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I do not know if I am directing this question to the right department but here we go. I am a 38 year old obese woman (5'4, 245lbs). I am Type II diabetic. I also suffer from Chronic Acute Daily Migraine, depression, and PTSD. There is a chance I am pregnant. I went to the Community Health Free Clinic (CHFC) in Cedar Rapids, IA, and they sent me to Mercy to have blood drawn. They called today and told me the test was positive, then called me back ten minutes later and said it was a mistake, that my level was at a 5 and that means negative. My issue is that several of the websites I've looked at say that positive results are =>5 in early pregnancy. Should I have myself retested? When I saw the doctor yesterday my BP was really up, 168/98, and I've always had excellent BP's and cholesterol. I'm worried that if I am actually pregnant I could be having pre-eclampsia. I want to make sure, with all my health issues I would be very high risk. I just don't want any more chance for harm to my baby. I would really appreciate some advice and direction. Thank you. Bobbi - Cedar Rapids
I have a 7 year old son, who has ADHD, he takes Adderall XR and Tenex, when it's bedtime he can't seem to settle down and then he's tired the next morning. Is it possible the Adderall is affecting his sleep? Also I've tried Melatonin and that doesn't work, is there any medications a child can take to settle them down so they can sleep? Ashley - Cedar Rapids
My 4 year old son has said that he feels his heart beating, usually after running around etc, and once just walking up a flight of stairs. It's been a total of 3-4 times. When he was 2 he was checked out, because I had an asd repair, and he got a clean bill of health. When he notes his heart beating, he is otherwise fine and in sinus rhythm. And it doesn't seem to be any faster than a normal 4 year old fast rate, 100 beats a minute give or take. Any thoughts? Thank you so much for your time. Derek - Boston
My daughter is 12 months. 15.5 lbs and 27 inches with a head circ of 44.75 cm. She is on a curve but is constently not even on the growht charts. her current height is -2.2 SD and her current weight is -2.0 SD. According to the AAP that puts her in the category of "idopathic short stature" and being below 3% on the cure categorizes her as "FTT". SHe is very active and is meeting all her milestone. SHe also only has 2 teeth so far. She was 6 lb 9 oz at birth. Does this size constitute a Pediatric Endocrinology referral? Her TSH is 2.0 and her GH level was 0.8. Her doc left it up to us if we wanted a referral for piece of mind. What do you think?
My 3 yr old little girl will not let me clean her "girl part" more specifically her clitoris area. She hates bath time because of it. Also she is constantly wetting her panties and her urine has a very strong odor to it. (not sweet) Just over a year ago I took her to the hospital because I thought she might have had swine flu and they wanted to get a urine sample by catheter. I had to hold her down while they did that and since then she has been EXTRA sensitive there. I don't know what is wrong. Could they have damaged something or could she be traumatized even though she was only 1yr and a half old? -Ange- Ange - Abilene
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