Diseases & Conditions - 18 December 2007

hey every1!! okay heres my thing 4 the past month i have this cough i get in the morning and sometime thoughout the day.. i feel as if something is stuck in my throat i cough up phelgm sometimes clear others green.. as well as i have been getting a lot of headaches any ideas? Please help im scared it something serious...

2007-12-18 03:32:43 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Respiratory Diseases

After an illness my mother became allergic to garlic to the point she can be anaphalactic. I would just like to know how common it is.

2007-12-18 03:09:58 · 9 answers · asked by phynyx 2 in Allergies

2007-12-18 03:02:37 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Respiratory Diseases

I got the pneumonia shot oct. 7 have been sick since I got the shot

2007-12-18 02:52:32 · 2 answers · asked by nancy11060 1 in Respiratory Diseases

I'm not feeling any pressure or pain, it's been pouring clear liquid for hours. I've taken sinutab to try to dry it up, and have been using a Vick's inhaler. I am only slightly stuffy, and have no other symptoms. Please, what can I do?

2007-12-18 02:48:47 · 3 answers · asked by bianca_strega 1 in Allergies

Whenever I eat the tiniest food, doesn't matter, my stomach "expands". In detail, the whole stomach and intestine zone just gets bigger and bigger and I look like I'm pregnant! How do I stop this? Is there a name to this "thing"? I am terribly sick of it and all my friends and family say I'm fat, which is sooo not true, because when I wake up in the morning I look super slim, I just wish I can keep that figure the whole day. I even had thoughts of not eating for days in order to keep that figure for several days!

Is there a medical name to what's happening to me?
How can I cure this? Medicines, naturally?

please, please, please!!! I am really embarassed of myself looking like this the whole day :(.

2007-12-18 02:40:16 · 5 answers · asked by KK 3 in Other - Diseases

well im 14 and have scoliosis. i have some panic attacks at times but not too often. my head always feels heavy and ill feel like pressure on the back of my head and in ears. i get dizzy a lot and my ears always click (i have symptoms of tmj too), my head sometimes feels like its a baloon floating up and the back of my neck sometimes hurts. im scared to go on stage because i might get dizzy and fall or pass out. when i go to auditrioms and stuff like that ill feel sorta lightheaded . like one time i went to this show and it was really bright i felt weird n off balance like i usually do but once they turned off the lights i felt a little better. (the off balance was gone but the pressure on the back of my head was still there)
so my question is is this tmj, anxiety or something else?
is there any thing i should try to make this stop because its really annoying?
also i have a nuerologist appointment soon so anything that i could suggest as a possibility??
thanks!!!

2007-12-18 02:34:17 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Diseases

2007-12-18 02:16:05 · 5 answers · asked by olga 2 in Infectious Diseases

2007-12-18 02:14:00 · 4 answers · asked by rosalyn b 1 in Infectious Diseases

2007-12-18 02:09:20 · 1 answers · asked by Victoria C 1 in Infectious Diseases

my friend has some kindof fungus in his hand. with what can his be cured?

2007-12-18 01:59:06 · 10 answers · asked by AP89 1 in Skin Conditions

My colds are usually really bad: sore throat, barely able to speak, really scratchy voice for like a week afterwards with a runny nose and coughing after the worst part has gone away(the sore throat).
They usually only last 2 days or so, but this cold that I have right now, has been here for 4 days now. I really need to get rid of this! What can I do to help get rid of it? Yes, I know, halls... but halls literaly make me ill and I don't know why. There is only one kind I can stand and after it's gone, everything just comes back.
Also, if you know a good way of getting rid of a scratchy voice afterwards, that would help too!

Thanks!

2007-12-18 01:58:49 · 4 answers · asked by Berrybread 4 in Other - Diseases

On tv an commercial about cholesterol claims that by using their pill at least one indivdual lowered his choleterol by 18%---- a drop of thirty points. What was his original cholesterol level?

2007-12-18 01:56:03 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Heart Diseases

A lot of people after having the flu jab develop cold like symptoms (not flu which is joint pain etc), if you come into contact with a sneezing, coughing person who has just had the flu jab can you catch their "cold like" virus ?....

2007-12-18 01:54:32 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Infectious Diseases

head. We took him in to see his pediatrian who stated he had Tinea (ringworm) and gave us a presciption for 2 creams Hydrocotrizone and mystatin. We use it for 2 weeks and it cleared. a couple of days after we found little spots all over his head so we took him back and they gave him Fugero which is a prescribed ointment and what we have noticed now its dry up and on the spot it comes back again. now i have taken him 6 times in a month to see his pediatrician and tried explaining that he does not look like a round circle which is the appearance of ringworm and he keeps prescribing a different ointment every time. Last week, i noticed they now look like sores with pus inside now. I have not bursted any due to his scalp is so tender and they dry up to look like a wound. can anyone advise due to i feel very much for my son. Itches it a couple of times a day. Am tired of shaving his head but this is the only way one can see this sores. do i tell the doctor to recommend a specialist.

2007-12-18 01:52:49 · 5 answers · asked by yes 1 in Skin Conditions

I am in an Afrcian country where winter is cold. I am a vegetarian, totally, and hence during winter my skins dries out very quickly. how can i help myself in this situation?

2007-12-18 01:52:17 · 8 answers · asked by sizzler 2 in Skin Conditions

I have a headache, fever, severe nausea, my mouth keeps waterings and I keep spitting. I have no appetite. I took short naps.
help me
I water skiied for an hour. I ate salmon sandwhich but I dont think it's that cos my dad and bro ate from the same plate. and they didnt get sick. maybe I ate with sea water on it...?? I also found a weird bug on me which I threw on the floor when I was lining up for water skiing.
does anyone know what I have.
also I drank 2 bottles of filled with tap water.

2007-12-18 01:48:07 · 7 answers · asked by Sally Park 3 in Other - Diseases

i hav been given tetanus vaccination in skool bfore..do i hav to do so again coz i hav been poked my iron nail?

2007-12-18 01:47:59 · 17 answers · asked by coolbabe_hot 1 in Infectious Diseases

My BF wen to the doctor the other day and found out he has a rare condition where he must have oral sex at least twice of day or he gets awful migraine headaches. I want to be supportive of him, but he can't remember the name of his disorder. Does anyone know where I can find more information about this?

2007-12-18 01:45:09 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Diseases

The chemotherapy did not work as I suspected. I never heard of anyone surviving chemotherapy induced leukemia. My mom's blast is 70% at the time now. She is now taking chemotherapy pills. I dont know why they giving her those after telling her that they cant cure her. And if those did not work she has only up to january or february to live. Best gift idea for her maybe last christmas.

2007-12-18 01:41:01 · 11 answers · asked by o_olikeomg 1 in Cancer

I'm a breat cancer patient that is in her second stage. Very sarced

2007-12-18 01:32:52 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cancer

But that they got all the tissue and I need to have the area checked in six months. This is the second mole I have had with this issue.

Should I expect this to continue? Am I a high risk for cancer?

2007-12-18 01:32:32 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cancer

this all started with my bf wanting to record the birth of our baby when it is born. I told him I didnt want a camera on me in the delivery room when I'm going through with that. B4 I got pregnant, he passed a kidney stone & it sounded more like he was birthing a boulder in the bathroom & then I heard him scream! I told him that if I he records the birth of our baby, then I get to stand in the bathroom & record the birth of his next kidney stone(he's passed 5 in the last 8 yrs, so more will come). Is that fair? He said no, because a man passing his stone is a more private experience than a woman giving birth in a hospital. When he was married to his ex-wife, he got their 3 kids on tape I guess, but between then & now had 2 kids w/ 2 different women & didnt get to be there at the birth. I mean, he stands there & pisses out a rock & lets out a yell, then its done, childbirth is much different. Do you thinks it more private then childbirth? you'd have to caputre his penis would you?

2007-12-18 01:31:58 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Diseases

2007-12-18 01:25:34 · 5 answers · asked by Amber E 2 in Allergies

he didnt say it was a bacterial or virus infection, he didnt do any tests throat swab or anything he just looked at my throat with his little torch lol how could he tell i require antibiotics, if it is a virus it should clear on its on and i shouldnt be taking antibiotics, however i was in extreme pain with my neck and throat so i guess it is bacterial... how long should the medicine take to work?

2007-12-18 01:18:12 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Infectious Diseases

Yesterday I woke up and had 2 blister like spots one on my middle finger, and one on my thumb, I thought I may have did it cooking the night before. I now have about 8 on the hand it started on and 2 on my other hand. They look like small blisters and they burn and they itch like mad. I am very anal about washing my hands, and I haven't switched soaps. I can't think of anything thats changed

2007-12-18 01:15:47 · 4 answers · asked by JPD1821 2 in Skin Conditions

My brother, of 19, is in hospital with cancer and has less than 12 months to live, what would you do if he was coming home for christmas?

2007-12-18 01:12:11 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cancer

i've had acne for 5 years now! ive been to dermatologists, who have given me antibiotics, which i get immune to.. and then roacutane,, which worked, but came back after a while.

I've tired everything and im getting sick of acne [ its only on my cheeks, so nothing on my T-Zone]

How do i get rid of it without consluting with a dermatologist,, coz pills dont work

thanks
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2007-12-18 00:26:36 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Skin Conditions

2007-12-18 00:07:44 · 38 answers · asked by Anonymous in Skin Conditions

At first I thought maybe I just had an allergy to whatever plastic they were using, but my husband has the same bluetooth device and is having the smae identical health problems, to the point that it is too painful to use them, and we've only had them a little over a week.

2007-12-18 00:02:48 · 11 answers · asked by Maria D 1 in Skin Conditions