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High BP for last few months

My BP was coming in the range of 150/95 for last few months. I started taking homeopathic medicine. It has come down to 130/90. Got all my tests done including ECG and Echo. All is normal. Triglycerides and cholesterol, Hb are normal. Diastolic pressure is not coming down. Please suggest.

Muscle pain in neck and shoulder

I was having shoulder and neck pain in the morning due to wrong sleeping position and lifting heavy weights the last day. Suddenly I fainted and then started having seizures when my mother started pouring water on my head. Whole thing lasted for 15-20s. I have a history of convulsions but that had stopped years ago when I was little.

Regarding typhoid

Dear doctor I have been diagnosed with Widal 1:60 positive and platelets low only 64 k And liver disturbed as well... Fever is from last  10 days and I have been taken zifi cv 200 for 5 days and ceftum 500 BD for 4 days but fever was coming continuously Now my doctor advised me Tab septran ds BD Tab zady 500 MG BD Syp ulgel 10ml TDS Omez insta sachet CALPOL 500 MG sos And done  blood culture and sensitivity report Report will come after 4 days I want to know that septran ds and Azithromycin is a heavy drug My kidney is healthy Is septran ds given safe for kidney Or will create any problem in kidney???

General query

Is internal medicine and general physician same or different? They diagnose same disease or one having speciality in any domain ?

Discuss on routine checkup report

I had my routine checkup and accordingly I need a prescription for medicines to fix the challenge highlighted by routine checkup report.

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