General Health Care - September 2006

I had a heart valve replacement operation in 1984 and still have trouble sleeping because I can hear it clicking when I'm trying to get to sleep and worry about it stopping(I subconsiously stop breathing so I can hear it better which speeds up my heart rate and end up having a panic attack)
Has anybody else had this problem and how have you resolved it as I've tried music through headphones but the vibrations from my heart go through the mattress so that doesn't work and don't like the idea of sleeping pills.

2006-09-18 23:55:39 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

My foreskin has loads of little stretch marks on it, and frequently gets dry and cracked. Even though my flaccid penis is very big with quite a big foreskin, I think the problem is probably due to the amount py penis grows when it gets hard - my erect length is 1.7x my flaccid length, and my erect girth is 1.6x that when soft. Should I try ordinary moisturisers or is there something better you can suggest?

2006-09-18 23:42:29 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

I'd like to join a gym in London that isn't too expensive, so Holmes Place is out. I was a member of LA Fitness which was OK but I think I'm after a smaller and more personal club.
Anyone have any SERIOUS suggestions, experience or ideas please.

2006-09-18 23:31:29 · 14 answers · asked by F&S 1 in Other - General Health Care

It hurts too much to sleep, turning over hurts!

2006-09-18 23:19:19 · 8 answers · asked by h2opolochix 2 in Injuries

If you lie in the dark in complete silence, but you are awake, does this count as sleeping at all?

2006-09-18 22:40:20 · 34 answers · asked by anon 2 in Other - General Health Care

i have tried everything gum, inhalater,patches even allen carr book i stoped for 5 wks but couldnt stick the craving any more and that was with patches,i now got to wait another year before i can join cessastion clinic i have asthma too. I really want to stop i smoke 25 aday is there any stay in clinics ? or any one have any suggestions?

2006-09-18 22:28:41 · 27 answers · asked by sweety 1 in Other - General Health Care

2006-09-18 22:07:48 · 10 answers · asked by ANBU 1 in Other - General Health Care

Even though I’m reasonably healthy, I got no worry and I’m not upset about anyone or anything, I’m tossing and turning for hours every night lately.

Has anyone had a same or similar problem? If so, could you tell me your experience and what you do to put yourself to sleep?

P.S. - I don’t like taking sleeping pills. And please don’t tell me to count sheep - I counted 3968 sheep one night and I was still wide-awake.

2006-09-18 21:35:49 · 14 answers · asked by fortuna0820 3 in Other - General Health Care

2006-09-18 21:09:10 · 10 answers · asked by fellow 2 in Other - General Health Care

like... say, perhaps if my father took two 200 mg pills every four hours for over a week straight.
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two and a half years ago, i found out firsthand what happens when you take too much aspirin, and ended up in the hospital with a 92 degree temperature

2006-09-18 21:01:49 · 11 answers · asked by Jim 7 in Pain & Pain Management

2006-09-18 20:45:12 · 17 answers · asked by ben287392 1 in Other - General Health Care

I dont need a lecture on quitting, I need to know how long should I give smoke to disperse before non smoking guests arrive.

2006-09-18 20:26:36 · 9 answers · asked by Pam W 3 in Other - General Health Care

well i feel like i'm gonna pass - out i have bad chest/ stomach pains and a huge massive hedache and panadol doesn't help at all and it is so painful should i go to the hospital for a morphine injection or what?
NO I AM NOT AN ATTENTION SEEKER

2006-09-18 20:23:24 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in First Aid

cause my friends think i have it and i'm like throwing up and stuff is it serious should they take me to hospital i'm actually at a camp and am on my lap top whilst waiting 4 the panadol to kick in for my very bad headache, help


cause my friends think i have it and i'm like throwing up and stuff is it serious should they take me to hospital i'm actually at a camp and am on my lap top whilst waiting 4 the panadol to kick in for my very bad headache, help
can u go through how to releive pain etc, step bye step

2006-09-18 20:21:00 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in First Aid

i am bleeding really badly from my hand and i have tried to stop it have applied at tight bandage to stop it but it won't work not even after 15 mins, should i fix the bleeding myself or go to the hospital and get it stitched up, i have rubber disposibel gloves and i'm not sure how to apply the butterfly strips but i doubt they would work

2006-09-18 20:16:06 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in First Aid

2006-09-18 20:13:34 · 6 answers · asked by kylebakesb 2 in Other - General Health Care

I've been hearing a buzzing/ringing sound in my right ear now for over a year. It's a constant 24/7 thing. It's annoying and distracting me from everything. i've been to the health center here on campus 4 times and everytime they say it's nothing and send me home with ibuprofen. it pisses me off that these supposely educated idiots can't tell me whats wrong. what is freaking wrong with my ear? why am i hearing this buzzing sound in one ear?

2006-09-18 19:52:49 · 8 answers · asked by tokkibunni 1 in Other - General Health Care

I get a lot of nose bleeds and I find the best "cure" to stop the bleeding is to actually SNORT out the blood clot. I lean above the sink and snort one nostril and with the blood comes a large stickier mass of blood. Almost instantaneously the bleeding has stopped. Anyone else do this? I read a lot of people apply pressuer for 30+ minutes and tilt the head forward and or contort the body so the head is below the heart. I find the snort technique to work the best.

2006-09-18 19:51:39 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in First Aid

I noticed after crying, my tears weren't salty. I didn't know if that's something to be alarmed about. Does anyone know? I can't find anything on-line. I'm also 4 months pregant, can that have something to do with it? Any information will help. Thanks

2006-09-18 19:48:54 · 13 answers · asked by Ali 2 in Other - General Health Care

2006-09-18 19:40:31 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

2006-09-18 19:32:23 · 6 answers · asked by meamo26 1 in Pain & Pain Management

2006-09-18 19:28:44 · 6 answers · asked by Deepak A 1 in Pain & Pain Management

2006-09-18 19:06:46 · 9 answers · asked by ♥michele♥ 7 in Other - General Health Care

2006-09-18 19:01:11 · 10 answers · asked by Parul 2 in Other - General Health Care

cause my friends think i have it and i'm like throwing up and stuff is it serious should they take me to hospital i'm actually at a camp and am on my lap top whilst waiting 4 the panadol to kick in for my very bad headache, help


cause my friends think i have it and i'm like throwing up and stuff is it serious should they take me to hospital i'm actually at a camp and am on my lap top whilst waiting 4 the panadol to kick in for my very bad headache, help
can u go through how to releive pain etc, step bye step

2006-09-18 18:50:04 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in First Aid

2006-09-18 18:46:54 · 3 answers · asked by donnyfats 1 in Other - General Health Care

2006-09-18 18:34:55 · 7 answers · asked by pureessence 2 in Other - General Health Care

My boyfriend just told me that his x has herpes and did the whole time they were together but she was taking Valtrex and he never slept with her when she had a break out but they obviously had unprotected sex bc they have a child together! does he have it, Can you have it for four years and not know and spread it?

2006-09-18 18:32:31 · 9 answers · asked by Lynn J7123 1 in Other - General Health Care

would it be safe to take expired sudafed medicine from 02/2006? its all sealed, but it's expired. It's only 7 months old, and I really need some, since I can't get a new box yet.

Would it have any bad side effects?

serious answers only, please.

Thanks!

2006-09-18 18:30:58 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

I noticed this in a set of photographs I just took of him. In all of them I used a flash and his right retina shrinks from the light while his left retina always remained larger. Is this normal? It makes sense that something is wrong as he has always complained of having no depth perception at night when he drives and there is oncoming traffic in the next lane.

2006-09-18 18:25:28 · 9 answers · asked by MichC 2 in Other - General Health Care