Health - 3 March 2007

If a diabetic has cellulitis and it is not treated with antibiotics, what will happen to that person if he is not treated? My uncle has this and he's been a diabetic since 1995. His feet and legs are beat red as if he was either severely sunburned or in contact with scalding hot water and very swollen. He has fevers ranging from 99.9 to 103 (low grade)and he has the chills. He complains that his skin hurts and is very tender to the touch. He refuses to go to the doctor about this problem. Could his condition eventually kill him if not treated? He is 77 yrs old and is heavy set and smokes cigarrettes and isn't very active due to other health problems. Serious answers only please...thank you.

2007-03-03 06:51:16 · 5 answers · asked by Lyndee 4 in Skin Conditions

2007-03-03 06:51:12 · 8 answers · asked by 8732 2 in Skin Conditions

...Both of us had clothes on, no fluid came from him, and nothing went inside my vagina.
I've been having cramps after my period, appetite moods, tender breasts and head aches.
I'm really worried!!!

2007-03-03 06:50:57 · 3 answers · asked by confused 1 in Women's Health

2007-03-03 06:50:54 · 8 answers · asked by maskmanmikep@verizon.net 1 in Other - Health

I am currently using abreva, before abreva I was using carmex, I started applying the abreva last night around 6pm is there any chance at all that my cold sore could get a little cleard up by 4 pm today? If not how long will it take for results to show?

2007-03-03 06:50:11 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Skin Conditions

I know the bikini line but should it all be gone?

2007-03-03 06:50:06 · 3 answers · asked by Lucy123 1 in Women's Health

I feel suicidal, depressed, & stressed out because no one cares about me, & I have all these problems, & no one to turn to for support, except for 1 person. No one cares about my struggles, I'm always being excluded from social activities for being TOO NICE & HELPFUL, everytime I do a good deed for someone, society makes it out of a wrong-doing. People make it like I don't have a right to live, sleep, eat, & breathe. If I go buy cereal & milk for breakfast, people get in my business, saying I'm spending my $$ irresponsibly, & then when I eat it, people call me fat & greedy.

But when I make suicidal threats, people want to have me mentally hospitalized. I'm tired of being taken advantage of & treated like a dog by family & society & being stabbed in the back. I feel sad every day. My boyfriend even acts like he's bored when I tell him what I'm going through. With other people, when I tell them about my symptoms of my mental illnesses, they say I'm making up excuses, which I'm not.

2007-03-03 06:48:50 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mental Health

2007-03-03 06:48:43 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

I just want to disappear. Go away forever. I sleep a lot. Nothing makes me happy anymore. I'm tired of trying SO hard at everything only to achieve nothing, OR just to be hurt by people. I just wish I was dead sometimes. What should I do?

2007-03-03 06:48:42 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mental Health

I think it's easier to get on the stationary bike for 5 min every hour (For at least 12 hours), rather than for an hour straight. It almost seems like exercising is small amounts throughout the day would be better for metabolism anyway, what do you think?

2007-03-03 06:48:41 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Diet & Fitness

i had a real hard day at work, after i sat down in the toilet las nite, a bit of semen (really lumpy) dripped. I did not have previous intercourse, nor was i aroused. Should i be considered i have some kind of prostate disease? Any help welcome.

2007-03-03 06:48:15 · 8 answers · asked by i say what i feel 1 in Men's Health

can a sign of depression be that you turn messy? my mom just pointed something out to me that made me think. I used to be such a clean freak and lately i've been getting lazy and dont care for tidyness. i've also been losing a lot of sleep. and when i do sleep i sleep for almost a whole day! quite scary

2007-03-03 06:47:40 · 4 answers · asked by Jade 2 in Other - Health

I get these chunk-like things in the back of my throat that don't hurt but make my breath smell horrible.
They come out and smell even worse. I dont even know what they are.
Does anybody know how to prevent these.

2007-03-03 06:45:20 · 2 answers · asked by Luis_F_R 2 in Other - Health

How Can I Turn My Self On???

2007-03-03 06:44:16 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Women's Health

2007-03-03 06:44:13 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dental

What are begginer excersises that Icn do to work on my stomach? What pills? My stomach is huge now. I cn barely button my pants, everything else looks good.

2007-03-03 06:42:54 · 4 answers · asked by angel 1 in Diet & Fitness

i haven't went to the doctor to have them tell me that i have a cleaning problem, but from what people say and me now noticing that i am a neat freak, clean-aholic.. so now my question is, why can't people be put on something for being "lazy, dirty, bum's"? i always thought "cleanliness was closer to godly-ness", so why is being clean a disorder????? that is my only question!

2007-03-03 06:42:45 · 4 answers · asked by ~broken~ 3 in Mental Health

which are the best colleges to learn in this year and must be in new york .the best and the classes begin in ?

2007-03-03 06:42:25 · 1 answers · asked by kennedy o 1 in Infectious Diseases

The first time around, when I said I had +/- 12 months, some people actually thought I was kidding (which I guess is normal for this type of web forum...look at the butt-wipe who claimed he duct-taped his kids' mouths shut). I honestly still don't know. I really wonder, however, if one were to sit and seriously think about it, how they would approach their life...knowing they might die at any time. It's not something that should be answered quickly (except where I'll get the ol' standard "Get right with God," "Accept Jesus as your Savior," etc., type of answers). Somewhere out there, someone has to have a philisophical outlook regarding early death that may actually be interesting. I may not find it here...but ya never know.

2007-03-03 06:41:07 · 13 answers · asked by Virgil S 1 in Other - Health

This gentleman has 3 informercials on at the same time adveristing a book called the "Weight Loss Cure". Intially I thought there was some truth to what he was saying. However, his comments seem very contradictory when you listen to him.

He stated that the Government allows certain chemicals in our foods which affect the hypothalamus and metabolism, causing weight gain, slow metabolism, and abnormal cravings. I'm inclined to agree with this, though I can't prove it.

However, he goes on to say, after following the protocol in his book, imbalances will be corrected, fat permently removed, and one can resume eating all the same foods without worry of these problems repeating themselves.

That makes no sense to me!! I would think, if the chemicals in our food is the cause of these problems, the moment one resumes eating these foods, it would start the process all over again? He also claims to have lost 45 lbs in six weeks. Has anyone read the book? If so, what is this "cure"?

2007-03-03 06:40:56 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Diet & Fitness

I stress out over EVERYTHING! And my mom does too and my sisters do, my grandma does. Is it hereditary? It's not that I get mad at everything, it's just I always feel tense and worried about everything, even little things. I feel like there isn't enough time in a day to do everything I need to do. My life is at real turn point right now because I just finished high school and I'm going into Med school in Sept. I'm really nervous about it. Is there such thing as being too stressed out? Is there something that a doctor may prescribe in order to help me relax a little? What can I do?

2007-03-03 06:40:56 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mental Health

to lose stomach fat?

2007-03-03 06:39:02 · 6 answers · asked by Me 1 in Other - Health

I noticed recently that whenever I do aroebic excercises I feel a pricking sensation on my back and arms. It feels like a bunch of timy needles are being poked everywhere. The first time it happened I thought it was due to the shirt I was wearing at the time, but it has happened about ten times since then. It happens when my heart rate starts to rise. Why is this happening? Is this a sign of something bad?

2007-03-03 06:38:15 · 3 answers · asked by Andrea 1 in Other - Health

I'm thinking perhaps using a funnel would work? Drinking that much water is difficult for me, especially as it takes too long & doesn't taste of anything. I'm really into healthy stuff so the only things I drink are juice, innocent smoothies, rice milk, filtered/mineral water, & herbal teas. The first 3 of which are expensive & bad for you in large amounts. Are there any easier & or quicker ways to get hydrated?

2007-03-03 06:37:03 · 4 answers · asked by garlicjnr2001 3 in Diet & Fitness

Ill continue eating the same as I do now, which is average. Im 17, female, weight 180 pounds and am 6'2. Thanks!

2007-03-03 06:35:39 · 4 answers · asked by Malory 2 in Diet & Fitness

Would you weigh quite a lot extra? Because water does weigh a lot..

2007-03-03 06:35:25 · 2 answers · asked by qmnmd 1 in Diet & Fitness

Well it will be 2 years this august that I haven't had my period...I mean I started it about the 2 years ago and after some time I stopped bleeding and that's how it ended...I don't really worry about it that much becuase it's not bad to not have a period but I was just wondering if that is a bad thing that I haven't??

2007-03-03 06:34:23 · 4 answers · asked by XxAngelicAngelxX 2 in Women's Health

I want to, but WITHOUT THE USE OF ANY MEDICINES & PLANTS. I would like to improve it without maybe any foods, maybe just my brain ?? thanks

2007-03-03 06:33:53 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mental Health

At 36, I finally gave and got new glasses. Never wearing prescription glasses, I wasn't sure if there was some sort of adjustment period to get used to them. Reason I ask is that although everything is much clearer, it looks like everything I look at appears it is moving away from me. For example, looking at the computer monitor, the top looks further back than the bottom of the screen and the sides of the monitor go out on an angle as I move from the bottom to the top of the monitor. Any ideas on what specifically causes this? Is this an error in the person who created my lenses? Is it normal to have to adjust and eventually everything will go back to normal?

2007-03-03 06:33:36 · 8 answers · asked by tnan52 1 in Other - Health

my mate said that only little kids get lukemia as its a childhood sickness. i saw a programme on the telly where this old man got it and did not know he had it until two days before he was diagnosed.

what i want to know is how do adults get lukeimia when its a childhood sickness?

2007-03-03 06:33:35 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Infectious Diseases