General Health Care - December 2006

2006-12-24 05:52:11 · 1 answers · asked by black_heliconia 2 in Pain & Pain Management

when doing a diagnostic lumbar puncture, how commonly does one in practice check the opening pressure using a manometer? i know it is mentioned in books, but how often is it really done ?

2006-12-24 05:49:26 · 2 answers · asked by Nirmala 4 in Other - General Health Care

Im debating rather if i should take aspirin or not cause i think a migraine is coming on... my head hurts a little bit right now but i don't know if the pain will go away on its own or if it will turn into a full blown migraine... what do you think? take it or nah?

2006-12-24 04:59:53 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

2006-12-24 04:52:38 · 9 answers · asked by lenabean420 2 in Other - General Health Care

Creativity counts.

2006-12-24 04:48:22 · 14 answers · asked by s_reflux 2 in Injuries

Every time I go back to the doctor for something new they tell me it is my IBS. Now I'm suffering from severe lower spinal pain. I dropped my Health Insurance bc it was so expensive. What's the word from other IBS patients... If I blow the money to go to the doctor will they only tell me this is my IBS again?

For Women who suffer, I'm a day due to my period. The pain started 3 days ago. Like many others my IBS gets worse at this time of the month.

2006-12-24 04:35:18 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

So first off im only 14 years old
ive been having a pain in my right leg for a month now. it hasnt ever hurt as bad as it does today. the pain starts at my knee and goes down to mid calf. its a moving pain,and it feels like theres a block of ice going up and down in that area. sometimes(like today)i can barely walk, and when i sat down the pain got worse. and i couldnt get back up. i dont play any sports but im not lazy. so what could this be?(no hospitals work today)

2006-12-24 04:28:54 · 4 answers · asked by delasalle2011 2 in Pain & Pain Management

i go nearly 2 to 3 times for excretion after finishing it ,my back pain starts & my legs starts cramp for atleast 2 to 3 hours,after showing to the docter diagnosis is hypochromic aneamic(10.2) ,so what can be the treatment.

2006-12-24 04:24:57 · 5 answers · asked by sure 1 in Pain & Pain Management

My doctor thinks I may have "Nutcracker Esophagus". How much chest pain is typical for this disorder? Does this disorder worsen or go away? Yes, I need to ask him these questions but haven't yet had an opportunity. Thanks!

2006-12-24 04:09:53 · 1 answers · asked by Don't call me Shirley! 1 in Pain & Pain Management

2006-12-24 03:44:55 · 6 answers · asked by dhiren_bullseye 2 in Other - General Health Care

I have a lot of joint pain in my hands and arms and don't know how to gracefully get out of shaking hands with friends and aquaintances.

2006-12-24 03:12:02 · 9 answers · asked by Justasiam 1 in Injuries

Will I be able to continue my duties as a police officer wearing the gunbelt, after surgery?

2006-12-24 03:09:06 · 1 answers · asked by BigDaddy 2 in Injuries

taking paracetamol and voltrol

2006-12-24 01:33:17 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

i have these drops for my ear infeaction given to me by my doctor and someitme not very often but when i put the in and i let the drain my ear is left feeling slightly deff i can hear out of it but it feels uncomfortable is this normal plz help. it feels mufled for about two days then it goes away :S

2006-12-24 00:57:46 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in First Aid

I am 18 years old and unimployed at the moment and am currently living with my parents. I have no health ensurence and my parents coverage ran out when i turned 18. I heired something about medicade what exactly is it and does it cost anything.

2006-12-24 00:51:06 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

2006-12-23 23:50:18 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

My friend ruined her cornea on her left side(3/4 is completly gone)so she is seeing a special eye doctor everyday to make sure it heals properly.It was because of her 30day disposable contacts and her eyes weren't usto that (her eye wasn't getting enough oxygen I think and it completly ripped out(The cornea))so when it heals she has to switch to disposable everyday ones I think,but what would have happened if all her cornea completly damaged?

2006-12-23 23:32:25 · 3 answers · asked by DreamfullAngel 1 in Injuries

2006-12-23 22:50:48 · 10 answers · asked by solstice333 3 in Other - General Health Care

Ok I have a sharp pain in the middle of my buttocks my right cheek. It feels like a tightly knotted muscle like you would get in your back. It has gotten worse over today and started yesterday. I tried taking a bath, massaging it. When I move around or walk it feels like its pulling my leg muscles up with it and a little tingling and numbness. I take a certain kind of medication for bipolar disorder 150 mg lamictal, 50mg seroquel, 10mg lexapro. It hurts the most to sit back down again. I do not do alot of moving around or exercise during the day either. I am a stay at home housewife so I don't know what could be the cause. It is really starting to annoy me and scare me a little. Any suggestions besides going to my doctors which I plan to do if this persists. Thanks.

2006-12-23 22:34:58 · 10 answers · asked by Amanda 2 in Injuries

2006-12-23 20:13:10 · 18 answers · asked by ffhorton 1 in Other - General Health Care

i just used a store brought wart remover,i used it for 1-4 weeks i forgot but now da skin around da area is all white.thats all i know

2006-12-23 19:59:00 · 4 answers · asked by asd 1 in First Aid

OKay i had a lapse in judgement and i tried on this ring that i got 2 years ago. It was sized for my middle finger 2 years ago. And since then my hand has grown and i have got into the habbit of cracking my knuckles. I was stupid and i slipped it onto my middle finger. And even below my knuckle it is tight. but i cant get it off! i dont want to get it wet becuase its really nice and i dontwant to ruin is do you have any suggestions?

2006-12-23 19:58:54 · 8 answers · asked by Daly 2 in First Aid

I am currently a senior at high school planning on going to UCLA.
summary:
unweighted 3.71 GPA
weighted: 4.12 GPA
SAT: 1630(low)
ACT: 23(low)
president of two clubs (French and European)
Jazz band piano player
volunteered as teacher aide and other(150 hrs.)
50 hours community service
worked one year as bus boy and pantry chef at my dad's restaurant as a Freshman. I will take 11 AP passes 8 AP test: AP Physics 4, AP chem 5, AP bio 3, AP span 3, AP calc AB 3, AP French 4, AP world history 3, AP US History 3

I think I am on track for pre-med and med. work wise? and educational wise?

2006-12-23 19:12:00 · 1 answers · asked by avalentin911 2 in Other - General Health Care

for 2 days now

2006-12-23 18:34:53 · 7 answers · asked by takinbaksunday05 1 in Pain & Pain Management

I got an ear infection when I pirced my ears. Now, one hole is really hard and the other has a bump on the back of the earlobe!!!!! So nasty!!!! Help!

2006-12-23 17:10:41 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in First Aid

I was dared to funnel a half gallon of Southern Comfort and I did it. I feel absolutely aweful right now but don't think I can drive. I am see triple I think. What should I do?

2006-12-23 16:51:17 · 8 answers · asked by stidmachine 1 in First Aid

I admit that I do rest a few hours a day, like 4, but I do not truly sleep. I have adjusted the amount of meals I eat, and medications to allow me to go with out sleep. In fact, yesterday, I tried to sleep and can not. I am fine like this, and think sleeps a waste of time, I can clean my room or maybe the whole house in one night, I watch a lot of TV, and spend time learning what ever I need to know online. So why do some people like sleep so much? Whats the point in wasting that much of your live doing nothing but laying there for hours a day?

2006-12-23 16:10:05 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

It comes out of the blue and I feel as if a thick nail is going through my head. I feel it all the time in the center of my head (towards the left). I can describe it as the worst pain of my life. I grab my head and scream, but the pain is gone in about 5-10 seconds. I have been suffering from it every day since 12-11-06. I don't have any other symptoms.

2006-12-23 15:52:07 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

em.. but one i took out and the top of it is like black & that ear is like bad it hurts and it just started bleeding today because i was picking something off of it & then i fell asleep and it dried. and it kinda hurts ... what should i do....is it infected?

2006-12-23 15:50:27 · 5 answers · asked by JENN:) 2 in Injuries

2006-12-23 15:46:26 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries