Diseases & Conditions - 13 June 2007

2007-06-13 23:59:31 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Allergies

I know this is a forum for people who like to help others and that most advice is given with the best of intentions but on medical issues why do people ask advice without knowing if the advisors are qualified and why do people give advice as if they were teachers or doctors even when they don't know what they are talking about.

Doesn't anyone worry, for example, about giving dietry advice totally inappropriate for someones medical condition and by doing so perhaps making them ill?

Obviously some answers are totally wrong because they vary so much on each question and from 2 opposite answers they cannot both be right, but they never vary in the confidence of those who answer.

For example you will see lots of people answer diabetes questions by recommending a diet including fresh fruit. They would be correct for a healthy person but for a type 2 diabetic the fructose is just as damaging as sucrose and fresh fruit or juice is not good for type 2 diabetics.

2007-06-13 23:46:46 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Diabetes

2007-06-13 23:35:52 · 1 answers · asked by Gerry R 1 in Heart Diseases

This has always had me wondering.
I believe Alcoholism a mental disorder not a disease.
One reason I say this is b/c Depression, Anxiety, etc. are not diseases but mental disorders. And they manifest certain uncontrollable behaviors.
I believe Alcoholism is classified as a disease is for insurance benefits.
BTW, does anyone know what year this classification was made. I was thinking in the early 70's.

2007-06-13 23:31:47 · 14 answers · asked by Kari 4 in Other - Diseases

what is this controlled variable i have looked it up but just dont understand it

2007-06-13 23:20:35 · 6 answers · asked by helen p 2 in Heart Diseases

i hve the sensation over the pale region...

2007-06-13 22:57:44 · 1 answers · asked by parag m 1 in Skin Conditions

in sceince

2007-06-13 22:41:05 · 5 answers · asked by audrey anne cayetano 1 in Heart Diseases

I trod on a sea urchin a couple of weeks ago and there are still some spines in my foot, how can i get them out? They're quite deep, is there anything I can put on it to get them out?

2007-06-13 22:08:16 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Diseases

I just really need to know it..please..

2007-06-13 21:47:28 · 3 answers · asked by angel 1 in Heart Diseases

The hospital has said it is due to the fact she is a smoker. Does anyone know if this is normal following this operation. Any replies or advice would be appreciated.

2007-06-13 21:33:34 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Heart Diseases

2007-06-13 21:19:16 · 5 answers · asked by Rich 3 in Other - Diseases

Please help. I have like a 2-3 years or maybe more cuts on my tongue who are old.I really don't know why. Let's say that when I have 16 years my tongue it was normally without cuts. I eat normally. I like to cure, to disappear or something like that. Sometimes it hurt but not much. If somebody know what I do answer to me.

2007-06-13 20:39:19 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Skin Conditions

I have ridiculous tension in my body, the worst part is that sometimes I will go for months on end with intense chest pounding and palpitations and I can even feel my heart pounding when its at a normal pulse rate. I also have TMJ issues and frequent twitching, etc. Doctors have told me its "just anxiety" however I wonder if the root cause here is something more. Does anyone have similar symptoms, have they found out how to fix it, cause I'm at a level so intense that the casual "just relax" concept doesn't work - I have to continually shake my leg just so I don't feel my chest pounding. Maybe this is hyperthyroidism, is that a symptom? It seems that the hyperthyroid can actually cause anxiety too, maybe its both?

2007-06-13 20:35:22 · 4 answers · asked by yo yo dog 2 in Other - Diseases

1. Do massaging your breasts cause Breast cancer?
2. Do eating red meat cause breast cancer?
3. Is it normal for females to feel pain around their breasts before or during menstural cycles?

Im just curious about this. =P
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast_cancer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodynia

2007-06-13 20:30:33 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cancer

neutrophils-what is it? harmful?test shows 66%
lymphocytes-what is it?harmful?test shows"32%,
RBC-4.8mill/cumm,-is it low? how to improve?
HB-14.0gram/dl is it o.k?

2007-06-13 20:16:11 · 5 answers · asked by kurien2005 2 in Other - Diseases

2007-06-13 18:53:35 · 16 answers · asked by L.anusha a 1 in Infectious Diseases

I've had problems with my gall bladder over the past several years. Last fall, I started throwing up and having severe pain. I was so sick and so weak, I finally gave in and went to the ER. The dr. said I had a gastrointestinal flu and gave me meds for it. For several days afterwards, I was still so sick, I thought I was going to die. For 3+ weeks after, I was weak, very sick. The dr. gave me antibiotics and I finally began to feel better. Someone later asked me it it might have been my gall bladder that caused my problem. Could a gall bladder attack cause those symptoms? Can a all bladder rupture and someone live through it? I know if it ruptured, there could be a major infection, but I did take antibiotics.

2007-06-13 18:33:13 · 6 answers · asked by ann46 2 in Other - Diseases

I had a hospital stay with this, and it sucked. Now I have to watch what I eat but I can't get straight answers from anyone. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

2007-06-13 18:02:00 · 8 answers · asked by Animal Rights Girl 2 in Other - Diseases

becuase i dont have any arm pit hiar but I got hair down there what can I do to make me have arm pit hair or them to stop making fun of me.

2007-06-13 18:01:39 · 17 answers · asked by Lakersfan20 1 in Other - Diseases

is it possible that this could happen cause I heard that it can and why do guys never have signs when they go and get a check up even though they been checked for more than four times...

2007-06-13 17:45:32 · 5 answers · asked by fancy_face144 2 in STDs

2007-06-13 17:40:05 · 4 answers · asked by MOHAMMAD A 1 in Heart Diseases

Is anyone familiar with epiploic appendagitis (not appendicitis)? It's somewhat rare, but I had it about 1 1/2 years ago. I had some pains today that made me wonder if one would be prone to repeat attacks. I've read about it but I didn't see anything about it recurring.

2007-06-13 16:17:57 · 2 answers · asked by RadTech - BAS RT(R)(ARRT) 7 in Other - Diseases

I personally thing that big pharmaceutical companies are profiting off of fear of cancer and the American publics willingness to believe anything on TV. Why are they pushing this vaccine to be mandatory everywhere? could it be that they are making big bucks off of 3 shots, each costing aprox. $150?? the FDA may have approved it, but it has only been tested for apox. 4 years.... could this vaccine actual cause cancer itself? no one knows and yet we are giving it to 9yo girls... IF the fed gov't makes it mandatory everywhere than the pharm. co. no longer has ANY responsibility for health problems caused by the drug in the future... perhaps this is why they have such an excessive marketing campaign? they don't even know how long this drug is effective...it may only last for 4 years... and it only protects against HPV (and only 4 strands of out of hundreds)... you can still get cervical cancer many other ways...

anyways what do you think? yes or no to gardasil

2007-06-13 16:03:05 · 7 answers · asked by SeAwAvEs 3 in STDs

i cant take it anymore i have an eating disorder it is hard to admit it but i do and i need help. i dont know what to do. i cut myself and i starve myself and i throw up i really need help what do i do????

2007-06-13 15:56:34 · 10 answers · asked by Ashley 1 in Other - Diseases

What will work, but will not make her feel sleepy or weird?

2007-06-13 15:52:25 · 6 answers · asked by Jean 2 in Allergies

I got bit by a kitten that someone had obviously just dropped off on a bridge on the highway.

2007-06-13 15:01:23 · 4 answers · asked by sugarcookie 2 in Infectious Diseases

2007-06-13 14:32:28 · 1 answers · asked by prettyqbee07 1 in Cancer

2007-06-13 14:23:26 · 3 answers · asked by mare4theboys2000 1 in Cancer

I have taken water pills, started walking and drinking a lot of water......I can't go to the doc, no insurance and the little busted capillaries are soooo red and ugly....HELP!!!!!

2007-06-13 14:17:08 · 3 answers · asked by Nancy 2 in Other - Diseases

2007-06-13 13:52:11 · 3 answers · asked by Dak B 2 in Skin Conditions