Dr. Bruce L. Feldman

Very unlikely. If you had a clot of any consequence, this would only feel like this as a “referred” pain, meaning the problem is somewhere else and the pain shows up in your low back. Nothing really works like that. You probably just tweaked the back, but if it hangs around for more than a couple of days, get it checked out.

Hi,

There aren’t any obvious long-term effects of Prozac, though it doesn’t do anything to fix the original neurotransmitter problem. The problem is that the body wants a higher level of serotonin, which Prozac provides by interrupting the normal metabolism. The long term may continue to see the low serotonin and unless something else is done, the baseline problem may persist. Fortunately, a good percentage of people have this level return to normal over time on its own. Unfortunately, there continues to be many people for whom that is not the case.

Be well,

Bruce L. Feldman, MD

In unusual circumstances, you want surgery before physical therapy. Often, in a period of 6 weeks, or thereabouts, rotator cuff injuries can be vastly better with therapy and no surgery. Most of the time, if it really requires surgery, you can figure it'll be about 6 months or more before you're back to normal.

Being really short of breath without some kind of obvious cause is certainly concerning. While an anxiety attack is a possible cause, you can usually tie it back to something earlier. A more worrisome issue would be a very high heart rate that would be abnormal and needs attention. This really needs to be checked out and not sat on.

Removing tonsils lowers your strep risk, but it definitely does not eliminate it. You sound like you have strep, though it could be something else. You should get checked.

Most pink eye is viral and is contagious as long as you have symptoms. The antibiotics are really to keep you from getting worse and do very little to make you better. You should change any eye makeup you might have used in the several days before you had symptoms.

Your blisters are contagious until they no longer ooze. Just because they are scaling, though, doesn't mean there isn't virus that can leak out underneath. It needs to be dry.

This is an incredibly broad question. Lymphocytes may be elevated because that's your normal, but it goes up from reaction to virus, chronic inflammation, or you could simply have what's called demargination. On it's own, one reading means nothing. Have it repeated, then see.

A week is a long time - you would be better to get it open. It's a function of your eustachian tube (from your ear to your throat) not opening. A decongestant could help. If it stays that way for much longer, you should have it looked at.

There is some evidence in mice that lisinopril (or other drugs in the same class - Angiotension Converting Enzyme Inhibitors) might actually have benefits for fertility in men. There is no significant evidence to support the notion that an ACEI would have a negative effect on fertility, and nothing in development from the sperm side of the embryo.