your details. Find out whether there was any hit onto the testicles. the weird feeling could be anxiety and apprehension. Talk to him about the reason for the weird sensation and motivate him. His age is 11. he is realising the health factors of his body and there by being apprehensive and being health anxious. If you require more of my help in this aspect, please use this URL. Make sure that you include every minute details possible. Hope this answers your query. Available for further clarifications.Good luck.
question:helo dr. my son has completed 4th months just few days back....my query is that i couldn t feed him my milk since his birth...n due to this i hv been feeding him cow milk during daytime and lactogen at nights (if required) ... so please suggest me hw much milk dose is enough for him without mother;s milk....because i feel he is not satisfied with the amount i am feeding him which i think its enough for him...n pls suggest wht is the right age 2 start feeding cerelac or other substitutes....
answer:DearWelcome to HCMWe understand your concernsI went through your details. For children, the quantity does not mater and they don't care. More over you cannot force them to take more than what they need. Just fill the bottle up with boiled cow's milk. When the child asks, feed. Automatically, when the child is satisfied, the child itself pushes it away. Feed the child as and when it asks. If you require more of my help in this aspect, please use this URL. Make sure that you include every minute details possible. Hope this answers your query. Available for further clarifications.Good luck.
question:Hi, My son is 8 months old & he is weighing 7.2 Kg, he is very active & happy. when I refered some charts of age & wieght he seems to be underwieght , is it so?. What diet to be given? he is not in mothers feed for the past 4 months is that the problem?
answer:yes , he is below the 5tg centile for age , but what about the hight and head circumference? is he developmentally up to his age ? these are needed to role out and exclude medical disorders .caloric intake must be increased to reach the desired weight , which is about 8-9 kg for his age .you can do it by either increase the amount of milk to 225 ml every 3 hours which is difficult to be taken by him , or either concentrate the milk more by preparing 8 grams of powder milk to each 50 ml instead of 60 ml and give him 180 ml every 3 hours . and assessment of weight must be every 2 days .I hope this is helpful
question:Hi, several weeks ago I had bad abdominal pain, I had been through some stress and my doctor said as a result the lining of my stomach had been stripped away. I took nexium for 6 days. I have had dirrohea a couple of times in the last two weeks but yesterday got really bad pains again the same as initially when he said about the lining on my stomach. I also had 4 bowel movements yesterday and when I wiped there was some blood, not in the stool just on the paper. Is this in relation to the same problem or could it be something else?
answer:Hi! Good afternoon. I am Dr Shareef answering your query. If I were your doctor, I would advise you to stop eating from outside if you do. Out side food might cause intestinal infections specially amebiasis in some regions which might give rise to gaseous distension and pain abdomen on the right side due to collitis. For this I would advise you for a routine stool test for ova and cyst, and treat it if positive. Please carry on taking Nexium as before. In case some kind of infection comes out in the stool test, then further appropriate management could be done.I hope this information would help you in discussing with your family physician/treating doctor in further management of your problem. Please do not hesitate to ask in case of any further doubts.Thanks for choosing health care magic to clear doubts on your health problems. I wish you an early recovery. Dr Shareef.
question:last feb.26i had sex two days after my period then this month 22 march i got my period im confused cos after my period im having a cramp ob my lower abdomen like there s moving like air inside and my back is pain i touch my stomach theres a little hard in there but its not pain once i touch i have shortness of breathing i try pregnancy test after my period but its negative...am i pregnant? need help cos if im pregnant i take metronidazole for uti but once i pee is normal and clear im worried about if im pregnant it might harm the baby?
answer:Hi welcome to Health care magic forum. Thanks for calling H.C.M.F. As you describe you had period on 26th feb, and 22nd march, after the period you had pain in the lower abdomen, backpain, and you got short ness of breath as well. It appears to be due to urinary tract infection, you have used metronidazole, but the infection would not have been cleared completely. Pregnancy any how you have ruled out by doing pregnancy test.You need not worry about it. The touch feeling and air feeling you need not consider at all, because they don't signify any thing. I advise you to consult a gynic for diagnosis and treatment. Wishing for a quick and complete recovery. Best regards.