Health - 28 November 2006

if something makes you feel better, why stop taking it?
feel sure that the symptoms will come back, as i have been depressed long-term.
am having counselling now too
am i entitled to continue on them if i so wish?
after all, it's my body and mind
aren't they supposed to listen to the patient?

2006-11-28 08:34:12 · 9 answers · asked by ellen s 1 in Mental Health

I am 17 and have some fat around my stomach. Will doing sit ups make me bulkier around the fat. Also how do I loose the fat without gaining muscle on top of it. I just want to get a flat stomach what should i do?

2006-11-28 08:33:54 · 9 answers · asked by D M 1 in Diet & Fitness

i dont think that suicide is as selfish as people make it out to be...most things that people do nowadays is for themselves so if a person feels as though its there time to leave then why is this selfish when they are only doing what they really want to do? okay i know it is a truely HORRIBLE thing for familys and friends to have to deal with in the aftermath but they have to think of what that person had to be going through to actually kill themselves....i am truely sorry if this question offends anybody or if anybody had to deal with the aftermath themselves...

2006-11-28 08:33:50 · 24 answers · asked by Kristin H 2 in Mental Health

nuclear test on him and blood work ekg and other test and they said they didnt see nothing both times but said there was no need to do heart cath but problem still they would a nuclear test show a blood clot in a artery like a heart cath would

2006-11-28 08:32:54 · 4 answers · asked by bigdcommingtoyou 1 in Heart Diseases

no matter how much you squish the tube how come it doesn't mix

2006-11-28 08:32:40 · 6 answers · asked by meccamonkey 1 in Dental

2006-11-28 08:32:40 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Infectious Diseases

ok can i understand something please...
if a woman is in her last days of her cycle...so she is about to start her period in th next few days or that week, is she in th infertile stage? so low chance of getting pregnant?

is this becuase the womb is going to prepare to break down once again?

2006-11-28 08:32:25 · 3 answers · asked by Betty 2 in Women's Health

is throwing up really noisy?

2006-11-28 08:32:09 · 8 answers · asked by leona b 1 in Other - Health

I have had jock itch for several years . It comes and goes, I have used nearly every conceiveable over the counter drug. I now have it under my arms. It smells and is very embarassing . I need help urgently., medical opinion claims there is no cure. I doubt it.

2006-11-28 08:31:23 · 6 answers · asked by tiger 2 in Skin Conditions

2006-11-28 08:30:53 · 10 answers · asked by ellen s 1 in Diet & Fitness

2006-11-28 08:30:18 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Infectious Diseases

Hey everyone, my dad has been coughing for such a long time. For about several years. It was hard when he cough, and doesnt stop. He went to the doctor and they prescribe different kinds of medication. Nothing seems to work. It was dissapointed, and sad and nothing we can do about it. I bought nyquil cough medicine today. I don't know what to do. Can anyone help me used their experience on how to cure the cough and help me out. preciated and take care.

2006-11-28 08:28:58 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Health

2006-11-28 08:28:53 · 4 answers · asked by rachel l 1 in Diet & Fitness

On Saturday I didn't feel like eating much, on Sunday I threw up everything I ate (which was only oatmeal) and yesterday I had about 1000 calories and today I only have had 500. I don't feel like eating at all. I haven't eaten barely anything in the past 4 days, I have a horrible headache, especially after I get up from sitting or laying down. I am weak all over and Sunday I threw up 4 times. Today, I haven't thrown up, but I still have the same feeling and I also had a fever and my body is achey. Especially my neck, it hurts and I am very tired. I already recieved a meningitis shot..so that can't be it. What could I have?

I have been trying my best to drink water, even though I feel nauseous. I haven't thrown up since Sunday but still feel this way, what could be wrong with me?

2006-11-28 08:28:14 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Health

2006-11-28 08:27:21 · 7 answers · asked by CNS 1 in Diet & Fitness

2006-11-28 08:26:52 · 1 answers · asked by Baby#1 due Oct. 27 3 in Women's Health

im planning on getting braces within the next three months and i would like to know the minimum amount for downpayment.

2006-11-28 08:26:04 · 5 answers · asked by morningglory 2 in Dental

2006-11-28 08:24:27 · 18 answers · asked by sagar1127 2 in Infectious Diseases

I'm having major cramps and bloating. I know its my period, and that it rears its ugly head each month. But what are some things I can do to kind of make it better? No pills since i don't have any.

2006-11-28 08:24:07 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Women's Health

How much blood should a woman lose during her period? How do you know when it's too much?

2006-11-28 08:24:07 · 7 answers · asked by real_sweetheart_76 5 in Women's Health

2006-11-28 08:22:24 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Men's Health

A 68 year old patient w/ Alzheimer disease was broughtto the emergency room by the staff of a local nursing home. He presented as lethargic w/ a sallow complexion. He had an admission temperture of 102.4F and a respiratory rate of 33/ minute. During respiration, the right side of his chest moved better than the left. He showed dense consolidation of the lower lobe of the left lung on the physical exam. A sputum sample revealed blood and a greenish color. A chest x-ray showed tight consolidation of the left lung with evidence of formation of cavities in the lung tissue from cytotoxic damage. The patient complained of chills in the exam room, combined with his fever. A smear of his sputum demonstrated no acid-fast bacteria.

What is the diagnosis?
What is the etiologic agent?
How was this disease probably acquired?

2006-11-28 08:20:56 · 10 answers · asked by tryingtopassmicro 1 in Respiratory Diseases

My geography teacher always has the curaints closed in the classroom and she has them pinned together so they can't be opened. Even the other teachers that go in after her for the next period or whatever, have to keep them closed. She is an older teacher, and she's from India. She warned us at the start of the year, to NEVER touch the curtains or we will regret it. Other teachers tell us that kids who have touched her curtains in the past have been suspended.

But what is the big deal? She's not some depressed person who wants no sunlight or anything, she's actually very funny at times, but why would she need them closed? Some kids say skin cancer, and others say that if a sun ray touches her, she will die.

2006-11-28 08:19:54 · 26 answers · asked by Alyssa 1 in Other - Diseases

I mean cramps and bloating bad!! Not so much noise and smell, but pain. (kinda gross, I know)!

2006-11-28 08:17:38 · 4 answers · asked by vness27'smom 2 in Women's Health

ok well christmas is comming up and i need a FAST way to lose weight please help


~Danielle~

2006-11-28 08:16:57 · 40 answers · asked by Danielle M 1 in Diet & Fitness

2006-11-28 08:16:35 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

they are red and gooey, am i like deformed or something?? lololol
they are a realllllllllllly dark red, i have no clue what they are, or what they are doin in there lol, i need some help..loolol

2006-11-28 08:16:33 · 8 answers · asked by candy 3 in Women's Health

2006-11-28 08:16:13 · 14 answers · asked by Vicky P 1 in Other - Health

I took my two green pills for the beginging of my fourth week of the month on Sunday and Monday. I got my wisdom teeth out Monday and have not been on antibiotics for it. I went under a general anesthetic for the procedure and am only taking oxycodone for pain. My boyfriend and I are sexually active and I am panicing that I could be pregnant although he has never ejaculated inside of me. Today is only Tuesday but I would usually have my period by now. I was wondering if the anesthetic or pain killers or just stress could be the reason I'm late or if I could be pregnant?

2006-11-28 08:15:15 · 5 answers · asked by Jane 1 in Women's Health

When I was one, I had rhumatoid arthritis, a few years ago (when I was 16) I found out that I had bulging discs in my spine. The pain was intense! I got epidural steriod injections for a long time and I was on physical therapy for about 3 months at no cost to me becuase I was still a child, but when I turned 18 my Partners for Healthy Children benefits ran out (South Carolina). The shots cost about 700 dollars a piece and I obviously can't afford that. The pain is still intense every once in a while. Any programs out there that can help me in SC or anywhere else?

2006-11-28 08:14:43 · 5 answers · asked by Baby#1 due Oct. 27 3 in Injuries