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• Allergies treatment

  I’m 32 years old and have had intense itching all over my body for the past two months. It gets worse at night and is making it hard for me to sleep. I also feel very uncomfortable during the day. I have small red pimples on my body, and on my wrist, between my fingers, and near my thumb I have small bumps that contain a transparent fluid. When I break these bumps, the skin becomes dry and forms dry patches. I looked online and wondered if it could be scabies, but I’m not sure. I visited a doctor in Brussels last week, but I was only given a dryness cream, and it has not helped at all. I’m also worried that I may have passed this to my family members, although so far no one else has symptoms. Could you please advise what this might be and whether I can have a video consultation? I have medical insurance and would like to know if the video visit would cost the same as an in-person consultation, around 6 euros, and whether I can pay online.

  • Hello,
    
    I am sorry to hear that you are still experiencing such intense itching, especially when it is disturbing your sleep.
    
    Unfortunately, scabies cannot be reliably confirmed or excluded through an online consultation. The diagnosis requires a proper examination of the skin, ideally including a dermatoscopic examination by a dermatologist, as several other skin conditions can cause very similar symptoms.
    
    If you were already examined in Brussels last week and scabies was considered and excluded, but your symptoms are persisting or you remain concerned, you are of course completely entitled to seek a second dermatol...ogical opinion. However, for this particular question, I would strongly recommend an in-person consultation rather than a video appointment.
    
    Regarding the consultation fee, prices vary from one doctor to another, particularly for non-conventioned physicians. I would therefore recommend checking the consultation price when making the appointment and choosing a dermatologist whose fees are suitable for your budget.
    
    I hope you will be able to identify the cause of the itching quickly and receive an effective treatment.
    
    Wishing you a good day and a speedy improvement. Read more

    Nikola Voloscukova 10

    Dermatologue Specialisée en Médecine Esthétique | Uccle

  
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• Transvaginal ultrasound

  well I'll tell you the story since the beginning. when i first had my period it used to take 15 days while others had it for 7 days maximum. and then it started to be more of brown and kind of "not liquid" but not always. and sometimes it starts with that for a week and then the flow becomes normal not for another 5 to 7 days. when i was 16 i didn't have it for 5 months or six. i went to see a doctor and he says there's nothing. after it came and i was bleeding for a whole month. this time the doctor found out i had pcos. i took a medicine they gave me i recall it was for 3 months and take it from the 16th day to the 25th. but shortly after finishing those three months it became irregular again. then when i became 20 i went to check again and this time everything was normal in my ovaries and the blood results were good. but then why i had that problem. i mean when i saw that doctor that said i was fine i was 50 days delayed. she gave me the same medicine but this time i didn't take it. well sometimes it's regular and sometimes it gets delayed and sometimes i get that brown thing. now for the past year i have it in 40 days regularly. but i believe the normal cycle take 35 maximum. mine take 40 to 42 days. but it was regular the whole year. it only was delayed for 60 days 5 months ago and when it came the brown came first for a week then the regular flow. then i had two more periods normally that took 40 to 42 days but now it happened again. it's not delayed it's 40 days but only the brown thing. but this time is a bit different because it's a mix of brown red and it's heavy and based on what i was told that heavy thing is not a good sign. not the flow but thing is heavy. I'm sorry for my poor language and i hope you understand and help me. don't want to go a doctor again because whatever the problem is. they don't tell me what it is and the same treatment is given to me. it does not help me recover it only hides the symptoms. by the way i am 22

  • With your history alone , nobody can give you a diagnose. It sounds like PCO like they told you once. But that is a born-in disturvbance that you cannot cure, only treat the symptoms of abnormal bleeding and , if necessary, acné and hairgrowth. And the moment that pregnancy will be demanded, hormonal stimulation. And it excists in many grades and forms.
    But if you want to know, you will have to visit a gynecologist, while that is the specialist of hormonal disturbances.
    You'll need an echo and a bloodtest and first of all a clinical examinatiion.
    Hopefully it helps a little.

    Myriam Struyven

    | New Partner |

    Gynecologist | Eeklo

  
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• Bereavement support

  Hello, I’m in pain due to a grief of loss. What can I take to relieve heart pain?

  • I would highly suggest talking to your doctor if it's a physical pain you are experiencing. You can also do some breathing exercices to calm your nervous system (square breathing). If you are ready or feel you need therapy to accompany you in these trying times, that could also work

    Maude Oesau 9,9

    Psychologist | Braine-L'Alleud

  
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