Chikungunya Management

Health Q&A
Rabies exposure through bats

How to know that whether bat had bitten you while you were asleep cause I have read that bats give microscopic bite and we can't able to feel it it also leave such a small mark that it disappear on it's own. So suppose a bat bite you and then it went outside your home then how will you get to know that you are exposed to rabies.

Throat Query

Hello doctor is there any problem in my throat I don't have any pain while swallowing or I don't have fever is there any growing please tell

Low-Normal Testosterone – Need Medicines

Hello Doctor, I am a 24-year-old male. My height is 5'9" (175 cm), my weight is 100 kg, and my BMI is 32.6 kg/m². My recent fasting morning total testosterone level is 321 ng/dL (reference range: 249–836 ng/dL). Although it is within the normal range, it seems low for my age. My HbA1c is 5.7%. Do I need any further evaluation? Do I need any treatment, medicine, or supplements? I have attached my testosterone report. Please advise.

Sleepiness after medicine

Pregabalin was prescribed for nerve pain. After taking that table I feel more sleepy, if i take pregabalin at night, I sleep till late in the morning, feel dizziness next day. Is this side effect of medicine?

Haemoglobin or blood test

Hello my wife has a urachal cyst and after consulting a doctor, the doctor gives antibiotics and pain relief tab for her and doctor said it will not be harmful and your wife will be well after taking medicine and now she is facing some days before pain in stomach,vomit and dizziness than doctor gives her drip and she is well from vomit and loose motions but dizziness is not gone and she feels pain in stomach and back side and in ultrasound no problem in kidney and liver and no problem in BP and sugar,but now we do her blood test,so her haemoglobin is 9.5 ,so please tell me what to do next for her and she had taken homeopathic medicine for allergy

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