Health - 17 February 2007

What does it mean when urine dialysis shows the highest reading of specific gravity? What causes it, can it be harmful and can it be treated?

2007-02-17 09:48:25 · 2 answers · asked by retro_shine 1 in Other - Diseases

I've been sick since last sunday. I went to the doctors and they did blood tests on me but I don't get the results back for a while. My symptoms are really sore throat, swollen glands, headache, fatigue, hard to swollow food, not very hungry, and fever. I just want to know what I'm sick with. I also want to know why I'm always sick. I was already sick this month and I was sick 3 times last month. I'm sick, then I'm healthy for a couple of days, then I'm sick again! I'm so sick and tired of being sick and tired!

2007-02-17 09:48:00 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Health

I have noticed many people asking this question, and others have responded "Check your BMI". The thing that people don't understand is that the BMI does not take your body fat % into account, so someone could be considered "severly overweight" using the BMI, yet they have a healthy body fat % of 12%. Also a person could be well within the "healthy" range of the BMI, but have a body fat % of 30%, which is in reality is considered overweight.

This is why I have modified it to use in combination of the BMI and the body fat %. To get your body fat %, there are several ways, but the most cheapest, and most accurast way, would be to get a professional to measure your body fat % using a set of calipers.
Your BMI is within or greater than the "healthy range"
Your body fat % is less than 25%

i.e BMI = 18.0 (this would be considered underweight!)
Body Fat % = 30%
Overweight!

i.e. BMI = 26 (this would be considered very obese!)
Body fat % = 15%
Normal!

2007-02-17 09:47:49 · 8 answers · asked by dan 2 in Diet & Fitness

Had a smear done the other day and experienced spots of blood after the procedure only lasted a few hours. I am a little concerned coz never bled before after a smear and wondered if it was a sign of anything else. I am at the moment ttc

2007-02-17 09:46:20 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Women's Health

My mind and body are totally separated. I don't feel anything in my body. I need to rejoin the two.

2007-02-17 09:46:07 · 1 answers · asked by nwloser 1 in Mental Health

...what would it be and why ? or are you happy with the one you've got ? ... I'm happy with mine but I do like to keep fit but some fiends of mine think I over do it at the gym ! any way what do you think of yours ?

2007-02-17 09:45:52 · 31 answers · asked by Reproman 3 in Other - Health

What is that thing? It looks like a scale, but has a pole that comes up and a belt that vibrates. If you sign in to yahoo beta, the little dude has one. I was wondering what it is called and what it is for.

2007-02-17 09:45:39 · 5 answers · asked by s_veilleux32 2 in Other - Health

I'm 25 yrs. old and just got married. I've been so stressed out lately, trying to please my husband and not fight with him. I lost 6 lbs and can't gain it back no matter how hard I try. I'm a naturally skinny person, so the weight loss gives me an unhealthy look. I try to make myself eat, but I just don't have the appetite. What can I do to gain the weight back?

2007-02-17 09:44:52 · 8 answers · asked by kisses 2 in Diet & Fitness

2007-02-17 09:44:43 · 9 answers · asked by Pants 2 in Diet & Fitness

for the past month out of no were i started haveing this vision problem that i feel like some 1 has tryed 2 blind me with a flash light now i see everything like if im berly getting out of a dark room into a sunny day! wat can i do 2 get my normal vision back?

2007-02-17 09:43:13 · 3 answers · asked by brawler96@sbcglobal.net 1 in Other - Health

how do u get rid of a hickey ?

2007-02-17 09:42:56 · 3 answers · asked by hey 1 in Other - Health

i am 15, and i want to loose weight
ive got the eating thing sorted
but im not as good on the excersise
i want to loose 21lb
ive only lost like 7lb in a month
but that was due to pretty much total starvation
and thats not working so much for me anymore

but i cant realy go to the gym
coz my mum is convinced im not over weight, but i wanna get down to 70lb, and that is my aim.

and is there anything i can do about school , i have to sit down for an hour at a time for 5 hours, and then if you add tutor periods its about 6/7 hours.

any ideas?
xxx

2007-02-17 09:42:13 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Diet & Fitness

Had open-heart surgery 2 months ago. 4 way bypass. Take a cholestrol pill daily with an asprin. My count went from pre-surgery 224/135 to a current level of 154/37. They want the HDL above 40. they suggest another pill called Niaspan. Too costly for me. Especially being so close to a goal of 40. I'm 67 years old and feel pretty darn good with the circumstance. My eating habits are quite good with some abuses.
Lots of grains, fruits, vegetables, nuts. Abuse is pizza, real eggs and potatoes, and "lite" cool whip with real jello's and angel food cake. Does anyone have a suggestion outside of a pill to go above 40? Will have another test in 6 weeks. I thank you for an astute answer.

2007-02-17 09:41:19 · 2 answers · asked by eggy 1 in Diet & Fitness

I broke my ankle three weeks ago. When I first got the cast put on the swelling went down immediately and the pain went away as well. One week ago I fell on my broke ankle and knocked my foot out of alignment and had to get a new cast put on. There were xrays done and no bones moved. Ever since the new cast, my foot swells worse everyday and my foot is purple. Also, the pain is excrutiating and feels like I just rebroke my bone. I went back to the doctor and he said I wasn't elevating it enough. I elevate it all day at work and then when I get home again. Is it normal for pain and swelling three weeks into the healing process or could something else be wrong?

2007-02-17 09:40:57 · 6 answers · asked by Jennifer D 1 in Injuries

My friend claims that eating meat and cheese does something to nasal passages that cause the chicagoan accent, BS or no?

2007-02-17 09:39:49 · 11 answers · asked by Dr. lumberjack 1 in Diet & Fitness

Hey I have braces and wanted to know if I could use baking soda to whiten my teeth.

2007-02-17 09:38:22 · 3 answers · asked by Jim J 1 in Dental

or is it the one who is left who feels the pain?

2007-02-17 09:36:59 · 9 answers · asked by sabrina 1 in Mental Health

patient is an 81 year-old male.His BP is 130/78_ P(palse) 84.On standing his BP 100/63_P, 124.
states pain on his kness(arthritis), Hypertention, intermittent constipationand strain when has bowel movement, occasional heartburn when eating., and mild emphysema and bronchitis
He use Medications;
Hydrochlorothiazide 25mg dailr for hypertention
Ventolin inhaler as needed for bronchitis
Ranitidine 75mg over the counter
Extra strenght Tylenol about 5 days out of the week for arthritis.
what would be nursing Diagnosis, Planing, implamentation, and Evaluation?
What is Mr. Jones"s Diagnosis is?
Thank you

2007-02-17 09:35:35 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Diseases

I was wondering because both vaginitis and yeast infection share the same cause for discomfort a bacteria called Candida

2007-02-17 09:35:05 · 3 answers · asked by memyselfandI 2 in Women's Health

My partner has been to the docs and put oil in his ears and has had them syringed. he is still deaf in one ear and partly in the other. The nurse took out a lot of wax but said she could not get it all out. We are now trying warmed Olive oil, as his ears are now ringing. Any ideas.
PS It took 10 days to get an app 4 ear syringing

2007-02-17 09:34:12 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Health

2007-02-17 09:33:01 · 6 answers · asked by AKA FrogButt 7 in Other - General Health Care

5'5.5"
and i weigh about 120-130 pounds

i would like to be 115
i wear a size 3 and a 4(with a belt)

2007-02-17 09:32:12 · 14 answers · asked by godschild 5 in Diet & Fitness

2007-02-17 09:30:47 · 19 answers · asked by bab 2 in STDs

When I'm doing cardio, sweating, or my heart rate is up while exercising, afterwards my stomach seems to swell up. It stays bloated for the rest of the day, and I can't for the life of me figure out why? It usually happens when I'm sweating for a long period of time, more than say, a half-hour. Any guesses as to why this is?

2007-02-17 09:30:31 · 6 answers · asked by giwishihadadollar 2 in Women's Health

2007-02-17 09:29:29 · 8 answers · asked by bahhumbug07 1 in Dental

I got a cappuccino today and I was drinking it when it was really hot and I burned my tongue and it still hurts from this morning!

2007-02-17 09:29:19 · 8 answers · asked by nola 2 in Pain & Pain Management

What do you think of me?
Blondish/Auburnish hair
Green eyes
5'0"
Teen
33-24-34
118 lbs

http://x3e.xanga.com/273d602ad7231107353327/m70720830.jpg
http://x5a.xanga.com/8fdd1660d7531100413577/m70720855.jpg

I'm totally serious please don't be mean. I don't think being this heavy on such a short body is right. I think I should be like 95 lbs.

2007-02-17 09:29:07 · 24 answers · asked by xXskinnyjeansandaviatorsXx 2 in Diet & Fitness

a boy i really like makes me depressed and i don't know why. but he makes me cut myself. shall i stay away from him altogether as friends and what not because he is causing me pain and i dont want to tell him or it will freak him out. he just makes me get really depressed and feel unwanted.

2007-02-17 09:28:08 · 32 answers · asked by roni 1 in Mental Health

2007-02-17 09:28:08 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Men's Health

2007-02-17 09:25:45 · 5 answers · asked by giants and colts rock!! 1 in Other - Health