Diseases & Conditions - 28 August 2007

A friend of mine has cancer and needs someone to come in and help her. She can't get around at all without help. What should we look for as far as a good home health care person? Does the Dr. need to set this up? We are going to start looking tomorrow. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

2007-08-28 15:50:30 · 6 answers · asked by CaliforniaGrl 5 in Cancer

I have been told that a normal ejection fraction was no more than 75% but mine was 79% nothing was ever said by cardiologist i got a copy of the report...i read on the internet that something higher could mean hypertrophy....everything on the echo was structually normal...except mild mitral valve prolapse...should i be worried...i was really anxious during the visit and my heart was racing could this have elevated the EF?

2007-08-28 15:48:14 · 5 answers · asked by chickenorfish 1 in Heart Diseases

2007-08-28 15:28:56 · 4 answers · asked by veronica.tung 1 in Heart Diseases

Does anyone know anyone or where I can find a doctor in the Los Angeles are that specializes in Lyme diease?

2007-08-28 15:23:27 · 2 answers · asked by Jamie 1 in Infectious Diseases

2007-08-28 15:17:37 · 8 answers · asked by Emmanuel M 1 in Cancer

I have a mole in my thigh. The size of the mole is very small. Its about the size of a bullet in MS word. However, I noticed recently that the middle portion swelled a bit. Although its size and color remained the same. How will i know if a mole is dangerous? or cancerous? is it okay to have additional moles as you grow older.

2007-08-28 15:12:06 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Skin Conditions

2007-08-28 14:59:40 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Respiratory Diseases

2007-08-28 14:58:30 · 4 answers · asked by todd d 1 in Cancer

2007-08-28 14:56:29 · 2 answers · asked by todd d 1 in Cancer

In a movie, a man was walking out of an office and he took a handkerchief out of his mouth and dabbed it at his mouth and head, and a couple scenes later, blood came out of his mouth.

2007-08-28 14:44:15 · 6 answers · asked by Maninblack 1 in Cancer

2007-08-28 14:32:25 · 1 answers · asked by souedia 1 in Allergies

pathophysiology

2007-08-28 14:12:43 · 1 answers · asked by wen 1 in Other - Diseases

2007-08-28 14:08:58 · 4 answers · asked by JAMES 4 in Cancer

i have a protrude scar for long time,it is beacuse me incur sunburn~~~almost 1 year,i use a vitamin E cream!mederma,go see skin type doctor and the doctor give me a drug all drug i use has 3 month above,but nothing work,who can help?im so fret because have a giant protrude scar and also have concave scar,that all redness,im never trust any acne cream potion already,coz all that potion make me have scar or redness,my father tell me use a DARLIE toothpaste is good than acne potion~~if i have acne or giant acne juz use the toothpaste,after 3~4day can clear no stay any blemish and redness,but scar really hard to solve who can help me?my life is dark !how do i live if got scar at face~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

2007-08-28 14:05:57 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Skin Conditions

i have read everywhere that its only contracted by contaminated surfaces or through the infected person coughing or vomiting or sneezing. But in our local news report they say "Spread by air, water and personal contact, noroviruses are highly contagious and can survive in food, water and the environment for long periods."
Spreads by air? But they arent like colds they arent airborne? or so i read??? Is that true????

2007-08-28 13:38:28 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Infectious Diseases

hi im pregnant and do suffer from fibro i was wondering if im going to pass this to my little one,Or if theres like a 50/50 chance?Thank you

2007-08-28 13:20:02 · 1 answers · asked by Mommy of Nevaeh and Autumn 4 in Other - Diseases

I am 17 years old and about 7 months ago my doctor told me i was anemic and she was not sure why! I eat the right way and i don't have heavy periods! She has checked my blood several times over the past months and each time my hemoglobin level has gotten worse! And i feel a lot more tired then usual! She has also checked to see if there was blood in my stool but there was not! I am getting really scared now because i don't know what is going to happen next! What could be wrong.... what could be causing my anemia! I take a large amount of iron twice a day but it has not improved anything! WHat other types of tests do you think my doctor will do in order to solve my problem! My friends said she will probelly do a bone marrow biopsy to see if i have cancer....... is this true and do you really think that i could have cancer!!!!

2007-08-28 13:15:39 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cancer

(cont.) for this dibilitating problem?

2007-08-28 13:03:57 · 11 answers · asked by Beenthere4sure 3 in Other - Diseases

Replacing pigmentation as a result of accident scrapes. Or evening skin color.

2007-08-28 12:41:40 · 1 answers · asked by Brian 2 in Skin Conditions

One of my friends has HPV and she's never been sexually active yet she still contracted the virus. So can it still transmit to the body without having sex or oral sex?

2007-08-28 12:06:41 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in STDs

2007-08-28 11:56:06 · 3 answers · asked by garden1234 2 in Infectious Diseases

Because mine are terrible right now, and i think it's from my last trip to spain... they are bleeding and pussing and it is terrible

2007-08-28 11:55:53 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in STDs

well heres my problem short and sweet ... MY MOM HAS HAD LIVER CANCAR FOR 7 YEARS ! first she had brest cancer thenit transfered to her liver . in 3 rd grade she almost died like every week i bawl my eyes out and tell God i dont know wat 2 do and shes never happy so that just brings me down more and last year in school i was never happy wat can i do

2007-08-28 11:53:21 · 6 answers · asked by ME M 1 in Cancer

I'm pretty sure that they're not, because they are a secondary infection from something such as a cold, but I have a sinus infection and now my boyfriend thinks he is getting one too. Is this coincidence, sympathized pain, or it is really contagious?

2007-08-28 11:47:06 · 9 answers · asked by LFE 2 in Infectious Diseases

2007-08-28 11:37:05 · 6 answers · asked by Peyton 1 in Skin Conditions

When i was little i use to stutter too, after 3 years it went away. Her father still struggles with stuttering. Does that mean there is a chance it will never go away? Is there even something her father can do to stop stuttering? I know what it is like to stutter and I know how cruel some people can be. I just dont want her to go through the same thing.

2007-08-28 11:29:00 · 6 answers · asked by BeBe 2 in Other - Diseases

i need to know the scores of normal cholesterol and high cholesterol

2007-08-28 11:26:08 · 4 answers · asked by rockcity199 1 in Diabetes

Someone I know has been diagnosed of having bowen cancer. I know that it is a rare cancer, & I want to get as much info as I can, so I can help her.

2007-08-28 11:18:54 · 5 answers · asked by paul e 1 in Cancer

I sometimes read about young people (often, but not always, athletes) who are in their 20's and just drop dead from a heart attack. They aren't old enough to have clogged arteries (I guess). Is it some underlying heart trouble they are born with but hasn't been detected? Pushed themselves too far physically? Interested.

2007-08-28 11:03:10 · 7 answers · asked by hurricane197 4 in Heart Diseases

2007-08-28 11:00:51 · 5 answers · asked by megatomy 1 in Other - Diseases