Other - Diseases - October 2007

Over the past four years I have been having infrequent attacks of severe abdominal pain. After some investigating, my doctors thought this was related to my gallbladder, but the ultrasound showed nothing. They ended up treating me for an ulcer. The attacks are still happening even after treatment. Ultimately, it was decided the problem was biliary cholic.
I get these attacks about four times a year. Each attack results in a trip to the emergency department, where I am given injections of gravol and a narcotic pain killer like Demerol or Dilaudid for the pain.

The pain is from my bellybutton to where my ribs meet - and sometimes wraps around my ribs migrating into my back. X-rays and ultrasounds always come back fine. My bloodwork shows an elevated white blood cell count. Liver, kidney, and pancreatic function are always normal. I'm being sent for a HIDA scan soon. Does anyone have any ideas of what this pain could be if it isn't my gallbladder?

2007-10-10 10:32:56 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-10 10:19:59 · 16 answers · asked by dudeman 1

2007-10-10 10:18:11 · 7 answers · asked by froggy 2

L4-5 demostrates a tiny left paracentral disc protrusion with minimal flattening of the left anterior aspect of the thecal sac. No canal stenosis noted. However, the traversing left L5 nerve root is slightly displaced posteriorly. The lateral recesses are maintained.

2007-10-10 09:24:18 · 5 answers · asked by Angie 1

I've had an eye twitch (spasm) for 3 months now. It happens randomly throughout the day (and even at night), and it happens anywhere from 5 seconds to five minutes. I went to the doctor yesterday and he told me that I needed more sleep, less stress, and less caffeine, but that there was no real cure. I can't stop the caffeine consumption or stress right now, because I have started commuting to grad school part time 2 nights a week and I have a full time job.

2007-10-10 09:04:14 · 15 answers · asked by lindseykhayes 1

Can people with celiac disease use topical products that contain gluten, such as lotion? (I know most lotions and soaps do not contain gluten, but there are a few). Is it only that they cannot digest it?

2007-10-10 09:00:06 · 5 answers · asked by fawnberrie 5

I just found out that my 28 year old daughter has Lupus.If you get it from the bite of a deer tick .What kind of lupus is it and does anyone know what I can do for her to feel better and ease her mind?I feel really guilty because I kept telling her its all in your head.Great Mom huh.

2007-10-10 07:10:26 · 6 answers · asked by kenda 1

I have c.a.d. and agina, but had all test run and can not find what is causing the dizzieness or eye problem.

2007-10-10 05:52:31 · 1 answers · asked by billy bad 2

My friend is having a big problem and asked me to post this question. Her husband, is in denial since a long time, but she is very concerned. I don't know how to help her either! He is only in his 40's and is a good man with a terrible desease! Can anyone help?

2007-10-10 05:50:43 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I reallt have been feeling crappy. I went to the doctor and I'm gonna run some tests this saturday ordered by him but my blood pressure keeps fluctuating. SOmetimes it's 125/100 or 130/90 or 140/90. I feel like crap today. I get tired easilly lately and not hungry. Any advice would be great. I'm kinda scared.

2007-10-10 05:28:13 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-10 05:26:59 · 10 answers · asked by bugojanka69 3

2007-10-10 04:22:13 · 1 answers · asked by Dr. S. K. D 1

I just wanna know if anybody has quit drinking recently? Does AA work, I can't stop drinking on my own I need outside help. But I heard that if you go too rehab that alot of times people try too push you too "God" to help you quit drinking. I'm not a very religoius person, and that won't help me. Can anybody out there give me some idea's? If it matters i'm in Canada.

2007-10-10 03:41:10 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have always had stomach issues here and there. Right now I am very sick with bronchitus and had a bad bout of diahrreaha yesterday.
so
Today I had a bowel movement and I looked at and on top of there being corn in it that I ate over 2 weeks ago there was this large lump the size of a silver dollar, round in shape and white. I found somehting to fish it out with and it was very hard. I broke it open and it was just like a pill substance-white-kind of powdery.
ugh. i have a weak stomach and this grosses me out to talk about but I am concerned as to what it is.
I did take 2 huge antibiotic pills this morning on top of muscenx(sp?) and that is kind of what it looked like....

i know this is gross so thank you to anyone who has suggestions.

2007-10-10 02:58:32 · 4 answers · asked by Amy M 1

Sominex & Unisom quit working years ago, Ambien quit working after 3 days. 25mg of Seroquel worked 3 years ago, now 100mg sometimes gets me 5 hours of sleep. I have one cup of coffee daily & exercise as much as this tired body allows. Anything out there that works? I have a doctor appointment Friday & I want to be informed first. Thanks.

2007-10-10 01:39:41 · 6 answers · asked by Hoss_Cartwheel 1

what is the medication for hyper and hypo thyrodism tanx

2007-10-09 22:26:13 · 6 answers · asked by Ghulam Jelani L 1

im afraid to go to doctor esp. to tell it to my parents.. am wondering if its because of sex.. if go to doctor will my parents know that im not a vrigin anymore? i mean esp when i go to hosp with my mom?? please advise im worried on my health and to my moms reaction

2007-10-09 22:07:30 · 7 answers · asked by Cathy 1

2007-10-09 20:56:53 · 3 answers · asked by ?????V ! M V ! E ????? 1

sore eyes means w/ tear drops and somwhat swollen

2007-10-09 20:01:17 · 4 answers · asked by lll l 1

do you think that people would be cured, or do pharm. companies make too much money off of cancer medicines or AIDS medicines to not release the cure? and how did magic johnson magically get rid of AIDS?

2007-10-09 19:14:29 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Could it just be my full bladder pressing on my bowel?

2007-10-09 18:13:04 · 2 answers · asked by I Am a Purry Christmas Kitten 2

I officially ran out of all of my meds ( 1 blood pressure, 1 water pill, and 2 antidepressants) this morning and I'm a little bit nervous about going all the way till payday (next Monday) without.

They're generics so the doc doesn't have "freebies". I called my pharmacy and was told that they wouldn't be able to give me a weeks supply. "Insurance Companies don't allow that"??

Why not????

2007-10-09 15:56:22 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a problem with stammer and it’s really embarrassing and stressful for me. I only seem to have that problem with certain words or when I am talking in public, or when I talk to an stranger for the first time. The thing is that I just got a promotion to a management position, and I will be forced to speak in public a lot and also to perform job interviews. I think that people wont take me seriously if they hear me stammer and I am getting very self conscious and nervous about this. I was told to go to speech therapy, but I was wonder if any one out there has an advice or had the same problem that can give me some tips on what to do on my own. Thank you so much!

2007-10-09 14:38:03 · 4 answers · asked by G.B. 2

Does anyone suffer from oseteoarthritis? Just wondering if anyone can describe how they feel?

2007-10-09 12:40:35 · 3 answers · asked by angel 4

My opthalmologist told me I will eventually go blind in my right eye. What does it feel like?

2007-10-09 12:40:04 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I can see her wetness under her arms allot waht is wrong? i am worried

2007-10-09 12:39:18 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm not really sure how to explain this... Throughout the day I suffer from no involuntary movements. But, when I go to bed, they start. When I lay down, and this is the weird part, I start moving uncontrollably, trying to get my feet away from the end of the bed and ducking under the window or away from a curtain that isn't basically taped to the wall surrounding the window. I know that, for some reason, these uncontrollable spasms occur when my comforter isnt positioned just right in the space between the end of my bed and my bookshelf. That's with a mix of my OCD i guess. If the curtains arent taped to the wall, it will happen, as if to be sure nobody can see me. It also happens if I enter a room with a clearly elevated door. If I can see the light or lack thereof on the other side, I have to run behind a counter or in a corner so as if, if you were trying, you couldn't see me through the crack, where I then have spasms for a bit. What the hell's wrong with me?

2007-10-09 12:39:14 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-09 12:11:36 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have been vomiting all day--nothing left in my stomach so all that's coming out is bile. I also have lower back pain and stomach cramps, and most recently, frequent bowel movements with what appears to be bile in my stool. Anyone know what could cause this?

2007-10-09 09:11:41 · 11 answers · asked by invadergir 2

I was my hands alot, and i stand there and look at my hands for liek 5 minutes because i think theyre not clean, and i dont like people breathing over my food, and if i write something wrong on my homework, like if i write sloppy, i have to erase it, and do it over til its right.

2007-10-09 08:10:48 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous