General Health Care - February 2007

In my little city there banning smoking in public places, what took them so long, I tryed it in college and that was it and did not have a problem stoping, and now looking at the ad's on yahoo there saying the brain craves the tar what does that mean.

2007-02-01 23:56:44 · 4 answers · asked by radday5 3 in Other - General Health Care

Was told taking my vitamins has helped, has any one seen this info on the net.

2007-02-01 23:53:12 · 10 answers · asked by radday5 3 in Other - General Health Care

My mother has been suffering from severe pain in the lower hip area. She suffers from pain when she stands, sits, walks, does any physical activity for 10mins or more (some days less than that). She says she feels a pain in the bone area of the hip (it looks as though it may be the head of the femur). The pain is so severe she can't even move at times. She has gotten up from bed & fallen due to losing stability in her left leg. Says whenever she's heard a POPPING sound she feels better for a moment. (I've actually heard it POP that's how loud it sounds). Doesn't happen too often, though. She had surgery last year b/c the doctor was under the assumption it was a hernia (from the area she was feeling pain) but that wasn't the case & a year later, it's gotten worse. She also has degenerative disease of the spine. What could this be? A bone fracture, arthritis? MRI results came back ok but it only focused on the pelvic area & not the surrounding bone of the leg.

2007-02-01 23:47:59 · 4 answers · asked by njboricua78 2 in Pain & Pain Management

I had surgery Jan 15th. My doctor prescribed Vicodin 500 mg for me which was working fine.

When I called to get another prescription, he called in Tramadol 50 mg for me.

Is Tramadol supposed to be more effective because I find that is not working for the pain as well as the Vicodin.

I understand that doctors are concerned about the addicting effects of Vicodin, but it was working fine for the pain.

Should I take 2 Tramadol instead of one, or should I call my doctor back and tell him that the Vicodin worked better for me?

2007-02-01 23:28:36 · 19 answers · asked by Nunya 4 in Pain & Pain Management

I have a long neck which can well be called I s’pose the most vulnerable part of my my body….
I experience a very intense,excruciating pain like it’s a thousand nerves breaking whenever I strech my hands or the like too far…for example when I was getting up from bed yesterday…I stretched my hands upwards and suddenly it all started all over again!
It is very intense and twice I had a vasovagal(it’s a kinda fainting) due to it…
It happens only on upward stretching of shoulders and the like
It even effectd part of my face coz the near portions were feeling numb afterwards…
They say its just calcium deficiency….
Have u all experienced the same pain sometimes?...its very very regular with me….n now its becoming a real problem…what did ur doctor say it was?

2007-02-01 23:02:20 · 2 answers · asked by catty 4 in Pain & Pain Management

I do not work, i do not go to school... im a bum for now.
My schedule is.
Fall asleep at 7AM and wake up 2pm-4pm eveyday.


I want to have a normal sleeping schedule where i sleep at 1 or 2am, and wake up around 10am.
I have tried not sleeping the WHOLE night, so the next night i can fall asleep easily, but that doesn't work. I still fall asleep late, and i wake up around 2pm like before.
Is this just a really bad Jet-Lag???


Oh, and i've tried Tylenol PM, but it just makes me really antsy. So drugs are out of the question.

2007-02-01 22:58:46 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

2007-02-01 22:56:14 · 2 answers · asked by barbara t 1 in Injuries

I am addicted to pain-killers and everyday I promise myself to take less and to try to get through the day but I am unable to do this. Nobody knows that I take these pills but without them my body hurts and I cannot function. I am too young to be doing this and was wondering if anyone else can relate to me and perhaps advise. Thank you. Cherie

2007-02-01 22:54:00 · 7 answers · asked by chere t 2 in Pain & Pain Management

I had very strong & well muscle thighs, bbut now they are not as strong as it was. Please tell me needful to do, and for my arms as well.

2007-02-01 22:51:42 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

It is the worst feeling in the world. Its not like normal pins and needles

2007-02-01 22:46:20 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

I don't have money to go to the dentist anyone know of any home remdy to use

2007-02-01 22:36:52 · 10 answers · asked by Linda 7 in Pain & Pain Management

i have been falling over often these days. i stumble as i walk as well.
sometimes my vision blurrs.
randomly my hand doesn't work when i write and suddenly draws a line across the page when i wasn't supposed to.
i saw a doctor but he said i need more rest, but even though i have had plenty of rest these symptoms keep continuing.
i play piano but i cannot play as fast as i used to and i can't type as fast either.
is this just plain clumsiness?

2007-02-01 22:14:28 · 6 answers · asked by christine c 1 in Injuries

2007-02-01 21:47:25 · 1 answers · asked by jet-jet 1 in Other - General Health Care

every time i look down my glasses slide off my face...it's driving me nuts...what can i do to keep that from happening??

2007-02-01 21:32:16 · 8 answers · asked by SNAP! 4 in Other - General Health Care

I have a dr apt tomarrow morn to get check for strep, and I just garggled salt water... it doesn't seem to help... =O( my thoat feels like it is getting bigger too =O( any ideas on how to get to sleep?

2007-02-01 21:20:16 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

I used 2 do athletics when i was like 11, now im 15 nd suffer from bad ankle pains ever now ans then, i have injured my ankle b4 nd i didnt get it checkd. is there a possibiltiy it could be injured still?

2007-02-01 21:15:58 · 9 answers · asked by Perth-beachbabe15 4 in Pain & Pain Management

i think i may hav made the wrong decision, just yesterday i had a blood vessel mole like skin lesion removed from under my eye, i've had it for over 8 months and hav been trying to get it removed for months (seeing doctors, getting referred doctor to doctor, waiting for appointments) i grew very impatient
The blood vessel just grew mysteriously one day, and grew up to 8mm big and was 3D, but over time it became a little smaller and changed colour to aorund 4mm, but i was still VERY unhappy about it becos it's under my eye where everybody looks and i grew very self consicous!!
i've looked at previous questions here and relised that the scar may never heal, but i had just been waiting for so long that yesterday when i got to the doctors i just got it removed. have i made a big mistake? would it hav eventually disappeared? the doc sed the scar may be 5-10mm long..
Should i hav just left it? hav i made it worst, i dont' want a scar and i know that's impossible..i'm very worried

2007-02-01 20:28:51 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

About 4 months ago I fell very hard on my elbow which split the skin and took a while to heal. However now the skin has healed I am still experiencing pain in it and cannot put much pressure on it (eg. press ups) Some days the pain is quite bad sometimes better. Anybody had the same problem or what this can be?

2007-02-01 20:26:37 · 7 answers · asked by Sam 3 in Injuries

What are the most effective? Anybody tried something for a slipped disk that actually worked?

2007-02-01 19:46:45 · 6 answers · asked by inquisitive 1 in Pain & Pain Management

This is my normal bedtime, but usually i'm tired by now.

2007-02-01 19:36:00 · 7 answers · asked by Wocka wocka 6 in Other - General Health Care

So I have this pain in my back. It was after doing some sport activities and my right side of my body including my arm hurt. Now when I push my head back to look at the cieling or tilt it side to side it hurts still, seeing its only been 2 days. But it hurts a little below the neck and shoulders, in the center, feels like its around the spine i suppose. Any suggestions?

2007-02-01 19:16:56 · 10 answers · asked by tolgs2000 1 in Pain & Pain Management

2007-02-01 18:59:39 · 5 answers · asked by David A 1 in Other - General Health Care

1 month ago I injured my pinky toe when i slammed them into the frame of a door. The toe hurt a LOT for a day or two, but then felt fine, on and off for a month or so. About a week ago I was wearing those really tight climbing shoes for climbing, and since then the toe has had a good deal of pain when I put pressure on it. I've never had issues with those shoes before, and I'm worried that the toe may be broken. What negative effects could there be if I don't get a broken toe tended to?

2007-02-01 18:21:04 · 3 answers · asked by sgtcampsalot 1 in Injuries

if so how long was the healing process or perhaps do u know anyone who that happened to? please positive answers...

2007-02-01 18:16:36 · 8 answers · asked by shonnette e 2 in Injuries

2007-02-01 18:13:05 · 4 answers · asked by jello 1 in Injuries

i play volleyball... i have this bruise on my knee which tends to go away and come back... it only comes back if i land on it really hard... it shoots pain through my whole leg... and swells... if i land on it not so hard.. i dont even notice it.. but like tonight i landed on it really hard and i couldnt feel my leg for a few seconds...

2007-02-01 18:06:28 · 3 answers · asked by doyoulikewaffles 1 in Injuries

it started few weeks ago what can i do to stop itt,what normally causes that?

2007-02-01 18:01:35 · 3 answers · asked by sailook 1 in Injuries

2007-02-01 17:45:48 · 8 answers · asked by m t 1 in Other - General Health Care

Have you ever been soooo tired that you wanna shoot yourself in the leg?? I am suuuuper tired. are there any otc pills that keep you up without any nasty side effects??

2007-02-01 17:31:27 · 4 answers · asked by Chrissy 3 in Other - General Health Care

pro-stretch hardware # hhoo12 patient uses device to strengthen leg muscles , quads and claf muscles .

2007-02-01 17:29:58 · 3 answers · asked by R. O 1 in Other - General Health Care