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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Dr. Andrew Rynne

Family Physician

Exp 50 years

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Dr. Saisudha Kotla

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Dr. Dorina Gurabardhi

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Dr. Vaishalee Punj

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Continuous Picking Off Scab

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Dr. Krunal Karade MD

Hi. I have a scab on the inside of my nose and i know its not good but i keep picking it or it comes off when i blow my nose. Every time it dislodges from he nose i have a bad headache. This happens ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Krunal Karade ( ENT Specialist)
Dr. Vivek Chail MD

can picking a scab high in your nose cause dizziness? qhenwver i pick it i feel like i have dizziness/ vertigo for a while and a headache. i know i shouldnt pick but its soo dry all the time. ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Vivek Chail ( Radiologist)
Dr. Saddiq Ulabidin MD

I fell two weeks ago and sustained a wound on my left knee. A large thick scab developed covering the wound. The scab came off a few days ago (i may have encouraged it a bit by picking at it.... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Saddiq Ulabidin ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Sumit Bhatti MD

Can a person develop vocal cord polyps from crystal meth use? This person now has 2 marble sized polyps on his 2 vocal cords, has evidence of face-picking - several scabs, a large scab on shim which ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sumit Bhatti ( ENT Specialist)
Dr. Ivan Romic MD

Hello. A scab fell off my skin today, where a skin tag was frozen off a week ago. The area where the scab was is now slighlty red. Is this normal? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ivan Romic ( General Surgeon)

Public Forum Discussions

Dr.       Harry Maheshwari MD

I constantly pick at my scalp if I feel a scab where I have already picked I will pick it off over and over the areas never get a chance to heal. I do all the time and don t realize I am doing it to my ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Harry Maheshwari ( Dentist)
Dr.      Honey Arora MD

I had a scrape and road rash on my knee, I let it scab over instead of picking at it, when I did pull off the scab in came off in fiber like layers, the skin underneath was red but the... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Honey Arora ( Dentist)
Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi MD

. It s fleshy in the center once you get a clear coat scab off and if you stick it pretty good it ...Hi, I ve got this weird looking scab on the top of my knuckle that just won t go away. It s raised ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.       Dorina Gurabardhi MD

Over the years, I have been picking at a scab in my nose. Eventually the scab got bigger and I felt ... if I stop picking at the scab and applying petroleum jelly to it for moisture? And... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Dorina Gurabardhi ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Shinas Hussain MD

I branded myself with a saughtering gun. It is definitely full thickness burn. I thought that picking the dead scab off would keep it from getting infected. But now I have read stuff on Google that ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shinas Hussain ( General & Family Physician)