Other - Diseases - October 2007

The Question reads-
A friend emails you to explain that he/she has had the following symptoms:
-Aching Joints, headache and a fever
-When awake, they feel dazed and sometimes confused
-They are having trouble sleeping at night, but then will sleep for hours during the day- their sleep cycle seems to have gone awry

Basically I have to come up with some ideas as to what disease/virus/syndrome they might have...

Does anyone have any ideas to get me started? I am thinking along the lines of Ross River fever maybe...?

Multiple answers are prefered.

2007-10-21 15:09:41 · 4 answers · asked by Joel90 1

What are things I should do in order to fasten the proccess of my body to heal itself from a cold and cough combo?

well I dunno if it is a cough, I just have a stuffed nose, I just assume it's a cold. im not sneezin alot just twice every now and then.

2007-10-21 14:42:06 · 24 answers · asked by Hosgus™ 2

I'm going in this Thursday for an MRI and am thankful that it is coming up soon, because my cognitive thinking and vision seem to be getting worse everyday. For people who have been diagnosed with MS, did the MRI show that you have it, or were there other tests that needed to be done in addition?

2007-10-21 13:15:52 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I live with my mom and her boyfriend. I notice sometimes that when my mom's boyfriend uses the bathroom, he doesn't wash his hands. It is so disgusting!!!!

Why don't some men wash there hands?!?!?!?!?

2007-10-21 12:17:05 · 7 answers · asked by Miranda 2

The lump is dark red with a purple center and is about the size of a mosquito bite. There is no pain and no bruising or swelling around the lump, which is behind my right knee, in the bend of my leg.

2007-10-21 10:40:58 · 19 answers · asked by katie 1

is it true that if your stomach is empty you cant vomit?
or would you vomit acid or something?

2007-10-21 07:52:09 · 5 answers · asked by phathom 2

I have Chrons and i have been going to my gastroentroligst and he doesn`t know whats going on and keeps trying me on diffrent meds. any ideas.

2007-10-21 04:39:34 · 7 answers · asked by j_lieb 1

I am in the UK.

2007-10-21 03:52:02 · 1 answers · asked by september_serenade 1

do you think its strange theres still no cure for the common cold!!??

2007-10-21 03:40:53 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

We all know drinking and drugs are no good but is it ok for a Doctor to do? Some sleeping pills are powerful and mixed with alochol can be worse. What if the family calls the Doctor telling them they see the changes in the family member and for their own safety, as well as the patient to take them away but the Doctor doesn't. My Dad was drinking and taking sleeping pills and once he parked his car in the garage and for got to shut it off till the next day due to mixing alochol and sleeping pills...We as a family have called several times to take them away but he just gave him another brand of sleepings pills

2007-10-21 02:44:08 · 2 answers · asked by purplesportygirl883 2

2007-10-20 20:49:05 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-20 20:04:29 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have had continuous headaches/migraines for three years now non stop. It all started when I got my braces on. Now I am in College. High school was hard because I had many ocular migraines (tunnel vision) and complex migraines (stroke symtoms for days) and cluster headaches which made me immobile for long periods of time.
I wanted to know, could my migraines for over 3 years be caused by my teeth moving/shifting from braces?

2007-10-20 19:24:48 · 5 answers · asked by supermann7770 1

2007-10-20 16:33:22 · 1 answers · asked by trytj6 6 1

what are the chances of a newborn with sepsis living ???

2007-10-20 16:24:53 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was diagnosed with labrinthitis this week, I was informed that I am about half way through this nightmare. I do not consider myself old by any means, but I truelly felt as if I was dying.

2007-10-20 16:02:56 · 5 answers · asked by me 1

do i have an eating disorder? sometimes i wake up and I feel like I'm tooo fat so i won't eat for the day or for a few hours i ignore all noises and cravings I might have, because I feel like I have eaten tooo much the nite before and it should last over to the next day . Than when I do decide to eat again I eat way too much its like my body makes up for what it has missed the few days or days before . from time 2 time i get headaches i be dizzy but i can't stop torturing myself its like I'm not pretty enough or good enough and I'm tired of getting on yahoo just to search rihannas weight or lindsay lohans diet! and i also have messed up bowel movements like i would go once a month until i started drinkin laxative teas probably 2 xs a day i get dizzy from dehydration and slightly pass out. do anybody have any advice or who should i see to help me out? am i suffering from a crazy eating disorder? or just a crazy FAD?!

2007-10-20 16:01:19 · 20 answers · asked by [M]arz vs J[U]piter 2

How do they even remember how to speak English (or whatever their first language is)?

2007-10-20 15:16:16 · 15 answers · asked by Dr D 7

I am going to go to a doctor, but I want y'all to throw out your opinions. I have been having a pulsating sensation in the right side of my upper abdomen. Right below my rib cage. I looked up that symptom and it said that is a sign of a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. Did I survive a ruptured aneurysm? If not, what is that. It's like a heartbeat. I actually feel it popping up and down and pulsating. When I press on it, I feel a pulse. When I press down on it and cough at the same time, I feel something kind of ball shaped come up and once I let my cough go the ball shaped thing goes back in. Every time I cough it rises back up. What does this sound like to you? Am I going to live? I'm pretty sure I'm going to the doctor. I was also having severe abdominal cramps but they were not in the same spot as that pulsating sensation. Does this sound like something serious? Tell me what it is if you can.

2007-10-20 12:55:21 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I got my blood results back and it said my cholesterol is at 108 and my HDL cholesterol is at 30 i know this is not normal what can i do in order to have it normal ?

2007-10-20 11:00:01 · 3 answers · asked by hildaguerra301 2

My neighbour's wife passed away today. She suffered from Alzheimer's for about 2 years.I don't mean to seem ignorant, I knew it was incurable, but I didn't realise that one could actually die from it? Can anybody tell me how it takes a life, so I can understand better? Serious answers only please, still saddened by the news. Thanks

2007-10-20 09:58:07 · 8 answers · asked by rachael t 2

dose anyone have this condition? what are your symptoms? what meds do you take?

2007-10-20 09:51:30 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

ive been wondering how the disease made your blood pressure goes high up.. there must be someone that can explain it..

2007-10-20 06:50:00 · 3 answers · asked by bAd aNd1 1

I am looking for the top 50 most common medical conditions, not flue and colds etc..

2007-10-20 06:43:29 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

When i use the toilet it is very bright on the toilet paper, and continues to come out after i have finished.
I am going to the doctors asap, but just wondered if anyone had any idea what this may be?

2007-10-20 06:38:48 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous

It say in the directions not to use for more than 2 days. I am taking it for my inflamation that i have in my stomach and also pepsid ac

2007-10-20 06:26:01 · 2 answers · asked by GirlyWorld 1

2007-10-20 04:04:57 · 10 answers · asked by amberleaASPHYXIATE 2

do i have IBS? i have not changed much in my diet, but....
i have these symptoms:

intestinal bloating
lower stomach/intestinal areas/gut bulging and protruding (only recently)
gas all the time
difficulty passing motion even though stool is soft
intestinal fullness
feel the need to pass motion all the time
feeling as if have not had a complete evacuation after passing motion
stool alternates from hard to soft
discomfort relieved after passing motion/gas
stomach discomfort (sometimes)
little nausea or loss of appetite
occasional upper backache (??)
little/no stomach pain
(currently having my period)


p.s. i have ALWAYS had large meals and prozac medication

2007-10-20 04:02:04 · 2 answers · asked by mem0_hujin 2

2007-10-20 03:34:03 · 10 answers · asked by hawthornecourter 1

my grand father and aunt died with this disease
1_how much is the Percentage of haveing this disease for the girls and boys of my aunt?
2_how much is the Percentage of having this disease for me if my mum pass 65 without having this disease?(how much is the Percentage of having this disease for me from my grad father)
3_is there any early diagnosis for it ? and did it depend on blood sample or what?

2007-10-20 03:08:32 · 3 answers · asked by nana 1