Health - 1 December 2007

I have just had another nerve conduction test on my arms. Yet theyt say it is not carpal tunnel. He suggested that I wear a splint at night. I have been resting my arm/s on pillows whent I sleep which does help a bit with the numbness in fingers. Recently I had tingling prickly itchy skin on the top of the hand. I need to ask something does Carpal tunnel have to occur under the arm or on top of the arm? When I asks the doctor or specialist I don't seem to get any proper answers. I have researched about CTS and tendonitis but still am not happy with the results. Can anyone help? Zoe

2007-12-01 16:45:46 · 4 answers · asked by Emma 1 in Pain & Pain Management

Does BELLYDANCING really help flatten your stomach?

2007-12-01 16:45:19 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Diet & Fitness

2007-12-01 16:44:57 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Women's Health

I have allergies during the winter season, what happens is my nose gets blocked and stuffy which causes me not to sleep during the night. Every now and then i take either claritin or Actifed before i sleep and i actually sleep. So id like to know , is it ok if i can take claritin or actifed once a day for the remainder of the season or is it not healthy?

2007-12-01 16:41:09 · 5 answers · asked by air_mj11 1 in Allergies

2007-12-01 16:40:26 · 1 answers · asked by Rolanda H 1 in Diet & Fitness

i've been cutting myself for about 5 years now and i cant stop... i know i shouldnt do it but it's the only thing i can do that makes me stop thinking about what's going on... i feel so peaceful when i do it... i have family problems and i know most people my age do... i was molested twice and it's all i think about... i worried about someone finding out and making me stop but i dont want to... no one knows about it or why i do it.... please help me.... i want to kill myself so bad but i dont want to hurt the ones around me... if it wasnt for them i wouldnt be here right now

2007-12-01 16:36:56 · 12 answers · asked by tiny tina 2 in Mental Health

I was hit in the side at 55 mph Monday..extreme pain all over. I was on morphine and other pain drug at hospital. They released me to either rehab or home..I chose home..they only gave me 5 days of pain meds (daracet).

A while back a neighbor asked me for pain pills as she hit a deer a year ago and has no medical insurance. I had some left from dentist I gave her.

Then she asked again and I gave her 6 pills I had left over.

I also gave her 5 pages of free and low cost/sliding scale doctors. Maybe she is too prideful to go there..not sure.

But tonight she invited me in and after a while asked me to give her a pain pill or two..from the few I have from the hospital that I need as I have no way to get to the doctor without a car and noone to take me to get some more....I did not want to as without them, I cannot cook or take care of myself as pain too bad. she kept begging and saying all shocked like..you can't spare one. Finally, I raided my med cabinet and gave her some old one

2007-12-01 16:35:32 · 8 answers · asked by janie 7 in Pain & Pain Management

I understand that the rule of thumb for using a powdered whey protein is 1g per pound a day right?

well... i weigh 245lbs, and if you do the math, i simply couldnt afford to take that much a day, financially.

If i take less than that (which i obviously will have to do if i want to use this) then how much will i have to use to still recover properly from my strength training every day?

or will i just have to take the 245g's a day for it to work properly?

P.S: my goal is to lose weight in which i already changed my eating habits and do cardio, but i want to recover my muslces faster while doing strength training also.

2007-12-01 16:35:06 · 2 answers · asked by Steven j. 2 in Diet & Fitness

So... I'm on the shot....and only have my period randomly about 4 times a year... It's VERY effective for birthcontrol...and with my period being so random and so few times...I just keep a month in mind of when I had a period. I stopped keeping the actual date I started and stopped a while ago. Do you think that me just keeping a month in mind (and if it was normal flow yada yada) is a good idea. I'm not really sure about it. I've been on the shot for 4 years now...and get in RIGHT on time every single time...thoughts? What would you REALLY do if you were me.

2007-12-01 16:34:35 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Women's Health

I was born with my moms gift.Sorry to say she drank herself to death. I am a certified ballroom instructor, I worked off Rodeo DR. for 12 years specializing in color and cuts becaused I am a licenced cosmotoligist. I paint,sculpt,draw,I'm great with photography,clothes design. I'm unfocused ,bipolar,depressed, and anxious.If I do one thing for too long I get destuctive.

2007-12-01 16:32:31 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mental Health

I was 238 in January of this year. I am now 210 and have been this weight for about 3 months.

I am 5'5, how is it possible that I plateau at such a high weight? I lost the weight by eating 1000 calories a day. I am now eating around 1500 but even on days where I eat very little, I only lose 2 lbs and gain back once I eat over 1200 calories.

I exsercise regularly. I don't drink pop. I eat veggie sandwhich at subway. The only meat I eat is grilled chicken HELP!

2007-12-01 16:31:37 · 7 answers · asked by Okay Hero 2 in Diet & Fitness

can you maintain your weight while powerlifting, or do you like just gain muscle and get bigger, because i dont want to gainn

2007-12-01 16:25:40 · 2 answers · asked by justinyii 1 in Diet & Fitness

I need a lot of remembrance.
For school and for daily life. Like studying for tests and other stuff.

2007-12-01 16:24:28 · 24 answers · asked by Fiirion G 2 in Mental Health

My grandmother was told that she has blood cancer and I would like to know if it is curable or not? If so how? I hope that someone will give me a straight answer because she means the world to me. Thank you -Shanna

2007-12-01 16:23:54 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cancer

For some reason my ears feel like they are clogged (Like when you're in a plane, or driving in the mountains) i checked with a Q-Tip and found no earwax. What's the problem, and how do i fix it?

2007-12-01 16:14:42 · 8 answers · asked by Vlad 3 in Other - Diseases

Does it hurt? Like the weekly treatments that people go in for do they hurt? I heard chemo hurts but what is the pain, and what is it that is hurting you?? Thanks

2007-12-01 16:13:29 · 13 answers · asked by ipod 3 in Cancer

How come every anti-marijuana information I have literally come across refuses to site sources or sites out dated ones? Yet whenever you go to a medical journal or a reputed source that has taken the time to conduct a study, their conclusion is that it is harmless or that their isn't enough evidence to deem it so? I refuse to think that the drug that I was forever taught to stay away from is harmless, can someone please show me a recent unbiased study that says it is harmful? I am tired of people I know making fun of me for not inhailing this "perfect" drug. I know that it can cause phlem, but they use a vaporizer and eat brownies, so is it true it is harmless?

2007-12-01 16:13:27 · 37 answers · asked by jo d 2 in Other - Health

that they put bull balls in energy drinks and bone marrow?
i heard it and was shocked, but now im sceptical.

2007-12-01 16:13:22 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Health

2007-12-01 16:13:00 · 4 answers · asked by genaddt 7 in Respiratory Diseases

a)will moods change?
b)will i feel more energetic?
c) will the load be HUGE after waiting that long?

2007-12-01 16:11:17 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Men's Health

and what be result of this problem and how can solve this problem

2007-12-01 16:06:11 · 5 answers · asked by Kamran M 1 in Other - General Health Care

How many Imitrex tablets come in a prescription? Meaning -- when you pick up your pills from the pharmacy, how many do you get? Also, about how much are you paying?

2007-12-01 16:03:58 · 5 answers · asked by W294 1 in Pain & Pain Management

Its the size of a peanut and it kind of moves around when its touched but stays in the same spot it really doesn't hurt.can this be any kind of cancer? has this happened to anyone?

2007-12-01 16:00:26 · 3 answers · asked by Mommy 2 in Cancer

This is very uncommon as I have not missed one in four years (due to health complications). I have taken two pregnancy test one home test and one at the Planned Parenthood. Both have came up negative. I have looked at different reasons for why this may have happened, stress, hormones, being ill, none of which I am experiencing. Any ideas on why this has been happening. My symptoms mainly consist of quite a few headaches that are uncommon for me as well, as well as my missed period. I am worried any ideas on what it could be?

2007-12-01 15:57:52 · 2 answers · asked by Miss_Concerned 2 in Women's Health

When you see religious leaders on TV talking about politics do they speak for you? I am a Christian, but I am wondering if there are any other Christians out there feel their point of view is being co-opted by someone who is a leader of a mega church that you are not involved with? If you are ok with religious leaders pandering for politcal clout, how do you not know that they aren't just grand standing for thier own purposes and power?

2007-12-01 15:56:36 · 9 answers · asked by BoogyBoo 5 in Mental Health

I know they are both bad. But which drug is the worst out of the two. Methamphetamine (The Smokable Form) or Crack Cocaine?

2007-12-01 15:55:24 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mental Health

2007-12-01 15:37:34 · 11 answers · asked by sepbabe07 1 in Women's Health

2007-12-01 15:36:49 · 12 answers · asked by ¬¬ 5 in Pain & Pain Management

just curious do teen guys think the majority of girls are hott or do they only think a select few their age are hott??? and if it seems a couple guys think i am hott does that mean that probably the majority of guys will think im hott, too? like i met this guy last nite for the first time and told his friend that he wouldn't mind making a move on me and i was sittin rite next to him. im 16.so do teen guys like all girls their age who are easy or only hott ones. and if a few guys think ur hott does that mean the majority do but keep it to themselves??? would they do something with any girl as long as they were easy or would they have to be hott AND easy. but if they were ugly and easy would they still do stuff with them?

2007-12-01 15:35:33 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Men's Health

Whenever there are normal people getting together, I get panic attack because of social anxiety.

But whenever I see mentally retarded people, I'm scared of them. I don't want to touch them and I also don't want them to touch me. I feel like they are going to attack me or something.

What's wrong with me? if i'm scared of both normal and people with special need? what is that make me? even crazier or something?

2007-12-01 15:34:23 · 12 answers · asked by Pretty 1 in Mental Health