Diseases & Conditions - 8 April 2007

Im going to the doctor this Friday, I have a trail of blisters developing from the spine on the back of my neck all around the right side of my torso. Feels like a sunburn. My dad says that it looks like shingles but it's rare in younger people...usually middle aged and up are supposed to get them.... I am 22 years old.

Also I live in the house that my dad used to live in and when he lived here that's when he got shingles...so is it contagious? Or maybe a virus in my home that is causing this outbreak?

2007-04-08 23:46:49 · 12 answers · asked by Nova L. 2 in Other - Diseases

every since i was about 12 years old ive been worried about my health but ever since ive got older its been getting worse if i get a pain in my leg i tell myself i have a blood clot and its going to travel to my heart and kill me and i can go on for weeks thinking i have a blood clot, wen i get a headache i convince myself i have a brain tumour and im going to die , when i have a really funny tummy ache i think ive got cancer , i panic and my heart beats so fast and i panic even more and cant breathe i really dont know what to do i am so scared and all of the things i convince my self i have can go on for weeks what can i do i need help does anyone have any ideas?? and do i sound like a hypercondriact?? no nasty answers please i am terrified

2007-04-08 23:34:45 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Diseases

i start dying, if i don't smoke for 1 hour (max)

2007-04-08 23:31:22 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Respiratory Diseases

Do we really need to see a doctor if we have chicken pox, ( not serious,like normal people gets chicken pox). ? Is there any 'forbidden' food or things that people having pox cannot take?

2007-04-08 23:26:12 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Infectious Diseases

2007-04-08 23:21:28 · 6 answers · asked by jay 2 in Other - Diseases

I fear going back to her since we have been using contraceptives thrugh out our relationship started. Please help me, what can I advise her????

2007-04-08 22:23:34 · 4 answers · asked by chakaleri 2 in STDs

For the past couple days, my stomach has felt bloated and I haven't had much of an appetite and I have a small dark rash on my left arm, that hurts just a tiny bit when putting pressure on it. This week, at the job I just lost, I was working at a sheetmetal manufacturer and I ran some steel parts through a sanding machine that some kind of chemical that got on my left arm. Does this mean Hepatitis B?

2007-04-08 21:45:49 · 6 answers · asked by Derek S 1 in Infectious Diseases

Does it hurt? Did you apply it to the skin or apply it after you scratched the affected area? What does it do for the area and how long does it take?

2007-04-08 21:32:02 · 3 answers · asked by breadbox 1 in Skin Conditions

my cousin is really in pain because the side of her jaw is bothering her. It is swollen and she says she can feel something in there moving. Every time we touch it or put ice on it starts to move around. It hurts hr so much that she started crying. (she is only 11 years old)

Does anyne know what this is? Is it very serious or can it be cured?

Hopefully she gets better because ny uncle might take her to the hospital tomorrow.

2007-04-08 21:17:27 · 10 answers · asked by ashley_tisdale2006 2 in Other - Diseases

i have a little blur forming next to my pupils and it always makes my eyes red and irritating. what should i do?

2007-04-08 20:29:52 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Skin Conditions

My father has adrenal gland cancer, he has severe pain. He can’t use injection any more, and he can’t use morphine because he haven’t one lung. Please help!!!!!

2007-04-08 20:19:46 · 8 answers · asked by Stefan V 1 in Cancer

2007-04-08 20:13:31 · 1 answers · asked by yousuf 1 in Diabetes

2007-04-08 19:08:15 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Heart Diseases

I was stage 3, estrogen sensitive...I did 6 mos chemo (5 different drug...5fu, cytoxin, methotrexate,other 2?) I took tomxifen for 10 mos and stopped...I have NEVER had any hormonal replacement therapy of any kind.
In 2003 a doctor put me on insulin (1 YR)& my wt shot up 85#'s. When I discovered this I made every change necessary to get off of the shots which I succeeded in doing and I've been off about 8-10 months..I've lost 25#'s just since Jan.
My current A1C is 6.2...I take 10mg glucotrol xl, and for my thyroid I take levilthroxine 250 mcg.
My question has to do with a prickly stinging sensation when I have been extra active....If I am going to get more weight off I really need to start working up a little sweat...right now I am only walking because I do have (scale 1-10) 7 level joint pain in my hips, knees, (roller skating acc in 1987).
This feeling is quite painful and takes 20 -30 sec to subside. It's feels like needle pains (like falling on a cactus plant).
Please help

2007-04-08 19:02:10 · 4 answers · asked by Pinkprincess5455 3 in Cancer

2007-04-08 18:53:27 · 2 answers · asked by jfrhm 1 in Skin Conditions

my friend complained to me because after she had oral with her boyfriend,she started to get white rash around her mouth.is that possible that my friend get any disease by doing oral?and if yes,what it is?and how to cure?please tell me.

2007-04-08 18:52:26 · 25 answers · asked by Juwita 1 in STDs

This is the 3rd time im writing this question!
I feel itchy at the back of my neck at night time. I think its the pillow, but when i changed it it dint go! I have started pimples on my neck now. What do I do? It's not lice, my hair's too short. Where my hair stops my neck starts and THATs where it itches.

2007-04-08 18:37:21 · 9 answers · asked by Veggie misses you............... 2 in Skin Conditions

2007-04-08 18:21:57 · 8 answers · asked by lovepepsired 2 in Skin Conditions

i waiting on an autopsy. he died sunday morning

2007-04-08 17:51:10 · 3 answers · asked by browneyes7c 3 in Heart Diseases

The majority of the asthma medicines cause weight gain and I am over weight as it is, and with the some of the side affects from the asthma medicines causing weight gain I'm wondering if there are other natural ways to treat asthma? Or something that would help stop the asthma medicines side affect of weight gain.

2007-04-08 17:49:23 · 6 answers · asked by KitKat 6 in Respiratory Diseases

I am currently receiving SS retirement benefits (age 70). I recently lost sight in one eye due to a "retinal stroke." According to doctors and specialists, the damage is permanent. Are there any available additional benefits (SS or CA)?

2007-04-08 17:39:45 · 2 answers · asked by globalnav 1 in Diabetes

I have been the sickling in my family for a long time and I never seem to be healthy. I am always coughing. not just a little cough but a deep lung rattling cough. I go to the doctors and they say it is just an uper respatory infection, or broncitis. I would like to have one day with out coughing. Does anyone out there relate to this and how do you cope with it?

2007-04-08 17:34:48 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Diseases

my kids get frequent colds and never have chest colds but have persistent night time coughs. i've tried cool mist humidifiers, steamy bathrooms, cool air, cough medicine, sitting them up, calming them down. seems i've tried everything and can't get the cough to stop. does anyone out there have any other suggestions? i'd appreciate something that truly works

2007-04-08 17:08:52 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Respiratory Diseases

lol

2007-04-08 17:00:59 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in STDs

cause my right ring finger has been dry for 3 months and there are a little bumps on the side and i keep putting on lotion at night but nothing happens exept the dryness goes away exept the bumps

2007-04-08 16:51:34 · 7 answers · asked by ebrahim r 1 in Skin Conditions

she is 77 years old and is permanently blind. she has been losing memory for the past coupld of months now. shes been asking some things that were answered a few times already during that same day. she cant remember some phone numbers and is overly confused sometimes. is this typical when u get older or should i be worried?

2007-04-08 16:35:50 · 6 answers · asked by lev t 1 in Other - Diseases

im 14, not officially diagnosed but close to it and i am freaking out about this feeling and its been lasting about an hour and a half usually if i have a kinda attack if has lasted this long before, but i really need some advice and i just need to calm down and yahoo answers sometimes helps

2007-04-08 16:23:44 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Diseases

But, wot I would like to know is, how does XENICAL help to get rid of the unwanted fats that have already taken shape or been digested in my body prior to using them?

2007-04-08 16:12:36 · 3 answers · asked by tigerlily 2 in Skin Conditions

He brings them over to my apartment all the time, he says they are a part of his life, and if I want to be with him, I have to deal with it, are there medications that could help?

2007-04-08 16:11:02 · 12 answers · asked by Gail Michelle 2 in Allergies

2007-04-08 16:06:30 · 6 answers · asked by g4evrl8 1 in STDs