Health - 17 October 2006

How much is too much potassium for one person? Ive been eating bananas like all day so yea.

2006-10-17 18:00:43 · 7 answers · asked by cajun 1 in Diet & Fitness

I had mine today, and it was really painless. I was given a free t shirt from the hospital and encouraged to tell everyone to get the shot. So, here it goes. Get your flu shot this winter. Because I take care of cancer pts and give chemotherapy on a routine basis, it was important enough for the head of infectious diseases at our hospital to single me out to go get it this morning. The shirt was a small award for doing it. Why dont you get your flu shot?

2006-10-17 17:59:10 · 11 answers · asked by happydawg 6 in Other - General Health Care

There is a child who had Scoliosis at age 4. 6 months later the Scoliosis was gone. It's been a few years and the spine is curved again. What explanation could there be for this?

2006-10-17 17:57:45 · 5 answers · asked by SuzieQ92 3 in Other - Diseases

well im a little chubby and well everyone is telling me that im getting love handles and that some usually get it by having sex. i have sex once in awhile but i just want to know if this is true or have you heard its true?

2006-10-17 17:56:56 · 14 answers · asked by 805 2 in Other - Health

Ok I got myself measured:

I am 6'2, 216pounds, 30% Body Fat.

I want to be at 15% body fat @ 200pounds. I need to lose 30pounds and gain 15pounds in muscle mass. HELP!

Cardio: Currently I am doing 20-40minutes a day 4times a week
Stregth Training: Currenly None. Recommend Some. My Target areas are: Arms, Chest, Back

Supplements: Should I get Diet or Mussle Building? or other..

Let me know good weekly training to make me get at what I want to get to.. This is what I have to work with: 4 times a week @ 1-1.5 hrs a day.

Thanks Y'All!

2006-10-17 17:55:55 · 2 answers · asked by apkeavas 2 in Diet & Fitness

I don't have a "urinary tract infection".
Is this a common thing?Please help.

2006-10-17 17:53:24 · 18 answers · asked by Mario 3.14 (1592653589...etc) 1 in Men's Health

My husband and I disagree how to handle our 9 yr old ADHD daughter. She needs therapy. My husband doesn't like doctors and thinks we can counsel her better than any therapist. I'm going out of my mind with her! She's been to 2 psychiatrists and we've tried Strattera, Adderall, and Concerta and all had no effect on her. She's constantly in trouble in school. She's very provocative for her age and I'm afraid she's going to be pregnant the moment she hits puberty. I've excepted we need to deal with this, but how can I convince my husband we need outside help!?

2006-10-17 17:52:34 · 8 answers · asked by chadiego70 2 in Mental Health

I study and read a lot for school and don't know whether smoking before(1 hour), after(20 min) or around (a day or two) affects my memory on remembering the things I've absorbed while reading my textbooks... anyone have some insight. Please no stupid conservative answers. Give me knowledge and experience please...

2006-10-17 17:49:55 · 19 answers · asked by Ruffus Mcghee 2 in Alternative Medicine

I've noticed during the past couple weeks/months that even though my hair is thick, and pin straight (like the hair on my head) I dont have alot of it. Dont get me wrong, I still have some, but, I can look at my pelvis and easily see my skin. And i also notice is falls out kinda easy.

The hair on my head and other body parts is totally fine...why is this happening?!

2006-10-17 17:49:28 · 15 answers · asked by woah 2 in Women's Health

2006-10-17 17:48:22 · 8 answers · asked by justine 2 in Women's Health

2006-10-17 17:46:38 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Men's Health

If you don't get rid of lice what happens to your hair or scalp??

2006-10-17 17:42:52 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Health

2006-10-17 17:41:45 · 16 answers · asked by lina 1 in Other - Health

My teenage daughter has a very strange appetite and attitude towards food...she has a very negative body image but she isn't overweight...but she's not underweight either. This is the situation, she'll go on week-long fasts and then in one day eat so much that she'll feel sick...and then go a couple of days eating practically nothing...it's a vicious cycle...can anyone tell me what's going on?

2006-10-17 17:40:40 · 15 answers · asked by cookie 1 in Diet & Fitness

2006-10-17 17:38:07 · 21 answers · asked by Jessy L 1 in Women's Health

I'm lost, confused, and completely discusted with the world I live in. I'm suffering from post traumatic stress, anxiety, depression, and and OCD. I know what has caused all of this, now how do I fight the crazy thoughts in my own mind. I watched a 10 yr old girl drown, without being able to save her while she was in my care, I was chased down by a mad woman who wanted me to sleep with her married lover, I dealt with the death of the most amazing person in my life, and now am going through a domestic violence situation. I know that I had made thes wrong decisions in my life and my personal mantra has always been : " Get over it." But blocking all of this out is not doing me any good. I'm 24 yrs old, I have three kids, am a single mom. I'm getting my GED with the hopes of going to college next spring, while dealing with a crazy man, who os stalking me. I hate world I live in and I hate myself for bringing my kids into this world, but I know that with out them I wouldn't be here.

2006-10-17 17:36:38 · 7 answers · asked by tinydancer 3 in Mental Health

The Tumor is very rare and the doctors dont know how to treat it. She needs help.

2006-10-17 17:36:05 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Health

My daughter is almost 6 years old and complains that vigina hurts after peeing. I thought it was a urinary tract infection and took her to the doctor today, but all the tests came back normal, she looked at it and it looked normal, no redness.
My daughter constantly feels like she needs to wipe herself moments after peeing, like she feels some is leaking out. So by doing this she is rubbing the area raw, so it hurts worse each time.
I tried putting a cream on it, but she said it burned, and it probably did as it is raw.
The doctor said everything was fine and maybe it was caused from her drinking carbanated drinks, but she doesn't drink them, at all. So I know it isn't that. What do I do? The doctor said to come back in two weeks and they would re do the urinary tests, but this can't go on like this anymore, one episode lasted for almost two hours tonight.
I want to get a second opnion. Does this sound like anything anyone has dealt with before? Thank you for your advice.

2006-10-17 17:35:56 · 13 answers · asked by suchaprettyface11 4 in Other - General Health Care

I'm lost, confused, and completely discusted with the world I live in. I'm suffering from post traumatic stress, anxiety, depression, and and OCD. I know what has caused all of this, now how do I firht the crazy thoughts in my own mind. I watched a 10 yr old girl drown, without being able to save her while she was in my care, I was chased down by a mad woman who wanted me to sleep with her married lover, I dealt with the death of the most amazing person in my life, and now am going through a domestic violence situation. I know that I had made thes wrong decisions in my life and my personal mantra has always been : " Get over it." But blocking all of this out is not doing me any good. I'm 24 yrs old, I have three kids, am a single mom. I'm getting my GED with the hopes of going to college next spring, while dealing with a crazy man, who os stalking me. I hate world I live in and I hate myself for bringing my kids into this world, but I know that with out them I wouldn't be here.

2006-10-17 17:35:27 · 4 answers · asked by tinydancer 3 in Mental Health

I've never gotten a piercing before and it's odd that I want to get a lip piercing because I don't really like pain or needles. But it's something I've been thinking about getting for over a year now. So, just wondering for those who have piercings, how to take care of a new piercing, specifically a lip piercing.

2006-10-17 17:35:09 · 10 answers · asked by spikypunkymunky 2 in Other - Health

I know that the morning after pill is the same hormone found in birth control pills but I'm not sure how much more it is. The condom broke yesterday and I'm flat broke. However, I do have some bc pills that I stopped taking for various reasons. I have been relying on condoms and that didnt work out so well obviously.

2006-10-17 17:35:00 · 11 answers · asked by rose_darling_sue 2 in Women's Health

While frying nuggets, my arm got some of those little burned spots. They look just like balloons, pretty cute. But I want to get rid of them. Should I use a needle to empty them or is it better to leave them just like that?

2006-10-17 17:33:04 · 10 answers · asked by lilys_butterflies 1 in Other - Health

2006-10-17 17:32:48 · 21 answers · asked by dotsycat 2 in Mental Health

I got a deep-tissue massage yesterday afternoon, and felt fine that evening. I even felt like it was easier to breathe on my right side. But today the area from my lower right ribs to my mid-back is aching, and sometimes spasms up, causing me to buckle over. Also it hurts to inhale deeply. What happened? Did the guy poke open my diapragm or something? What should I do?

2006-10-17 17:30:25 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

2006-10-17 17:30:17 · 4 answers · asked by Herself The Elf 1 in Other - Health

Do you get sore after every work out? Just wondering.

2006-10-17 17:26:14 · 4 answers · asked by Dick Richie 2 in Men's Health

When I terminated my pregnancy around 8 years ago, I had very painful cramps and bloot clots that I had to go back to the doctor and they performed a D& C. Will this make me not able to have a baby? My fiance and I are currently trying for a baby. I apologize for offending anyone with this question. Please just answer the question, no need to bash me for it because I spent 8 years grieving over my decion and it was not one that I made, I was forced into it.

2006-10-17 17:25:32 · 8 answers · asked by m_harvery 3 in Women's Health

how is health important to us?good health is the most precious thing, do you agree?if you choose, are you choose good health or so much money? how can we do to have good health( in eating habit, sleeping, relaxxing, entertaining, doing exersices and so on?) ? can you give me a suitable TABLE of activities every day to have good health? how long should we sleep every day?

2006-10-17 17:25:31 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

two days ago i took an elbow to my right eye. the sclera is red and irritated. i also have a small cut on my inner top eyelid. for the past day the cut has had a clear to cloudy discharge that causes my vision to be blurry until i wash it out.

2006-10-17 17:25:25 · 5 answers · asked by ak 2 in Injuries

Has anyone taken provigil to improve energy, alertness, concentration or focus that is not tied to any disease or illness? Has it worked?

2006-10-17 17:24:03 · 3 answers · asked by Michael 4 in Mental Health