General Health Care - July 2006

When I went to the hospital to have my daughter the nurse found it very peculiar that I didn't any knee reflexes. But she failed to tell me whether I should be alarmed by this? After trying a couple of times she eventually just shrugged it off and said "oh well".

2006-07-29 12:09:22 · 3 answers · asked by el68niou1 2 in Other - General Health Care

2006-07-29 12:04:58 · 13 answers · asked by kukkeeme 3 in Other - General Health Care

I was bite by a wasp my thigh is swollen and there is alot of burning on the inside. My leg is also warm

2006-07-29 11:58:25 · 21 answers · asked by glow4833 1 in Injuries

2006-07-29 11:49:15 · 1 answers · asked by Rose D 1 in Other - General Health Care

2006-07-29 11:26:39 · 6 answers · asked by Lexi 2 in Other - General Health Care

The Home Office in the United Kingdom have just brought in a new rule that nursing is no longer an important occupation and as so it will not be a reserved occupation for getting to U.K. Now there are many other countries like America and Spain that will accept these nurses and treat them right. What I don't like is that Nurses that have settled in U.K but have not been here long enough to become citizens are not going to renew their work permits. These nurses are worried what the future holds and think they will lose their jobs and be sent back to their own country. The nursing unions are going to fight the government over these new rules, this is their only chance. Do you believe these nurses have been betrayed by Britain?. What should be done. I am not a nurse but I will be on the picket lines when and if the Government try to inforce this rule. The United Kingdom will have a national nursing strike if this law is enforced and as nursing strikes are illegal these become crimi

2006-07-29 11:23:33 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

this is serious people!!

2006-07-29 11:15:01 · 7 answers · asked by Lola P 6 in Injuries

and was in the hosp. for six weeks. She is four now and I can't get her potty trained. The dr. keeps telling me to ignore it but she goes to preschool and she never comes home in the same clothes I sent her in. What can I do? Any sug.??

2006-07-29 11:09:08 · 3 answers · asked by momof5 1 in Other - General Health Care

2006-07-29 11:07:56 · 10 answers · asked by kendra s 1 in Other - General Health Care

my roof leaks in about 9 places. can give some money i am disabled and 65yrs old,live in haskell co, okla

2006-07-29 11:04:12 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

last saturday my husband and daughters and i were walking down a trail to a beach. my knee gave out and needless to say i hit the ground. i scraped up my knee pretty bad and my shin and foot. my shin and foot have healed fine. we were unable to completely clean my knee at the time because we were an hour away from home and i didn't have a first aid kit nearby. so we improvised and poured sea water on it and i cleaned what dirt i could out of it. yesterday i noticed that it was red and pretty warm so i had my hubby look at it and he said it looked alittle infected, so he went back in and deep cleaned it with alcohol (for as bad as that hurt it better have done some good!). so we've been putting alcohol on it 2 a day. today, its nowhere near as red, but its still pretty warm, and its alittle swollen, not bad...but enough for me to notice. it hurts alittle but not much. what is the possibility of infection? and what can i do to clear this up without having to visit a doctor?? thanks guys

2006-07-29 10:22:39 · 9 answers · asked by americancntrygrl03 2 in First Aid

Supposely from test i was told that i have to have my whole colon removed, because it isnt working right any more what and why would this happin and what other choices do i have then surgery?

2006-07-29 10:03:11 · 8 answers · asked by lmom m 1 in Other - General Health Care

2006-07-29 10:02:54 · 10 answers · asked by Jester 2 in Other - General Health Care

Cause they have to throw the used TP in a waste basket next to the toilet. This is not all over, but it happens in alot of Mexican neighborhoods. Its just gross. Then Mexican citizens come to use USA toilets and leave their used TP in your waste basket! AAAHHH! Take that sh_t with you or flush. Darn them...

2006-07-29 09:49:44 · 7 answers · asked by JOHNNY D 3 in Other - General Health Care

2006-07-29 09:49:39 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in First Aid

I have bilateral achilles tendenosis. Orthopedic surgeon put the worse leg in a walking splint 3 mos. Went to physical therapy. Got as strong and flexible as I could be. Still in pain. Back to orthopedic surgeon. He had no answers. Said it would either get better or rupture. Tried Egoscue book techniques. Tried ultrasound. Got orthodics. New shoes. Now using a night splint. Nothing is helping me. I'm an incredibly active person, from hiking to tennis to hauling rocks around my garden and this is ruining my life. Now I can hardly just walk through the day. Forget any kind of what I would call normal physical activity for me. Therapeutic doses of ibuprofen help, but how long can I keep taking that? Am about to try chiropractic. If that doesn't work, acupuncture. My understanding is that an operation to scrape the tendon doesn't help that much and actually makes the tendon more liable to breakage. Does anyone have any answers? I'm one miserable person.

2006-07-29 09:27:45 · 3 answers · asked by Brush Hog 3 in Injuries

2006-07-29 09:20:28 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

just got stung and ts swelling and im using baking soda and water

2006-07-29 09:04:54 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in First Aid

2006-07-29 08:58:08 · 7 answers · asked by butterflygyrl 2 in Other - General Health Care

2006-07-29 08:56:13 · 9 answers · asked by ainsleyrix 2 in Other - General Health Care

2006-07-29 08:50:05 · 4 answers · asked by RED SONIA 3 in Other - General Health Care

for the past couple of days i keep getting this weird sort of headache that feels like my head is in a vice(pressure) on each side behind my ears. It doesnt last very long, and when it comes on, it actually hurts to touch my head there too. It cant be because of dehydration or anything because i drink loads? do you know what it might be?

2006-07-29 08:33:43 · 8 answers · asked by BRICK 3 in Other - General Health Care

What shot was it? did it hurt?

2006-07-29 08:20:42 · 7 answers · asked by real_sweetheart_76 5 in Other - General Health Care

2006-07-29 08:18:57 · 13 answers · asked by Jason M 2 in Other - General Health Care

I am on it, wondering how long you had to be on it, etc. Did you have side effects? I am really thirsty, my lips are chapped, and i have headaches. What do/did you have?

2006-07-29 08:11:58 · 2 answers · asked by hannah 1 in Other - General Health Care

2006-07-29 07:50:05 · 7 answers · asked by ix3sania 2 in Other - General Health Care

I don't need to hear aspirin, pain killers etc.

2006-07-29 07:49:32 · 7 answers · asked by Heidi J 2 in Other - General Health Care

I'm in the process of writing a novel and one of my characters has a stress test. Before the actual test, they put something in the vein so during the test when the heart rate reaches a certain point, they can inject a type of dye. What is that little thing in the vein called? I was thinking it was a stent, but I want to be correct in my story.

2006-07-29 07:39:48 · 13 answers · asked by Chalkbrd 5 in Other - General Health Care

I took him to my family doctor thursday with a fever of course it was a ear infections, then thursday night (3:00am) he had a 104.6 fever and red dots on his hands and feet, he would not drink anything "sore throat" well they swaped his throat it was strep. Well the dots have turned to blister like pumps and they are on his hole body including his mouth, bottom and everywhere else any idea what it is? And should I take him on to childrens hospital? Please only serious answers , I am worried!

2006-07-29 07:39:21 · 6 answers · asked by Jro 3 in Other - General Health Care

2006-07-29 07:33:22 · 2 answers · asked by solitas777 3 in Other - General Health Care