Question to general practitioner Maarten: Is a repeat vaccination against yellow fever useful?
The first time in Thailand we had everything injected and swallowed, whatever they told us. After that, never again.
Only yellow fever, which had to be injected again 6 months later. All this is now more than 30 years ago.
Question to general practitioner Maarten: Can dengue fever a second time cause problems?
I had dengue fever in Thailand in June of this year along with another infection. My cardiologist told me that a second time can cause extra problems, not only because a second time in itself can have much more serious consequences, but also because of the combination with the Zika virus.
Question to GP Maarten: Since two days a kind of hiccups
Since 2 days I have a kind of hiccups that look like normal hiccups but are not, I think it has to do with the esophagus or the stomach, sometimes I don't have it but after a while it comes back again.
Question to general practitioner Maarten: Would you like to look at my medication use?
Can you look at my medication. I am uninsured here in Thailand and have had a regular doctor in a small hospital in Chiang Mai for years which keeps my costs low. Buy the medicines cheaper at Pharmacy Choice.
Ask general practitioner Maarten: Problems with loose stools
In the morning I go to the toilet and then my stools are normal. But an hour later I almost always have to go again and then the stools are thin. I don't have to go to the bathroom for the rest of the day.
My blood pressure was measured at the clinic. Result 171/98 so not really low. The doctor told me that medicines are only given above 180/110. I am 76 and live in Khon Kaen province.
For a year and a half I have had a bubble the size of a small egg on the right side just above my penis. When I lie in bed the bubble disappears but when I sit or stand it comes out again. I suspect it is a small hernia.
Dear Maarten, we have a one and a half year old daughter. She drinks powdered milk, mother is not breastfed. When we go to buy powdered milk, I can no longer see the wood for the trees.
Question to general practitioner Maarten: How do I recognize counterfeit medicines in Thailand?
In this blog I read a warning from a reader for counterfeit medicines and I have a question about this for GP Maarten.
I take three medicines a day, two for high blood pressure and for high cholesterol. Now comes my question can I get these medicines somewhere here in Thailand in the village where I live?
General practitioner Maarten about his section on Thailand blog: “I like to help people”
It's been three months since we started with the medical section. In this period I have answered about 80 questions and I must say with great pleasure.
Question to GP Maarten: My husband has a Bubble nose
Maarten Vasbinder has been living in Isaan for 1½ years now, where he met a wonderful woman with whom he shares joys and sorrows. His profession is general practitioner, a profession that he mainly practiced in Spain. On Thailandblog he answers questions from readers and writes about medical facts.
Question to general practitioner Maarten: Medicines in Thailand against cluster headaches
Maarten Vasbinder has been living in Isaan for 1½ years now, where he met a wonderful woman with whom he shares joys and sorrows. His profession is general practitioner, a profession that he mainly practiced in Spain. On Thailandblog he answers questions from readers and writes about medical facts.
Maarten Vasbinder has been living in Isaan for 1½ years now, where he met a wonderful woman with whom he shares joys and sorrows. His profession is general practitioner, a profession that he mainly practiced in Spain. On Thailandblog he answers questions from readers and writes about medical facts.
Question to GP Maarten: Tingling in my left arm
Maarten Vasbinder has been living in Isaan for 1½ years now, where he met a wonderful woman with whom he shares joys and sorrows. His profession is general practitioner, a profession that he mainly practiced in Spain. On Thailandblog he answers questions from readers and writes about medical facts.
Question to GP Maarten: Painful spot close to my hip
Maarten Vasbinder has been living in Isaan for 1½ years now, where he met a wonderful woman with whom he shares joys and sorrows. His profession is general practitioner, a profession that he mainly practiced in Spain. On Thailandblog he answers questions from readers and writes about medical facts.
Maarten Vasbinder has been living in Isaan for 1½ years now, where he met a wonderful woman with whom he shares joys and sorrows. His profession is general practitioner, a profession that he mainly practiced in Spain. On Thailandblog he answers questions from readers and writes about medical facts.