Diseases & Conditions - 13 December 2007

Can you get disability or SSI from having "chemo brain". My mother has chemo brain and she said there's no way she could ever hold a job with it.

2007-12-13 12:17:33 · 4 answers · asked by freepuppies2005 2 in Cancer

My son is 3 and over the past month has had problems with extremely enlarged tonsils. They seem to be ok right now because they are not obstructing like they were a few weeks ago but they are still huge. He snores and it sounds like he has a hard time breathing at night sometimes. He also has a problem with choking on his food occasionally. His doctor said we can go either way -treat conservatively or take them out. I have scheduled the surgery but I am second guessing myself because his problems are not severe. Is it better just to get it over with?

2007-12-13 11:53:25 · 3 answers · asked by vezchakoyes 1 in Respiratory Diseases

I use this facial spa, which you have to put water in, and it makes steam. I put my face in the oval shape for my head, and the steam goes on face..until my face gets really hot, and moist. Im just wondering, is there any benefits to this?

2007-12-13 11:47:51 · 5 answers · asked by tinnnkxo 2 in Skin Conditions

I am 40 years old and have 5 kids and a FT job. I am a supervisor of 10 ppl and work in Social work. I am also OCD and take med's for this. I am also taking Phentermine for wt. loss at the direction of my physician. I am about 30 lbs. overwt. and have lost 13 in the last month with the help of this medication. I am experiencing eye twitching and sort of like paralysis on one side of my face where my smile is distorted. Other people say they hardly notice but I can tell. It feels different to close my mouth. Feels like it does when you go to the dentist and get numbed. I wonder if this is from the diet pill. My Blood pressure has been good. At first I thought I had a stroke, then I decided it might have been an ear infection causing some swelling in my face, but the doctor said I had no infection. He said No Stroke either. WHich was a good thing. Said possibly Bells Palsy a slight case. It scares me. Does anybody know about this?

2007-12-13 11:20:49 · 4 answers · asked by kac 1 in Other - Diseases

also when my head feels weak and i don't feel like doing anything and my body just wants to fall down. what could it be and how to treat it

2007-12-13 11:11:24 · 13 answers · asked by Derchin 6 in Other - Diseases

okay so i have like a circle of redness on both
of my armpits its not razor burn or a rash..
and i just got it like the day before yesterday
so what can i do to make it leave cause its annoying and kinda hurts..0.o

2007-12-13 10:48:40 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Skin Conditions

Eczema Prescription question?
So i have really bad eczema on my face (i know..looks always red)
soo i have already use
Elidel Cream, 1%
and
Synalar Cream, 0.01%
is there any other prescription that i can use? I need help.
This winter season has made my enzema bad. I hope i get a reply back
Thank you

2007-12-13 10:48:20 · 10 answers · asked by M.A. 2 in Skin Conditions

I'm type 2 diabetic & have high blood pressure.
Is this related, or indication of another problem.

2007-12-13 10:28:26 · 2 answers · asked by Robert S 7 in Other - Diseases

Here's the deal. All of my grandparents have diabetes, most of my aunts and uncles have it, some of my cousins have it. Type 1 and Type 2. Neither of my parents have diabetes yet.

For the last month I have felt weird. I'm constantly thirsty no matter how much I drink I'm still thirtsy. I'm hungry all the time. I urinate more often then most. Sometimes my vision gets fuzzy, when that happens I get REALLY sleepy and just don't feel right. I've also started sweating at night while I'm asleep. I sweat so much that the sheets are soaked. I feel tired and run down all the time.

In the past when I've gotten fasting blood work done my sugars have been fine. (On the low side of normal.)

Did this happen to anyone who was diagnosed with diabetes? What were your signs/symptoms? Does this even sound like it could be diabetes?

Yes, I know only a doctor can tell me if it's diabetes or not. Just looking for insight and advice.

2007-12-13 09:59:05 · 13 answers · asked by Riley's Mommy 6 in Diabetes

i noticed that i always get sick after i go to a paticular friends house. like sinus infections and sinus blockage and stuff. i dont get sick immediatley though...its like 2-3 days after i go. could i like be allergic to her? i dont have any other allergies that i know of

2007-12-13 09:56:01 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Diseases

I have known so many ppl in the last few months that have this condition and now they diagnosed me with this. They have given me a round of triple antibiotics. IS there anything else I can do to be sure it doesnt come back. What causes this? I rarely eat meat, let alone unclean meats. ITs very rare that I would do that. If you know, help me out and I will spread the news. IT seems to be something that is getting diagnosed a lot nowadays.

2007-12-13 09:44:37 · 8 answers · asked by full gospel shirley 6 in Infectious Diseases

I have had two miscarragies and with my first pregnancy the placenta detached, so my doc took some blood test and told me that some of my levels were abnormal and that my blood clots... have anyone ever heard of this ? And does this mean i would be like a high risk of maybe having a clot go to my heart or something? Also I am 10 weeks and so far so good with baby.. but having to take folic acid, vit b6 and b12 and one baby asprin a day

2007-12-13 09:39:27 · 2 answers · asked by me_myself 2 in Other - Diseases

2007-12-13 09:36:22 · 2 answers · asked by jay 1 in Other - Diseases

I don't want to get sick so what do I do?

2007-12-13 09:29:39 · 25 answers · asked by m0o0000 3 in Infectious Diseases

2007-12-13 09:22:17 · 3 answers · asked by I got answers! 4 in STDs

I had A MRI done with Contrast dye to see if I had lymphoma. The nurse at the ENT yesterday told me it wasn't lymphoma but my primary care provider's nurse today told me that he said it is no guarantee until a biopsy can be done on my tonsils. Just wondering if it is always shown if cancer is present?

2007-12-13 09:17:51 · 3 answers · asked by Heather M 1 in Cancer

If you have an allergy, is it guaranteed that you will have it for the rest of your life? Who had an allergy that is now gone? How does it go away?

2007-12-13 09:15:45 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Allergies

Do i need to go to the doctor right now just to make sure? Help

2007-12-13 09:11:23 · 21 answers · asked by jonasbrotherfreak_mwah 1 in Other - Diseases

My husband had been having pain in his chest area, he already had been taking potassium supplements because he had been diagnosed with low potassium about a year ago, he also has really bad GERD.

My question is, he went to the ER a few weeks ago because he was having really bad chest pain and his heart beat was really weird. They did blood work, chest x-ray, and hooked him up to the heart monitor. They told him he was having PVC's and that the chest pain was probably related to his GERD.

He followed up with a regular visit to his DR. and gave him a new heartburn medication, and a antihistimine that is used for anxiety. His heartburn is pretty much gone and he is feeling better in that area, but he is still having chest pains daily and is very uncomfortable.

I am thinking this is due to his low potassium levels, which the Dr. said maybe we will look into why it is low your next visit if the medication didn't work. Has anyone else had this and what causes low potassium?

2007-12-13 09:08:10 · 4 answers · asked by Lucy 5 in Other - Diseases

2007-12-13 09:02:23 · 10 answers · asked by Manhattan Skyline 4 in Other - Diseases

i think i might have bowel cancer, cause i have blood n stools n stuff, but i can't tell my mum, cause she'll take me to a doctor, and i don't want to go through that. help me ...i'm only a kid and i don't want the doctor to do stuff, like colonoscopy n stff,

2007-12-13 08:59:54 · 42 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cancer

I want to try to start treating it now. I took Mucinex pills an hour ago. What else should I do?

2007-12-13 08:51:56 · 30 answers · asked by Fly girl 7 in Other - Diseases

2007-12-13 08:31:22 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cancer

I have the stomach flu, and I'm afraid to eat more than a snack. I have a headache of abnormal pain levels. I know it should be obvious, but I should eat as much as I can stomach, right?

2007-12-13 08:27:25 · 5 answers · asked by homer742 3 in Infectious Diseases

i take adderall every day but the pharmacy did not have the original one so they gave my mom the generic one i drank 2 of 30g how it said on the bottle and after about 1 hour i started to feel really dizzy and i though it was something else but today i drank them again and i started to feel the same thing and i have to drive and stuff to go to collage can this be a side effect of the generic one cuz it never happened to me with the original one ?!?!?!
and i also noticed that i dont know how to explain it very well but sometimes my heart beats a little faster and it slowes down again by the way im 18 so any hel plzz

2007-12-13 08:06:04 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Diseases

2007-12-13 07:59:49 · 12 answers · asked by michell w 2 in Infectious Diseases

i have this things that mimic seizures and they didnt start until then when i started taking this supplement called muscle milk but even after i got off of it the problem is still persisting and yes ive been to a neurologist and he said nothing and he put me on clonazapaem im curious to whats going on in my body

2007-12-13 07:50:38 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Diseases

2007-12-13 07:45:07 · 4 answers · asked by kaf2oo7 2 in Infectious Diseases

i have a friend who has what seems to look like white heads by his right eye. at times i see him and they are there and at times i see them not there. now i heard about a lady one timw who had something similar and she went to a dermatalogist and it ended up being a kind of cancer. i dunno how to approach him on this and it really worries me.

2007-12-13 07:42:30 · 3 answers · asked by tere 1 in Skin Conditions

Basically if someone is allergic to cats, does this mean that they would also be allergic to tigers?

2007-12-13 07:22:21 · 3 answers · asked by The Book Smart Game Freak 3 in Allergies