Other - Diseases - October 2006

2006-10-28 15:54:52 · 13 answers · asked by Jasonsmom 1

I have a nervous habit of pulling my hair out. I am determined to stop it. I have not pulled out a hair in 4 days. Is there a time when habits go away? I heard 23 days. is this true or does it depend?

2006-10-28 15:49:01 · 8 answers · asked by kyle k 1

I know alot of people that have already had theirs including myself and this is very scarry!!

2006-10-28 15:35:35 · 3 answers · asked by Jeanie H 2

2006-10-28 15:21:58 · 11 answers · asked by lifeistough_period 1

2006-10-28 14:52:01 · 1 answers · asked by Micelle H 2

I am in my late 50's and am a cancer survivor...that's good, I know, but I also have an emotional illness and when I get stressed (and that is quite often) my symptoms erupt. I feel stuck and trapped in the mental health system. If it wasn't for the encouragement of my partner, I'd be lost. I never believed I had a mental problem that I need to keep at bay with pills, but when I don't take them, I relapse and go into hospital where I have been committed too many times to count in my life. I cry a lot...am in radiation treatments for my cancer and do not work cause I am subsidized by government...so me and my partner stay at home a lot...24/7. We don't have a car and the only way I feel socially connected at this time is by phone and computer blogging...other than that, I isolate. It is amazing that my relationship has lasted as long as 15 years, but we work at it...coz we are all we have. He is beginning to find work and I will be alone even more. Its 2 complicated 2 ask 4 help

2006-10-28 14:21:14 · 4 answers · asked by chione2u 2

My mum was diagnosed with Alzheimer's when she was 66. she was in a home when she was 67 and completely taken by the disease 6 months later.

She is now in a wheel chair, in a nappy, spoon fed and totally immobile. she doesn't know anyone any more, there is no recognition or spark of life in her eyes and she is in a vegetative state. She has strokes and fits almost every couple of months. Before this she was a strong health woman.

Why then, if she was to become physically ill would the Hospital/doctor take heroic actions to preserve her "life"

Why do they have to do all things necessary to keep her breathing when there is absolutely NO quality of life for her?? Why can't she be allowed to go in peace?

Before you give me the 'god knows best' answer. How do you know that 'God' isn't taking her and the doctors keep bringing her back? Also I am sceptical as to whether there is a god, and if there is then would he want her to suffer?

I loved my mum very much, I lost my dad 14 years ago and my family is disappearing, however I do not feel that is it necessary to keep resuscitating what is left of her, it is time to let her go in peace.

Finally, the other argument I hear is that doctors do not know whether Alzheimer's patients conciousness is trapped in the shell of the sufferer, therefore they say everything that can be done should be. If you were trapped in a completely immobile body, with no speech or way of communicating, Would You want to live???

My Gran had Alzheimer's, My Mum had Alzheimer's so this is of great concern to me and my sister.

2006-10-28 14:07:57 · 22 answers · asked by flibertyjib 3

What are the medical criteria for a person to be pronounced dead? Not brain dead - real dead.

2006-10-28 14:01:24 · 5 answers · asked by kikidrucker 1

ONLY DOCTORS OR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS/EXPERTS can answer this question. No guesses, please. This is a SERIOUS question.

2006-10-28 13:50:27 · 11 answers · asked by kikidrucker 1

I am considering taking Lexapro for anxiety, but I was wondering if anyone has had success using Xanax alone? I am just so nervous about the possible side effects of taking an SSRI.... I was wondering if it might be equally effective to take a low-dose of Xanax daily instead of an SSRI?

I know you guys are not doctors, but I am just looking for other people's personal experiences... Thanks!

2006-10-28 13:48:46 · 7 answers · asked by Sitting Right Here 2

I was watching a public program on Meth abuse, and it said the recipe can be found on the web. I was wondering was it over dramatized.

2006-10-28 13:44:55 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

No guesses, please.

2006-10-28 13:42:40 · 6 answers · asked by kikidrucker 1

when i am looking at something, i can see the "floating" things in my eyes..is thier anything i can do to reduce this as it is very bothersome.....

2006-10-28 13:40:35 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was recently diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. I lost the ability and feeling in my right side for about a week. I still can't write very well but it's a little better every day. They treated the flare up with steriods for five days through an IV. The day after I was done with the treatment I got so sick I ended up back in the hospital. My skin got red and inflammed and started peeling, my blood pressure and temperature dropped, and my neck and back were so stiff I could barely move. Has anybody else had a negative reaction to the steriod Solumedrol? What should I expect next time?

2006-10-28 13:39:56 · 7 answers · asked by melissa b 1

fianlly one told me it was sciatica, that something was pushing on the nerve. And the Dr I see now agrees that the symtoms I describe sound like sciatica. But when they take an MRI all they come up with is degenerative disc disease. Are they the same thing? Otherwise I am confused.

2006-10-28 13:39:07 · 5 answers · asked by helpme1 5

Ok I went to the doctor because I have the flu my blood pressure is 101/37 isn't that extremely low. I didn't think to ask about it cause I just wanted to go. But any ideas? Thank You for the help.

2006-10-28 13:38:02 · 5 answers · asked by allamericanporkchop 1

It's been a difficult journey for my friend; he smokes at least 7 cigarettes a day. What would you tell him?

2006-10-28 12:37:07 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I saw a program on the discovery health channel about this little girl who had a serious illness that doctors misdiagnosed. But, some time later one of the nurses decided to double check hair head for ticks. And sure enough they found one! They said that ticks do indeed have venom!! And its supposedly similar to spider venom. This case happened in Georgia. The little girl got the tick from her dog. I assume that this may be why Lyme Disease can be mistaken for something else. But once the tick is removed recovery is almost instant. Still however, I think if anyone is bitten by a tick they should be tested for lyme disease just in case. The Atlanta suburbs are not far from me so. I am gonna make sure I protect mysel from these critters!

2006-10-28 12:33:08 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

For 2 months I have had this wierd thing happening to me. When I sneeze some organ or muscle on the left side of my chest 1 inch below my nipple starting spazing out. It pushes the skin and it feels like something inside me at that spot is gonna explode. It doesn't hurt to bad.Feels like indigestion.

2006-10-28 12:17:09 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

the doctor perscribed me Bentyl and it is doing nothing, my stomach is killing me? Someone help!!!!

2006-10-28 11:57:06 · 10 answers · asked by Katie K 2

2006-10-28 11:51:15 · 10 answers · asked by Katherine K 1

how would you take it if you help someone that did not have a job, car, home,food medicine,[which i help them] to get on their feet and when they did get on their feet they were not there for you when your needed help?

2006-10-28 11:49:42 · 5 answers · asked by mishoney 4

2006-10-28 11:44:45 · 7 answers · asked by Jindal 1

2006-10-28 11:31:20 · 2 answers · asked by bengali_girl143 2

2006-10-28 11:30:18 · 14 answers · asked by g-man4959 1

I'm 14 years old and my best friend is going for an operation to straighten his spine. I'm really scared that it could go wrong and leave him paralyzed or worse. I'm not really sure what is happening but he said something about metal rods. Does anybody have any experience in this area of medicine, if so could you please tell me the liklehood of the operation going wrong?

2006-10-28 11:27:59 · 5 answers · asked by OrganizedConfusion 2

Say my 13 month old were to step on a nail, would he have to get a tetanus shot? He is completely caught up on all immunizations, would it be a definite for him to have to get one?

2006-10-28 11:27:04 · 6 answers · asked by Zara 2

2006-10-28 11:26:42 · 7 answers · asked by x6klown 1

Imagine a 82 year old person is terminally ill, there is a chance of hospitalisation due to a chest infection, the person might go into shock, NOT due to the terminal illness. On hospitalisation you are asked, if staff should resus or not. What would be your decision?

2006-10-28 11:25:42 · 33 answers · asked by biggi 4

2006-10-28 10:49:28 · 14 answers · asked by Whisperer 1