General Health Care - October 2006

i know i have already posted questions but there all more detailed than the last (there was 2 before this) i hurt my hand in my gymnastics lesson, when i was doing a pike stradel over a horse buck my hand slipped and twisted and i landed on it. yesterday it was a pain in my little finger and down the side of my hand. this morning it was a little worse as it was hurting towards the bottom of my hand and now it's spread to nearly half way accross my hand and right the way to my elbow! i've tried ti support my finger with popstickle sticks and my arm with a bandage but it just makes it worse. i was wondering what it could be as it is slowly spreading across my hand and arm. i thought it was a trapped nerve or something but in my last question a couple of hours ago someone said that the nerve for your hand was located in the neck? i don't know about that though?

2006-10-27 12:15:20 · 12 answers · asked by kammy r 2 in Injuries

what is the biomedical approach, the important of biomedical approach, what has it acived.and has biomedicine been sucssesful.

2006-10-27 12:10:42 · 3 answers · asked by jahanara k 2 in Other - General Health Care

2006-10-27 12:06:54 · 2 answers · asked by nj 1 in Injuries

A friend of mine has recently begun to lose a lot of weight. there is no simple explanation for this, he has not been dieting, taking drugs, or doing anything differently than normal. he has suffered with ulsers in the past....could that have anything to do with it?...please no scary answers.

2006-10-27 11:49:06 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

2006-10-27 11:46:07 · 14 answers · asked by Ha Ha Charade You Are................... 4 in First Aid

Pain (not sharp) to Numb sensation to No sensation on hands and feet. It doesn't necessary go in that order, but it is long lasting. Sometimes the pain is in the arms and legs too, but it's generally not numb.

2006-10-27 11:31:13 · 5 answers · asked by Paper M 1 in Pain & Pain Management

I suddenly had a painfull and inflammed elbow. I had been doing a lot of lifting and carrying, renovating a house,went to boots and showed the pharmasist but had already brought ibuprofen as I know is an antiinflammatory,he suggested the same. Its cleared up now but I understand from reading information on the net it can come back,any suggestions thanks.

2006-10-27 11:29:58 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

when you go to your doctor is "WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?"
After all I have no medical training and can only dream of their salary?

2006-10-27 11:26:12 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

What will be the approximate cost if I have my knee x-rayed and/or have an MRI done?

2006-10-27 10:48:35 · 8 answers · asked by coppersmith 3 in Injuries

gets "aroused" is there any protocal; for this type of thing ...i mean this as a serious question and not to immpune nurses integrity

2006-10-27 10:44:20 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

eg. weight, confidence, being positive etc.

2006-10-27 10:43:47 · 14 answers · asked by CP 4 in Other - General Health Care

how do you make bad bruises on your hand?

2006-10-27 10:37:54 · 10 answers · asked by AsH-o-LeE x 1 in First Aid

i am in my late 20's. how bad can it be????????????

p.s, i have never had a cavity in my life, and have a very healthy mouth and teeth, according to my dentist, i will only need to remove my wisdom teeth if i wanted to prevent any pain in the future..................

should i just do it then?????????????????????????????????

2006-10-27 10:33:39 · 24 answers · asked by bluepuddle 3 in Pain & Pain Management

And he drinks say whisky neat, then he feels real bad pain in his lower abdomen, is my friend sick? What should he do?

2006-10-27 10:15:00 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

I have been having mild to moderate lower back pain since around May. It got better for awhile and then got worse again. It is usually the worst when I am trying to sleep or sitting down for long periods of time.

I went to the doctor a few times but it seems like all they want to do is sell me pain medication and not actually examine my back. Throughout this whole ordeal, no healthcare professional has actually examined my back. I'm not sure if this is common practice or not but it seems rather counter-productive to me.

I'm sure I didn't injure my back and the pain sort of came out of nowhere. It isn't a major strain on my life, but it is still annoying and I feel like it should have gone away by now. I mean I'm only 22 years old.

As sad as it is, I'm pretty confident I cannot trust my doctors because all they want to do is keep me on pain killers for months on end to mask the symptoms and to get me to stop asking them questions they don't have answers to.

What should I do?

2006-10-27 10:12:16 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

Mine. . . . how to detect them reliably, then how to punish severely. . . . force them to lick toilets clean.

It really is such a puny way to be - not respecting other people and instead thinking they themselves are fine and other people should put up with their sweat/slime/whatever else.

2006-10-27 09:51:56 · 55 answers · asked by Chris cc 1 in Other - General Health Care

why am i gettin realy bad knee pain? not just when im walkin but when im siting or evan when im asleep its so bad it wakes me up in the night it realy getting me down it started off as just a plain when i was standing then it started to efect the way i walk only a not noticeably but i could tell..but still.. yes im a little under wight and im tall 4 my age [5ft9] [7stone1].. i drink lots of milk but i dont eat much..some body tel me what is wrong with my knees please i dont think there is swelling and i have not fallen badly on them im 16 and feel like old women lol. some body help!!
Thanks.

2006-10-27 09:48:04 · 7 answers · asked by gema l 1 in Pain & Pain Management

Is this normal?

2006-10-27 09:38:26 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

i crinch my neck toward the monitor & after a few minutes my neck starts to hurt,i know this is a bad habit but i dont know how to stop doing this.help?

2006-10-27 09:32:54 · 7 answers · asked by forest lover 2 in Pain & Pain Management

2006-10-27 09:11:04 · 6 answers · asked by Juelz 1 in Injuries

Hey. My fiance was in a motorcycle accident last night in NY state. As I live in NC, and am going to school here, I was at a loss as to what to do. I am so worried about him.

He called me when he got home and explained what happened. He has a shattered collarbone, a collapsed lung, bruised ribs, something wrong with his thumb and many cuts and abrasions. He has to go see two different docs on Monday.

I really wanted to go see him but he and my parents both said that I was in no shape to drive home last night or this morning. So I'm going next weekend.

If anyone out there is compassionate enough to do so, would you please be able to keep him in your thoughts and prayers? I know I definitely am..His name is John. Thanks. I'm sure he will appreciate your thoughts when he's healed.

2006-10-27 09:05:29 · 13 answers · asked by knifelvr 4 in Injuries

I have an ingrowing toe nail and have had it for over 2 months now and its bleeding and infected bad. What will happen to my toe if i leave it much longer which i dont plan on doing?

2006-10-27 08:44:09 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

I have backache and knee aches and thought the whrool pool bathbub would help.

2006-10-27 08:41:44 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

or do I have to get a new pair?

2006-10-27 08:37:32 · 1 answers · asked by fartboy_x 2 in Other - General Health Care

(I'm in the UK)

Last Christmas my brother's car was hit by a woman who pulled out of a slip road onto a main road without looking. She hit him head on and his car was totalled. My mother who was in the passenger seat was taken to hospital by ambulance, and found to have a broken sternum. The woman in the other car admitted responsibility at the scene and police suspected she may have been drinking.

The insurance claim for her personal injury is still going on! My mum has been sent to see two separate doctors to assess her case.

In February, my BF had a smiliar accident - silly bint pulled out etc, but he did not suffer severe injury, just back pain which kept him off work for a few days. Woman did not immediately admit responsiblity and had not been drinking.

He's already been awarded £1,500!

What I don't get is why such a cut and dried case like my mum's is taking so long whilst a case like my BFs (which I thought wouldn't come to anything) has been sorted already

2006-10-27 08:36:21 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

I might be getting contact and im not sure if they hurt in your eyes

2006-10-27 08:27:06 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

but the problem is I am getting pain in bhoth wrists, on the thumb side and has led to weakness and a pain on gripping, I can actually open any type of bottle, and i have typed this with one finger.... I had xray last week which came back clear . Does anybody have any ideas

2006-10-27 08:22:14 · 13 answers · asked by boobiebear 2 in Pain & Pain Management

my wrist and hand hurt and it does this about every 2 months or so and now it hurts worse than ever its like someone is knifes in my hand. also it hurts to hold things write or do nothing.

2006-10-27 08:18:04 · 10 answers · asked by catcfh1020 2 in Pain & Pain Management

Did exercise help or hinder your recovery? Please, explain what happened and if you successfully recovered from pain and range of motion. What percentage better are you now?

2006-10-27 07:53:54 · 3 answers · asked by I'm alive .. still 5 in Injuries

was in a serious car accident in feb of 2006, i fractured my right femur and had a rod placement, but my left hip hit the frame of the car and had very bad bruising, and ended up with an extremely large hematoma, that is still there - ive tried massage, but it looks like a really bad saddle bag on one hip, its about a hand full size - how do i reduce it, i cant even fit into some clothes, and the soreness still there is very uncomfortable....please help!

2006-10-27 07:35:25 · 1 answers · asked by mee420 1 in Injuries