General Health Care - November 2006

I have a middle ear infection, and have for the last few days( started wed morning, its sunday morning). I'm sitting here at my desk and am becoming highly disoriented. I'd happily go to bed, but I'm at work.

What can I do!?

2006-11-12 00:36:47 · 4 answers · asked by Eternity 2 in Other - General Health Care

Why do so many ask medical questions? Is it just me or am i the only person who thinks seeing a doctor is the only real sure way of finding out what the problem is! Does anyone else think that listening to someone on here insted of seeing a doctor could put their health at risk?

2006-11-12 00:10:50 · 17 answers · asked by missy 3 in Other - General Health Care

It is Sunday afternoon where I am. My husband sliced his hand pretty badly on a mandolin. He hasn't had a tetanus shot in 20 years or so. Tomorrow is a really busy day. Can we wait until Tuesday?

2006-11-12 00:02:48 · 8 answers · asked by ifyousaysooooooooooo 2 in Injuries

as i think that i get it and my gran said there is no possible way it can get trapped there as wind is in your stomach not your shoulder

2006-11-11 23:54:35 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

I've noticed for about 1 year at least that my chest as a strong pain that feels like when your about to cry that weird feeling in your throat, but it's in my chest. It can get strong enough to make me fall out of a chair and when I lay down it hurts more.

2006-11-11 23:53:22 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

2006-11-11 23:13:29 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

I turned the mattress on the bed about a month ago and since then my lower back has been sore in the morning. I didn't have any pain at all before then but now even after moving the mattress again a couple of times I'm still sore. Anyone had a similar experience or can give any helpful advice?

2006-11-11 21:33:42 · 23 answers · asked by micktravis 1 in Pain & Pain Management

How would you know if one was in your ear or your child's ear? I found what I believe to be a tick crawling on my dog tonight. Without realizing it was even a bug I picked it off with my fingers. When I saw it was a bug I freaked and threw it. When I was looking for it I realized it was on my shirt. I freaked again and knocked it off me. I found it on the floor and squished it but now I am all paranoid. I feel like they are all over me. I checked my body and my children and didn't find anything. My ear itched inside (it isn't now) but it got me paranoid. Help! Please ease my mind.

2006-11-11 20:15:55 · 6 answers · asked by Jules 3 in First Aid

(if you've had it done, it would be more helpful) I looked online, but i want to know what it really is like. When does swelling go away (is it major or minor)? How long is the face bruised? is there numbness? where? how long does it last? I want all the details, etc. Thanks!

2006-11-11 19:59:22 · 3 answers · asked by heartbreaker2377 3 in Pain & Pain Management

We stayed in a hotel over the weekend and our mattress was really really soft and bouncy, and for the first time in about 20 years, I woke without back pain.

However, I always thought a hard mattress was best for back pain.

So which is best? hard or soft?

Can any fellow back sufferers tell me what they use?

If im supposed to have a soft one, im off out this week to sort it out!

It was so nice to wake without having to hobble around in pain for an hour, but I dont want to go and get a soft one if its actually going to do more damage.

2006-11-11 19:41:16 · 24 answers · asked by lozzielaws 6 in Pain & Pain Management

2006-11-11 18:56:34 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

plz don't tell me to sleep in a good posture coz once i've fallen asleep i don't know where i am
i've tried putting those relaxyl and stuff

2006-11-11 18:32:55 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

Lately I am feeling pain in my knee, just a bit below it on the edge of my knee cap. What does this mean?

2006-11-11 17:51:05 · 9 answers · asked by Kat 2 in Other - General Health Care

2006-11-11 17:10:23 · 1 answers · asked by lgill39 1 in Injuries

I am having chest pain on the left side of my chest, and my right arm is going almost numb. What is going on?

2006-11-11 16:21:01 · 9 answers · asked by brigette b 3 in Pain & Pain Management

I broke my wrist last week, and it's started to really stink because I've been sweating, is there any way I can get rid of the smell without taking it off???

2006-11-11 16:03:55 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

Please direct me to a site w/a printable list of most common medical/treatment acronyms. I need this in relation to treatment of on the job injuries. I need the most common fifty or so simple ones that are used most frequently...please help.

2006-11-11 15:55:42 · 1 answers · asked by RaleighNC 4 in Injuries

2006-11-11 15:50:19 · 21 answers · asked by debbie2243 7 in Other - General Health Care

its like a weird movement in my throat. it comes and goes every 20 to 30 seconds. its like a Big Beat i feel. i get shakey and i get the butterflies.

2006-11-11 15:38:18 · 2 answers · asked by Destiny & Faith's Mommy! 2 in Other - General Health Care

My boyfriend tells me i twitch about every 15 minutes during sleep. What are possible causes for this. Some are minors but others are somewhat violent..

2006-11-11 15:22:37 · 3 answers · asked by Cierra H 2 in Other - General Health Care

I need to write something funny on their cast.

I was thinking "Whats better than winning gold in the paralympics? Having Legs" but this might offend some people.

Anyone got any ideas?

2006-11-11 15:21:54 · 5 answers · asked by master_betty_101 2 in Injuries

What should I do?

2006-11-11 14:56:19 · 16 answers · asked by drateRa 3 in Injuries

For about a month now after I practice kicking field goals my knee hurts. Its sometimes so bad that I can't kick with my full force when I am practicing. I have tried stretching and laying off it, but it won't seem to go away. The pain seems to be located on my right leg just to the left of the kneecap. I'm not quite sure, but it feels like a blood vessel or something is there. The pain seems to be fiercest when my knee locks, such as immidiately after my kick on the follow through. If anyone can tell me whats wrong and how to deal with it I'd be very happy.

2006-11-11 14:53:20 · 3 answers · asked by Mark S 1 in Injuries

And when I get a cast & crutches I'm going to be a little less...mobile. I can't sit still and I think I'll a very hard time carry my book bag switching classes every 52 minutes, crowded halls, lunch trays, bus rides, stumbling, ect. Any suggestions, on how to make this upcoming month easier?

2006-11-11 14:45:55 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

2006-11-11 14:17:05 · 10 answers · asked by debrown4 1 in Other - General Health Care

I've heard it said that when someone jumpes off a building, "it's actually the impact that kills them."
What does that mean? Doesn't "impact" mean the moment the person hits the ground???
Of course a person would die as soon as they hit the ground. Isn't that obvious???
I know they cant die on the way down, otherwise wouldn't bungee jump. So it can't mean that. So what does it mean?

2006-11-11 13:54:06 · 10 answers · asked by BadGirlGimpy 3 in Injuries

I have severe knee pain, comes and goes. Spent hundreds of dollars in medicine, massage and doctors. Med. test shows no athritis and knee x-ray was normal. After that doctor told me this type of pain happens to every one. Is it true?

I have no other problem except back pain sometimes. Back feels better with a massage, but not the knee. It starts with knee then my whole leg feels like burning, painful enough to wake me up whole night, but I can walk.
Please let me know if you have any remedies for this type of pain?

2006-11-11 13:38:05 · 10 answers · asked by Just4YA 2 in Pain & Pain Management

need help he has no rabis

2006-11-11 13:30:04 · 14 answers · asked by twhittington07 1 in First Aid

So im a really competitive figure skater and skate anywhere from an hour to 3 hours a day. One Thursday I was walking around the rink with my skates on and as I stepped onto my right foot it was a horrible pain from the back of my ankle. It didnt swell, bruise, or get tender. But when im walking it feels like a sprain. What could it be? I need help because I have been skating on it still just dealing with the pain cus I have tests coming up that I need to be ready for!!!!

2006-11-11 13:25:09 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

i thought id u od on it u wouldent feel any pain because tylenol is supose to get rid of your pain

2006-11-11 13:22:55 · 7 answers · asked by joe11271990 1 in Pain & Pain Management