General Health Care - January 2007

What is the best routine, shower in a morning before work or have that extra half an hour in bed and shower when you get home?

2007-01-10 20:41:49 · 40 answers · asked by molly 2 in Other - General Health Care

uff! this bruise is p***** me off!lol.. hi ive got a line of a bruise jus under my eye, started from the top of the nose but that part was ok. its the 4th day today. how do i get rid of it quicker?? please help!

2007-01-10 20:09:09 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

I have tried to give up smoking and feel like the craving wont ever end. Do they?
Its been really hard and i want to quit but dont know how long i can hold out for.
Help.
P.s all smokers pay attention to this (im 23 and its this hard so imagine how much harder it could get)

2007-01-10 20:07:01 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

2007-01-10 19:52:55 · 3 answers · asked by pooja 2 in Pain & Pain Management

2007-01-10 19:51:52 · 2 answers · asked by pooja 2 in Pain & Pain Management

I've been having problems lately with sleeping. I try to sleep around 12, but I end up sleeping around 4/5 and so it's been a huge problem since I wake up at 7 for school. My friend told me to take tylenol pm or anything pm, which has benzyne (which i guess makes you sleep?). I couldn't find anything but regular tylenol that is acetaminophen 500 mg. 500 seems alot, but would I be fine if i took it?

2007-01-10 19:36:07 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

I know some people suffer of it like:
Sea-sickness.
Car-sickness.
Plane-sickness.
Not sure how to write it, sorry...

2007-01-10 19:26:49 · 5 answers · asked by klaartedubois 4 in Other - General Health Care

I can't find any literature on it, the little I did find indicates that it is safer than tylenol? Can anyone elaborate?

2007-01-10 19:21:25 · 6 answers · asked by nirvana19791979 2 in Pain & Pain Management

In need some advice... I have a cyst in the right hand side of my thyroid gland.... i am waiting for a date for a Thyroidectomy to have this taken out ..... however this is now starting to cause me great discomfort. Its a throbbing pain and i am getting a lot of headaches accompanied with a shooting pain through the lump and up the side of my neck. The lump itself is about the size of a golf ball and is embedded in my neck squashed next to my throat. I have had blood tests and a biopsy and also a scan... the hospital have said that it is non cancerous and that it is just a cyst. Its not fluid. Can anyone please give me some advise on how to ease the pain. :(

2007-01-10 19:20:52 · 7 answers · asked by Nik nak 1 in Pain & Pain Management

Is it Possible for some injuries to go undetected in a CT scan and MRI? I crushed my T6 vertebrae about 1 month ago and I have very unusual symptoms unfolding. I have been losing feeling in my left leg for about 5 seconds with out warning then it instantly comes back. Anyone have any idea of what is going on?

Thanks for your answers!

2007-01-10 18:39:29 · 8 answers · asked by Matt S 1 in Injuries

2007-01-10 18:28:39 · 4 answers · asked by ThisSongsForYou 3 in Other - General Health Care

i often find myself waking up in the mornings with severe stomach pains and i am just wondering what is causing this. at first i suspected it was heavy drinking but i laid off for weeks and the problem persisted. i then suspected that i was not eating well so i solved that problem too but still no change so what could be causing this sever pain

2007-01-10 17:43:56 · 6 answers · asked by delicious buffet of manliness 2 in Pain & Pain Management

any types of over the contour meds?? i know that cranberry juice helps. But any meds besides anti biotics

some girl today at work suggested to me EVO its a yeast infection med but havnt taken it yet cause im afraid it may be the wrong one. any suggestions???

2007-01-10 17:19:45 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

The doctor prescribed naproxen for the pain I've been experiencing with my ankle because the advil wasn't helping and tearing my stomach up. The leaflet states that one of the signs of a serious reaction is joint pain. When I asked a nurse today she treated me like I was an idiot. I know it's not going to take the pain away quickly but thing is that it varies throughout the day (largely dependent on my activity level) and I just want to make sure it's nothing to worry about. I know if I start breaking out in hives/rash, trouble breathing, etc. that needs to be addressed but what about joint pain? Was that just a misprint?

2007-01-10 16:53:54 · 11 answers · asked by Mutly 5 in Pain & Pain Management

I have been taking painkillers (Vicodine) ever since my surgery 3 days ago. Since I have been taking them, I don't feel like having sex, and would probably have trouble getting it up even if I wanted to. Before I started taking them, I wanted to have sex all the time. Now I don't have much feeling in my penis. Has this happened to anyone else out there???? I'm worried about it.

2007-01-10 16:52:59 · 12 answers · asked by Voodoo 2 in Injuries

I found out today that I have a cyst INSIDE my ovary. I've been in a LOT of pain, and today the doc gave me a script for Flagyl 500 MG 2x a day, and also gave meTylenol 3 + codeine (Tylenol/COD #3 30MG TABS) to take "1 to 2 tablets by mouth every 4 hours as needed for pain" --as bottle states. Ok, at the doc office they also shot me in my backside with stuff that is leaving a bitter taste in my mouth still have a pain in my a** cause of the shot. How often would it be safe to take just one, not two? Since it says I could take one OR two every few hours, I'm confused. Maybe it's just the shot, but I can't seem to figure it out... THANKS in advance!!

2007-01-10 16:37:31 · 0 answers · asked by Midnight Butterfly 4 in Pain & Pain Management

2007-01-10 16:32:50 · 7 answers · asked by chesscoach 2 in Pain & Pain Management

I see them too....lil specs of light that dance around, never staying in one place. I only see them in the sky against the blue background or on light colored walls. ??

2007-01-10 16:23:08 · 6 answers · asked by tjcsonofallnations 3 in Other - General Health Care

2007-01-10 16:21:33 · 8 answers · asked by Lacy D 1 in Pain & Pain Management

I have had insomnia and I really need something to relax me besides medicine and reading. Any ideas?

2007-01-10 16:20:47 · 7 answers · asked by JACQUELINE T 6 in Other - General Health Care

My whole back is aching for more than 3 weeks. Got a heating cream from doctor but still aching. Got a massage but still aching.
The aching is making me very uncomfortable.

2007-01-10 16:14:41 · 4 answers · asked by shasa 2 in Injuries

I just wrote a question stating that i think my uterus is contracting and i asked if this is normal. now the pain in my bladder/uterus ares is getting more intense. tight and almost like a contraction. but now i have a sharp intense stabbing pain in my back right where my kidney is on the left side. so could the pain be a stone in the bladder, and not the uterus at all? could the pain in my back be a stone? now i'm scared to go to bed. last time i fell asleep thinking i had a stone, i woke up in such severe pain that i was unable to walk! i had to have my husband assist me into the car and i cried all the way to the hospital! what do you think?

2007-01-10 16:08:37 · 3 answers · asked by jess l 5 in Pain & Pain Management

Hello, I've had a bruise in the shape of a long, narrow, two-prongred fork running down more than half the length of my left shin. It's been there for AT LEAST a month and a half and doesn't show signs of dissipating. What is happening? Is it dangerous?

2007-01-10 16:08:12 · 4 answers · asked by rotciv_gan 2 in Injuries

My boss smokes in his office, the odor travels through out the office. Even to the non-smoking areas. Is there anything cost effective, or even a natural home remedy, that can really kill the odor?
We have used many sprays, and odor neutralizers. They don't last long. Someone told me coffee grounds/beans in the ash tray helps eliminate the odor, is this true? Any good advice will help.

2007-01-10 15:55:56 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

2007-01-10 15:55:41 · 5 answers · asked by candypants 1 in Injuries

2007-01-10 15:54:57 · 5 answers · asked by soar 3 in Pain & Pain Management

I have lived my whole life with this.. curse. I have tried talking to this one eye doctor about it, and he said the only option (that he knows of) is to cut a part of the eyelid muscle out, to raise my right eyelid. BUT he said there would be a 50/50 chance that i wouldn't be able to close my right eye, EVER. Please help me, if you know anything. I am so unhappy with it, because it looks so horrible in the mirror and in pictures! If you don't know what im talking about, I am talking about my right eyelid which is quite a bit lower than my left...and it makes me look messed up 24/7.

2007-01-10 15:45:52 · 2 answers · asked by Sarah G 2 in Other - General Health Care

my boss went on vacation for 3 weeks and I was fine then I get back into work on Monday ( i work in a resturant by the way) my throat really hurts its not sore just my outside is itchy and if anyones been hit in the throat before thats what it feels like I have tried cough drops and this spray stuff but nothings working any more ideas because I only work part time and can't afford the doctors thanks.

2007-01-10 15:41:45 · 6 answers · asked by mortal_goddess777 2 in Other - General Health Care

I had a arthroscope sugery for torn meniscus, I want to know what kind of damge that having a arthroscope will do to my knee like would it damge other parts of my knee for example my tendon? Thank you for answering.

2007-01-10 15:39:35 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

the heart is a musccle right? so just like other muscles who gets spasms, and gets tired, why not the heart? and does the heart rest? please answer! thanks!

2007-01-10 15:33:03 · 7 answers · asked by cai 2 in Other - General Health Care