General Health Care - January 2007

2007-01-18 00:34:58 · 16 answers · asked by trosmiskintosa 3 in Other - General Health Care

My apartment has a really old heating system that has vents on the floors. The heat is really dry, so when I wake up each morning, my nose is all stuffy and I feel really gross. A couple of weeks ago, I noticed that if I use a no-drip nose spray with a little Vick's vapor rub under my nose, when I wake up, I am clear! So, for about 2 weeks now, it is my nightly routine. I only put about a half-squirt in each side. It says on the bottle not to use more than a few days, but you know how it is, they are required to give certain warnings whether or not it is really harmful. What do you think?

2007-01-18 00:34:32 · 14 answers · asked by katty_jb 3 in Other - General Health Care

My mother is getting a visiting nurse twice a week that medicare is paying for. She told me that she would do her hair even die it. she seems nice. she even said she would do her nails. is this normal for them to do or is she trying to get me to tip her? If so how much and how often do I tip her.
Thank you for your help

2007-01-18 00:31:27 · 6 answers · asked by chris r 3 in Other - General Health Care

I had a hip replacde in march, and it is killing me. Is this normal? Sometimes I can hardly walk.

2007-01-18 00:28:53 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

why do i keep getting terrible shooting pains in my lower abdomonal area- when i have them i cannot move the pain is that bad, also my lower stomach sometimes is tender and swollen.

2007-01-18 00:16:01 · 10 answers · asked by Donna L 1 in Pain & Pain Management

2007-01-17 23:58:10 · 4 answers · asked by lonegraph 1 in Pain & Pain Management

my calf locked up this morning and last night my foot locked up and a couple weeks ago my whole leg locked up.this is all on my right side. i don't know what it means. it's like i can't move it and it hurts for about thirty seconds and if i movr it before it's over it hurts so bad. excruciating pain sometimes

2007-01-17 23:58:06 · 3 answers · asked by nαrcíssα [misses being a TC] 6 in Pain & Pain Management

earlier, i was playing with my chair then i fell off..i hit the back of my head on the floor? i didnt get dizzy after but of course, i got a bit stunned immediately then it was gone.. it doesnt hurt now.

im a bit worried if it would affect anything with my health..

2007-01-17 23:55:23 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

2007-01-17 23:53:06 · 3 answers · asked by Booyah! 3 in Other - General Health Care

ive terrible pain over right eye for over a week,not a migraine,just pain wont go away,doctor says migraine,can you have pain without a break for a week

2007-01-17 23:40:11 · 0 answers · asked by Andrew D 1 in Pain & Pain Management

2007-01-17 23:35:52 · 9 answers · asked by bluejays92368 1 in Pain & Pain Management

At basketball practice a teammate accidently kneed me in my knee and I'm not able to walk to well. I was able to get through the rest of the practice but had pain. We got a tournament day after tommorow. I need a fast way to decrease the pain.

2007-01-17 23:20:43 · 4 answers · asked by Apollos 1 in Injuries

People always say that shampooing one's hair at night or the fact that your back gets wet can make one anemic. Is it true? What about getting colds?

2007-01-17 22:18:48 · 9 answers · asked by fire_fly415 1 in Other - General Health Care

Right now the right bottom part of of my abdomin is swollen, not sure when it got that swollen sometime this week. Since christmas there has been an irritation or slight pain in that area, where when i wear my belt or if i am wearing a tight ban around it , it gets irritated. Now since sunday i been hearing a lot of noises coming from my abdominal and stomach area, like gas is moving around, its the first time i had this before and it doesnt deal with hunger. So does anyone had this problem or had experience with this before?

2007-01-17 22:06:51 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

I recently hurt my butt muscle lifting a pallet about 8 mo ago, the pain went away 2 weeks after hurting it and just the other day for some reason started hurting extremly bad again. I need some info on what could be possibly be wrong with me. I do not have insurance, so im looking for some answers to help solve my problem please and to help heel the pain. The pain hurts around my butt,and all the way down my leg. It kills to sleep, lay on my bed, walk, and sit. Im having a terrible time here. Im only 22 years old, I think im to young for any back problems, I really think my butt muscle is streched or it never heeled right. Please give me some advice, it would be well apreciated, thanks

2007-01-17 21:58:30 · 8 answers · asked by muzzy 2 in Injuries

wink, wink, nudge, nudge

2007-01-17 21:30:04 · 14 answers · asked by jizzumonkey 6 in Other - General Health Care

I keep geting denied Disability. I have a cracked hip, broken knee, two broken ribs, two ribs that pop out of the socket, chronic sinusitous, chronic depression, and I've been through two cancers. I almost went thru brain surgery twice. And I'm only 36.

2007-01-17 20:51:18 · 5 answers · asked by Double D's 2 in Injuries

hi every one.. for the past two months i have been experiencing really bad wrist pain.. its been gradually getting worse.. i cant put any pressure on wrist at all.. and hurts to bend or lean on.. im a cheerleader and i need to base and tumble by next week. what is this and would it help if wore a wrist guard or what else should i do so its better for cheerleading in two weeks..

please help

2007-01-17 20:50:05 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

When I go to bed in the night, it hardly takes a minute for me to go off to a very sound sleep. even if I am talking to someone else in room when in bed, and I take break from a converation for a minute, I go to sleep.Thereafter, I open my eyes only in morning and I don't even change my position in sleep.I wake up in the position in which I had slept.I understand ppl may find this to be lucky to have this kind of sleep, but I think this is a bit abnormal. Is this a kind of sleeping disorder?

2007-01-17 20:39:02 · 7 answers · asked by thunders_1107 1 in Other - General Health Care

Are there any scientific explanation on this?

2007-01-17 20:30:40 · 11 answers · asked by MS 2 in Other - General Health Care

I’m a little suicidal, i just took 15-20 codein pills, and 5 clonapams. And im starting to cut myself again.

2007-01-17 19:50:20 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

I smoked my last cigarrette at about 6pm last night, and i'm getting shakey already!

2007-01-17 19:23:37 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

2007-01-17 18:35:24 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

2007-01-17 17:43:10 · 3 answers · asked by john t 4 in Pain & Pain Management

I have had this horrible sleeping habit for about 4 years now. I sleep with my forehead on the wall. Basicly I lean my head on the wall when i sleep. THis has casued my forehead to turn brown and mushy and it looks very bruised. I stoped sleeping like this and it is still the same. Will it turn back normal? If not are there any ways to fix it?

2007-01-17 17:30:38 · 5 answers · asked by waw423 2 in Injuries

2007-01-17 17:21:57 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

It has blisters on it ....it is really sore and hurts really bad so much that I can't even talk normal! What helps?

2007-01-17 17:17:01 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

2007-01-17 17:15:24 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

I am a nursing student and am currently working in a community health rotation, going into the homes of the elderly and assisting them with their medical needs. I am working with a patient who is taking medication for diabetes, but is having a hard time remembering to take his medication. He is prescribed to take the pills once in the AM and once in the PM with meals. He says he wakes up and eats at all different times of the day and can't remember to always take the pills. He is not taking them regularly and may be going days without taking any, and then having some days where he's taking them more than twice. I am trying to think of some way to remind him to take his pills, regardless of what time he wakes up or if he's out for dinner or whatever his particular circumstance is for that day. He does have a pill box, but does not remember to fill it for the week, so that method does not appear to be effective for this patient. Does anyone have any suggestions?

2007-01-17 17:00:08 · 10 answers · asked by emily g 1 in Other - General Health Care

2007-01-17 17:00:06 · 115 answers · asked by Terry C 2 in Other - General Health Care