Diseases & Conditions - 27 December 2007

2007-12-27 23:55:30 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Infectious Diseases

2007-12-27 23:50:03 · 15 answers · asked by jessica h 2 in Skin Conditions

I have a lot of acne scars on my body that happen to cover a large area(s). They seem to fade if I use the first to dry a bit, then take a good shower, then use skin conditioner and then neosporin (or cheaper vitamin A&D stuff)... anyway, it's a large area. ummm, am i going to get sick or something if i do this from time to time?

2007-12-27 23:41:02 · 5 answers · asked by Eee gads! 2 in Skin Conditions

For the last six weeks I have had classic symptoms,.....nettle rash, tingling swollen lips, wheezing as soon as the anti- hystamine tablets wear off. The tablets usually last 12 hours. Any suggestions ?

2007-12-27 23:36:48 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Allergies

For about 8 months now I have had a weird growth on my right index finger next to the nail. There is no pain present no matter which way I push on it. It looks like white hardened jagged skin. I did not have this until after I started to work as an overnight stocker, I thought maybe it was skin building up from the side of my finger rubbing up against the boxes. I have not worked there for about 3 months now and it is still there. Any help would be much appreciated.

2007-12-27 23:28:18 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Skin Conditions

She is 8 yrs old and had a bad cough which was making her eyes red as she coughed so much. The vet gave her antibiotics and said after that there was no infection. On odd days she has trouble breathing and her nostrils are flared. The vet has it could be an allergy. She is loosing weight badly. she is happy in herself though. She has always had this problem since we got her. She has been wormed and is fed regularly in small amounts. What can we do??

2007-12-27 22:45:51 · 4 answers · asked by Denise 1 in Respiratory Diseases

I went for an interview today,because i enrolled in a nursing school,but i don't think i would get in because of my rash,i've eczema for years and it comes and goes,and the interviewer said i have to think about myself too,what if i had to bath a HIV-infected or AIDS patients,i can get infected with it if i have a rash at that time,is it true?i really want to get in,but coz of this,i don't think i would have a chance..does this mean just because i have eczema i won't even stand a chance to reach my dreams and be a nurse?

2007-12-27 21:57:56 · 7 answers · asked by rose etoiles 3 in Skin Conditions

2007-12-27 21:47:29 · 5 answers · asked by sweettami19 1 in Infectious Diseases

Hi-

My husband enjoys giving me oral when I am menstruating. Is consuming menstrual blood toxic? How about regular blood (He once licked up the blood from a cut of my arm.)? I am disease-free.

Thanks.

2007-12-27 21:34:48 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Diseases

im doing a project on Human Diseases and I am planning to choose Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) because my best friend has it, since I am out of contact with any of my teachers and class mates (Im over seas and teachers are not answering emails) i just wanted to know if I was researchiing an acual diease and not just a disorder... or are they the same thing?
THANKS! :)

2007-12-27 21:12:32 · 9 answers · asked by Adelaide 2 in Other - Diseases

Over one year ago I got what I thought was a tiny whitehead on my tummy. I run, eat right and am a neat freak. I use bleach to clean the house, and have an adorable 2 year old. I got some more little puss filled things around my tummy. My 2 year old also got one on his butt. His was hard and very big. I asked some friends and they said it could have been spider bites. I dismissed them as such. 3 months later I got some all in my genital area! I was tested for an STD and nothing came up!!!! I have them AGAIN down there, and I had one that grew almost to the size of a huge olive under my arm. I couldn't take the pain and tried to lance it. It got better. I keep getting scars from this. Its getting out of hand. Each time until I have been doing reading I thought it was bites. But I am VERY sure now it is MRSA. I had an ear infection that the doctor found to be MRSA. I have no health insurance but the baby does. What should I do to get this out of my system!Keeps coming!

2007-12-27 20:37:35 · 8 answers · asked by Preciosa S 1 in Skin Conditions

how'd you get them?

2007-12-27 20:35:51 · 12 answers · asked by Rebecca P 1 in Skin Conditions

i have tried lots of skin treatments,still i have lots of pimles,what kind of products should i use,and i hope its not expensive,i am just a baby sitter,and all i want is that to have a pretty face,i am just a very simple woman,i dont ware make up,and i am very shy because of what i have in my face,a big pimples,what shuld i do? please help me,if i have the money,i would go to a facial treatments,what kind of products should i use? thank you so much...

2007-12-27 20:30:12 · 3 answers · asked by fe_laurente25 1 in Skin Conditions

If your bllod pressure is decreased after taking medication (ACE inhibiter), surely you would feel calmer???

2007-12-27 20:14:35 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Diseases

I have a cyst between my eyes above my nose. Im planning to remove it but i am wondering how the doctor will remove it and how large the scar will be. My dad also had a similar cyst in his cheeks few years ago and he decided to have it removed. Does my cyst more complicated to remove because it is between my eyes or the doctor will do the same procedure as normal?

2007-12-27 19:51:46 · 8 answers · asked by Seira 1 in Skin Conditions

Name all the signs and symptoms you experienced. Do you ever get pain in your arms or upper back or anywhere else in the body? Nauseau?

2007-12-27 19:16:00 · 6 answers · asked by 007butterfly 2 in Respiratory Diseases

i have a sore throat and i sneezed then couldnt breathe so i called my mom and she could like barely understand me and she was at her freinds house and RAN home as fastas she could and like gave me my inhaler and this throat stuff and some water and tylonel and now im better bt i couldnt breathe bt now im okay!
wow that was soo scary
it was at like 11:20 till like 11:35 so like i almost like died
seriously
it doesnt sound bad cuz it was just a sneeze bt IT WAS im not exagerating

isnt that scary??
do u think it would be

im shaking rite now

2007-12-27 18:54:25 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Respiratory Diseases

2007-12-27 18:53:32 · 2 answers · asked by squeaky 1 in Skin Conditions

I think I may have been bit by something. I put my hand on the table and then I went and turned around. I felt something on my ring finger like a very small pinch. I saw something black and I think narrow on my finger, but I brushed it away quickly because I was scared so I don't even know if it was a bug. I washed the area with hydrogen peroxide. It looks like the area might be slightly discolored (possibly because I'm a hypochondriac). I can't really see anything else. Should I be worried? What else should I do?

2007-12-27 18:26:41 · 5 answers · asked by Chris H 1 in Skin Conditions

My mother is 46, and in April, she was having sever chest pain and her face was always so red. She went to the hospital, they did cardiac cath the next day and told her she needed bypass surgery. Five days later they did the surgery, quadruple bypass, and all was well until last September. She had a mild heart attack. They did an angiogram, put stents in, and she had a TIA(went blind for 11 hours and cant really remember much). The doctor told her she had diseased arteries and that the one(s)(not sure if they did more than one) they fixed was narrowed.

So far. all is well. Shes doing cardiac rehab, and feels a bit fine.

Does anyone know the prognosis after byoass and then angioplasty?

2007-12-27 18:23:19 · 2 answers · asked by spadesbunnee 1 in Heart Diseases

why dont a person tell if they have any type of .std to who there with before having sex knowing they can spread it to who them isnt that against the law or what .and how can a person find out after all if other sexual partners are involved afterdwards

2007-12-27 18:22:11 · 3 answers · asked by matthew v 3 in STDs

I have a mass on my thyroid that has been there for seven months. On the ultrasound scan it showed to measure 4.10x3.45x2.2cm. I would like to know if that is considered large?
I know that thyroid nodules are common but I am only 22 years old and I found this lump on my neck seven months ago. It has not gotten any smaller and we are now undergoing testing to see what is causing it. The intial blood tests show that my thyroid is functioning normally and we have ruled out any thyroid disfunction. No one has told me yet if the nodule is considered large. Any information would be helpful.

2007-12-27 18:15:39 · 5 answers · asked by jenco2013 1 in Other - Diseases

well i had a mole on my upper lip i cutted it off with a scissor by myself...it grew back like after some days i did it.. it looks the same size im not sure if itz bigger i cant really tell but its not black its kinda a lil bit pinkish and it looks more like my skin color and the mole looks kinda deformed too im wondering if i can get it surgically removed since it came back

2007-12-27 18:10:29 · 9 answers · asked by JOHN_ 1 in Skin Conditions

My dr. said I have HPV, but haven't had a colposcopy yet -

1. I haven't seen anything resembling warts, so is it possible I won't ever get them?
2. Can I still have sex and the guy be safe? Since I heard 95% of guys are carriars of HPV and it doesn't do anything to them(??)
3. I haven't had the vaccine, gardicil, if I get it After being diagnosed with HPV, what is the point of that?

Thanks!

2007-12-27 18:04:14 · 12 answers · asked by miss lacey 2 in STDs

I was diagnosed with genital warts in Novemeber. I did the Aldara treatment and on the 20th of this month my OB/GYN put.. ah I can't spell it, a kind of acid on the remaining warts, and they all seem to be gone now. Is it ok for me and my boyfriend to be having sex? ( we use a condom EVERY time, since we aren't trying for a baby yet). Also, will he ever be able to perform oral sex on me or finger me or is that something I will never get to have now?

2007-12-27 17:54:43 · 8 answers · asked by Always A Princess 3 in STDs

I have written up my first 38 years of my life with this rare disease in about 8 pages. my doctors and family and friends say I should write a book. I don’t no the first thing about writing a book and where I should get help from. that is what brought me here. if any authors or publisher what to help get this off the ground I would appreciate it. I would be the first person to write about this disease and to help parents and children get threw life the right way. My parents didn’t understand how bad this disease was so either the looked the other way or they just didn’t think anything was wrong until it was too late. I like to try and help the parents get threw life and help the children understand there is life with this disease and you can live life to the fullest as long as you get help early and have parents that care enough.

2007-12-27 17:50:44 · 1 answers · asked by bigdawg 1 in Other - Diseases

i have a sore(a fluid filled blister) on the outer side of my nostril, and it is swollen and red..i dont know what caused it and i was wondering what i can do to help it.

2007-12-27 17:35:59 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Skin Conditions

i have an irritating feeling in the area above my penis and my left testicle has this weird bump on it im 15 and do i have testicular cancer?

2007-12-27 16:46:39 · 5 answers · asked by joe 1 in Cancer

i know what mono is, my sister had a bad case of mono, she was in the hospital for a while, so i dont need to know what it is. i was recently (2 weeks ago) really sick, i had a really sore throat, i had/have a fever, but it comes and goes. i was given a z-pack, but it didnt even work. i've been to 2 different doctors, the first said i had a sinus infection, the second said the first was wrong and i had a virus.
i think they were both wrong, because during both visits the doctors came in and were out in a matter of minutes, it seemed like they didnt even care.
i didnt think anything of it at first, but then i started thinking, maybe i have mono?
-i've been VERY tired lately, i cant seem to ever wake up, even when i want to wake up, i simply cant because im so tired.
-ive also had a serious loss of appetite, i barely eat anymore, im just not hungry. i eat maybe 2 meals a day, thats it.
-i still have a sore throat
-i have a runny nose
-my body is just sore, i cant work out or do anything

2007-12-27 16:38:02 · 14 answers · asked by spongebob! 4 in Respiratory Diseases

i have either a cold or the flu. I've almost recovered fully. I've been blowing my nose a lot and now the skin on my nose looks red and some parts look like it's peeling off. Also the skin on and around my lips looks chapped. Anyway I can remove this? i have a family gathering tomorrow and someone's going to crank out the camera and I don't want a photo of myself with a red nose.

2007-12-27 16:36:01 · 3 answers · asked by christigmc 5 in Other - Diseases