Diseases & Conditions - 20 September 2006

My husband has been having severe pain,redness and swelling in his right foot.It has been diagnoised as gout.It has not responded at all to the usual treatments such as steroid injections,NSAIDs,cocholine or narcotic pain meds.Im begining to wonder if it is indeed gout. What else could it be? He has no visible openings in his skin that would led one to think of an infectious process. Any help would greatly be appreciated as we are at the end of our rope.

2006-09-20 17:38:27 · 14 answers · asked by chasead95 1 in Other - Diseases

want to convince someone that they maybe have this condition and i would like to try and help out if i can,, thank you

2006-09-20 17:37:00 · 6 answers · asked by UrNo1Fan 2 in Other - Diseases

About 3 weeks ago started having severe pains in knees, legs and feet. I have fibromyalgia. I had circulation checked and was okay. I take Lasix on a daily base. I have never hurt this bad. Thanks

2006-09-20 17:29:51 · 14 answers · asked by dhfrom s.c. 1 in Other - Diseases

It started after my pregnancy ended. I'm not a big girl at all, but I get stinky really fast. I've tried using deoderant all day, washing with exfolients, washing with acne scrubs, and I don't know what to do. There seems like I should be able to fix it somehow!

2006-09-20 17:28:02 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Skin Conditions

May be connected to an alergy to cow's milk. The name "acredenia" may have changed. Relative over 70 had this as a baby

2006-09-20 17:24:52 · 4 answers · asked by carole 1 in Other - Diseases

I have been tested for leukemia, Aids, hodgkins, and cancer. I feel fine but, sometimes I just wanna know why my spleen is swollen.

2006-09-20 17:11:49 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Diseases

NOT looking for; dislexia

2006-09-20 17:11:07 · 4 answers · asked by Vee8 1 in Other - Diseases

2006-09-20 17:01:53 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Skin Conditions

i have a friend, like 3 years ago he told me he was hiv positive, he had both western blood and eliza tests, then 1 year ago he told me he was not positive, that they were wrong and that he was healthy, so i asked him, how is that posible? and he told me that when he was a child he fell off a tree or something and that he took lots of penicilie and that was why but i just can't help thinking that he has the virus and is lying to me, am i wrong?

2006-09-20 16:56:06 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Diseases

my friend's mom died of esophageal cancer. she died 2 months after she was diagnosed. she wasnt a smoker/drinker. my friend said that there are more women in her family that had it. and her doctor told her it was highly hereditary

i looked it up on the computer and found out that black ppl are more likely to get it than white people (her family is white) and men get it more than women (women in her family had it) and it said that it wasnt known if it was hereditary. she has an aunt on her DADs side that was just diagnosed with it yesterday.

she is worried she will have it. any information i could share with her?

2006-09-20 16:54:44 · 8 answers · asked by Jena S 2 in Cancer

2006-09-20 16:37:02 · 10 answers · asked by 6th Finger 2 in Cancer

OK because we do have the doctor on my college campus and they can prescribe me some medicine but my college is away from home...soo the family I do have down here is a cousin and a couple uncles who lives down here in the same city. My cousin though is the one i call cause he's around to pick me up and take me places. BUT he wont be available during the day to take me to the pharmacy and get my prescription. I need a remedy that I can make with stuff I can find on a college campus.

2006-09-20 16:31:15 · 11 answers · asked by cool kid 3 in Infectious Diseases

2006-09-20 16:23:15 · 13 answers · asked by 123456 1 in Infectious Diseases

THERE IS THIS GIRL WHOM LIVES IN AN A TRAILOR WITH OUT ELECTRICITY AND IT IS EMPTY WHAT CAN BE DONE THE GIRL HAS NO OTHER PLACE TO GO

2006-09-20 16:20:14 · 3 answers · asked by JEN-JEN 1 in Skin Conditions

2006-09-20 16:11:40 · 15 answers · asked by Jasmine Ird 2 in Skin Conditions

2006-09-20 15:59:41 · 9 answers · asked by hotrod 1 in Other - Diseases

A while ago my wife was diagnosed with Ewing's Sarcoma, a rare bone cancer. The Doctors are all very vague about everything. From what I've read, EVERYONE with Ewing's dies eventually - Is 5 years the limit and she has a 70-80% chance of making it, or is there a chance she can live another 30 or 40 years (she's only 27)? - Please Only Answer If You Really Know What You're Talking About!

2006-09-20 15:58:25 · 12 answers · asked by Zigmaz 2 in Cancer

2006-09-20 15:38:46 · 12 answers · asked by lord_andys_new_id 1 in STDs

Dad has colon cancer and the meds are outragious in cost-- folks are on a fixed income-SSI- need info on free meds to help with pain management. Nothing else to be done,just; keep him comfortable. Lollipops??????? They cost $50 co-pay for six, guess the 7th day is a pain day. He also has 75mg patches with the same expense. How are we to keep him relatively pain free. Meds are supposed to work for 72hrs. (the patch) but it only lasts for 12/15 hours. Let's see,, he has the patches, oxycontin, and the new lollipops. Meds have been doubled and tripled and still has very bad pain-- Lord I just wish someone would come up with a way to cover the costs. Any pharmacutical companies offer help with this?? The sites I have tried have no info. I am NOT computer litterate!! This is extremely hard and slow going but worth it if the info is available. Thankyou in advance to anyone who can help!

2006-09-20 15:22:02 · 10 answers · asked by babz 1 in Cancer

2006-09-20 15:18:24 · 43 answers · asked by Melissa B 1 in STDs

My boyfriend has developed a skin problem. He scratches at his inner thigh a lot...and that area looked like the skin had hardened (or does people call that scaling of the skin?). When I asked, he said it's because of friction from his underwear and it feels especially uncomfortable when he sweats. I think it must be real itchy...cause I saw some cuts. He must have scratched till it bled. It breaks my heart to see it like this. Does anyone has any idea what it is? Oh...he's 19, loves sports ( plays it a few times a week, pretty active guy). Please help....I dunno what I can do or what he should do. I've asked him to apply vaseline...

2006-09-20 15:16:34 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Skin Conditions

2006-09-20 15:10:27 · 10 answers · asked by jerse15 3 in Respiratory Diseases

I have a new home with a partially finished basement. I have been sick since I moved in. I am on allergy medicine and 4 injections a week. Has any one else experienced this problem and how did they resolve it. I do have a de humidifier. helps some but not enough. I do not go to the basement.

2006-09-20 15:05:33 · 11 answers · asked by tootles 1 in Allergies

2006-09-20 15:00:09 · 2 answers · asked by jangalang1230 1 in Other - Diseases

i have experiance in cancer surgery

2006-09-20 14:50:37 · 3 answers · asked by hamid 1 in Cancer

My son's friend and his girlfriend had it very bad about 6-8 mos ago. My son is moving in with this couple and I'm worried that he can eventually become infected.

2006-09-20 14:48:01 · 3 answers · asked by marincaligirl 3 in Infectious Diseases

my mom alwayz ask me why is my undewear alwayz color yellow like peee but im to shy to tell her that this flu comes out of my vigina and only comes out a little amount so i wanna know if thatz normal or is that a small infection and if is an infection how can i treat this please help me find out whatz this cause is reallyscaring me and i had this for like 3 years already

2006-09-20 14:44:32 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Diseases

2006-09-20 14:36:58 · 7 answers · asked by sunnywest1111 2 in Cancer

2006-09-20 14:34:03 · 10 answers · asked by j_ocampo05 1 in Other - Diseases

ilive in orange county and i havenot woke but i like working in center of medical

2006-09-20 14:26:42 · 4 answers · asked by hamid 1 in Cancer