I also live currently in Nigeria. You need to have further tests done. HBSAG quant usually reported in Copies per ml, HBV DNA, Alt/ast.
Unfortunately theres no place in Nigeria to have HBSAG quant done just yet. Only option is to send blood samples to India. A lab called Hightech labs. You cld google this.
Best place to start is where you started: Here! I have gained so much invaluable information ever since i joined. Now, get a doctor to manage your treatment, if its necessary for you.
A calcified concretion in the appendix visible on an abdominal radiograph; considered diagnostic of appendicitis in the acute abdomen.
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Six months back I got pain at Right Lower Abdomen (RIF). The local GP thought Sub acute appendicitis and prescribed antibiotics. My WBC at that time was normal. The pain was intermittent, some times sharp and mild. I never took the antibiotics. The next day the local GP said no appendicitis. After 15 days still the symptoms continued occasionally and a went to a Gastroenterologist who advised to take Taxim-O an antibiotic. I took it for 5 days.
There was a local surgeon that apparently only removed part of the appendix in three patients in a month. They all returned with recurrent appendicitis and he was run out of town.
Without taking any drugs, viral load was 22,000 in september 2009. 46,000 in december 2009. Doctor recommended lamivudine in January. Took lamivudine and by June 2010, viral load was undetected. have read in many forums that lam is not the best, approached my doctor with this concern and she sugessted tenofovir. Should i start tenofovir immediately, how should i start. Should i just abruptly stop lam and move on to tenofovir, should i use both and gradually stop lam after a few day/weeks.
You are correct that this is not an acute appendicitis, but there is a possibility that this is a chronic appendicitis. This is almost surely not an ulcer of the rectum as you don't have any of the same symptoms.
This classic pattern of migratory pain is the most reliable symptom of acute appendicitis. Vomiting may then occur, in contrast to the repeated bouts of vomiting that typically accompany viral gastroenteritis or small bowel obstruction. Fever then usually occurs, followed by the development of an elevated white blood cell count. Of course not all patients present this way. For example, not all patients lose their appetite.
Did you ever find a doctor in Michigan that believed in chronic appendicitis and removed your appendix? Did you find relief after. Your symptoms and tests to diagnose are identical to my 13 yr old daughter's.... and we have a history of chronic appendicitis in my family. My middle daughter, my sister and my grandson all suffered for 1 year minimum before it went acute and they had it removed. After, they were symptom free.
If you do have appendicitis (especially acute appendicitis) then if this is untreated there is a chance that the appendix will rupture causing peritonitis which is dangerous and can be life threatening.
I suggest that you go quickly to your Emergency/accident department and ask them either to rule out appendicitis - or else confirm it and carry out the necessary operation.
Hey just had Acute appendicitis and had to have emergency surgery to remove appendix. Now I had a lump under my skin just above my elbow that is below my skin. it seems as though it is attached to my vein or just by the muscle. It does not hurt but I am worried sick it could be something serious.
thank you for your reply iv read a report in BMJ saying an unusual cause of this as appendicitis would this have shown up in the ultra sound scans or is a CT scan the only way to see this
Exhibited symptoms can vary from a mild pain to a severe pain as in acute appendicitis; however, patients do not usually experience vomiting, fever, or gastritis. A rumbling appendix is inflamed, but not infected; hence, there is no need for emergency surgery. The pain associated with a rumbling appendix is usually restricted to the lower right abdomen, but sometimes shifts or extends to the upper right abdomen. Rumbling appendicitis can be treated, if diagnosed correctly.
Could be a cyst, that is the most likely cause. Not dangerous at all in most cases, and your doctor will be able to acertain the best way of dealing with it.
But the pain of appendicitis is also located in the same general area, and there are more serious conditions that could cause the pain as well, so waiting for your doctor's verdict is the best course of action.
Don't worry too much, though. Unless the pain becomes acute, it's not urgent.
Hi. Last night I had unprotected sex with an Nigerian lady in Lagos Nigeria. It was unprotected vaginal sex. What are the risks of transmission. Should I start PEP. I might be able to get the girl tested as have her friends number. Her friend says there both fine and have been tested. Any advice would be greatful.
I had sex with a woman in Nigeria twice over the past 6 weeks. On both occassions I checked that the condom was not broken. However, in the past two weeks I have had the following symptoms, chills without running a temperature, dry and itch skin without a rash, midly sort throat. My symptoms are now getting better but now my partner has started to complain about the same things. My questions are
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I was tested positive in March 2013, this present result was done 16th August 2013, and i did the last one in March this year it was still the same thing, nothing has changed. The liver function test is okay confirmed by a medical physician.
Cramps change in nature from time to time. The other possibility is your appendix. Google appendicitis symptoms (chronic and not acute) and see if that sounds familiar. If you think it's your appendix, of course it's time to see the doc.
but then I came to know that hiv-2 is not covered in antigen and hence this encounter was in nigeria again I started worried...pls tell me what should I do, I am not doing sex with my wife...pls help me and give your valued suggestion....regards
Dear sir, I have not done any sort of sex nor oral or vaginal, just lap dance with aforesaid stripper.
i am having a nagging pain in the right side of my lower abdomen for the past 15 hours,what can be the cause of it?
I need to find a place to get the drugs in Nigeria. I have seen a doctor who couldnt help as I realised he knows little about the ailment. I dont mind importing the drugs at this stage. I would like suggestions from members of the forum and also someone who has gotten the drugs in Nigeria. I dont want to die young.
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You have mentioned that you were diagnosed with appendicitis. Was an appendectomy done? In this case I would suggest that an abdominal ultrasound may be done to ascertain the cause of the pain. A baseline urinalyis and urine culture may also be helpful to determine if infections or urinary tract stones may be present. I do not think the fungal infection has been causing the pain. Unless the area is swollen and severely infected the tenderness may be noted when the skin is palpated.
The first six months after exposure, if you have a positive antibody test that is confirmed with a viral load test, you are considered to have acute hepatitis C. After six months if you still have a detected viral load (HCV/RNA by PCR), you have chronic hepatitis C. Approximately 60-85% of patients with acute hep C will go one to have chronic hep C. The stage of gthe virus tells you how much liver damage you have developed. It takes a long time to get to Stage 4.
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