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HS is an acronym for "Hereditary spherocytosis" (a type of genetic anemia), "Hidradenitis suppurativa" (a skin disease), and "Hysterosalpingogram" (a gynecological imaging test). It is also used to mean "High school".

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A 32-year old female asked:

A boy age 5 yrs old hs a problem of unclear speech..plz help

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A 45-year old asked:

Is it important for adults to chaperone HS kids even on a church outing?

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A 17-year old female asked:

Help having harmful thoughts and melochonic thoughts after HS graduation i know ppl do care i just feel like they dont teachers were everything 4 me?

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A 36-year old male asked:

Urticaria 3+ months now. Fexofenadine180 OD,HS; Cimetidine400 BD. Flucanozole150 for 7 days then 50 mg 30days (7th day now). Still appears on forearms?

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A 49-year old male asked:

I'm having severe episodes of anxiety and my doctor has me on Clonazapan 2mg at hs but it shot lived. As a nurse and hate asking for anything stronger?

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A member asked:

what is the significance of an HS-CRP of 15+?

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A 37-year old female asked:

What does an Hs crp of 8.9 mean? What could it be?

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A 42-year old asked:

Is it okay for a HS boy in the late puberty stage to start lifting?

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A 38-year old asked:

Why doesn't my son have friends from HS? He rarely goes out when home form college.

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A 27-year old female asked about a female:

A friend hs polyp in her virgina. She wants to remove it in feb.But it started bleeding heavily. Does she has to remove it immediately or tk medicine?

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A 33-year old female asked:

Taper of Pred 10mg every other day. At HS I get itchy and where I scratch welts up? Can the Taper cause this or the med itself. Only happens with pred

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A 30-year old female asked about a 30-year old female:

The urine either hs strong odors of hickory/bacon smell n some x`s a foul smell like spoiled food. Wine is drank n there r no other signs of infection?

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A 46-year old female asked:

Recent biopsy march says cell reaction just had a mammo&ultra still adnormal this hs been going on for 1/12 years doctor wants to do a part mast agree?

1 doctor answer • 5 doctors weighed in

A 23-year old female asked:

My 3yo son hs been failure to thrive since he was 1.. he was breastfed for 26 months...many tst dne all nrmal.. wats wrong? weighs 25lbs

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A 38-year old asked:

Can things in your teens lead to later sleep disorders? My son stayed up late online through jr and sr years of HS and still sleeps 3 to 10.

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A 17-year old female asked:

I am starting get depression like symptoms after graduating hs.. I cry becuz i miss my teachers.. Im sad all times remembering them what could i do?

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A 27-year old female asked:

My 6 wk boy did sleep 4-5 hrs Q HS now he is sleeping 2-3 hrs Q HS is it ok to wake him for a bottle every 3 hrs during the AM? Will he gain too much?

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A 37-year old female asked:

Can a high Hs crp mean copd?

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A 37-year old female asked:

Can a high hs crp mean cancer?

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A 37-year old female asked:

Can elevated hs-crp mean dementia?

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A 34-year old asked:

can i ask for another covera hs tablet?

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A 37-year old female asked:

Van a high hs crp meanness Atherosclerosis or PAD?

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A 33-year old asked:

Are kids under greater peer pressure to misbehave in HS or college?

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A 37-year old female asked:

What does an elevated hs-Crp mean? What does it tell about your heart?

1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A 74-year old female asked:

Son's blod pressure130/90. he is on Lisinipril. Dos he ned blo0d pressure w/tht reading? He hs anxiety&now puts hm on hydrochlorothiazid. he 50.

1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in

A 22-year old female asked:

Kissed a guy I knew in HS a day ago at a party.I'm freaking out that I might have caught something (meninigitis, meningococcal)? Am I paranoid??

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A 23-year old female asked:

I was an Irish dancer and clogger for 12 years. I also was a cheerleader in HS. In the past year I have noticed large lump under toes &swollen..why?

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A 38-year old female asked:

Would iritis alone cause elevated HS CRP of 2.6? Or would there be OTHER inflammation somewhere else that is causing iritis? Definitive answer please.

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A 74-year old female asked:

Isn't there 1 doctor that can prescribe something to help bi polar. she hs been on so many meds and still feels unhappy. it hurts me 2 c her this way?

1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A 44-year old female asked:

My husband hs bk pain his lvl 4-5 disc hs come out he goes fr physio bt no improvememt d doc says his muscles r stiff -will dis be cured or operate i?

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