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Hello i had my no 48 wisdom tooth removed on thursday morning and its been nearly 3 days now. What i wanted to know was i have noticed yesterday and today that the gum which had folded over the extraction site has receeded and left behind a thin white strand of tissue. is this a normal part of the healing process. I am not in any pain and have not smoked since the day of extraction (before). Also i know your advice will be to stop permanently but how long should i wait till i can smoke again

The tissue tag should resolve in 7-14 days max. rinse with warm water (mix in salt) 3-5 times a day to help keep the wound clean. smoking is a personal choice. IF you truly have NOT smoked post extraction you may start now. ...

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Hi, I am really stressed and don't want to self diagnos and go crazy, but I have had this (pimple, ulcer, follicule infection or chancre on the side of the shaft of my penis. I don't know which one it is. I don't have medical but I am signing up on Tuesday for state medical..... The story is it appear maybe a week after a day and a half masterbation marathon I am embarrassed to say I had. It started as just a burning sensation on the side like I ripped the skin which I have done before. So I just didnt touch it. That was on a Sunday then Monday Xmas I tried to have sex with my lady and I couldn't cause of the pain and burning sensation on the skin. We started and stopped. 3 days after that in the same burning area 1 pimple formed with maybe 2 smaller ones. Very small ones... I I tried to masterbate again and it seemed as if it irritated the area and another one grew. They got to an ok size and where kind of painful. Then they grew and seemed to bust and started to go down. They look some like a chancre or a lesion when it was going down. They itch a little bit I guess that's from healing but I am freaked out. I had unprotected sex with another woman maybe a month before the night I began the marathon. I have pics please help.

Hi, You might either be having STD or you might have ripped of your skin ,which might have also caused an ulcer. 1. Are you having any pain during micturition ? 2. Are you having any burning sensation during micturition ? 3. Are the ulceration rigid ? 4. Are there any glands on penile area ? 5. Any kind of secretion from ulcer or any kind of discharge ? If it is an STD then it can only be diagnosed by a scraping or specimen of discharge Please kindly describe the kind of ulcer(whether it is ...

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Having wound in left foot toenail, Doctor has removed the nail in Feb 2013,but the wound is still green , now the skin around the nail become white. Kindly suggest weather it is any type of gengrene.. What is cure..

I would know without seeing the foot. I am a podiatrist and expert at it, but without looking at it I would not know if it is infected or otherwise ...

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Symptoms of cataract has been diagonised at the early stage by an eye doctor after I had some wound type of thing above my eyes. I want know the cure of this and precautionary measures that I should take for not increasing it.

Cataract would increase with increasing age as cataract itself is not a disease , it's an age relaTed change . No precautionary measures , no medications can prevent it from increasing . Only treatment available is SURGERY ...

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Hard swollen submandibular lymph nodes on both sides of my jaw. There is a couple of small ones too & also a couple smaller ones on one side of my neck. Also small sores in my mouth which might be healing . What can this be its been about 3 weeks ? Oh & I'm 18 by the way I have smoked previously in my life.

Swollen submandibular glands may be due to an oral infection, possibly odontogenic in origin. You are advised to take an OPG(Orthopantograph) for diagnosing the source of infection. This may also be due to FAscial Space Infection. ...

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I got my wisdom teeth out about 12 days ago, and it is almost healed. I feel like there might be a cavity in the tooth in front of the wisdom tooth extracted, but there might not be either. I haven't been able to brush my teeth back there, and whenever I put my tongue back there to take out food that is stuck, I taste something metallic, it almost taste identical to the taste of raw cabbage. I don't want to go to the dentist just yet because I am still healing, and I cant open my mouth so big, and I don't want to make anything worse. If you could help me out, that would be great.

dont worry ,these is normal postextraction complicaation.u just do mouth gargling ,for mouth opening go for mouthopening exercise,take chewing gum do all movement in mouth. ...

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I have eaten a lot of popcorn (two microwave bags) - I am slender and dance, walk, etc. I have woken up out of a sleep with chest discomfort after eating this. It was a lot. No difficulty breathing, no sweating...etc. I also hurt my back in a fall - across middle of back and it is slowly healing...that also hurt before I went to sleep that night. Deducing back and food but do not know. BP is normal, Cholesterol good, weight good...

Dear patrice, it is unlikely to be a cardiac pain. You didn't mention the site of pain. However, It may be a mechanical chest pain which will resolve with NSAID and muscle relaxant. Another probability is just a stomach pain. Take an anti ulcerant. Thanks. ...

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i had a perianal abscess operation around 5 weeks back. I have been off antibiotics and the regular dressings for around 10 days. However, I still have pain around that area as well as regular little discharge of pus from the wound. . The histopathology report mentioned the following: Nature of Material received: Left perineal abscess wall Gross description: Received a single greyish brown congested irregular ring 1.7 x 1.5 x 1 cm Microscopic description: Biopsy shows fibrosis in skeletal muscle and adipose tissue. One of the fragments shows a sinus tract with a foreign body type granuloma The discharge summary was as follows: Diagnosis Left perianal abscess + Left middle finger abscess Presenting Complaints: Left perianal abscess + Left middle finger abscess incision and drainage Patient had fever since 3-4 days Condition on admission: O/E-GC: T: Afebrile at admission P: 80/min RR: 20/min BP: 120/80 mmHg Pain + S/E: CVS: NAD RS: NAD P/A: NAD Treatment given during hospitalization: Inj. Metrogyl Inj. Formic Inj. Perfalgan Inj. Pantop Inj. Emeset Inj. Tramadol Course of hospitalization: Uneventful Pus c/s (Perianal abscess) E-coli, ESBL producing sensitive to augmentin Investigation reports: Hb: 14.2 WBC: 14700 - (N) 80 Plt: 158 RBS: 95.5 Condition at discharge: O/E-GC: T: Afebrile at admission Pain at operated site P: 89/min BP: 120/80 mmHg S/E: CVS: NAD RS: NAD P/A: NAD Treatment at discharge: Augmentin 625 mg 1-1-1 Zorno 200 mg 1-0-1 Voveron 1-0-1 Pantop 1-0-1

Hi, If you still have pain and pus discharge around that area then , either the infection is there again because it was not cleared properly( the pus drainage was not done properly ) or either it might have formed again because you might be having some co exsistent problem which probably went un diagnosed . Are you a diabetic ? Any other problem you might be having or any disease treatment you might have taken for pretty long in past ? Treatment givento you otherwise medically was fine no pro ...

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i had a perianal abscess operation around 5 weeks back. I have been off antibiotics and the regular dressings for around 10 days. However, I still have pain around that area as well as regular little discharge of pus from the wound. The histopathology report mentioned the following: Nature of Material received: Left perineal abscess wall Gross description: Received a single greyish brown congested irregular ring 1.7 x 1.5 x 1 cm Microscopic description: Biopsy shows fibrosis in skeletal muscle and adipose tissue. One of the fragments shows a sinus tract with a foreign body type granuloma The discharge summary was as follows: Diagnosis Left perianal abscess + Left middle finger abscess Presenting Complaints: Left perianal abscess + Left middle finger abscess incision and drainage Patient had fever since 3-4 days Condition on admission: O/E-GC: T: Afebrile at admission P: 80/min RR: 20/min BP: 120/80 mmHg Pain + S/E: CVS: NAD RS: NAD P/A: NAD Treatment given during hospitalization: Inj. Metrogyl Inj. Formic Inj. Perfalgan Inj. Pantop Inj. Emeset Inj. Tramadol Course of hospitalization: Uneventful Pus c/s (Perianal abscess) E-coli, ESBL producing sensitive to augmentin Investigation reports: Hb: 14.2 WBC: 14700 - (N) 80 Plt: 158 RBS: 95.5 Condition at discharge: O/E-GC: T: Afebrile at admission Pain at operated site P: 89/min BP: 120/80 mmHg S/E: CVS: NAD RS: NAD P/A: NAD Treatment at discharge: Augmentin 625 mg 1-1-1 Zorno 200 mg 1-0-1 Voveron 1-0-1 Pantop 1-0-1

hi bobby, your perianal abscess surgery would take atleast 2-3 weeks to heal and slowly the soreness and pain will come down day by day as the wound heals. regular dressings especially after motions is the key to successful healing. The very fact that your pus c/s report mentions E.coli, I just want to make you aware that these bacteria are from the large intestine. The basic question is from where did the bacteria get into the perianal area?? the answer is that there is a small hole in the anus ...

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