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User : hi
Doctor : Hi
Doctor : How can I help you?
User : i am 56 male with night sweats and periperal edema.................my urinalyis was okay and blood test okay
User : tell me about night sweats
User : please
Doctor : Please give your Gender, Location, Occupation, Marital status, Height, Weight and Waist circumference.
User : male married about 6'1' and 210 pounds
User : dont know weight
User : circumfercen on waist
User : circumference
Doctor : ok
Doctor : Since when do you have the current problem?
User : i had kidney cancer 4 years ago they took off my right kidney
User : i worried maybe now with night sweats i have kidney cancer again
User : but no blood in urine
User : i think i might have heart failure
User : i wait to go to cardiology for ekg
User : no abodiminal pain
Doctor : Since when do you have the current problem? Do you have any associated problems along with it?
User : itching off and on
User : i feel fine
User : i do have chronic lung disease
User : but i breathe olay
User : okay
User : started a bout week ago
User : the night sweats
User : edema for about a year
Doctor : Have you taken/taking any medicines or had any consultation with a Doctor recently?
User : had blood test last week
User : and urinalysis
User : no blood in urine
Doctor : Any medicines?
User : no meds but i took vikadin about 2 weeks ago
User : for hernia operation
User : no medicines now excpet water pills
User : for the edema
Doctor : Do you have history of Allergies/ Diabetes/ High Blood pressure/ Thyroid/ Heart disease/Asthma/ paralysis /Breathing problems.
User : no
User : none
Doctor : OK
User : could night sweasts be sign of new tumor
User : just mild sweating
Doctor : There are a lot of causes for night sweasts
User : okay
Doctor : Yes tumor is one of them
User : evenif no blood in urine?
Doctor : ok so you are basically worried that
User : yes
User : i am scared to go for scans
Doctor : you might have things repeating right?
User : just worried ..............i
User : yes
Doctor : Dont you have any other symptoms that will help me rule out or suspect
Doctor : kidney tumor, other than the ones you mentioned?
User : no
User : i am fine
User : burning urination on occasion
User : but that comes and goes
Doctor : Then there is no conclusive evidence to
Doctor : say that these are symptoms of a kidney tumor
User : okay
Doctor : burning urination can cause night sweats
User : i just not good at going to doctors
User : really???
User : how so
Doctor : Urinary tract infection is what it indicattes
Doctor : Do you get fevers now & then?
User : had bacteria on two recent uringalysis
User : last one no bacteria
User : no i dont have fevers
User : no fevers
User : but i feel hot sometimes
Doctor : Good, that means your bacteriae are
Doctor : confined to your urinary tract
User : okay
User : and that could cause night sweats?
Doctor : You are on pills for the edema
User : yes water pills
Doctor : what pills are they?
Doctor : Name?
Doctor : Or content?
User : just a minute
User : lasix
Doctor : OK
User : furosemide
Doctor : when was it prescribed?
User : about 3 weeks ago
Doctor : After the kidney operation?
Doctor : Ok
User : no just recently for edema
User : kidney was 4 years ago
Doctor : Kidney disease is also a cause Edema
Doctor : thats why it is essential to
User : but would that not show up on blood test?
User : its said kidney function was normal
User : last week
Doctor : Thats good
User : createn was normal
Doctor : OK
User : so could it be cancer again in kidney
User : would that not show on blood test
Doctor : Blood tests have little role in detecting a cancer
User : i am so worroed
User : worried
Doctor : the creatin levels indicate how well the
Doctor : kidney is functioning
User : i dont want anthe timoro
User : tumor
Doctor : The only way to rule out kidney cancer
Doctor : is first a scan & then conclusin=ve evience by a biopsy
User : could worries about my healt be causing this night sweats
User : worrying
Doctor : Yes
Doctor : you are only bringing about more harm
User : u think uringary tract could be causing night sweats
Doctor : you are actually increasing the risk of getting a cancer by worrying too much
Doctor : Yes
Doctor : Thats more probable
User : okay
Doctor : you are actually increasing the risk of getting a cancer by worrying too much, as tension reduces ones immunity- be it cancer or infection
User : okay
User : i been good foregetting about everything
User : just recently starting worrying
User : i just want to get on with my life
Doctor : Yes, positive thinking & belief in yourself
Doctor : has brought about good outcome in the worst of situations
User : okay
User : so maybe 20% chance i have tumor?
User : doctor i talked to said i probably dont have cancer in bladder or kidney
User : based on test
User : tests
User : is night sweat early or late symptom of tumor
Doctor : Yes that depends on what parameters have been looked for & measured in the Blood & urine
Doctor : There is no point in knowing that, it can be either or never at all
User : okay
User : thank u
Doctor : Relax, let the docs
Doctor : do their work
Doctor : Hi
Doctor : How can I help you?
User : i am 56 male with night sweats and periperal edema.................my urinalyis was okay and blood test okay
User : tell me about night sweats
User : please
Doctor : Please give your Gender, Location, Occupation, Marital status, Height, Weight and Waist circumference.
User : male married about 6'1' and 210 pounds
User : dont know weight
User : circumfercen on waist
User : circumference
Doctor : ok
Doctor : Since when do you have the current problem?
User : i had kidney cancer 4 years ago they took off my right kidney
User : i worried maybe now with night sweats i have kidney cancer again
User : but no blood in urine
User : i think i might have heart failure
User : i wait to go to cardiology for ekg
User : no abodiminal pain
Doctor : Since when do you have the current problem? Do you have any associated problems along with it?
User : itching off and on
User : i feel fine
User : i do have chronic lung disease
User : but i breathe olay
User : okay
User : started a bout week ago
User : the night sweats
User : edema for about a year
Doctor : Have you taken/taking any medicines or had any consultation with a Doctor recently?
User : had blood test last week
User : and urinalysis
User : no blood in urine
Doctor : Any medicines?
User : no meds but i took vikadin about 2 weeks ago
User : for hernia operation
User : no medicines now excpet water pills
User : for the edema
Doctor : Do you have history of Allergies/ Diabetes/ High Blood pressure/ Thyroid/ Heart disease/Asthma/ paralysis /Breathing problems.
User : no
User : none
Doctor : OK
User : could night sweasts be sign of new tumor
User : just mild sweating
Doctor : There are a lot of causes for night sweasts
User : okay
Doctor : Yes tumor is one of them
User : evenif no blood in urine?
Doctor : ok so you are basically worried that
User : yes
User : i am scared to go for scans
Doctor : you might have things repeating right?
User : just worried ..............i
User : yes
Doctor : Dont you have any other symptoms that will help me rule out or suspect
Doctor : kidney tumor, other than the ones you mentioned?
User : no
User : i am fine
User : burning urination on occasion
User : but that comes and goes
Doctor : Then there is no conclusive evidence to
Doctor : say that these are symptoms of a kidney tumor
User : okay
Doctor : burning urination can cause night sweats
User : i just not good at going to doctors
User : really???
User : how so
Doctor : Urinary tract infection is what it indicattes
Doctor : Do you get fevers now & then?
User : had bacteria on two recent uringalysis
User : last one no bacteria
User : no i dont have fevers
User : no fevers
User : but i feel hot sometimes
Doctor : Good, that means your bacteriae are
Doctor : confined to your urinary tract
User : okay
User : and that could cause night sweats?
Doctor : You are on pills for the edema
User : yes water pills
Doctor : what pills are they?
Doctor : Name?
Doctor : Or content?
User : just a minute
User : lasix
Doctor : OK
User : furosemide
Doctor : when was it prescribed?
User : about 3 weeks ago
Doctor : After the kidney operation?
Doctor : Ok
User : no just recently for edema
User : kidney was 4 years ago
Doctor : Kidney disease is also a cause Edema
Doctor : thats why it is essential to
User : but would that not show up on blood test?
User : its said kidney function was normal
User : last week
Doctor : Thats good
User : createn was normal
Doctor : OK
User : so could it be cancer again in kidney
User : would that not show on blood test
Doctor : Blood tests have little role in detecting a cancer
User : i am so worroed
User : worried
Doctor : the creatin levels indicate how well the
Doctor : kidney is functioning
User : i dont want anthe timoro
User : tumor
Doctor : The only way to rule out kidney cancer
Doctor : is first a scan & then conclusin=ve evience by a biopsy
User : could worries about my healt be causing this night sweats
User : worrying
Doctor : Yes
Doctor : you are only bringing about more harm
User : u think uringary tract could be causing night sweats
Doctor : you are actually increasing the risk of getting a cancer by worrying too much
Doctor : Yes
Doctor : Thats more probable
User : okay
Doctor : you are actually increasing the risk of getting a cancer by worrying too much, as tension reduces ones immunity- be it cancer or infection
User : okay
User : i been good foregetting about everything
User : just recently starting worrying
User : i just want to get on with my life
Doctor : Yes, positive thinking & belief in yourself
Doctor : has brought about good outcome in the worst of situations
User : okay
User : so maybe 20% chance i have tumor?
User : doctor i talked to said i probably dont have cancer in bladder or kidney
User : based on test
User : tests
User : is night sweat early or late symptom of tumor
Doctor : Yes that depends on what parameters have been looked for & measured in the Blood & urine
Doctor : There is no point in knowing that, it can be either or never at all
User : okay
User : thank u
Doctor : Relax, let the docs
Doctor : do their work
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