General Health Care - March 2007

You use it like a heating pad. I'm not sure what you use as the filling. I heard rice but don't know if that will work. If you think you know please tell me. Thanks.

2007-03-19 14:07:32 · 8 answers · asked by luh 6 in Pain & Pain Management

This is a highly politicial question, and I don't want your opinion, I want facts. Do not render an un-supported opinion. Drug companies in the US are awarded patents for producing new drugs. Patents are little time-limited monoplies, allowing those companies to charge high prices. But in this age of the internet, over-seas drug companies (in Canada) are making "generics" of those new drugs. When I asked my doctor about it, he called them "counterfit" and discouraged my buying them. Yet I'm highly suspicous. I have strong doubts that our friends in India specifically, have done anything less than simply doing a chemical analysis of the drug, copy it 100%, and produce it in a quality that is at least the quality of the US producer. They can do this because they don't need to worry about US patents.

2007-03-19 14:07:20 · 3 answers · asked by DayinthePark 3 in Other - General Health Care

This Sunday, i was picking up some batteries from under the bed on the floor. When I got up, however my left kneebone twisted and dislocated out of my socket and was dislocated for 30 seconds. Although I was able to pop my knee back in place, It was very painful and I remember screaming from the top of my lungs and lying on the floor in agony. Can walk on it fine but my limbs still hurt. I want to know how I can prevent this from happen again. Can you help? I'm only 20, why am I going through this!

2007-03-19 14:05:24 · 1 answers · asked by Melissa Svetlana Flavored Coffee 3 in Injuries

I have DDD in my neck which makes my arms and hands numd and a herniated disc in the L4-L5 region. That has been since Aug 2006. I have been on pain meds all this time. When I went to see my new Pain Management Dr. he said I will never get better and the shot I will recieve in my low back probably won't work. He gave me even stronger meds and all I said to him is my whole body seems to be going numb and I can either feel my neck pain or low back but not at the same time. He said I cannot lift, twist, or garden. Not gardening is going to be the hardest. I have 2 pain meds and 2 nerve pain meds. I can barley function on all this, should I go on disability? And any other advice would be helpful too. Thank you.

2007-03-19 14:03:41 · 5 answers · asked by Red! 2 in Pain & Pain Management

2007-03-19 14:02:11 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

2007-03-19 13:51:37 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in First Aid

ok, so i havent asked a doctor yet because it seems like a normal problem or just my legs wear out too fast so.............problem is! whenever i run my shin hurts like a ____ u can feel it in. I am 5'4 210 lbs. if that helps any? i can run long distances its just that my shin kills my legs any help appreciated

2007-03-19 13:41:27 · 4 answers · asked by Arthur K 1 in Injuries

uggh, ive had my ears pirced for 2 years and they burn my earings are crap and keep attatching to my skin and then it gets crusty and stuck,ive lost my ear cleaning bottle (so that wont help), but bassicly theres two questions, what should i clean my ears with other then soulutoin, andwhat can i do to tempoarly stop the burn in till i get to the store.

2007-03-19 13:40:45 · 2 answers · asked by volleyballgurl 3 in First Aid

It's not an earache cuz the ear doesn't hurt inside. It started abruptly Sunday morning and has continued since. Any ideas anyone?

2007-03-19 13:23:38 · 2 answers · asked by lissas_three_angels 2 in Pain & Pain Management

2007-03-19 13:21:25 · 1 answers · asked by Alexandra 1 in Pain & Pain Management

I've had a bunch of veins near the surface since I was little. They're blueish, like a vein, just little circular bumps, and can bruise easily. They're really really close to the surface, yet don't bleed from force or anything (might if I cut it, but I'm not going to do that on purpose)

I was wondering how I could get rid of it, if it's possible, and what kind of birthmark it is.

2007-03-19 13:13:20 · 2 answers · asked by Mako 7 in Other - General Health Care

I should stop looking at scary stuff so I will. It takes me forever to fall asleep!

2007-03-19 13:10:23 · 13 answers · asked by Leprechaun 3 in Other - General Health Care

What can you do if you decide to handle it yourself?

2007-03-19 13:02:51 · 9 answers · asked by delrizo 2 in Injuries

Does anyone with migraine headaches take percocet or vicodin for migraines? Mine are daily migraines. I had some percocet left over from when my wisdom teeth were removed and it makes all the pain go away and makes me feel good, but now I've run out. Imitrex doesn't work for me. Should I ask my doctor if I can get percocet for them? I'd be taking them on an almost daily basis if the headaches continue that often. I know they're addictive. But I would put up with withdrawal symptoms in the future if I could stop these debilitating headaches now. How often are narcotic painkillers prescribed for migraines/headaches, and what are the circumstances involving the doctor writing the prescription? Is it usually the last option if everything else has failed? Or is it something most doctors routinely would prescribe? Thanks..

2007-03-19 13:01:27 · 6 answers · asked by Idaho 2 in Pain & Pain Management

2007-03-19 12:52:10 · 13 answers · asked by Karl H 1 in First Aid

well it sticks to my fingers but not to the surface on my son's boo boo i am trying to put it on. and i want to put it on as quick as possible so i don't hurt it any more than I can help it. and he is wiggly. so how can i get it to go on the wound and not stick to my finger?

2007-03-19 12:47:38 · 4 answers · asked by 1 Hott Mami 4 in First Aid

2007-03-19 12:37:48 · 4 answers · asked by tetino87 1 in Pain & Pain Management

Do you think If I get naked and jump into the water cannonball style while holding my butt open the water will squirt out of my ears and clean them? I can't hear anymore and it's driving me crazy!!!!

2007-03-19 12:34:08 · 8 answers · asked by Bent 5 in Other - General Health Care

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2007-03-19 12:30:00 · 4 answers · asked by Bensonwannabee 2 in Pain & Pain Management

Iinjured my collar bone from mountain biking. It was about 2 months ago. Ever since I have been wearing a support -type cast. I am disturbed. It has not healed completely yet and I am desperate to exercise again. Does anyone know if this injury is permanet?

2007-03-19 12:26:57 · 2 answers · asked by cough cough 4 in Injuries

It just feels like my right ear is clogged or something like that but it just makes a weird sound.

My left ear is just fine and dandy but I just wondered why the right side hurts and not the other????

I really wish I knew what was wrong with me......

2007-03-19 12:26:37 · 4 answers · asked by NA 2 in Pain & Pain Management

when is it bad enough to where you have to go to the doctor ?

2007-03-19 12:23:06 · 3 answers · asked by ♪♫Lynn♫♪ 5 in First Aid

I have been having occasional hand and finfer numbness, it happens a lot when i wake in the morning and sometimes it even wakes me up at night and it takes 30 minutes to get feeling back. This morning i woke up with severe pain throughout my hand. Could this be tendinitis? or maybe even capral tunnel?

2007-03-19 12:19:34 · 6 answers · asked by sweetbear 1 in Injuries

my legs ,especially the right one, when I lay in bed for the night get shooting pains that start in the knee cap and go up to my hips any suggestions of what causes this and how I can make it stop.It's getting hard to get a good nights sleep..

2007-03-19 12:14:18 · 5 answers · asked by pr jazz squirm 2 in Pain & Pain Management

2007-03-19 12:09:24 · 3 answers · asked by aaaaa b 1 in Other - General Health Care

Yesterday, i tripped on my long shirt getting ready for church down stairs.. my toe was caught in the hem of the skirt as i went down the stairs. Any way a day later.. I can put weight on it and i have three brusies.. all look like thick lines.. on at the "knuckle" of the toe.. the next where it connect to the foot.. and then below that..

help...

2007-03-19 12:07:48 · 8 answers · asked by shekittycat 1 in Injuries

2007-03-19 11:52:39 · 5 answers · asked by jen 2 in Injuries

ive seen dr's and never told exactly what it was from i was told its e nerve problem i have a seizure disorder and am on meds.
the spasms are crippling and end up in e.r. i know when im gonna have one any one had this kinda problem?
if so is their anything i can do when i feel it coming on?

2007-03-19 11:46:16 · 1 answers · asked by jmcgraw1975@sbcglobal.net 3 in Injuries

????plzzz help

2007-03-19 11:44:46 · 5 answers · asked by missmusic g 1 in Pain & Pain Management

theres a chance i might be having an operation on my back because my back is 43 and 50 degrees. i would like to know what happened before your operation and after and how long you stayed in the hospital. and if you could tell me if you were embaressed of going to the beach with a scar on your back. and how big was your scar?

2007-03-19 11:37:01 · 2 answers · asked by c.m.t 4 in Injuries