General Health Care - July 2006

2006-07-11 14:54:17 · 3 answers · asked by Ben 1 in Other - General Health Care

There are two of them, from a burn. One, the top skin has come off. What to do so it won't get infected? Let it air-dry or keep a band-aid on? What's the best thing to use? They are on the hand, looks painful!

2006-07-11 14:42:34 · 6 answers · asked by Jen 5 in First Aid

My mother recently had poison ivy.She went to the doctor and he gave her something to get rid of it, and it did. Now, less then a week later, a bump formed on her leg. She told me it had a brown "head" and she poped it. This was three days age. Since then it has gotten much bigger and is oozing. Yhis is the first time I have seen it. I am going to insist she go to the docter again, but I want to know if anyone can tell me if there is something I can do for her right now. I feel so bad for her and want to help her.

2006-07-11 14:39:52 · 9 answers · asked by Tiffany 2 in First Aid

I'm 16 and I have been suffering from serious lower back pain on my right side for around a week now. I've tried stretching, using an icy-hot patch, bengay and taking those pills that relax muscles but I've had no avail..

it hurts!

is there a way I can stretch out this muscle [if you wear pants that hit your hips its the muscle just above your hip] out or dull the pain?

Please respond with helpful answers.. I've got cross country practice at 7am tomorrow and soccer practice at 6:30pm and I need this to be dulled or gone..

2006-07-11 14:38:43 · 19 answers · asked by Patient Paws 5 in Injuries

We both have had two Dr. Peppers today and thought that might be it. We also heard that you are supposed to drink water if your pee is a weird color so we both drank a water bottle.

2006-07-11 14:15:05 · 24 answers · asked by T 1 in Other - General Health Care

2006-07-11 13:55:11 · 6 answers · asked by kristina 1 in Other - General Health Care

Orthopedics, kneecap [patella surgey], comminuted patella fracture, surgery with open reduction internal fixation with two pins and figure of eight tension band wire

2006-07-11 13:45:43 · 5 answers · asked by Jim R 1 in Injuries

2006-07-11 13:41:34 · 6 answers · asked by BostonBlondie 2 in Injuries

I'm scared of the pain.

2006-07-11 13:28:04 · 9 answers · asked by YES24 2 in Other - General Health Care

I've experienced effects of marijuana, but unwilling to do any other drug (including tobacco and alcohol). One of the headlines on tv was something to the effect of the benefits of psychedelic mushrooms on certain patients. Why are they praising effects of mushrooms it seems like just as much as they report negatively on marijuana? Doesn't marijuana have medical benefits also?

2006-07-11 13:14:20 · 5 answers · asked by The man who Sweats 1 in Other - General Health Care

I have a jammed/broken toe I got for falling of my bike yesterday. It's all swollen, stiff, and it hurts when I move it or touch it. I can move that toe up a little bit and can't move it down is my toe broken or just jammed.

2006-07-11 13:03:31 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

I am under constant stress during the day,because of my college coursework deadlines,
and I eat huge portions every 5 hours, I sleep at 2:00 am,I am up at 8,then I sleep at 6:00 pm,I am up at 10:00 pm.
I feel like I have a flu or sore throat,but then my stomach is like a washing mashine.and I have headaches.
PLEASE TELL ME WHAT EXACTLY IS WRONG WITH ME?
IS IT THE STRESS?
SOMETHING I ATE?
OR SLEEPING PATTERNS?
WHAT CAN I DO?

2006-07-11 12:56:29 · 8 answers · asked by RACHEL 3 in First Aid

2006-07-11 12:51:00 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

2006-07-11 12:41:40 · 15 answers · asked by hollaqueen 1 in Injuries

If gun makers knew the names of the people they kill would it make them stop the killing?

2006-07-11 12:38:12 · 11 answers · asked by wiki 1 in Injuries

My back is injuried and I need L4 L5 Lumbar bi-lateral laminectomy and L5 foraminatomy

2006-07-11 12:11:08 · 4 answers · asked by matthew f 1 in Injuries

The past few days, I have only been eating dinner.
I just haven't been hungry to eat, and you should only eat when you are hungry anyway.
But how unhealthy is this for me?
I need to drop a few pounds anyway..

2006-07-11 12:10:49 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

2006-07-11 11:50:56 · 7 answers · asked by padresfan76 2 in Other - General Health Care

2006-07-11 11:45:26 · 13 answers · asked by bigjoecat 1 in Other - General Health Care

I don't know, everyone I know has had at least one, "oh, gross!" accident in their lifetime. I'm getting of scared of having mine-- seeing that it hasn't happened yet.
I know several people who have been run over by cars, fallen off stuff, gotten in car accidents, got severely burned, gotten limbs almost cut off... some are carelessness, but most of them are innocent freak accidents.
I've kind of accepted that something like that will eventually happen to me, and it's kind of a scary thought.
So, what I'm asking is-- does everyone eventually have one experience in their life that results in a bloody massacre of their body?
I'm the adventurous type, so I think I'm a prime candidate.
Does anyone else find the thought of being the target of a crazy freak accidents just a little frightening?

2006-07-11 11:42:28 · 8 answers · asked by doubled254 3 in Injuries

2006-07-11 11:22:29 · 9 answers · asked by riverview5803@sbcglobal.net 1 in Other - General Health Care

I have had for one week vague abdominal pain started July 5th as cramping to upper abdomen. Now after I eat, my stomach feels swollen and tight, sorest to the right upper and rt lower abdomnal and midabdominal region. I have had my gall bladder removed. I have not had any fever, vomiting except nausea, and have had regular bowel habits. I have cancelled my doctor appointment once because one day the symptoms went away.

Let me know if anyone else has experienced this and/or if I should be concerned. Thanks in advance, and please don't jsut wrote back I should go to the doctor because I will soon.

2006-07-11 11:08:28 · 4 answers · asked by atwitsend 1 in Other - General Health Care

Yesterday i had a panic attack and i couldnt breath and we call 911 i didnt go 2 the ambulance or the er they just came to check on me. im 16 years old and i had a seizure a year ago and still dont know what caused it. i have fainting spell like all of a sudden i feel really dizzy and get sharp head pains does any boday know what this could be?

2006-07-11 10:46:47 · 8 answers · asked by Cutie Pie 1 in Other - General Health Care

I have been experiancing sever cramps throughout my whole abdomin... I've been on my period for 9 days. Sometimes the pain is so bad I can't move... anyone know what could be going on with me??

2006-07-11 10:43:28 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

after drinking one day my hands went numb and my two thumbs sort of clamped inwards to my hand it totally freaked me out what do u think caused it .it did go away however

2006-07-11 10:42:19 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

Strange question I know - but I heard this today from a Canadian colleague and she is absolutley convinced that this is true!! Any scientists out there who can confirm that this true?

2006-07-11 10:24:38 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

My stomach feels very weird at times liek i wanna throw up and uneasy, liek a queezy feeling. I am not sick and dont have a virus or anything and am still ating the same way i did before.. THe thing is is that i have bad anxiety etc. and im wondering if the stomach feeling is just an anxiety symptom. I also feel very lazy and fatigued, mainly in my legs but i can still do very active things. Does this feeling happen to any of you and if it does how do i make it stop?

2006-07-11 10:19:26 · 8 answers · asked by tyler 1 in Other - General Health Care

2006-07-11 10:19:03 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

2006-07-11 10:15:35 · 7 answers · asked by tamilynn 3 in Other - General Health Care

Just what to find out the difference between a 19" and 20" monitor

2006-07-11 10:10:45 · 10 answers · asked by : ) 6 in Other - General Health Care