Health - 8 September 2006

I am currently uninsured and, I need to know if anyone can tell me how to either get frre test strips for my Ascencia Breeze monitor or, to at least get them at a huge discount. I appreciate any help.

2006-09-08 16:11:33 · 3 answers · asked by Geo 2 in Diabetes

I have had lupus for three years, but I just started get treatment from a lupus specialist at Magee womens hospital. I take a small dose blood pressure medication. But my doctor wants me to take plaqunil and prednesone. But those drugs have so many side affects and I hear so many bad things about how they help one thing but then something else breaks down, Then you are on this cycle of adding on medicine after medicine. I want to live, but I don't want to lose my eyesight, have liver problems, or other complication caused by these medicines. I know their has to be a way of life change, or natural medicine that will help and have less or no side affects. I lived three years without medicine or help. But I do notice that I had more flares lately. I need to make a decision, I recieved my plaqunil in the mail a week ago, i need to decide if I am going to take or find something else that help to present to my doctor at my next appointment. I want to live but not taking alot of medicine

2006-09-08 16:10:21 · 7 answers · asked by kenbfos 2 in Other - Diseases

i had some blood tests done this week and both of my arms are looking a little bruised after. I don't remember this happening before.. is this normal? I know this is a bit of an odd question, but I'm wondering if anyone would know. any nurses, docs, or lab technicians out there????

2006-09-08 16:10:19 · 10 answers · asked by kyle_s077 1 in Other - Health

they say it may be for 3-6 months only is that true? she had a piece of her colon taken off due to sepsis

2006-09-08 16:07:16 · 12 answers · asked by Terri L 2 in Infectious Diseases

almost all of the ladies i've been with say something like "oh my god" or refer to it like a "garden hose". The volume is high as well. I've seen alot of porn and most of them seem to dribble out or exit with little velocity. Mine is like a guyser. Ladies, any insight will be helpful.

2006-09-08 16:06:49 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Health

i am a 18 year old girl.Some classmates sat near me cough so hard that they want to change seat.
i am really upset. once i took up the gut to tell my family doctor that i had bad breathe. he just said I had to change my lifestyle and he could help me with nothing.
which kinds of doctors should i see?
i have rhinitis, eczema.sometimes i do not have menstruation for 9-10 months.
Which part of the body cause this problem? my tooth,my nose, the hormone, my disgestive system.........
i really do not know which types of doctors i should see?
please help me, i really can't hold this for long.
THANKS

2006-09-08 16:06:45 · 5 answers · asked by peace 1 in Other - Health

2006-09-08 16:05:06 · 3 answers · asked by Terri L 2 in Respiratory Diseases

I have to take a drug test in the next 4 or 5 days. Here's the dilema-I haven't smoked in 68 days, I've taken a test that a friend that works for the navy has given me(a test that the navy uses for recruits). It has 2 lines that have to come up to be negative-they both come up, but the last one is faint. I'm a big girl and I know this factors in. If I drink a cleansing drink-with all these factors, do you think I can pass?

2006-09-08 16:04:37 · 11 answers · asked by abeth9999 1 in Other - Health

Please know what your taling about before you answer. =)

2006-09-08 16:03:56 · 7 answers · asked by denxxchua 3 in Diet & Fitness

2006-09-08 16:02:00 · 4 answers · asked by Morgan 3 in Alternative Medicine

everytime my new bf an i have sex, he always "cums" really realy soon, like after 1 min soon! its bad for me cause sex doesnt last long with him and it doesn't feel good when he comes so quickly

This is a serious question, please respond with serious answers

2006-09-08 16:00:33 · 12 answers · asked by pandora r 1 in Men's Health

2006-09-08 15:58:32 · 6 answers · asked by Di 5 in Other - Health

Is ne one on lamictal or effexor? and how have they made u feel, and how did they help u deal with ur depression?
i myself are on these and i need other peoples input.

2006-09-08 15:58:28 · 11 answers · asked by CrystalRose 3 in Mental Health

I need to find a easy diet plan to follow. Any websites (free)? I have tried weight watchers, atkins, etc. All too complicated. Help!

2006-09-08 15:58:26 · 14 answers · asked by cdking31 2 in Diet & Fitness

I would imagine all that hate he has would make his noodle purty limp, what do you think?

2006-09-08 15:56:04 · 5 answers · asked by Madonna1 2 in Men's Health

2006-09-08 15:55:56 · 14 answers · asked by lacey g 1 in Other - Health

2006-09-08 15:54:47 · 20 answers · asked by chevytrk1232000@yahoo.com 4 in Other - Health

It hurts very badly and continously inside. It's my right one. To my knowledge, this has never happened to me before (I'm 13). My chest also hurts and my left arm is always sore, but the main question is about my ear. What's wrong with me?

2006-09-08 15:54:22 · 12 answers · asked by Brian.E 2 in Pain & Pain Management

A dula, as I understand it helps coach a pregnant mom when she is delivering her baby.

2006-09-08 15:51:32 · 4 answers · asked by Bonnie H 1 in Women's Health

My finger has this dry area on its base. It's really dry and it has cracks around it. It's rougher than the rest of the fingers and when you peel it, it secretes some sort of fluid. It has these holes under the skin, too where the fluid seems to come from and it has a small wound.

When I leave it alone, it has a yellowish streak across the finger after the peeled skin regrows. Applying lotion doesn't do anything.

2006-09-08 15:51:17 · 7 answers · asked by Always Worried 1 in Skin Conditions

2006-09-08 15:51:15 · 1 answers · asked by gopalsingh_khalsa 1 in Other - Diseases

Im considering getting me some pills so i can lose like 20-30 lbs. I'm not just relying on the pills....i plan on eating right and excersizing as well but the pills just speed up the process of weight loss right???

2006-09-08 15:49:50 · 41 answers · asked by sha9609 2 in Diet & Fitness

I live in a poor area where most people are uneducated, so doctors tend to not always take their patients very seriously. I think I was misdiagnosed by a previous doctor, and this diagnosis has meant that I have been rejected for health insurance two times. How can I tell this doctor that I think I have a different problem in a way that he will listen instead of dismiss? So that I don't sound like a know-it-all or very stupid?

2006-09-08 15:48:45 · 11 answers · asked by mountain_laurel1183 5 in Other - Health

Just wondering

2006-09-08 15:48:34 · 21 answers · asked by DeAd DiScO 4 in Other - Health

my thighs are big and rub together. I've been doing the thigh master but they aren't getting smaller. I walk a lot and get rashes in between my legs where they rub together. It hurts... Badly! What can I do about this? Creams? Exercises? Different Clothes? Anything?

2006-09-08 15:48:26 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Diet & Fitness

This question is directed to people that are serious about running, and do it on a regular basis, as I need the answer to be based on personal experience.

I've been running for about three years now, at least once every other day. I run for about an hour a day, with very few exceptions (a few days rest, a couple of times when I was sick). Recently, I've been having some serious hip/thigh pains [causes unknown] that really slowed me down, and I am now thinking that for the next 1-2 weeks I am going to have to stay off the treadmill.

How much damage do you think 10 days away from exercise will do? Will I completely lose my endurance and everything I worked for and have to start training from scratch? Or will a few days off not have that big of an affect on my running abilities? Is this based on personal experience?
Thanks.

2006-09-08 15:45:42 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Diet & Fitness

My friend's little brother is only 12 and he's 6'3"!!! His parents are only 5'3" and 5'6" and nobody on EITHER side of his family has ever reached 6'0". How is this possible, and how tall should he plan on getting?

2006-09-08 15:45:38 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Health

It hurts when I bend over, or anything like that. It's kinda off centered, more-to-the-leftm, but not much. It stays in one certain spot. No, I don't have great posture, but I'm not a total slouch. Sometimes when I bend the oppsite way (backwards) I'll feel a slight pain in my back. I haven't being do much exercise, just basically going to school, coming back, sitting the down the rest of the day doing various hobbies. If this has anything to do with it, my right ear also hurts, like inside. I'm only 13 years old. It's been like this for about 3 days now. I can't take extremely deep breaths, not that I do that often anyway. I have seemed kind of out of breath lately. My left arm also seems REALLY sore, even though I put more work on my right arm than my left. What's wrong with me?

2006-09-08 15:45:13 · 4 answers · asked by Brian.E 2 in Pain & Pain Management

Okay, so, this is purely a healthy question. The top part of my nipples have darkened and there are lighter "splotches" on them. They are also very sensitive at the moment, and have been for a few days. Is this normal? Should I be worried?

2006-09-08 15:44:15 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Women's Health

I got slipped disk since one year. The L4 & L5 are affected. I get terrible sciatica pain and I am taking pain-killers everyday since a year. The doc. showed me some exercises but there is no improvement. Medical opinion is devided and some docs say I should go in for the surgery while some say surgery may not help much.

2006-09-08 15:42:35 · 14 answers · asked by Justanian 1 in Other - Diseases