You're most welcome. Nail Melanoma does not affect multiple nails together while Longitudunal Melanonychia (LM) often does. The fact that an additional nail is showing changes is nearly conclusive that this is LM, which as I said is harmless. However it would be best to see your doctor to get this confirmed since I cannot see the affected area.
I would recommend getting the entire nail removed if its the only one affected by fungus, but this will be solely to treat the fungus not because I thin ...
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HIV is a disease in which the symptoms usually comes after about 6 months to infinity. They may not even appear for as long as 10 years and you have a total history of 5 months .
ECLIA won't appear positive till the antibodies are not made against the virus. It is not 100 percent true but usually it is considered to be effective (even if it is positive, even then it is not shore that you have HIV).
P-24 antigen is usually the first test to come positive if it is .There is still no test to ...
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You probably have a Dental Infection Foci in the mouth and that is the cause of trouble. A good dentist will be able to remove the dental phobia you have as dental treatments now are free of pain and discomfort. If you have no childhood fear of dentist and now you are grown up then try to the understand the various dental instruments and their uses, this will remove THE FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN and remove the myth that dentistry is painful. This oral infection may cause various health problems at oth ...
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There were a certain points which were a little unclear,how many times was urine pregnancy test negative and when. After how many days was it done importantly and when was it done last(date of urine pregnancy test).
If urine pregnancy test is negative then there is no point why any gynaec would prescribe you mifepristone. The drug prescribed should not have been prescribed to you at least without confirming pregnancy by a urine pregnancy test and an ultrasound.
The drug mifepristone is ef ...
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Tpha test is a treponemal test and it detects antibody against the antigen,so it can't go negative even after treatment also.
If you want to see the effect of treatment then vdrl test would usually go negative after the treatment.
However it is dependent what type of syphillis is there primary,secondary,or tertiary or latent because tpha comes down a little in secoundary syphillis(that is also not definitive but has been seen to come down in a few cases).
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That is true that it gives a conclusive result as told by the company,however since i have not seen many results by myself so i am not very confident since the test is not very old.
You may get your test repeated now,just to get it confirmed and you may visit an internal medicine specialist and if you are so anxious you may also have hiv prophylaxis (if the doctor md medicine thinks it right for you).
Don't worry as much as i have read about the test it is conclusive but since the test is ...
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Yes your child is suffering from congenital hypothyroidism. Although it is mild, he will need to be prescribed with drugs, because hypothyroidism is a very common cause for retarded growth and mental retardation.
Rest everything is related to the initial time of birth. That only means that your daughter in law will need to be prescribed with anti d injection before next pregnancy. ...
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If your pregnancy test is negative( home kit),then you should still get a blood test to rule out pregnancy.This is called a serum beta hcg test and can be done in any routien laboratory any time of the day.This test if value less tahne 5 will confirm that there is no pregnancy.
Your period can also be delayed due to PCOD, like you said that the doctor said that the eggs were not ruptured in this cycle.If the pregnancy beta hcg test is negative ,take withdrawal medication of meprate and star ...
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Yes that's right - the antibodies can take up to 3 months, sometimes longer, to appear but the p24 antigen assay becomes positive much sooner after exposure. Still no test is fool proof and you should get retested in 8 weeks time - just the HIV 1/2 antibodies will be enough. This is just a precaution to be doubly sure - as it stands you are HIV negative based on your test results.
And yes that is a standard laboratory.
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HI Sir,
I have gone through your query.
If your girl friend had sex when she was in the 3rd day of menstrual cycle then there is no need to so much worry about this. It is the safe period for sex and also your girl friend pregnancy test negative. She already took unwanted 72 within 24 hour.
If you have any doubt better to consult gyaenacologist. ...
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