Infectious Diseases - October 2007

i did once...it wasn't good. i'm wondering how many of you may have dealt with death being someone you didn't know.
i found a guy at work...he had been there a few hours...i still think of him...only been 3 months ago. unfortunately i had to feel for a pulse...there wasn't one.i still feel him on my hand. have you ever ?

2007-10-22 16:17:44 · 3 answers · asked by dawn666annapolis 6

2007-10-22 14:17:58 · 10 answers · asked by BRENDA M 1

I have never had the flu shot and I haven't gotten sick either. I always heard on the news about, "OMG! Its the flu season! Get your shots before they run out!" I honestly dont understand why so many people worry about getting sick and the hassle of having to get a shot when I just sit home; sickness free. I get the sniffules couple of months but nothing serious. Is this normal? Am I like immune?!

2007-10-22 13:58:16 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

she is going in the hospital this week what do i do she dont know what kind of staph it is yet untill the tests come back and her kids have to get tested anyway the kid will be there this week should i worry???

2007-10-22 11:58:55 · 12 answers · asked by reba 1

i heard it is in cabell and wayne wva can other wildlife like rabbit ect and can we eat these animals without danger....
i mean thanksgiving is coming up how about turkey and ham...
thanks sally.....

2007-10-22 11:17:07 · 1 answers · asked by sexy_beautiful_angel1977 1

I was eating at a sandwich place and I had roast beef on my sandwich and it turned my bread a pinkish/reddish color in some spots and it had some reddish pinkish juice on my cheese and I was just wondering if it was just the juice from the roast beef or was it like...someone's blood on there?

I am 19 years old and I suffer from hypochondria and a phobia of HIV. I am worried that this red stuff is blood from someone infected with HIV and that now I have it.

Is there something to worry with?

Please help me out!

2007-10-22 09:54:08 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-22 09:30:49 · 5 answers · asked by Sexy 1 2

i mean like making out type kissing. =/

2007-10-22 08:15:51 · 10 answers · asked by CRYSTIZZLE 2

2007-10-22 08:10:07 · 3 answers · asked by questions and answers 1

2007-10-22 07:59:20 · 6 answers · asked by prood 2

2007-10-22 07:32:06 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

i do not need to spend the money to have a tetanus shot unless it is really necessary. i have not had a tetanus shot in many years and i was bitten by a dog yesterday.

2007-10-22 06:26:44 · 7 answers · asked by roamhome2001 1

2007-10-22 00:38:12 · 4 answers · asked by fries823 1

I had three surgeries for a staph infection already and found out that the cultures they did afterwards came back the same meaning I still have a staph infection in my leg. It is still stitched up...about 6 inches long. Will this go away on its own or what will they do now? It's stapholococcus aureus!

2007-10-21 14:12:24 · 5 answers · asked by Lacey P 2

2007-10-21 12:25:20 · 5 answers · asked by Chuck D 1

Please list contributing problems

2007-10-21 09:21:02 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

my 3 year old has been complaining of stomach aches off and on for a few days

2007-10-21 03:24:55 · 2 answers · asked by cassie_m18661 1

All kinds of hepatitis. What medicine & kind of doctor.

2007-10-20 21:58:31 · 2 answers · asked by poor_kid666 1

2007-10-20 21:23:53 · 3 answers · asked by Kanokkarn K 1

My daughter has already had chickenpox about a year ago and now there's another outbreak of chickenpox in the school and she has got a few spots around her face and one or two on her body that do look like chickenpox but I was told that you can only get them once. I am really worried as I am pregnant and heard it was dangerous to be in contact with chickenpox.

2007-10-20 07:46:58 · 40 answers · asked by Lou25lou 1

A case of MRSA was reported in my town a few days ago, it hit the news yesterday.

What major precautions should my friends and I take to keep ourselves healthy and away from the infection?

2007-10-20 05:57:13 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a 16 month old daughter who I took to the ER a couple of nights ago and discovered she has ear infections in both her ears. They gave her a prescription of amoxicilian, which she had an allergic reaction to. I want to take her back to the doctor and see if there is another antibiotic we can try, but my husband is very much against it. He wants to not treat the ear infections and just let them go away by themselves. He says that antibiotics are what causes staph infections and she doesn't need them. My brothers are both partially deaf in one of their ears because of severe ear infections when they were younger, so I am very skeptical and worried. So my question really is, will ear infections just go away on their own, or does she need to be treated!?

2007-10-20 04:29:52 · 8 answers · asked by Sarah N 2

2007-10-20 04:22:33 · 9 answers · asked by *HaPpY MaMa* 3

Miscarried triplets one day ago

2007-10-20 04:11:16 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-20 04:01:56 · 8 answers · asked by tabs430 1

2007-10-20 03:37:18 · 14 answers · asked by J_Tice 1

what causes staff infection, and what is it? is it bad?

2007-10-20 02:31:13 · 4 answers · asked by rockin_bass_playa 1

I have a history of negative mantoux tests, decades. In mid-August I had a negative mantoux, and then last week I had a mantoux test for another job. I had immediate intense itching, eyes burning, scratchy, developed hives on my neck on the car ride home. I have gone to an infectious disease dr, they did AFB cultures, when can I get the results? My current job, started in September is at a daycare center, w/ +/-100 children and >100 families involved. Employees are not required to have mantoux tests in child care centers in MN. I am very concerned someone is spreading TB at the child care center, but the health dept. is not!! I have had very little contact with anyone other than the children and employees there. Kids (some adopted from russia, india, etc)and adults have been coughing since I started working there. Was it the allergic reaction that caused the positive TB test, or a booster effect, or? If you have kids in child care centers, make sure all workers are screened!!

2007-10-20 01:41:36 · 4 answers · asked by LeAnn S 3

The pharmacist always says, "You should finish the course." Why? What's the harm in discontinuing after two days if your infection has gone away?

2007-10-19 23:47:47 · 8 answers · asked by Zowzooma, the Angry Deity 2

I've heard replies that "so what if people don't get vaccinated, if you get yours, you're protected."

somehow that doesn't ring true to me. For some reason, I feel if disease is allowed to return due to lax vaccination in a population, that disease will be that much harder to control.

Am I wrong? Should I just worry about myself and not care that others are getting polio, etc, if I vaccinate myself and my family? If we're vaccinated, would we still be as protected as we are now that these diseases are not rampant like they used to be?

2007-10-19 21:41:50 · 5 answers · asked by PediC 5