Loiasis Treatment

Loiasis is a skin and eye infection caused by the parasite Loa Loa. Humans contract this disease through the bite of a Deer fly. The disease can cause red itchy swellings below the skin called "Calabar swellings". It does not affect the vision but the worm can be seen migrating through the cornea of the eye.

Loiasis is a skin and eye infection caused by the parasite Loa Loa. Humans contract this disease through the bite of a Deer fly. The disease can cause red itchy swellings below the skin called "Calabar swellings". It does not affect the vision but th ... More

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Passing stools

Hello doctor when iam passing stools in my pennis some white discharge is going what to do for this .

Is this lymph node swelling?

Had a potential hiv exposure on December 8th. Got on PEP medication at 12 hours post exposure ( TDF + Emitracitabine + Dolutegravir ). I have been wisdom teeth pain and white greyish spot near the wisdom teeth. Also it pains sometimes. I have had wisdom teeth pain before aswell. But on 20th day of PEP i noticed this on my neck on the side of wisdom teeth pain. Is this a lymph node swelling ? Is this a hiv symptom? Can someone help me?

Cut myself on metal.

Hello, I had cut myself on metal 3 months ago. I immediately went to the local medical store and got myself a single tetanus toxoid injection. Now, 4 days ago I cut myself against metal again. It's superficial wound on left thigh with little bleeding. I was wearing full pants when the metal hit my thigh. I noticed the wound three days later. Today on the 4th day, I rubbed some aftershave over it. The picture attached shows how the wound is looking now. No excess pain or anything is happening there. Requesting a professional advice.

Chest pain

I have pain in the center of chest that cames and go and feels pressure and heaviness in the chest ,feels like pins and neddle and palpitation sometimes pain in the left hand and one of the forehead nerve is visible sometime also i have done multi test and ecg echo tmt CBC-11.37,TLC-7.57,SGPT-59,SGOT-25 GGT-42,CHolestrol-111,Triglyceride-64 Vitamind3-54,TSH-0.8,Creatinine-0.71,Uric acid-5,Urea-17.4 Blood sugar fasting-99 ,ESR-10,LDH-190 Plz suggest what i will do for relief and i am taking(petril beta)-10mg HS Today when i wake up early morning about 5.30AM and i am going to urinate when i urinate i feel whole body is too cold and some cold sweats cames on forehead and i also feels from many time when i bend my neck using phone or write something i feel cold from the back of neck and from 3 to 3 seconds feels hot What is thing i feels in today morning plz guide me so that i dont take stress or tension about this that happen in morning with me

For Black out condition

My father's age is 79.But still he is healthy and fit. But one problem of his body give us tention. Sometimes he becomes senseless.Then he stays in a black out condition for 5-10 minutes. He becomes fit after that automatically. But then his pressure stays low. Actually his pressure is always low but stays in a rance. But after that his pressure becomes abnormal (90/60 like this) for a while. This happens once or twice in a year . So we are too much worried about that. We visited heart specialist,Nerve specialist, etc etc doctors and did various tests. His heart is ok and all things are ok by the reports. This is continuing near about 15 years before. So tell me please what is the disease and what is the treatment for it ...???

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