sodium hydroxide - skin allergy?
Jul 10, 2008 09:26PM in the Occupational Health & Safety Expert Forum
Dear JM, Dr. Parks will be offline until 7/19. Apologies for the inconvenience.
foot arc , cracking and swollen
Jul 10, 2008 05:21AM in the Occupational Health & Safety Expert Forum
Dear HC, It sounds like this problem with your foot has been quite frustrating and painful for a long time. Have you seen a podiatrist (foot specialist)? Have you tried customized supportive insoles? How old are you and what do you do for work? Do you have other medical problems (diabetes, high blood pressure...for example)? Do you smoke cig...
TAPEWORM
Jul 08, 2008 10:49PM in the Travel Medicine Expert Forum
Dear Stacey, Ok. I am familiar with Alinia (nitazoxanide). Please feel free to keep this line of communication open. Dr. Parks
Inquiry
Jul 08, 2008 10:41PM in the Occupational Health & Safety Expert Forum
Dear Sky, Good day back to you. At six months, if your serology remains negative, we can be over 99% certain that you will not seroconvert to Hep C positive. And, at one year the certainty of not seroconverting to HIV approaches 99%. At six months, the certainty of not seroconverting to HIV is >90%. CDC recommendations for follow-up after exposure to...
shoulder problems after flu shot
Jul 08, 2008 09:43PM in the Occupational Health & Safety Expert Forum
Hi. Thanks for providing the additional information. The reason why I asked these questions is that smoking, diabetes, and age all adversely affect the healing process. That being said, the recovery following manipulation under anesthesia for post-operative frozen shoulder can be rather lengthy (as your surgeon has likely explained). Although physica...
lung cancer
Jul 07, 2008 09:11PM in the Occupational Health & Safety Expert Forum
You can begin by searching pub med for the association of silica exposure and lung cancer. There are numerous components to "coal dust." Many of the scientific/medical journals will not have "free" access to the full text of the articles. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ I hope this is a start for you. ~•~ Dr. Parks This answer is not inte...