Infectious Diseases - January 2007

My brother catches every cold that goes around. All his life, he has had colds so often. I thought his immune system would be strengthened by them by now, but he seems to be getting sick even more often now-at least once a month. It's very hard for me, with anxiety and OCD, to handle this. My mom refuses to take him to the doctor, claiming that there's nothing wrong. Should he be getting sick this often? How many colds do 12-year olds typically get in a year?

2007-01-23 10:48:27 · 6 answers · asked by kid_at_heart 3

I just finished getting over a flu, and my girlfriend is now just getting sick.
The thing is , its different symptomes than me and I've never had anybody I know have ones like it.

She is constantly saying shes freezing, yet she hasn't had a fever. She slept about 14 hours over the last day.
She coughs up mucus, usually a dry cough though. She gets headsches on and off, but I think that might be stress.
We live on res and are very limited on what we can do. My only friend who brough his car up here, is sick with a flu and cant drive.

Whats bothering me the most is that she is shivering and huddled in blankets and yet her body is neither cold nor hot.
Any advice would help, shes drinking lots of juice and some neo citron. Only 1 meal today.

2007-01-23 10:37:28 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

a temporary loss of hearing?

2007-01-23 10:34:18 · 3 answers · asked by ♫♪ ♫ = ♥ 1

2007-01-23 10:33:14 · 5 answers · asked by Arsenio M 1

I was recently diagnosed with a UTI and a couple of weeks later my boyfriend came down with similar symptoms (burning with urination, pain in his back etc...) My doctor's nurse told me that it was not contagious. My urine culture showed E.Coli as the bacteria that was causing my infection. My boyfriend's culture has not come back yet.

2007-01-23 10:11:19 · 6 answers · asked by Jennifer J 1

2007-01-23 09:51:11 · 3 answers · asked by isiahjjj 1

2007-01-23 08:51:29 · 3 answers · asked by bio 1

i seem to be having throat problems since having the jab.

2007-01-23 08:45:57 · 13 answers · asked by JAY J 1

Also what are the symptoms of a fatty liver?

2007-01-23 08:18:58 · 5 answers · asked by LaLa 4

2007-01-23 08:13:50 · 1 answers · asked by rkunze 1

I had a throat infection about a year ago and now I have another throat infection. My doctor prescribed me to take Amoxicillin 500mg.

To reiterate my question in simpler terms, do you think its safe for me to retake the prescription?

2007-01-23 08:13:28 · 5 answers · asked by Woxe 2

2007-01-23 08:05:17 · 4 answers · asked by Michael M 1

Is that instant gratification worth having some sort of disease?

2007-01-23 06:52:57 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hello! My husband came down with the Norovirus near the end of December, for some odd reason I escaped. My question is... He was handeling pork the night he became ill, we ate some for dinner and then he froze some. I just thought about it now, is it safe to thaw, cook and eat or should I not trust it and throw it away. I will probably toss it, but I just hate wasting food. I am 5 weeks pregnant and I don't want to take any chances.
Please help!

2007-01-23 06:17:07 · 1 answers · asked by iCANgrowTWINS 1

2007-01-23 06:06:56 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-23 05:50:12 · 18 answers · asked by lovednotspoiled 5

i think i might have strep what are the symptoms?

2007-01-23 05:28:39 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-23 05:24:50 · 1 answers · asked by crystal s 1

I am trying to identify which form of malaria this is. I believe that it is Plasmodium Falciparum because of the ring forms, and because she ends up dying from it. I'm not entirely sure though, heres part of the casestudy.

On her return to have her PPD read, the patient was found to be hypotensive and had mental status changes. She was noted to be icteric. A diagnosis was made in the hermatology lab based on the appearance of delicate ring forms present in red blood cells. Some red blood cells contained multiple ring forms. She was transferred to our hospital. On arrival she was intubated and comatose. On physical examination, she was oozing bright red blood from her mouth and catheter sites. Her lab test were significant for hematocrit of 23% platelets of 39,000, prolonged bleeding times, and 3+ hemoglobin and 25 to 50 red blood cells in her urine. Her condition continued to deteriorate, and she had a cardiac arrest from which she could not be resuscitated.

2007-01-23 05:07:33 · 2 answers · asked by axcryingxshame 1

2007-01-23 05:04:10 · 4 answers · asked by R.J. 2

Okay. i have all the symptoms of strep throat. it even LOOKS like strep throat(I looked up pictures online). the strep test came back negative.. but thay also got the results back in like 3 minutes... I asked him what was wrong with me and he said i jes had a sore throat.. but my tonsils are swollen and my lymph nodes are swollen. and then he asked if ive ever had mono before and i said no. and he said i could have mono. but i dont drink after anybody and ive only kissed one person in the last 8 months.. i dont have time to date lol i have a 6 month old :) He gave me a shot in my butt and some antibiotic pills. i am jes wondering... what else could i have? and if it is mono, how long will i be sick? i never get sick. How contagious am i? Should i be worried?

2007-01-23 05:02:23 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-23 04:48:26 · 14 answers · asked by Rockinrobin 3

DNA or RNA
Carbohydrate
Protein
A capsid

2007-01-23 04:03:05 · 5 answers · asked by skatergirl42_108 1

I got a really bad ear infection a few months ago, first one I ever had- agony!!!Gt antibiotics & it cleared up.Then got another bad one in the other ear.Got antibiotics and it cleared up two weeks ago. Now I've got a little bit of pain again in both ears.I don't want more antibiotics,as they've already done funny things to me by killing all the 'friendly bacteria' so does anyone have suggestions for what to do to prevent it from coming back?

2007-01-23 03:54:34 · 17 answers · asked by Katrina W 2

2007-01-23 03:48:09 · 3 answers · asked by happigal 1

2007-01-23 03:45:54 · 17 answers · asked by Boom-bah 1

2007-01-23 03:41:28 · 10 answers · asked by ny k 2

2007-01-23 02:59:28 · 22 answers · asked by Jerse 1

2007-01-23 02:50:32 · 4 answers · asked by Donna N 1

My medications that my doc prescribed me are questionable due to me listing them on here and getting bad responses about each one. I dont think he knows what hes doing. I did hear that ciprofloxacin is used for bacterial infections. I also saw it on a site. Should i take it upon myself to buy and take this medication. And if so, how many do i need to take a day. Does anyone have experience taking them or having any other recommendations?

2007-01-23 02:33:49 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous