Health - 9 December 2007

I am 19 years old and I have OCD and a phobia of HIV. So I am always worried that there is HIV in everything I come into contact with basically.

I made these Idaho instant mashed potatoes. There were a couple of black specks in my mashed potatoes and I didn't know what they were and so I picked a speck out and smeared it on my hand and it smeared a line...

Is this dried blood that was in the package that I cooked? I am really scared right now!

Please help!!!!!

2007-12-09 05:29:47 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Diseases

I was outside for like 10 minutesjust now, in maybe like 10-20degrees farenheit

when i come back in, my right hand';s pinkey is like puffy, it's like a little bigger than the other one. it doesn't hurt, but it feels weird when i try to curl it up
what should i do:? im really worried about it cuz i don't want to cut it off or anything

2007-12-09 05:27:50 · 4 answers · asked by Wh0s_ThE_bOmB 1 in Skin Conditions

i am a 17 year old female and i have a little ball type of thing on the side of my right nipple. it is attached by a thin piece of skin and sometimes gets bigg and red and then declines. what is this? and no stupid answers please.

2007-12-09 05:26:16 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Skin Conditions

(A)detoxification (B)intervention (C)delirium (D)confusion

2007-12-09 05:25:54 · 5 answers · asked by mary s 1 in Other - Diseases

2007-12-09 05:22:47 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Health

I'm 15, 125 lbs., and 5'10" and I work out. I'm looking to gain some muscle mass, not too much. I was thinking about CytoSport's Muscle Milk because it's popular, and said to have a great taste. However, I don't want to harm my health, and my doctor have already told me not to take supplements but I just want to know if this is true? For me, its Muscle Milk or nothing because I'm not going to take any other nonsense. Would Muscle Milk help me in my goals? Is it safe? What flavor tastes best?

2007-12-09 05:21:39 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Diet & Fitness

I get tired very very easily.. i veen get sleepy when my friends come over and i have to talk with them. Sometimes when im at work I count the hours until i get home to sleep. I get sleepy during odd hours like 12pm ... yesterday I was so sleepy after work! i slept for 3hrs then i went to a family reuinion and by 8pm I was falling asleep on the couch! Its like a constat heaviness on my eyes, tiredness, lack of concentration, stress I dont know! Im only 20yrs old/active/eat healthy/student! what can be wrong? sometimes i even hibernate! i sleep for a whole day including nights... but there are some days when i feel good and i do lot so things. I am not depressed or anything..but this sleepiness and tiredness is killing me!!!! I JUST WANT TO G T SLEEP!
***this has been happening for abt 1-2yrs.***

2007-12-09 05:16:59 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Health

My surgery is at 1:30 do you think i will be able to go watch my team play at 6 or do you think i will be to out of it??

2007-12-09 05:15:41 · 4 answers · asked by miller0509 1 in Injuries

iv stoped chewing my nails but now i got this habit of chewing down and around my thumbs until they bleed. it looks awfull but i cant leave them alone. using stop and grow dosnt help at all

2007-12-09 05:15:11 · 12 answers · asked by shelly.lamb 2 in Other - Health

how do you know when your period is coming mines so late and i dont know when its comingggg!

2007-12-09 05:14:40 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Women's Health

I shhould have finished my yasmin pill on friday?

But I took thursday's pill in the morning and fridays pill on thursday night, so in fact i have started the pill free break early.

Am I protected in the pill free week ( I normally have a 4 day break, just in case)

2007-12-09 05:12:25 · 3 answers · asked by Rebz 5 in Women's Health

Ladies, have you ever accidently bled on someone else's property during that time of the month.

I hope that I didn't but I came home and saw that my pad was flooded and some blood had leaked through my jeans, but that doesn't mean that it got in the persons car. It's kinda embarrassing but I can't go back. I had just changed pads but I'm bleeding excessively for some reason.

Ever happened to you?

2007-12-09 05:07:33 · 10 answers · asked by Life is not a dress rehearsal! 3 in Women's Health

i have had surg on my ovaries and have been in pain, is that normal, i had it in99.the pain,neminess in my legs, vomiting ever time i get ready to come on like 2 weeks before i go through this pain. the doc stack them on one side and it hurts very badly.i keep a short hurting there

2007-12-09 05:05:56 · 6 answers · asked by Baby girl 1 in Pain & Pain Management

2007-12-09 05:05:52 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Skin Conditions

2007-12-09 05:05:45 · 7 answers · asked by =lost soul= 2 in Pain & Pain Management

I'm 26 and I have tonsillitis. I get it really bad about 4 times a year. I have it now. Its viral so I can't take antibiotics. The pain is excruciating. I take motrin and tylenol but they don't touch the pain. I drink hot drinks and eat ice cream. Nothing helps. Do you have any remedies for the pain? Thanks. I have an 8 month old too I have to take care of and can't be sick. Sometimes I'm sick for up to 2 or three months. HELP!

2007-12-09 05:01:36 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

when my partner uses a condom on me it hurts like not that's its streching bt the inside like the feeling where someone is draggin you on the carpet, it hurts inside.
and one time he oput it in and sticked it out two times without a condom and that time it didn't hurt as when we use a rubber,
like when we use a rubber like sex doesn't feel good, do I have a problem, we have done it a lot of time but I just feel pain.

2007-12-09 04:58:55 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Men's Health

2007-12-09 04:48:56 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Infectious Diseases

And how is it different to normal depression?

If anyone had/has it, what's it like?

Thanks.

2007-12-09 04:48:15 · 8 answers · asked by ? 2 in Mental Health

i am 13 and have boobs

i am approx 34AA

all my friends wear bras but i just find them uncomfy and i am to embarrassed to ask my mum

what should i do

i don't like sports bras either

should i and do i need to wear a bra????

please help

2007-12-09 04:40:26 · 37 answers · asked by looby loo 4 in Women's Health

2007-12-09 04:40:16 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Skin Conditions

how, where, and who the disease effects. Factors such as age, gender, and area of the world where prevalent.

2007-12-09 04:35:59 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Diseases

And what are some therapy/treatment for hemophilia?

2007-12-09 04:28:01 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Diseases

2007-12-09 04:27:10 · 14 answers · asked by random.princess 4 in Respiratory Diseases

I went to the olive garden after going christmas shopping. I had been sick with a cold earlier in the week but I thought i was over it. I had salad and bread and just a little lasagna. I also had one and a half Sangrias. When i got up to leave I felt dizzy and my ears started ringing. I wanted to go outside but knew I couldnt make it out. Next thing i knew i woke up on the floor - i had passed out for 30 seconds. I also had vomited while unconscious. They called 911 and they took my blood sugar - 145 and my blood pressure was 102/68 which is normal for me.They commented that i was very pale. I felt better and didn't go to the hospital. Today i feel weak but kinda the same feeling after a night of drinking. What do you think caused this?

2007-12-09 04:23:52 · 22 answers · asked by casey308 2 in Other - Diseases

1. My back ache got worse.
or
2. My back ache got worser.

2007-12-09 04:14:53 · 10 answers · asked by clivej3 2 in Pain & Pain Management

I'm taking my first course of genetics in college.
In our lab, we conducted an ELISA experiment. After running on gel electropheresis, we observed one band from the gold standard. we had 3bands for non-tumor tissue from a cancer patient. we had 2bands for tumor tissue from the same patient and therefore we concluded that the patient was inherited the germ-line mutation and she or he developped a mutation during life time.
My understanding was that mutation can create a cutting site.
However I had another ELISA experiment that does not support this idea.
In this eperiment, we had 2bands for gold standard, 3bands for non-tumor tissues from a cancer patient. we also observed 1band from tumor tissue from the same patient. Can mutation delete a cutting site? I do not really understand how mutation can create and delete cutting sites. Depends on what kind mutation it is, results seem to differ. Can someone explain this to me please?

2007-12-09 04:13:12 · 2 answers · asked by Science_nut6011 1 in Cancer

Last night when I smoked I became incredibly paranoid to the point of which I felt a "geforce" vibe in my body and I felt like I was going to die... I know what you're thinking right now.. I was paranoid as I smoked cannabis.. But this wasn't normal. This was too intense, like I seriously couldn't function.. I smoked a little less than a gram of dank kine bud (kb) in a dutch. I smoke maybe once a week if that.. I'm thinking I somehow overdosed on weed and my body couldn't handle what I smoked... I ended up going to sleep as I couldn't stop shaking and I couldn't control my geforce-like effects in my body... Has anyone ever felt this horrible feeling? I dislike it.. I usually just get extremely relaxed on weed, not paranoid (very little)... but last night I completely couldn't function and I just had to go to sleep as my only option..

2007-12-09 04:08:17 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Alternative Medicine

I took number of tests to detect pregnancy but all were negative. Internal check ups were also the same. So also the Ultrasounds.I did not get periods for 3 months but severe pain continued in my lower abdomen and I experienced severe pain while going to urinate or passing my stools. After going through several checkups, one doctor after the doppler confirmed that there were clots in the uterus and there could be a missed abortion and I underwent D& C. How could there be a missed abortion when there was no bleeding at all. The clots were later sent to the lab and the report showed that there were no traces of pregnancy. Those three months were a great torture for me.

Now again after two years, I have missed my period after getting the normal symptoms. Will it happen again. Why does this thing happen.

2007-12-09 04:04:26 · 1 answers · asked by manjushri 2 in Women's Health

I've had yeast infections before, but it was always on my period so it was difficult to tell if there was and clear/white discharge with it. I had a very mild one this time, and I was not on my period. I've noticed over the past few days a lot of cm or discharge, more than I've ever had before. There is also a possibility of me being pregnant. Is the disharge related to yeast infection or pregnancy? Oh and I had some reddish-orange spotting for about 10 minutes a few days ago. Thanks for your help!

2007-12-09 04:03:55 · 5 answers · asked by omalley 1 in Women's Health