Dr. Peter Gott
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Dr. Gott: 'Growing pains' might be something elseFeb 04, 2011 10:00 pm - Q. Regarding your past columns about “growing pains,” I had such severe pain in my knees as a young teen that I could barely walk. I was told it was due to a growth ...
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Medication may be to blame for excessive urinationJan 30, 2011 10:00 pm - Q. I urinate four to five times a night and almost every hour or more during the day. I have seen urologists and have been tested, with negative results. My body and...
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Gott: Has colchicine been nixed by doctors?Jan 23, 2011 10:00 pm - Q. I was in my doctor's office last week for new prescriptions, and he indicated that colchicine is being pulled from the market. I take it for gout and don't know w...
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Nagging cough can have number of causesJan 15, 2011 10:00 pm - Q. I have had a cough for a couple of years. I've had chest X-rays, been to different doctors, tried cough medicine, cough drops and all sorts of things, but I just ...
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Sarcoidosis affects organs in unseen waysJan 08, 2011 10:00 pm - Q. My wife was diagnosed with multi-organ sarcoidosis. It has caused a third-degree heart block. It has been identified in her lungs, brain, liver, lymph nodes and h...
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Hair loss can take its toll mentallyJan 01, 2011 10:00 pm - Q. A couple of years ago, I was diagnosed with alopecia universalis. I saw my family doctor and three different dermatologists. They ran a few different tests, but n...
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PADS may be cause of chronic abdominal painDec 25, 2010 10:00 pm - Q. My 14-year-old daughter suffered with chronic abdominal pain and nausea for nearly a year. We took her to three gastroenterologists, subjected her to every test k...
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Toenail fungus plaguing — even in the winterDec 18, 2010 10:00 pm - Q. I often have a problem with toenail fungus in the summertime, but it's understandable because I spend a lot of time at our town pool and in the locker room afterw...
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Single-sided body sweats can have a few causesDec 11, 2010 10:00 pm - Q. I'm a 58-year-old female who only sweats on the left side of my body. I believe it started four years ago, when I awoke with my nose red, swollen and throbbing ba...
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Child's vomiting worries parentsDec 04, 2010 10:00 pm - Q. My healthy and smart 8-year-old daughter vomits in restaurants. When she was 3, she had a spell of vomiting over the course of a couple of weeks that we could not...