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What blood pressure medications should the elderly avoid?

My grandmother has high blood pressure. What blood pressure medications should the elderly avoid?
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What antibiotics help with a sinus infection?

I have a sinus infection. What antibiotics help with a sinus infection?
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Low testosterone?

Blood work shows I have very low testosterone. My medical dr put me on Tadalafil 5mg daily and an injection every other week for 8 weeks. Two weeks after that ended I did blood...
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How long is my uncle's life expectancy?

My uncle is 66, and has cerebral palsy. He was put in hospice care in December 2021 after being diagnosed with kidney disease/failure and chose not to have dialysis. He's gone...
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Kidney issue?

I had blood in my urine just once. I had a camera look into my bladder it was clear now I am to have a CT scan on my kidneys which I am worried about and don't really want to...
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How long does covid last?

I have a headache, 99 fever, cough, feeling tired, very loose stool, food tastes rotten, and a lot of mucus.
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Fibrous healing of broken neck?

My mom broke her neck. It was a c2 fracture. The doctor put her in a neck brace for six months. She has a nonunion with fibrous healing. The doctor advised her against surgery....
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Please help me interpret my AST and ALT lab results?

I have been a very heavy drinker for many years, (stopped cold turkey a month ago). My primary care physician "missed" the big red "H" next to my recent AST level on my last labs....
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What causes A Fib and how can it be effectively treated?

At age 75, I was just diagnosed with A Fib for the first time in my life. Isn't it due to an electrical issue causing misfiring of the atrial muscles? How can it be effectively...
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Urgent situation?

My father has a severe inguinal hernia. He is 89 years old and can't use the bathroom, so he spends 20 hours trying to urinate/defecate, but he can't, but sometimes it only happens...
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Low blood pressure?

My mother, age 82 blood pressure is 124/42. She’s been feeling super tired and dizzy lately. Her medications are Losartan and Amlodipine 5mg. Is the lower number 42 something...
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What techniques do you use to treat alcohol addiction?

I have an alcohol addiction. What techniques do you use to treat alcohol addiction?
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I had a hernia surgery?

About 12 weeks ago I had hernia surgery. Everything was fine but where I had the surgery I still have a hard lump by the surgery scar. I know I had a mesh put in and when I went...
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String-like clots in urine?

I am 87 and wear a Foley catheter 24/7, which on infrequent occasions has been blocked by clots associated with an episode of blood in urine. I have been taught how to manually...
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Constipation for days?

I'm a 75 year old male. I've taken 3 full doses of liquid Ducolax for three days. I worked, for the most part, to remove most of large back up. The last dose was to clean me...
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Why do I have no energy?

I'm an active 82 year old. My BP is good, oxygen is good (oximeter). I have A-Fib, Waldenstrom's Lymphoma (indolent for about 8 years). It's good after 20 minutes of rest....
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Parkinson's disease?

My father is 69, has late-term Parkinson's. Side effects include: paranoia. 1 week no desire to eat. Very hard bowel movements and urination. Lost weight. Weakness and unstable...
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Elderly woman?

She has physical shaking constantly. Is the shaking a disease or some other sickness? Is there a name for it?
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Final exhales?

My mother rapidly exhaled in her final moment. She blew air out, let out a single tear, and went still. Is this normal when someone dies or is it due to shock/fear when the heart...
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Constipation for weeks?

I have been severely constipated for 3 weeks. I've had some relief with Metamucil or laxative. I take hydrochlorothiazide for hypertension, amitriptyline for headaches, and Xanax...
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