General Health Care - July 2006

i have tried numerous times but i just go back to it. maybe somebody out there has something for me. i'm 38 and i started since i was 18, i have been smoking off and on for twenty years, once i stopped for almost two years and while pregnant i was able to stop immediately. I don't want to die, i want to be able to see my children grow and maybe one day have grandkids.

2006-07-12 09:23:20 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

2006-07-12 09:11:09 · 5 answers · asked by s s 1 in First Aid

Apologies if this isn't spelt correctly - I took a wild stab!

What this means is that you automatically connect colours and images to words. For me (for example):

Monday is red
Tuesday is pale blue/grey
Wednesday is brown
Thursday is pale blue/grey
Friday is navy blue
Staturday is sky blue
Sunday is orange/yellow

What colours are your days of the week/months/people's names etc.

And if you thought that it was your own particular foible to do this you'll probably be pleased to hear that you have a reasonably rare (totally harmless) recognised medical "condition". You are one out of 2,500 people and you're probably female.

It's all to do with connections in your brain going the wrong way!

2006-07-12 09:07:31 · 5 answers · asked by Hello Dave 6 in Other - General Health Care

2006-07-12 08:57:57 · 17 answers · asked by wwwustx 1 in Other - General Health Care

I had a sunburn two weeks ago and I'm wondering if you could damage nerves from that. I've had pain ever since and the sunburn is gone

2006-07-12 08:30:16 · 5 answers · asked by fit4life 2 in Other - General Health Care

Nevermind the boys at NASA- what do you say?

2006-07-12 08:25:53 · 33 answers · asked by Thinker 4 in Other - General Health Care

2006-07-12 08:22:11 · 4 answers · asked by patricia bstarstruck 4 in Other - General Health Care

I play the viola. tendonitis is very common in string instrument players if they don't warm up correctly or don't hold the bow correctly. sometimes my hand hurts after i play, especially if i'm playing very fast or very loud. if anyone knows of stretches or excercises that help, i would realy appreciate it! :)

2006-07-12 08:21:33 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

hey my name's Andrea! i was just wondering what this is: sometimes i breathe so short and all of a sudden i get this really bad pain in my lungs, i can't breathe in or out because it hurts so bad - but to get rid of the pain i have to keep inhaling or exhaling until i get this feeling like a bubble is popping inside my lung! it hurts SO BAD...i have always gotten it, ever since i was little. anyone have any idea as to what this is?? i'm clueless! =)

2006-07-12 08:17:12 · 3 answers · asked by Pandi 2 in Other - General Health Care

Do you have to stand only in your underwear in front of the doctor?

2006-07-12 08:10:45 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous 1 in Other - General Health Care

2006-07-12 07:58:55 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

I have had a bad sore throat for 10 days now. I first went to the doctor after the sore throat wouldn't go away after about 5 days. 4 days later, I went again. Both times the doctors simply told me that I had some sort of viral infection, and they couldn't do anything for me.

I don't like this at all. I'm not sick very often, and I rarely have a problem like this. I've tried tons of things to cure the sore throat: advil, lozenges, water, chloraseptic gargle, cepacol, etc...

All of these things help to cure the pain temporarily, but after they wear off the pain just comes back again. I also have blister-like sores on the roof of my mouth which cause pain when trying to swallow. The pain is worst in the morning.

I nearly got into a fight with the 2nd doctor about the whole issue. He claimed that sore throats from viruses can last up to 5 weeks. This is just not acceptable to me. Surely there can be something I can do about this, or some way I can find the cause of the pain!

2006-07-12 07:54:55 · 19 answers · asked by Kevin P. O 2 in First Aid

what is the best course of action for this?

2006-07-12 07:51:54 · 6 answers · asked by ? 6 in Other - General Health Care

I work in a hospital and i know I should know the answer. But I just work as a dispatcher for transport so I was wondering what disease causes you to need dialysis? Just a curosity.

2006-07-12 07:49:37 · 12 answers · asked by ~*Katie*~ 4 in Other - General Health Care

2006-07-12 07:44:08 · 7 answers · asked by cv10cute 1 in Other - General Health Care

I cant take it anymore ive been having the worst anxiety for the past 2 weeks. I went to the doctor and he sadi nothings wrong its just anxiety if u forget it it ownt come again. But it doesnt work, you cant forget osmething in oyur mind that easily. THe main casue of my anxiety is the fear it will ocme back. Like i have hard trouble breathing and heartp pounding, chest pain stomach pain sometimes to thep onit i feel liek im jsut ognna drop dead right there etc. When it goes away i fear it will come back. Even when im totally relaxed and not thinking on it at lal it randomly hits me and its very hard to control when it gets to that point No matter how hard i try it still wont go away. Does nayone have any tips?

2006-07-12 07:26:09 · 5 answers · asked by tyler 1 in Other - General Health Care

I want to have a tangible skill to take overseas...how long does it take to get a physical therapy degree?

2006-07-12 07:01:08 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

I am studying International Relations in college right now, but I want to become a nurse practicioner after I graduate...how long of a process would this be? I appreciate any insight you might have....

2006-07-12 06:47:27 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

2006-07-12 06:44:13 · 2 answers · asked by nickynoodle 3 in Other - General Health Care

About 3 weeks ago, I cut my foot on the top of a nail whils walking in my house.
I dont think there was any rust on the nail cos its indoors? however it bleed quite a lot.
I washed and cleaned it straight away with anti bactierial stuff and put a bandage on it. Its heeled up pretty well since.
Yesterday I cup my thumb on a metal tack in a draw (again indoors) wich bled too.
Im 24 and had my last tetanus shot when I was 15-16.
What are the signs of tetanus and how long after a cut is it diagnosed?
Thanks for you help

2006-07-12 06:42:09 · 16 answers · asked by dr_emmett_l_brown1885 1 in Other - General Health Care

What mismatching could lead to ?

2006-07-12 06:41:05 · 8 answers · asked by citizen high 6 in Other - General Health Care

My son is 2 yrs old and he ate a lot of popcorn yesterday, and I mean A LOT, and today he has diarrhea.

2006-07-12 06:33:32 · 10 answers · asked by Emjay 3 in Other - General Health Care

ok so here is my story.im 18 male and i have a skin tag way under my leg near my groind. Kind of near my balls because they hit it but it is on my leg. I had it quite a long time but it is now starting to bother me. I just came back from florida for vacation and its very humid and hot. So im walking allday and my legs near my groind get irrated but the 1st time it was actually my leg so i put gold bond powder. That seemed like it affected my skin tag and i guess shrunk it. Now i can feel it whenever i move my legs a certain way and it never happened before until a few days ago. i dont want to have it taken off ( yet ) if it gets worse ill consider. But is it common for them to shrink? I got a little little skin tag near the top of my armpit which is about 5 times smaller than the other and no issues with that and i had that 1 most my life. Im not overweight either. real answeers please. And do they fall off by themselves?

2006-07-12 06:25:33 · 11 answers · asked by hljns1 2 in Other - General Health Care

2006-07-12 06:15:21 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in First Aid

Hello,I believe I have had oral thrush for many years and
it has went undiagnosed.My inside cheeks has a whitish
streak on them and a film that looks like slime/jelly that
I can move with my tongue.If I remember correctly my cheeks
have always been completely pink with nothing white on them.
I believe this is the culprit of my chronic bad breath that
I have had for many,many years 24 hrs a day.I never questioned
this whitish film and did not believe it could be anything.
My tongue is also coated and this appeared around the
bad tonsillitis and never cleared up.I was treated with antibiotics
once for this infection.I had them removed in 1997.I also have
a not so clean taste/ bad taste that never left.Several internet
doctors say my description is definitely thrush and also
that this is the cause of my bad breath.Once treated,they say
the bad breath usually go away because it is a fungal infection.
Could this be correct? I've always taken care of my dental....

2006-07-12 05:59:12 · 6 answers · asked by sheila_8276 1 in Other - General Health Care

From US we are going to India next month with our 4 month baby.I was told that babies born here get rashes in India due to mosqito bites..Any suggestions

2006-07-12 05:58:43 · 4 answers · asked by rama 3 in Other - General Health Care

2006-07-12 05:50:26 · 4 answers · asked by renee 1 in Other - General Health Care

At first I thought a perscription I was taking was causing me to be tired all the time (even when I do nothing at all) but I've since quit taking the medicine (after the doctor approved doing so) and I'm still tired all the time. What could be the reason why?

2006-07-12 05:44:43 · 8 answers · asked by osunumberonefan 5 in Other - General Health Care

you have ever seen up someones rectum

2006-07-12 05:43:24 · 11 answers · asked by lady heather 3 in Injuries

I've always loved seafood and within the past year or so I break out in hives when I eat shrimp. Well, it doesn't happen EVERY time, but on more than one occassion. I purchased them from the grocery store fish section (behind the glass case, where you have to ask for them). These, as the ones previous were cooked shrimp (made pasta with sauce, cooked shrimp with garlic butter to add as a topper). I rinsed them thouroughly under running water before adding to the sautee pan. They smelled sooooo good, I ate one. 15 minutes later starting itching and scratiching and hiving! Since this happened before, I immediately took a benedryl tablet and relaxed for about 30 minutes and they subsided. I love shrimp so, why?

2006-07-12 05:42:44 · 12 answers · asked by lamlew64 1 in Other - General Health Care