General Health Care - March 2007

I work at a fast food place and i ussally work form 4-6hrs at a time, and i have to stand up a 100% of the time, and my back ussally starts to hurt from standing up so much.... What can i do to help relieve my back from pain??

-Thankyou

2007-03-21 08:52:31 · 6 answers · asked by ツ Andrea*♥ 4 in Pain & Pain Management

How can you get stronger nails and my nails are always breaking during the most inconvinient times like when I pick up a book and I've just started learning guitar and I want to play without a plectrum.

2007-03-21 08:37:17 · 5 answers · asked by holly h 1 in Other - General Health Care

2007-03-21 08:36:24 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

no matter how i sit or lie i keep getting it and its driving me mad... its always in my legs

2007-03-21 08:13:46 · 17 answers · asked by stu110185 1 in Pain & Pain Management

i need a way to break my thumb in a not so painful way, so that i get a cast.....

2007-03-21 08:03:17 · 44 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

What can i mate write on it? any suggestions?

2007-03-21 08:00:02 · 3 answers · asked by wardstar14 1 in Injuries

latley, everytime i have a bowel movemnt i get indigestion in the upper part of my stomach, that gnawing, dull burning pain. Anyone know why??

a million thanks...

2007-03-21 07:59:44 · 1 answers · asked by armyoflovers 2 in Other - General Health Care

I crushed a vertabrae in a car accident 11 yrs ago. At the time I was a very immature 18yo who had too much pride. I didn't go to my routinue check ups and now 11 yrs later I am dealing with pain but the doctors office that I went to when this happened said it's too late and I am not able to see this doctor. What options do I have?

2007-03-21 07:53:14 · 3 answers · asked by MJ 3 in Pain & Pain Management

2007-03-21 07:42:04 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in First Aid

2007-03-21 07:36:51 · 3 answers · asked by grlchatterbox33 1 in Other - General Health Care

2007-03-21 07:24:22 · 4 answers · asked by JASUFER 1 in Injuries

2007-03-21 07:24:07 · 21 answers · asked by Suzy 1 in Pain & Pain Management

i need to see a paon management doctor in conneticut ,because i have two herniated disc in my back,arthritist in my hips do you know any doctors in ct,newbritain area

2007-03-21 07:23:04 · 1 answers · asked by really concern 1 in Pain & Pain Management

He's in excruciating pain and can't afford to go to a doctor

2007-03-21 07:18:14 · 3 answers · asked by ~♥The Hon♥~ 2 in Injuries

I have a problem with my scalp. My skin is very dry and I am not sure if it is dandruff or maybe somehting serious. The flakes are out of control.When I wash my hair it is okay until it dries. I also have scabs on my scalp sometimes. This is very embarassing. No dandruff shampoos seem to help me. Do you have any suggestions? I am really thinking about seeing a doctor.

2007-03-21 07:18:05 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

I just noticed this the other day... My right arm doesnt swing when I walk. Im pretty sure that it use to. I have been working out and weight lifting for about 6 months. Im female so I havent bulked up or anything, just toned up and my left arm swings just fine. Is this weird or what? I also noticed about 9 months ago that when I roller skate I have a hard time keeping my balance on me left leg, so I never move it when I skate(ice skate or roller skate). I dont know... Im probably worrying over nothing... but I just thought it was weird. Let me know if you know what it is. Thanks.

2007-03-21 07:13:06 · 5 answers · asked by Angel Eve 6 in Other - General Health Care

I had shingles in 2003 and it caused nerve damage (phn). I take about four or five 5mg doses of methadone a week to control the intense pain in the trigeminal nerve in my face. I am afraid of becoming addicted to this drug. Loritab does me no good at all. Has anyone had this experience. I have a physician that will prescribe methadone but I would really like to get away from it and him. My family physician can write lesser painkillers but I absolutely don't know which way to go. Are pain management doctors usually effective?

2007-03-21 06:50:17 · 7 answers · asked by Richard S 1 in Pain & Pain Management

I think I'll probably get a lot of answers like "if you ask, then you are...", but here are the details.

I usually drink a couple of beers or a couple of shots each night when I get home from work. I never feel like I "have" to take that drink, it is just something that I do. I have gone months without drinking, and I never have the "shakes", and I never stress getting drunk, but when I'm home I like to drink.

And I've never woken up and taken a drink "to get through the day", or to cure a hangover.

I have no problem being the designated driver, but if I am, I usually have a couple of drinks when I get home even if my wife goes to bed. I've noticed this habit between me and my wife. Regardless of what the drink is, be it wine, beer or whiskey, we usually have a couple of drinks every day.

Is this the sign of an alcoholic, or is this just a bad habit that we've formed over the years?

2007-03-21 06:48:58 · 22 answers · asked by ski4ever1977 5 in Other - General Health Care

Im 23 and for aslong as i can remember ive always had cold hands and feet but over the past few years my whole body is always cold. I dont smoke and my iron levels are fine and im not a thin girl. What could be causing this?

2007-03-21 06:44:02 · 9 answers · asked by sharon_kd 1 in Other - General Health Care

Three days ago, after dancing most of the night, I came home and stood on a chair to get something off a high shelf. I stepped down on my right leg and felt something pop in my left knee. It was very similar to the feeling I had when I tore the cartiladge in that same knee 11 years ago, but in a different spot. That tear on the lower right side of my knee. This injury is across the top central area of my knee. I didn't seem to have any problems the day it happened nor most of the next day. I actually walked around quite a bit. However, it popped getting into and out of the taxi going home that night. Since then it has been stiff. It doesn't like to bend and when it does, it pops. Sometimes it feels like there is pressure across the top of my knee and other times it feels like I have put a heat rub on it when I have not. The doctor, who did not touch my knee, but only x-rayed it said it's osteoarthritis. I have doubts. However, I don't speak Chinese so it's difficult for me

2007-03-21 06:42:37 · 2 answers · asked by Laoshu Laoshi 5 in Injuries

4 hours later I took 2 more. 20 minutes after that I completely spaced out and instead of picking up the tylenol I took 2 MORE. Dont ask mne how I didnt notice I was working, getting phonecalls and spaced out. Am i going to be ok?

2007-03-21 06:42:34 · 6 answers · asked by Cindy 3 in Pain & Pain Management

2007-03-21 06:26:04 · 3 answers · asked by billy bob 1 in Injuries

me and my buddys were doing something well, stupid. and I fell off the truck and hit the pavement. my head didnt hit first and we wasnt goin fast so it wasnt a hard hit. I didnt knock me out, I still could remember things, like phone numbers, addresses, passwords, etc. but this morning I threw up 3 times, then in between those times laying in bed I would get really dizzy and have to sit up. but now I just have some back pain and a slight headeache. will I be alright?

2007-03-21 06:17:13 · 8 answers · asked by billy bob 1 in Injuries

6 1/2 months ago i was playing soccer and got kicked in the knee.it locked on the spot and didn't unlock until two day later.i still couldn't straighten it for a few monhs.doctors said that it was just a bruised bone but no x-rays or mri were taken.it still hurts to walk normally,go up and down stairs and run and it is still swollen.do you think i should trust the doctors,what do you think is wrong?

2007-03-21 06:09:14 · 8 answers · asked by cal 2 in Injuries

2007-03-21 06:02:58 · 17 answers · asked by greg d 1 in Other - General Health Care

It has been 4 days since anything. and previosly was on a small amout of roxycodone 60-75 mgs.

2007-03-21 05:58:00 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

I have been struggling with kidney stones for the past year and have been on loritabs 7.5 for a year. I have had surgery but I keep developing new stones . I take on average 6-7 a day. When I am out of pain and don't need these anymore is the w/draw going to be awful or is the does low enough that i'll be able to taper myself off?

2007-03-21 05:54:51 · 4 answers · asked by GI 5 in Pain & Pain Management

OH PLEASE SOMEONE HELP! I JUST GOT BACK FROM THE HOSPITAL REMOVING THE PLASTER FROM MY SON'S ARM. THE ARM LOOKS SWOLLEN AND ALTTLE BENT THE SHAPE OF THE ARM IS ALITTLE ABNORMAL. THE DOC SAID IT BECAUSE IT IS SWOLLEN, BUT HE ASKED ME TO TAKE THE XRAY AND SHOW IT TO HIM TOMORROW. I TOOK THE XRAY BUT I THINK THAT HIS ARM IS ALITTLE BENT. I AM NOT SATISFIED WITH THE DOCTOCR'S WORK. OH I AM SO WORRIED. I CAN EVEN SEND YOU THE XRAY WHICH I TOOK AFTER REMOVING THE PLASTER. IF ANYONE KNOW HOW I CAN GET HELP ONLINE I MEAN ANYONE WHOM I CAN SEND THE XRAY PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

YOU SEE I TOOK THE XRAY TO ANOTHER DOCTOR NOW IT IS LATE HERE IN THE NIGHT HE TOLD ME THAT THE OTHER DOCTOR COULD HAVE DONE IT A LITTLE BETTER. PLEASE SOMEONE WHO KNOWS ABOUT THIS HELP.

2007-03-21 05:47:08 · 4 answers · asked by abdulsamad 1 in Injuries

2007-03-21 05:45:30 · 4 answers · asked by tosh05 2 in Injuries

i am currently 40 weeks pregnant. two weeks ago, i was walking down the stairs, missed the last one & twisted my ankle so bad. i heard it crack like ten times. for a couple of days i was limping on it. it hurt like hell to walk. when i went to the doctors i was told it was just sprained really bad & the only thing i can do is put ice on it.

it turned black & blue. all over the place. on the top of my foot, on the sides. & it has been swollen ever since. it is now two weeks later, last night, my ankle & foot were swollen so bad, i couldn't even bend my ankle or toes. it was huge.

what is wrong with me, shouldn't it be healed by now??

2007-03-21 05:42:40 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries