Health - 30 December 2007

I remember in school, we had a blood drive, and it was mainly the seniors that went, but when I'm that age, I would like to donate blood. Is the age 18 or 16? I'm asking because of the drive we had at school, they wouldn't come to a high school if no one was old enough, right? I remember them saying you had to be a certain weight too?

2007-12-30 12:32:05 · 17 answers · asked by ? 6 in Other - General Health Care

I'm so stressed. i feel like everything is just piling up more and more. I take classes at my high school and at college. I work a internship at a Day care and take classes on Saturday. Even now that I'm on a break I'm freaking out on how i can handle it all. Plus it doesn't help that my dad keeps telling everyone and their mother that I'm going to have a master's degree by he time I'm 21. Does any one have a way that i can keep my self from stressing and being over whelmed? Also any good ideas to keep myself from getting tired so i can keep going during the day?

2007-12-30 12:30:37 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mental Health

do they???

2007-12-30 12:28:11 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Women's Health

I started with a sore throat Christmas Eve. Had it for 4 days and then yesterday I came down with this strange symptom. I have a temperature and when I turn my head I feel a rush of blood and in my head and I feel like I am high or drunk.
I've had the flu many times but this is totally different! I have a slight cough but nothing like a cold or congestion.

Does anyone know what type of strain it could be?
My husband had it but only for a day or two.

2007-12-30 12:28:06 · 5 answers · asked by caballero 4 in Infectious Diseases

if it is please, please, please, give me a good detailed diet plan.

its really important to me that i lose 70 ponds by July, and i just need a good diet that will work.

thanks in advance :)

2007-12-30 12:26:32 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Diet & Fitness

that iam been having lately. no i dont have bad cold sore throat. just ever time i drink water my throat inside feelin hurting. maybe a medican

2007-12-30 12:26:19 · 2 answers · asked by statecalifornia2009 7 in Women's Health

For a few months I have been having hip/thigh bone pain in my left leg. The pain is way worse when I am resting or at night. At first the pain was mild but now it is moderate and even severe at times. I also get pain going down to my knee and in my buttox. The pain is coming from my bone.

At first the pain used to come and go but now its almost there all the time (worst when resting and at night)

PLease dont suggest growing pains as I very much doubt it is.

My right hip also hurts sometimes in the bone too - although it is far less painfull then the left. I can pop out my right hip too.

My left hip feels tender to touch like there is a bruise/ but there is no bruise. I also have a limp but Im not sure what its from?


Im worried cause the pain is coming from my bone and is really painful. It is like a throbbing pain.


What could this be/// and what should I do? I've told my mum and she said shed take me to th doctor when she gets a day off work.


Thanks

2007-12-30 12:23:51 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

2007-12-30 12:21:40 · 4 answers · asked by Anthony P 2 in Diabetes

i went to social security, got denied and the local job and family services said it could take up to 2 years. im on cobra now and its running out in a few months. i NEED medical care for at least 3 years. my left arm is paralized, so there isnt much to do for work w/ out an education. im going back to school(college) after my next surgery. im 26 was forced to move back in w/ parents, blah blah blah.... what can i do. i hear that s.s denies 99% of people the first time anyway. but there has to be a temperary insurernce like medicade or something like that. thanks
jimmy b

2007-12-30 12:20:19 · 2 answers · asked by jim b 2 in Other - General Health Care

I often get pimples on my ears and they are SO painful. Any Ideas as to how to prevent them?

2007-12-30 12:14:50 · 2 answers · asked by Jenn [[Rick R.'s Manager]] 4 in Skin Conditions

2007-12-30 12:13:47 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous in Women's Health

They appear as small, red scabs and have been that way for a week. The surgery was done two weeks ago.

2007-12-30 12:12:32 · 5 answers · asked by Michael R 2 in Skin Conditions

2007-12-30 12:00:06 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Diseases

I am experiencing with my boyfriend who has Schizophrenia. He has already shown the symptoms when we were together, however he and his family members do not know/deny he has this illness. Probably means he will keep himself schizophrenic for the rest of his life. I would like to know what will happen, if leave him untreated? Now Trying hard to persuade him for visiting Pdoc is somehow useless. I do not want to waste my energy and feeling any more. Please tell me the consequence of this untreated mental illness. Thanks very much.

2007-12-30 11:58:50 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mental Health

i would like to lose weight as a new years resolution for myself, and i want one effective excersise.

2007-12-30 11:53:25 · 24 answers · asked by Derek :) 1 in Diet & Fitness

someone suggest that I take pain killers to get used to excercise to start a running routine.please help.need to loose weight! tired of looking the way I do.i am 29 y.o.

2007-12-30 11:45:04 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

hey
i am 13 and i have had my period for a little less than a year. i get my period about every 2 weeks and it is extreemly irregular. is that normal? also my boobs are getting bigger and i need to get real bras (still in training bras) how do i ask my mom?

2007-12-30 11:44:48 · 30 answers · asked by damnedlife4ever 3 in Women's Health

2007-12-30 11:44:44 · 55 answers · asked by luneytune1962 1 in Women's Health

why do people do it? it looks yuk! im not gonna do it.looks like it will hurt ok thats it im not doing it!!

2007-12-30 11:44:32 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Men's Health

I think my problem is not just mine.This happens to many people.Last year I was 58kg,now I am 67kg,this is terrible.I eat almost all the time.Overeating is not a result of family,school or love problems contrariwise the only problem in my life is my weight.Every day I plan to stop eating when I am not hungry,put I always fail.I don't know how to be strongly determined to stop overeating.I always give up before food.Now food for me is a kind of "drug".Please do you know any way of resolving this problem?What should I do?How can I turn in my "old" weight???

2007-12-30 11:43:58 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Diet & Fitness

I have had neuropathy for about 2-1/2 months now. I am considering a body massage at our local spa thinking it may help my circulation and thereby helping the neuropathy. Has anyone tried this and did it help them at all.

2007-12-30 11:39:46 · 4 answers · asked by SusieDarling 2 in Other - Health

2007-12-30 11:39:45 · 4 answers · asked by lil_dude662 2 in Diet & Fitness

I want to know what skin disease is it when you have a round shape ball on the back of your ear cause of sensitive skin?

2007-12-30 11:37:00 · 4 answers · asked by Debra M 1 in Skin Conditions

http://members.home.nl/saen/Special/Zoeken.swf

2007-12-30 11:35:12 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Men's Health

i'm 15, 111 pounds, 5'3
will working out my leg and working-out/weight-lifting affect my growth rate at all?

2007-12-30 11:32:30 · 2 answers · asked by i am a guy 2 in Diet & Fitness

I can't avoid it cracking; just moving it causes it to crunch and crack. Do you think it's osteoarthritis?

2007-12-30 11:28:54 · 2 answers · asked by topink 6 in Pain & Pain Management

well, i'm in my teens, 15, so i cant really afford to spend too much.

2007-12-30 11:23:47 · 5 answers · asked by i am a guy 2 in Diet & Fitness

2007-12-30 11:20:57 · 7 answers · asked by B. J 1 in Women's Health

I hate to be a male cheuvenist, but I don't want a female doctor examining me because I don't feel comfortable.

What do I do if a female doctor - in her 40's - kinda attractive (if you like older women) is examining me and I get an erection?

This happened and I was so embarrased I didn't know what to do.

She told me to turn my head and cough while holding my testes and I got a RAGING HARD ON for no reason. I did think she was attractive but all the sudden it was like all the blood in my body went straight to the head - READY FOR ACTION.

advice?

2007-12-30 11:18:17 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Men's Health

I used to go to the little beauty store and buy sample colored contacts to wear when I went out on the weekends and such. That was until I got a "corneal epithelium abrasion" from ill fitting contacts....yeah, yeah, I know- my own dumb fault.

After it got better, I decided it would be best if I got fitted for contacts, so I went and got an Rx and ordered some contacts that were my size.

My question is: can some people not wear contacts?

My vision is far worse (BLURRY), and the contacts almost seem to fog over. I have tried base curves and all sizes (remember that samples I used to buy were all sorts of sizes) and medians of 13.8-14.5

I have never put a contact lens in and not blur up an hour after insertion. They are EXTREMELY dry and no matter how many rewetting drops I add, nothing. Still blurry and annoying. Kudos to those that have to do this daily. I got the Acuvue 2 Colors because I heard they are good for comfort. *sigh*

Any thoughts?

2007-12-30 11:16:07 · 3 answers · asked by brandiva 1 in Optical