You have my archive and know my condition blood pressure perfectly, heart test okay brain scan okay. Drink little and quit smoking,175 cm 83 kg. Three days ago I bent down to pick something up and suddenly my control stopped like a blackout. This happened 2 times, I tried lying flat on my bed, but then got vomiting symptoms, so sitting upright was fine again.
Question to general practitioner Maarten: Is it allowed to take an imodium tablet three times a week?
Maarten Vasbinder lives in Isaan. His profession is general practitioner, a profession that he mainly practiced in Spain. On Thailandblog he answers questions from readers who live in Thailand. Do you have a question for Maarten and do you live in Thailand? Send this to the editors: www.thailandblog.nl/contact/ It is important that you provide the correct information, such as: Age Complaint(s) History Medication use, including supplements, etc. Smoking, alcohol Overweight Possibly laboratory results and other tests Possibly …
Question to general practitioner Maarten: Do I have to have an extra test for my kidney function?
Because my blood pressure often remained too high, I switched to Favotan5/100mg on the advice of a doctor, and my blood pressure is now good. Once a year I always have a major check-up, and my blood is tested for my liver and kidney function, among other things, and it's always fine.
Some time ago I sent you a copy of my prostate cancer test and my stroke. Over time, I have experienced some unpleasant changes.
Question to GP Maarten: When do I need dialysis and cramps and itching due to kidney problems?
My name is H. I am 78 years old, 1,67 m tall and weigh 74 kg. Two years ago I was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease. I also have type 2 diabetes and an irregular heartbeat. I do not smoke and drink 0,6 liters of beer daily.
I have arrhythmia and use wafarin 3 mg per day. For years and that goes well, values between 2 and 3. No other medicines, age 81 years, 189 cm and 82 kg, blood pressure 80/125.
Question to GP Maarten: No more hard erections?
I am 68 years old, have taken Viagra and Kamagra on my own in recent years, but now I no longer get a really hard erection. The strange thing is that I regularly wake up at night and in the morning with a hard and even prolonged erection that is sometimes even a bit painful.
I intend to travel to Thailand soon, for a holiday of 6 weeks, a country well known to me. I've had a Supra Pub for a number of years now, so I'll take the necessary things with me if there is a need for a change. I have walked with a too full bladder for too long, which has stretched the bladder and can no longer function normally, partly because of this a Supra Pub, placed every 10 weeks.
Ask general practitioner Maarten: Medicines against cystitis
My wife contracted a bladder infection in the Netherlands and was prescribed 10 Trimethoprim tablets of 300 mg for 5 days. That helped, but now in Thailand the complaints are returning.
Ask general practitioner Maarten: Reusable catheters
A friend of mine uses catheters because urinating is not easy anymore. That means 3 to 4 new catheters every day, which are thrown away again. Now there seems to be a catheter for sale in Thailand and Japan that can be reused with a certain gel.
I am in Koh Chang. I suffer from an ear that has been closed for days. What can I get from the Pharmacy to solve this? I already got nasal spray here but it doesn't help.
Due to a misunderstanding, my wife in Thailand did not receive enough cooling ointment from the Netherlands. It concerns Cooling ointment without rose oil for daily application to skin in the context of Lichten scierosus.
With regard to prostate cancer, I am sending you 2 pages from the urologist with the request that you tell me if you are aware of these medicines. Due to the very high costs, I have not yet been able to buy this injection.
Question to general practitioner Maarten: Danger of long-term side effects of Corona vaccines?
My son was vaccinated against Corona at the end of 2021 against my will and without me knowing it, 2 times Pfizer, because he wanted to travel. He has no complaints at all these days, but I still worry about possible side effects, about which all kinds of terrible stories are circulating. Some of my questions remain unanswered, so I turn to you.
Question to general practitioner Maarten: I have been feeling lethargic for quite some time now
I've been feeling lethargic for quite some time, apart from my present aches and pains in my joints which you already know and which I just have to learn to live with. Now I still do a few things, but I prefer no heavy physical work and quickly find a place to sit.
Question to GP Maarten: Switching to other medicines?
I have a question for you. In the Netherlands I (64 years old) had the drug Citalopram 20 mg (once a day) for an anxiety disorder and that worked fine, no problems even with my stressful work. In April I took early retirement and emigrated from the Netherlands to Thailand. I thought little stress then I will reduce this medicine after years of use. No sooner said than done and since the end of June last year I have stopped doing this completely.
Question to general practitioner Maarten: Had several strokes
I am 81 do not smoke or drink. I have just returned from Phuket where I lived for 1 year and now live again in Udon Thani where I have lived for 8 years before. Now to my story. In Udon Thani I walked 10 km every morning before I left for Phuket. Last year in Udon Thani my problems started. I fell down many times and my balance was bad always the urge to go to the left. Also broke my right upper arm and now walk around with a metal plate.