General Health Care - June 2007

i had surgery on my arm and had stitches out a week ago that is when they put these tape strips to hold the incision together. they said it would fall of in a week but they are still stuck on pretty good. i tried pullin one off but it is very painfuland it leaves a sticky residue behind. any suggestions would be great thanks

2007-06-25 06:15:33 · 9 answers · asked by stt143 2 in First Aid

had two (2) operations on my back (L4-L5) after the second operaion, started to get leg cramps in right leg, now some 4 years letter, getting them in left leg also, cramps last for anywhere from just a few seconds to several minutes long, and leaving me unable to walk the next day, would this kind of operation cause such problems.

2007-06-25 05:58:03 · 5 answers · asked by gil3moj@yahoo.com 2 in Pain & Pain Management

My mom and I are covered in about 30 insect bites each. We think they're ant bites. We need a good home remedy FAST, I have to go to work and can't exactly be scratching myself constantly. We've tried rubbing alcohol, plain old neosporin, and this liquid pain reliever (?). In both of our cases, the bites are open (I scratch at night). I'm also taking an antihistamine. My parents *refuse* to try bleach. Any other help?

2007-06-25 05:33:32 · 5 answers · asked by xo_pina_colada_ox 2 in First Aid

i got my tongue pierced yesterday...i got really dizzy and felt sick this morning so i took it out....i want to put it back in and need to know if it would be ok...

2007-06-25 05:33:17 · 2 answers · asked by sexychicareppinesva 1 in Pain & Pain Management

My Dad has Crohns Disease and he takes 16 pills a day and the Prescription cost $400.00 a month and him or my mom does'nt have any health insurance. We do live in Georgia so if anyone knows of any real good not so expensive insurance or something that would help them from paying $400.00 a month please let me know, Thanks

2007-06-25 05:31:13 · 4 answers · asked by Ivy P 1 in Other - General Health Care

To elaborate:

The tree isn't too tall, only about as tall as a one-story house. The person (it's a six-year-old boy, good health) was on one of the higher branches, lost his footing, and had a fairly clean fall (did not encounter any other limbs on the way down). So, what kind of break could be expected?

Also, how long would it take to heal?

Thanks in adance.

2007-06-25 05:17:27 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

2007-06-25 05:12:34 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

i woke up with a sharp pain on my right lower stomache. its been about 3 hours and it hasnt gone away. It hurts when i walk around, but when i sit it doesnt hurt as much. If i sit for a while and stand up it kills! im not due for my period for about 15 days...please help!

2007-06-25 05:01:39 · 12 answers · asked by wonder 2 in Pain & Pain Management

my mother has been on meds for a while b/c of some medical reasons. now she has been emotionally and verbally abusive to a point where it is noticable and starting to effect the family

2007-06-25 04:17:22 · 2 answers · asked by sinfulprey 3 in Pain & Pain Management

My boyfriend hurt his back while he was at work, he was pulling really hard on a wire for about 5 min. and he can't hardly move. this has been going on for about 4 days and i was just wondering should he go see an orthopedic surgeon first or a chiropractor? I feel that an orthopedic surgeon will just try and push surgeory on him. also if anyone has any experience with inversion tables. we have access to one but he is afraid he will hurt his back more on that and i said no. any help would be appreciated.

2007-06-25 04:01:09 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

2007-06-25 02:02:53 · 1 answers · asked by clars 1 in Other - General Health Care

2007-06-25 01:15:45 · 3 answers · asked by Slim S 2 in Other - General Health Care

I went for MRI ordered by my orthopedists for my back and found out I have a herniated disk . If I dont do an operation how long will it take for the nerves that are causing me pain in my legs and back to die off so I will be pain free ?

2007-06-25 00:51:20 · 2 answers · asked by wishingstar5555 3 in Pain & Pain Management

Hey, just before you start to think i'm a murderer asking this, i need to know this as i am writing a novel and i want to know if it is possible or too far-fetched lol.

So, if a fifteen-year-old caucasian boy, who was in top physical shape, played heaps of sport and worked out so was therefore muscular, and buff in the shoulders, weighed about 120lbs, was shot in the chest/shoulder/collar area by i guess, your average sized handgun, from about 5m away, would it kill him? If his health was weak as in he was asthmatic and had had many operations in his life. And if when he was shot, he fainted but did not stop breathing and was not reached by ambulance assistance for about 15minutes? However, was able to have pressure applied to the wound by non-medic people present to help prevent blood loss?
Would he die? And if so of what exactly? Blood loss? Shock? And how quickly?

Please help me!
I will appreciate everyones answers!

Tasha

2007-06-24 23:58:44 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

2007-06-24 22:25:16 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

2007-06-24 21:28:38 · 8 answers · asked by sasa 2 in First Aid

I had surgery on the 14, i had arthroscopic surgery on the left side of my left knee to do a lateral release and also they had to cut about a 5 inch incision on the other side of my knee for some ligament repair.

but my question is.....Why would the little baby holes for the arthroscopic surgery hurt more than the large incision?????

They are killing me! i had it checked out for infection and its fine. but why do they hurt so bad?

2007-06-24 21:21:54 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

Summer started, and immediately I started staying up late. Napping when I have nothing to do. Well, I'd like to start waking up BEFORE 12.

I find myself currently waking up from 2pm-4pm and staying up from 4am-6am.

I'd like to wake up at 10, my alarm is set at 10. I click it off or click snooze ten times every morning at 10. I can't get myself up. When I DO get myself up, I get bored or tired and go back to bed an hour or so.

So any suggestions on how to sleep earlier and wake up earlier?

"Find something to do" in my case doesn't motivated myself to wake up early, just to stay up later. My friends have been going swimming before 12, cause their is no one at the pool, I'd like to join them. But I just can't get up early enough.

2007-06-24 20:20:50 · 9 answers · asked by Faye H 2 in Other - General Health Care

where will they inject it? is it hurt more than drawing your blood or an iv?

2007-06-24 19:42:09 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

I mean like you have to hold onto the wall to walk or you just can't walk or you have to get someone to help you walk around

2007-06-24 18:58:28 · 10 answers · asked by footcrampmassage 1 in Pain & Pain Management

My 24 year old friend wants to have his right leg amputated?
he is perfectly healthy so is his leg, but he feels physically
wrong` and wants to become a amputee. The only place
that performs such surgery is in the far East` they are asking
$10,ooo to remove his leg above the knee, should i try to
talk him out of it?

2007-06-24 18:46:46 · 13 answers · asked by GlobeHunter 2 in Injuries

help please! it kills like a mother!!

2007-06-24 18:46:21 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in First Aid

2007-06-24 18:44:23 · 3 answers · asked by K 2 in Other - General Health Care

is any better local ansesthetic in form of power or cream(oiniment) are there which can easyly aviailable on medical shop..
ansesthetic must have long lasting effect

2007-06-24 18:42:10 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

thats all I wanna know....I kinda wanna have sex in the pool and my boyfriend seems to think you can get a disease from the chlorine...

2007-06-24 18:22:48 · 25 answers · asked by TeenGirl88 2 in Other - General Health Care

I had knee problems ever since i was like 5 years,it just came outta the blue and hit me making my knees weak and hurt to move.This happen usually at least 3 times a month(i usually stopped the pain with some icyhot or other athlete cream and bandages and never went to a doctor) and continued until i was 13,which it suddenly stopped.Until recently the pain started to come back,what is causing this,and should i go to the doctor?

2007-06-24 17:35:25 · 3 answers · asked by Josh C 2 in Pain & Pain Management

some mysterious creature is biting my daughter at night. she sleeps with me i am not getting bitten. when she wakes up she seems to have another bite. they are all on her back and neckline. i thought it was chigger bites at first but it seems like when she wakes up she has another bite. they start out as a small red bump that is very itchy. then it starts to get a clear liquid head on it. and then it finally scabs over. i have looked and looked for bed bugs. i dont see anything that would be a sign of them. i cleaned all the bedding. sprayed the bed down. vacuumed like crazy. i really dont know what they are. she had the exact same bites on her last year this time. and the doctor gave her anti itch cream. he wasnt sure if they were chigger bites or not. i am getting frustrated. i rent and i dont know if i should call the landlord and tell him i need someone to come and inspect because i cant find anything. what kid of bites do these sound like?

2007-06-24 16:13:18 · 16 answers · asked by tell it like it is... 1 in First Aid

when i was 10 i fell on my wrist i think i sprained it but i never went to a doctor after that there was always a lump on my wrist so i thought i broke a bone so i went to the doctor and she said it was a cyst but i still thought it was a bone eventually it went down well know im 17 andjust recently it came back up like just a not but know its gotten bigger to the size of a golf ball it doesnt hurt that bad and i dont know what i should do about it i really dont want to have surgery on it because im terrified of needles so im wondering if theres anything else i can do to help it go back down??

2007-06-24 15:50:21 · 3 answers · asked by kochamwas22 1 in Injuries

i am always tiered. i think i get good sleep. i am 15 and it should not be this way by mom wants to take me to the doctor for it but i dont want to go is there anyone who can help

2007-06-24 15:48:22 · 10 answers · asked by bumbee14 4 in Other - General Health Care

i keep a alarm with me,but when the alarm rings i stop it n go back 2 sleep.

2007-06-24 15:43:51 · 4 answers · asked by shaggy 1 in Other - General Health Care