General Health Care - December 2006

My beautiful baby boy was born in September via a c-section. During the procedure he received a spiral fracture to his left humerus and a haematoma (bruising mass) to his scrotum. I am angry that this has happened and have been informed that there is no avenue to sue the doctors repsonsible as I can't prove pain and suffering because he was a newborn baby at the time these injuries occured. I am not a money grubber and do not want to sue for monetary benefit. I just want the doctor to be held accountable. It is extemely rare for a baby to sustain a fracture during and c section and it is rare for a baby to receive a bruised scrotum so I imagine it must be exceptionally rare for a baby to receive both!!! My friend is a vet and has said that they pull calves out with tractors and they don't break limbs, so how rough did the doctor have to be for this to happen??? This happened in Australia and is more of a rant than a question but feed back from anywhere is very welcome.

2006-12-27 08:56:30 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

my left side hurts!!!

2006-12-27 08:51:23 · 7 answers · asked by vbriones 1 in Injuries

I guess I must have been hit in the neck playing backyard football yesterday, though I apparently did not realize it (or didn't think enough *of it* to remember it) at the time.

Weirdly, the swelling is on both the left and right sides of the frontal region of my neck, right between my adam's apple (which is NOT swollen) and my pulses on each side. The soreness isn't overwhelming, but it is annoying and a little stiffening.

Ice didn't seem to help at all, strangely, as it does with most swelling episodes.

2006-12-27 08:45:39 · 9 answers · asked by CrackityJones_83 3 in Injuries

2006-12-27 08:42:12 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

is it serious because he has been complaining of throbbing headaches since that day.

2006-12-27 08:32:10 · 15 answers · asked by hanusha_param 1 in Injuries

2006-12-27 08:29:04 · 7 answers · asked by tazzyoo 2 in Pain & Pain Management

ok, so lately i've been getting these really bad pains in the side of my foot near my toes. This part of my foot also sticks out a little bit, but my dad's does too(maybe i inheritited it? wtever) but he doesn't get pains. We went to a regular doctor, he said he thought it was bcause my shoes were too tight and after getting new ones and loosening them, it still bothers me. The pains are really bad, and it hurts to the touch. Any ideas?

2006-12-27 08:20:26 · 3 answers · asked by Penguin 2 in Pain & Pain Management

2006-12-27 08:08:38 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

QUITTING SMOKING - carbon monoxide?
It says that after 8 hours, the carbon monoxide level returns to normal and the bloods ability to carry oxygen returns to normal.

What will the plus effects of this and what are the down effects of carbon monoxide by smoking?

If you have quit and can tell me difference you may have have felt that would be great.

2006-12-27 08:07:47 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

as long as i can remember i have never ran a fever at all even when i have had the flu or any thing i feel warm but never feverish is my wife said that's odd is it norm

2006-12-27 08:02:17 · 7 answers · asked by ryan s 5 in Other - General Health Care

2006-12-27 07:52:31 · 9 answers · asked by Ed K 1 in Pain & Pain Management

2006-12-27 07:47:10 · 8 answers · asked by shortlilmonkey5 1 in Pain & Pain Management

I've been on anti-depressents for 5 years, and lately ive been using the nicotine patch to quit smoking. I'm not sure which one gives me the super vivid dreams but they are literally like movies, i wish I could remember them it would make a great book. However, no matter how much I sleep I'm never rested, I can sleep 5 hours or 12 hours and I just as tired either way. I don't know if its that my brain isn't turning off or something else is going on.

2006-12-27 07:25:50 · 4 answers · asked by novaguy7480 1 in Other - General Health Care

i think my neck is out of place for the last week i have had a pian in the base of my neck that goes into my sholders and to my upper right arm and if i turn it sometimes i get dizzy even looking dwon i sometimes get dizzy it's not a sharp pain but more like a dull nagging pain

things that have done on my own
1 haven't fallen at all
2 i can touch my chin to my chest
3 haven't hit my head or my neck
4.no ear pain

2006-12-27 07:11:52 · 3 answers · asked by ryan s 5 in Injuries

i think my neck is out of place for the last week i have had a pian in the base of my neck that goes into my sholders and to my upper right arm and if i turn it sometimes i get dizzy even looking dwon i sometimes get dizzy it's not a sharp pain but more like a dull nagging pain

things that have done on my own
1 haven't fallen at all
2 i can touch my chin to my chest
3 haven't hit my head or my neck
4.no ear pain

2006-12-27 07:11:32 · 1 answers · asked by ryan s 5 in Pain & Pain Management

I don't keep Pepto or anything with me at work... but I've got this bad stomach ache and I keep on bloating up. I'm sure it was something I ate at lunch. Any suggestions?

2006-12-27 07:01:25 · 8 answers · asked by hevs55 2 in Pain & Pain Management

i want to study nursing and i hear home health aides have flexible hours of working....

2006-12-27 06:56:03 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

I was recently kicked with the heal of a skate blade on the back of my thigh, a little above my knee. The ER doctor that stitched me up said that the blade hit a small artery and that it was a very deep cut but he just closed the skin with 8-10 stitches but I went to see my family doctor he said that I should of had stitches to close the muscle that was cut too. I am a figure skater so my legs are very muscular and have very little fat on them. Now that its healed I can feel a hole under the skin in the back of my thigh when I put my hand over it, what could that be caused by?

2006-12-27 06:38:46 · 2 answers · asked by crazybethey 2 in Injuries

Will they hurt ?

Can i bring someone with me? - to keep me calm

Always panic around needles. lol. very scared and nervous

2006-12-27 06:19:10 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

I bruise easily
but it never looks lyke a bruise. It just hurts realy bad when you barely touch it. What could be the reason that it hurts so bad but doesnt show up?

2006-12-27 06:18:53 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

2006-12-27 06:12:24 · 6 answers · asked by scooterrocks 1 in Other - General Health Care

2006-12-27 06:08:04 · 11 answers · asked by jab92593 5 in First Aid

2006-12-27 05:57:02 · 6 answers · asked by hewlie 2 in First Aid

I had a blood test last week, today the surgery called as the doctor wants me to have another test in two weeks, I asked what was wrong with the first one and was told, the doctor will compare them once its done, should I be worried or demand the result of the first test, as being told to wait two weeks with out an explanation seems wrong to me.

2006-12-27 05:52:20 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

i got my tonsils taken out friday, i dont know if that has anything to do with it.. but my ears are killing me

2006-12-27 05:44:28 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

What is the reason for pinky toes? they just get in the way and i have broken mine 2 times this year.

2006-12-27 05:29:50 · 3 answers · asked by Sarah W 2 in Injuries

2006-12-27 05:20:10 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

I was checked out in 5th grade for tumors or pinched nerves and there were none...

2006-12-27 05:16:54 · 10 answers · asked by James U 2 in Pain & Pain Management

In early Nov. I bent my left ankle in at a 90 degree angle. It is still significantly swollen, and I am jumping and possibly running the mile for track in the Spring. What are good excercises to strengthen it?

2006-12-27 05:16:33 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

I cut my finger with a buck blade on christmas eve. I was opening a gift and long story short, it was an accident. Anyways, I ran water over it, I applied pressure with towels. After about 3 hours, I went to my sisters house. I showed my littler laceration off and my sisters BF told me super glue helps. So he cleaned up the cut and put super glue on it, then wrapped it with a band-aid. I found a finger splint and I used that until today. Was super glue a stupid dumb dumb move?

2006-12-27 05:07:07 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in First Aid