Health - 4 November 2007

i have had surgery and have had skin grafts, but this hasn't helped either.

2007-11-04 10:51:45 · 12 answers · asked by Misty 1 in Skin Conditions

I have an undiagnosed stomach ailment which consists of frequent stomach cramps and diarrheah.
In my first session with a doctor he asked if I drink and I said I have about 2-3 beers a week. He asked if I get anxious speaking in front of people and I said 'who doesn't?' He then made a presumptious diagnosis of 'panic disorder' and alcohalism even though 2-3 beers a week is nothing. He prescribed anti-depressants which of course did nothing to help my stomach.
The next meeting I brought my father with me and the first thing the doctor asked was if I have the alcohal problem under control. Now my father thinks I have a drinking problem and my family gives this dubious look if I feel like having a beer.
I'm disgusted with this doc's incompotence and I want to know if him bringing that up is a breach of privacy. Isn't it like a woman telling a doctor in confidence that she is pregnant then the doctor asking the husband later, 'so did your wife tell you she was pregant yet?'

2007-11-04 10:50:45 · 9 answers · asked by First L 1 in Other - Diseases

My friend just told me of some of his strange experiences. He hears noises in his ears such as screaming, tires screeching, explosions, and bangs. He said they're very loud to him and he's fully aware shortly after that they are some sort of auditory hallucination. However, I myself have seen him jump or get startled by a sound he hears but no one else did. He notices them mostly when he's tired, but also when he's in a quiet spot away from other noise distractions. He's been experiencing them for at least 10 years now. He said they don't impede his daily life, yet I when I asked him if he's ever swirved (sp?) the car because he hears a car crashing or tires screeching, he said yes. I'm really worried about him. He is a musician, and has been next to crash cymbols for years. His family also has some scattered mental illness. Could it be a medical condition from hearing loss or something else? Any help would be welcome!

2007-11-04 10:48:07 · 5 answers · asked by asm670 2 in Mental Health

Lately I have been scared of HOW I am going to die. I am not scared of when. I could die right now and be fine with it. I don't like my life right now, but anyways..
Does anyway else feel like this, or have in the past?

Also, I feel like I am going to die soon, like when I am walking home from a friends house, and it's dark, I feel like a car is going to run me over. Or while driving in a car we will get in an accident, and die. Or our house will catch on fire..
Do you feel like that too?

I'll give you ten points if you give me a good answer..
=]

2007-11-04 10:48:03 · 10 answers · asked by Unknown. 3 in Other - Health

It started at the age of 16 after getting up from a sleeping position. I was able to make it back to the bed and prevent a blackout but now, I make my way to the bed to lie down and still blackout. It's this awful feeling in my upper abdomen like someone's sucking the life out of me with a vaccum cleaner. I was tested on the treadmill approx. 8yrs. ago and did great and then suddenly, right after I blacked out, I was told my blood pressure dropped very low (called syncope). The Cardiologist shrugged it off because my EKG was okay. Running the steps or just jumping rope makes my heart race and that awful feeling comes.

2007-11-04 10:46:32 · 1 answers · asked by peaches6 7 in Heart Diseases

i'm a college student. i'm not lazy, but whenever i don't have to get up for anything i will sleep until forever...like i slept basically all day today. my alarm goes off but i seriously cannot get up. during the week i sleep only a few hours a day so maybe it's my body trying to catch up? i wish i could get up at say 8am every day but my body just won't do it.

2007-11-04 10:45:51 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mental Health

As far as I know, i'm epileptic, but i'm going for some more tests next week.

Here is one of mine, I write them all down as they happen:

Friday 2nd of November 2:21pm

Words:
(Words come to me during my episodes)
-Hard to reach
-Vomit
-Drown
-Vomit
-'Flooo'
-Hard
-How?

How I felt:
-Shakey
-Hot face
-Dry Throat
-Hot
-Horrible Feeling in stomach
-Headache
-Shakey
-Head felt Fuzzy and Stuffy afterwards.

Happened:
In the middle of a german lesson at school.

2007-11-04 10:41:00 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mental Health

This is what I would usually eat in a day:

Breakfast: low-fat yoghurt, and fruit salad (watermelon, strawberries, pineapple and rockmelon)

Snack: a piece of fruit, usually a banana or apple

Lunch: egg and salad sandwich on rye bread

Dinner: steamed vegetables (sweet potato, carrot, broccoli, peas) and brown rice.

Do you think I'm eating enough from the food groups? Any advice would be great!

2007-11-04 10:38:36 · 10 answers · asked by missjones22 3 in Diet & Fitness

In the winter months when the weather is just starting to get really cold I break out in giant hives and I have pain all over like the flu. I was just wondering if this could possibly be fibromyalgia because it lasts the whole winter and being 35 the doctor said I am too young for arthritis. I also have the pains in the summer too for at least a month but mainly they are in the winter months. I also have a lot of other symptoms of fibromyalgia like I was diagnosed with TMJ and I wake up several times at night and get very little rest, my eyes are dry and just a lot of the other symptoms of fibromyalgia. How do I get the doctor to check for this? What kind of tests will he do?

2007-11-04 10:37:08 · 2 answers · asked by jennikay32 2 in Other - Diseases

I belive that my mother is paranoid schizophrenia I am no doctor but I am not sure she has thoughts that are so crazy she truly belives that someone is out against her or someone is bothering her car anything she assume she truly belives and she sticks with it can't no one tell her diff. I'm really scared for her

2007-11-04 10:35:48 · 7 answers · asked by Barbie 1 in Mental Health

I can't seem to get an answer about this test. The doc who ordered it will be out of town for a week.
The glucose was measured for a 3 hr GTT test. The fasting level was 84. At 1 hr it was 120. Then at 2 hrs it jumped to 188 and at 2 1/2 hrs it was 178 (both indicated as high on the test) the levels then went back down.
Is this indicative of pre-diabetes?

2007-11-04 10:32:32 · 5 answers · asked by Seablanco1 6 in Diabetes

I participate in no "high risk" activities, but am convinced I have the virus despite 3 negative tests over the course of two years. Is there any hope I'll stop obsessing?

2007-11-04 10:32:18 · 27 answers · asked by Connor 1 in Infectious Diseases

I'm gay. I used to have a boyfriend a guy that naturally did not have body hair on his body except for a little bit his face, armpits, and pubic area. I am kind of jealous now, since I'm kinda hairy. I feel like shaving my body now. What do you guys think about this? Does you guys like a guy like that just like me? Give me your opinion.

2007-11-04 10:30:45 · 6 answers · asked by Smarty Pants 1 in Men's Health

for example....if u had 10 partners and they are all clean...is there any chance u can catch anything???

2007-11-04 10:23:37 · 14 answers · asked by chi_south_kid1 1 in STDs

2007-11-04 10:21:22 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Allergies

2007-11-04 10:20:14 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Men's Health

you dont eat for a few hours because your not hungry?? I woke up and was not hungry at all andnow I have a HUGE headache so I made myself eat and my headache is gone but I'm just curious why? i wasn't starving myself so why would this happen? Now my tummy hurts lol so what could I do next time if this happens besides ADVIL?(I dont like pain meds)

2007-11-04 10:20:08 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

I am 30 years old and have 3 children. After their births my breasts virtually disappeared. I hate the way it looks. I am very religious though. I am thinking of converting to LDS. I think somewhere it says we shouldn't alter our bodies. I already have a large tattoo though. Please Help!!! I am too embarassed to ask the people of the church.

2007-11-04 10:19:31 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Women's Health

I have always been deathly allergic to cats. I was afraid to ever get one. Well, my husband and I finally gave in and got one. He's great and my allergies really aren't bad at all, but I do have one symptom that I just can't remedy. I have an itchy, runny nose constantly. It goes away as soon as I leave the apartment, and comes back as soon as I enter again. I have tried Claritin, Benadryl, Alavert, Allegra, nose spray, and tylenol cold and sinus, and advil cold and sinus. What will help me? I vaccum and use dander wipes on the cat, and also bathe the cat.

2007-11-04 10:17:22 · 8 answers · asked by danaannellison 4 in Allergies

It has been 5 days since my girlfriend was supposed to get her period. This is the longest she's ever gone without having her period. Bear in mind that last month something strange happened with her period; it came late, started for three days, stopped for 2 and then started again for 2 days. We use protection EVERY time we have intercourse, but she isnt on birth control. Also keep in mind that we are both in our later teen years. What could be taking her period so long? Could she be pregnant?

2007-11-04 10:15:34 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Women's Health

It seems every tiny ounce of fat that I eat from food goes straight to my gut. For example, if I go on a diet, and for a whole week I exercise and eat healthy, I can lose some fat from my gut, but if the next day I decide to eat 2 pieces of pizza, all that fat I lost from that week goes right back on my gut. I hate that I can't eat a good(which is usually fattening) food without regretting it afterwards. I ALWAYS regret it. How come all the fat from everything I eat goes straight to my gut? What can I do to help it? I am SICK of this stubborn little pudge of fat that I can't seem to get rid of!

2007-11-04 10:08:54 · 2 answers · asked by Terry 2 in Diet & Fitness

im in college and im still a virgin and i accept that fact and im proud in some way becuz if it was about a year ago when i first went to college any chance that i can get to do it i would jus take it. but i dont want that anymore i rather stay clean until my first love. i dont want to have random sex anymore but for some reason i jus cant help but to engage in watching erotic films every time i get the feeling that i want to spank my monkey. and watching it seems to mess up my interpretation on how girls are. i know girls arent jus gonna do me for the hell of it becuz im in college but i think about becuz maybe im watching too much. is there anyway i can stop thinking about sex and be less desperate? and i keep getting wet dreams..

2007-11-04 10:08:48 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Men's Health

2007-11-04 10:07:17 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Men's Health

hi, twice in the last week i have suddenely nearly collapsed ill describe what happens,
my head becomes really 'lightheaded' like its spinning and my vision goes blurry then a second later my legs start to voilently shake and i nearly fall over the first time i managed to rest again a wall and my friend was there and he was ready to catch me but it really scared me i started crying because it was really scary and the second time it happended was today and i fell against my kitchen sink, i have never actually collapsed on the floor but ive become sooooo close and its really scary as ive never fainted in my life before these two eposides this week. does anyone have any ideas y this happens im going to the doctors tomora but what could it be, im an averagely healthy 18 year old. any suggestions would be helpful.
Its really scary please help!!!! xxx

2007-11-04 10:07:00 · 5 answers · asked by ? 2 in Other - General Health Care

My parents are getting divorced, we just had my friend's birthday, and the reunion of her death. My friend never got to celebrate her 18th birthday. All I want to do is sleep and stay in bed lately. I'm cranky and yell at people if they come in my room. I just lay here in the dark and mope around....thats how my friends described it...moping around. What should i do? The sad part is is that its my fault my parents are divorcing...

2007-11-04 10:06:17 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mental Health

I don't know what to do. In the last year I have been a self harmer, tried - sort of - to commit suicide twice. Been in hospital. Been admitted to a psych ward for a week. Come out. Stopped therapy because i decided i hated the psychologist. They all judged me. Spent today feeling numb. Haven't got energy to do anything. Keep having really odd trains of thoughts. Cyclic. Am i mad. Madness? Never diagnosed with depression. Cant understand what people think of me - drives me insane. Get obssessive about people, and jealous of others. Cant seem to gain independence. Tried samaritans - tried talking - tried asking for help - fed up of trying. Dont have energy to try to kill self again. Stuck in nothingness of not acting, not wanting to. People scare me - I dont understand them - they say they'll help yet they dont. Please help.

2007-11-04 09:53:24 · 4 answers · asked by florryxx 2 in Mental Health

One reason why people who wear contact lenses are more likely to get eye infections is because



Choose one answer.
a. Contacts shuttle tears away from the nasolacrimal duct

b. the lacrimal aparatus works less when one wears contacts

c. Contact lense wearers tend to have dilated pupils

d. Contact lens wearers do not blink as much, allowing microbes to settle on the eye

e. Contact lenses inhibit tear production

2007-11-04 09:46:42 · 5 answers · asked by zell v 1 in Optical

following could be the weight lbs of the other 3 crates?

2007-11-04 09:39:11 · 1 answers · asked by Browngirl 1 in Diet & Fitness

like, does your penis then start to go back to its size it was before? or does it keep it the way it becomes?

2007-11-04 09:38:24 · 3 answers · asked by tyler h 1 in Men's Health

It doesn't matter what I'm doing, I get stressed out. It can be a simple thing like playing an online game. If I'm loosing I get stressed and quite. I can't even sleep at night b/c stuff from the day has me so stressed that I can't stop thinking about it. I do I stop this?

2007-11-04 09:38:08 · 2 answers · asked by Cindy 3 in Mental Health