Diseases & Conditions - 26 September 2006

A guy at work wanted me to try his new cigar. After pushing and pushing I finally agreed to try it. I found out later that he is HIV+. I have heard debates that you can get aids from spit. Do you think it is true and that I can have HIV from taking a puff off of a cigar?

2006-09-26 06:37:24 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Infectious Diseases

I know someone who got his face punched and it drew blood on both people. Is it possible to catch a virus this way?

2006-09-26 06:31:39 · 8 answers · asked by slow like honey 1 in Infectious Diseases

Every time i stay under the sun for a certain amount of time, around my mouth area, first it gets red and itchy, and it started to get swollen, after a day i start to get something that looks like blister around my lips, and sometimes it feels like "water" is coming out from that whole area, and i know for sure that isn't saliva and then it starts to dry up and chap, my skin starts to peel, then i know i am recovering. It happens everytime i stay under the sun for more than 10 to 15 minutes, and it only happens around my mouth. What is it, and is there anyone i can put on to stop it. I've tried sunscreen and chapstick with SPFs, but it doesn't work, and sometimes it gets worse. Please help!

2006-09-26 06:25:29 · 2 answers · asked by missalohagal 1 in Skin Conditions

2006-09-26 06:25:14 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Allergies

how much does it cost to have a kidney operation? remove a bad kidney. thank you

2006-09-26 06:25:13 · 3 answers · asked by lilacangelgrammy 2 in Diabetes

2006-09-26 06:23:36 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Diseases

2006-09-26 06:21:00 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Diseases

2006-09-26 06:19:11 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Diseases

I`m allergic to dust mite, cat, dog, peanut, tree nut, hazelnut, almond (but not in toberlone?!), brazil nut, milk, egg, sesame seed, wheat, onion, latex, maize, mushroom, totmato, kiwi, pea, soya, caraway, cardamon, clove, gluten.
Any one up for a challenge then?!?! I`m only 18!!!

2006-09-26 06:12:24 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Allergies

My 19 year old Son went to the Doctor with a cough, and Chest Congestion. He was Diagnosed with Bronchitis and a little fluid in the Lungs (no X-rays were taken) he was prescribed Steroids, Antibiotics, and an Inhaler. 2 Days later he started Vomiting, had Diarreha, and Abdominal Cramps. our Family Doctor couldn't see him but said he should go to Hospital ER. We went there. after an X-ray and CAT Scan they said he had some kind of bladder infection they said it was retaining fluid and putting pressure on his Bowels. The gave him a Cathiter and kept him over night. at 2 A.M we get a call. he is having troble breathing and was transfered to CCU when we get there he asks the nurse why his heart is beating so fast. She said it was the medicine they gave him to wake him up. less than 2 Hours later he Died of an enlarged Heart. (I'm gonna run out of room. so i'll add more details. Please wait til you see it all toi answer)

2006-09-26 05:52:29 · 13 answers · asked by mr_nice_guy 1 in Heart Diseases

i have had epilepsy since i was 9, nothing too serious just a few grand mal in my sleep, and jerks and pettite mal, and numbness and stuff! two weeks ago i was diagnosed with JME im not too sure what i can and cant do i know the usual... stay fit and healthy.. blah blah! but i want to play football and the training is really hard and tough and very demanding, (sometimes 3 times a week) is it too hard!?????? doctor says excercise but is this too much also i want to join the gym!

2006-09-26 05:45:41 · 3 answers · asked by cheese 3 in Other - Diseases

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2006-09-26 05:39:28 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in STDs

She had a C-section while giving birth to my son. She didn't have it before. When we first noticed it she went to the Emergency Room of the same hospital and they said it was normal. Her grandpa also got staph infections every time that he went to that hospital. This hospital is famous for giving staph infections to patients and this one could kill my fiance and i am not willing to risk that. I don't know what to do.Is there anyone that can help.

2006-09-26 05:19:07 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Infectious Diseases

2006-09-26 05:11:44 · 5 answers · asked by Trinity W 1 in Infectious Diseases

I was reciently diagnosed with HPV by a pap smear. I am schedualed for a colposcopy in Dec. I am having a clear discharge, redness and itching. I am very irritated. I have no warts that I can see yet. The doctors thought that I was having an allergic reaction to a yeast infection cream but I was given a shot for that and the redness cleared up for a few days and now is back. It is not unbearable pain but it is uncomfortable. I was just wondering if anyone else has had these symptoms and if there is anything I can do to alleviate my discomfort till Dec. Everywhere you read it says no symptoms but I did find these symptoms listed on Yahoo health. Could this mean I am about to have an outbreak of warts? Also if you have had these symptoms did they eventually go away? THANKS

2006-09-26 05:05:41 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in STDs

i heard about it on ABC news a few nights ago. Can someone tell me the name of that type of water, it comes from outside the u.s.

2006-09-26 05:01:56 · 3 answers · asked by Jeannie 3 in Cancer

I have a bacterial infection in my respitory tract:
a) how did I get something like this?
b) why does my chest hurt so bad?

2006-09-26 04:55:12 · 6 answers · asked by braslinbabe85 2 in Respiratory Diseases

Hiya.
I was wondering if anybody could help me. I need as much information about the causes of Asthma and Rubella (German Measels) as posible. This is for a research assigment. If possible, preventions and information of managing the illnesses would be greatly appreciated.
I'm doing a Diploma In Child Care and Education, so information on working with children with these illnesses is vital for my course.

Thankyou in advance.

Bryony.

2006-09-26 04:42:01 · 4 answers · asked by BryonyBeth 3 in Infectious Diseases

2006-09-26 04:25:08 · 17 answers · asked by Abegon 2 in Other - Diseases

my aunt has just been re~diagnosed with cancer for the 2nd time and she lives all the way in alabama. i want to give her support and hope but i just cant do that unless im with her and theres no way i can do that but to me it isnt the voice its the person behind the voice but how do i give her support and hope from 300,000 miles away

2006-09-26 04:20:54 · 5 answers · asked by kill_me_not_realli_2009 2 in Cancer

2006-09-26 04:20:41 · 4 answers · asked by Andrew 1 in Other - Diseases

I thought the lifestyle changes that I'd made were keeping my fibromyalgia under control but it's getting worse again. Guaifenesin helped, too. Now I'm scrambing to get it back under control, have no idea why it's flared up again, but any help would be appreciated.

2006-09-26 04:17:48 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Diseases

Now, I understand, you can get them through contact and such like. But......I also understand that once you have the virus, you all ways have it and you will most likely keep getting warts forever. But to pass the virus on to some one else, do you have to have a wart or not? Can you pass on one without actually having a wart present or can people just catch it from having contact with you...who has the virus?

2006-09-26 04:11:42 · 22 answers · asked by barefordi 2 in STDs

The information that about now, is overwhelming in it's proof that smoking DOES harm the people around them, yet these selfish smokers WILL continue to poison those babies & children who, they say, "They Love so much".

I smoked from the age of 10 up to the age of about 35 years, (I am now 73) BUT when it was proved that smoking kills and causes those terrable lung conditions and a cough that DOES NOT SEEM TO STOP even now, I am utterly appalled when I see these people, as I have mentioned before, smoke in front of their & others' babies & young children.

I stopped so can they, but the answer seems to be that these people have NO will power and are selfish into the bargain.
Any comments folks?

2006-09-26 03:35:46 · 30 answers · asked by Richard A 1 in Respiratory Diseases

i have this condition for 4 weeks now and the swelling is no better. i getting very bored with having to stay with my leg up all the time.

2006-09-26 03:19:22 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Diseases

2006-09-26 03:17:29 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Skin Conditions

Weight loss, Hair loss & fatigue.

2006-09-26 03:07:07 · 10 answers · asked by Teresa J 1 in Cancer

ive been dealing with chest pain for a while its hard to explain cause its numorous pains first off a little under both callor bones there is sweelling and its getting harder they were soft at first and now also getting bigger theres also deep sharp pains on both sides of my chest muscel spasms happen if i sqeez my chest together iv been to the hospital 10 million times and there getting sick of me they have ran xrays and said im fine also cat scans and blood tests wich showed up normal but they do see the lumps on my chest and are worried im been going threw stress and already have high anxiety and dnt no if thats the case does anybody have sum advice or has been threw this two

2006-09-26 03:06:07 · 14 answers · asked by kanyez 2 in Infectious Diseases

I had chemo 5 days ago and few constantly sick. The tablets stop me from being sick, but i was wondering if anyone new of a way of relieving the actual nausia.

2006-09-26 02:55:39 · 17 answers · asked by ach559 2 in Cancer

2006-09-26 02:45:49 · 6 answers · asked by camrydeltagirl 1 in Other - Diseases