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can a+ and a+ give birth to o+ or O negative? It’s a panic that lands in clinics and WhatsApp groups far too often: “Both of us are A positive… how is our child O negative? Did the lab mess up? Or is something else going on?” The short, reassuring answer is no lab error, […]
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Why does BCG vaccine leave a scar? That scar on your arm is a battlefield, and the chemistry of how it forms is completely different from any other vaccine you’ve ever received. Most vaccines inject dead or weakened pathogens into your muscle. Your immune system sees the threat, builds antibodies, done. No lasting damage to […]
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why spicy foods cause diarrhea? My cousin asked: ‘Doc, if diarrhea is caused by a virus or bacteria, how come eating really spicy food gives us loose stools?’ I am surprised most people don’t know the actual mechanism behind this. • The main culprit is Capsaicin, the chemical that gives chilies their heat. But here […]
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Can diabetics take lactulose? Does lactose increase blood sugar? A diabetic patient with constipation asked me: “Doc, isn’t lactulose a type of sugar? Then why are you giving it to me for constipation? Won’t it increase my sugar levels too?” How will you explain this to him? Lactulose is a synthetic sugar that cannot be […]
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Why PCOS was renamed PMOS? In 1935, two American doctors examined seven women’s ovaries and saw small lumps. They called them cysts and named the disease after them. They were wrong. It took 91 years to fix. What we called PCOS is now Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS), announced today in The Lancet by an […]
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