General Health Care - February 2007

I flew over a week ago with a head cold, and my ears got plugged up pretty severely. One cleared up, but the other has still not popped. I went to a GP and he said I had an ear infection and gave me antibiotics (which I have since taken and finished) and a nasal spray. But the ear is not better and now seems like I have slight tinnitus. I can lean my head way to the side and it clears a little, but when I turn back, it plugs up again. Sometimes, it feels like it might pop, but then it stays the same. What is this, and what more can I do? Do I need further medical treatment, or will it clear up on its own?

2007-02-11 01:36:50 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

2007-02-11 01:19:36 · 12 answers · asked by Brenda L 1 in Pain & Pain Management

and you can buy it at a local drug store

2007-02-11 01:15:42 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

You couldn't move a bone in your body, and you were in a special home, day in and day out, nurses having to hook you up to a machine so you can poo and wee, you can't talk, all you can do it look around, being pushed around in a wheelchair.

2007-02-11 01:14:39 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

Im so bloated and my intestines are making alot of movement and low rumblings (not hunger pangs). Besides drinking hot tea, does drinking hot milo help?

2007-02-11 01:08:13 · 12 answers · asked by chocolatbabe 1 in Pain & Pain Management

My new man snores like a buffalo. Joking aside he breathes loudly and huffs and puffs all night whilst continually snoring extremely loud!!! I can't get a wink of sleep!! I know this is a common problem with no such cure but I don't want to offend him but I can't sleep at all when he stays!! even when he lies on his side he snores and makes loud exaggerated breathing noises which are so loud they keep me awake!! He keeps telling me to prod him if he snores but its all the time so that just doesn't work! He wakes up for like 5 seconds and stops then it starts all over again!!! Does anyone know of anything that relieves snoring a bit? Apart from smothering him with a pillow!!!!!!!! Just kidding! Any help would be appreciated as I can see im gonna have to try and make excuses for him not to stay over if I want any sleep at all!!! Please help!

2007-02-11 00:45:26 · 18 answers · asked by simplyfemale_01 1 in Other - General Health Care

Rigth now i'm very mad at me.This is hard to talk about but i need to. I fu*ked up last night.I..cut myself pritty bad. I have more then 30 cuts on my arm.yes i know this shoud be it mental health,but there is so 1 in yahoo that has help me a grate deel i dont want to heart that person.i feel realy bad right now.i woud call a hot line but i raly dont think thay would beleve me if i told them i dont want to kill myself.cuz i dont.But i dont know how the hell to bet this. what shoud i do? i've been cutting myself for 7 years.What do i do?

2007-02-11 00:35:30 · 2 answers · asked by xo 2 in Pain & Pain Management

i have a small spot on my knuckle in hurts and it sore and my leg hurts too but a scartch or something ? what cream should i put on it .

2007-02-11 00:20:04 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

I had a botched back surgery 12 years ago. I have been seeing a pain management specialist for 10 years and I have an implanted pump with a catheter that delivers medication directly into my spine in the area of the nerves that are damaged. I have completely lost the ability to have a life and I know that I need physical therapy and physchological counseling but in the small town I live in they are not available and I can't drive myself back and forth from the closest city. Any one know of a place in Texas, Kansas, Arkansas, Tennesee, and other states close to these? These would be closest to home but I am willing to go anywhere necesssary. I need an inpatient program because I will be there alone. None of my family can rearrange things in order to be with me, but I need help now. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thank you all.

2007-02-11 00:16:20 · 2 answers · asked by Susan, too much pain, too long 1 in Pain & Pain Management

you know like emo.......

2007-02-11 00:11:49 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

Hello i need some opions or help here i have seziures alot and with that i get fluid that builds up in the brain.my insurance does not kick in for another 4 months because its a new ins we are going with and the company doesnty have any right now.but my question is what do i do to get this out doctor will not do a payment plan and asking my family out of the question there not around anymore.doctor said if i dont take care of this now the next good size seziure i have i might die if i cant pull out of it in time i am scared and dont know what to do i cant die i have a 8 year old son that i love to death please someone give me advise or something.thank you.

2007-02-10 23:48:26 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

I have been told I need the op for a torn rotor cuff on my right shoulder
because I cant' lift my right arm with out help,and Im'wondering if it will work after it.I dont' want an op if it is not going to help.So there must be other people who have had the op,out there please let me know if you can thank you all.

2007-02-10 23:26:45 · 6 answers · asked by stella F 1 in Injuries

I have had chronic neck pain for years, my understanding is from an accident years ago and I have lost the curvature in my neck. But I no longer have insu. available so I just suck it up and live with it. When it becomes unbearable I will go to a chiropractor, where the last visits left me basically unable to walk or function for a week. So now, I just wait for the pain to leave, which it usually does. Now the last week is so horrible , I have a pingpong ball size knot in my upper spine that can be pushed up and out with massage eventually. Can't really turn head, and this morning had a HUGe earachhe I assume is because of the neck problem. What HOLISTIC and inexpensive or Free treatments can someone suggest. A particular exercise perhaps? It seems to be worse now that I have 15 hour work days and havent been working out. Tips? Help--ouch ouch. THanks!!

2007-02-10 23:23:36 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

I went jogging yesterday and after about 10 mins my knee went stiff and a bit painfull, it made it difficault to properly "kick" my leg forward when running. This morning it still feels stiff and slightly painfull. Does anyone know what this might be and should I carry on jogging to "run it off"

2007-02-10 22:58:41 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

Recently i hurt my back moving some paving slabs. Not one normally to moan but this is a really annoying pain, Its not constant but when i sit in certain positions or move about it like send a shock wave down my spine.

Never really had any back problems before, Don't really like going to my Doctors as i normally recover better on my own without the aid of medication plus the fact i hate the place.

The strange bit is my skin burns where i hurt my back, Like when you get a Chinese burn lol. But there are no marks on my back whats so ever. It also feels like there is a lot of pressure at the base of my my spine.

Any help would be great
Went to bet at 10pm last night and it was 4am by the time i could sleep.

2007-02-10 22:51:31 · 4 answers · asked by s_h_t_y_d 1 in Injuries

2007-02-10 22:34:46 · 2 answers · asked by tracy139438 1 in First Aid

I used to take heroin (for about a year) and decided to quit, but just abstinence didn't work for me, so my doctor put me on a substitute therapy, i.e. on Subutex.
It worked fine in the beginning but after two or three weeks I started feeling horrible side effects such as dizziness, headache, sweating, insomnia, sleeping more than 12 hours and waking up half-dead, night mares and swollen ankles.
Should I stop taking Subutex by myself or should I consult my doctor? I'm afraid that if I lower my daily dose of Subutex or even quit, I'll go back to taking heroin.
Please help, I'm desperate.

2007-02-10 22:22:16 · 2 answers · asked by Kerrigan 1 in Pain & Pain Management

I think I got salmonilla when I ate out recently, I have been throwing up and have diarriha, is there anything I can do for my self ?

2007-02-10 22:21:01 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in First Aid

we have all seen it in a film where someone gets hit on the back of the head with the butt of a pistol and they get knocked out, a few minites later they come round with no apparent side effects.

I have never been pistol whipped or pistol whipped anyone but i would have thought that you would have to hit someone quite hard to knock them out and at the very least you would cut the head open, maybe even fracture the skull or possibly cause brain damage.

2007-02-10 22:15:52 · 11 answers · asked by timbiscuitbarrel 1 in Injuries

2007-02-10 21:19:28 · 22 answers · asked by cozy 1 in Pain & Pain Management

While heavy cleaning I pulled the muscles on my right side, shoulders, neck. It is painful to breathe and move and even talk.
I have been using BenGay and hot baths to too. Aleve I am taking.
How long does it take for this to heal, It is extremely painful. It has been not yet a week.
Thank you

2007-02-10 20:39:50 · 5 answers · asked by Kay M 2 in Injuries

needs it drained by a doctor? It is really swollen and back/purple. it is on the bottom of her finger nail on her pointer finger. It is still Really painfull 26 hours latter. And when i touched her bottom knucle it hurt her. School tomorrow or not!!???

2007-02-10 19:37:14 · 21 answers · asked by blahblahblah 5 in Injuries

Im experiencing shortness of breath and when I check my pulse I feel my pulse skipping a beat. Maybe its high blood pressure or anxiety, cause this only happens when I feel nervous or uncomfortable ( like being around my Mom...lol. ) And when I outside and I basically relaxed I'm ok. But the shortness of breath happens all bay.

Additional Info: I dont have chest pains or anything....yet. So I hope its not my heart

2007-02-10 19:15:11 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

my stomach/instentines hurt so bad I can't stand it. im extremely bloated to the point where the skin around my entire middle hurts from being stretched out. its so uncomfortable i cant sleep or sit or stand or do anything. i need help! is there ANYTHING i can do?

i know my eating habits over the last 2 days have been terrible, but i don't think bad enough to lead to this!

2007-02-10 18:23:34 · 17 answers · asked by B 2 in Pain & Pain Management

I had 1 puff of regular smoking..... but im always at bars where i get 2 hand smoke what is worse ?

2007-02-10 18:22:05 · 20 answers · asked by bik k 2 in Other - General Health Care

I used thermacare for my back pain. The instructions say to just open it and it will heat up in 30 min. For me it took longer, after about an hour I wore the thermacare wrap around my back. In 1 hours time I heard an alarm twice, may have been my smoke/CO alarm, but it stopped.
I checked their site and found that the wrap has charcoal, salt and some other natural items that slowly burn when exposed to oxygen.

Wondering if anyone knows if its possible to produce any carbon monoxide as part of its combustion?

2007-02-10 18:18:22 · 1 answers · asked by jam 1 in Pain & Pain Management

2007-02-10 18:12:25 · 4 answers · asked by aamackII 1 in Other - General Health Care

And fast! Hurts like a mother!

2007-02-10 18:11:04 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

2007-02-10 18:08:03 · 6 answers · asked by JCSuperStar 1 in First Aid

In my right knee, the pain is excruciating. Both on the knee cap, where the knee cap meets the bone on the bottom of the knee, and on both sides of the knee cap. When I try to stand it almost feels as if the bone is broken, once I stand the pain diminishes somewhat until I try to bend the knee to walk down or up stairs.

I am 66. Believe me when I say the doctor I have thru my Medicare Supplement is worthless. He has referred me to an orthopedist who is equally uninterested in the fact that I am constantly in tears from this excruciating pain.

I have to work for at least 5 more years before I can retire. While I sit at a computer for 7 hours, I do have to stand up and walk around the office to deliver documents.

Please help me try to reach the correct type of doctor to find out what to do with this pain, and how to treat the cause.

Thank you for any help you can give me.

2007-02-10 17:55:51 · 5 answers · asked by ? 5 in Pain & Pain Management