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First Aid · Injuries · Other - General Health Care · Pain & Pain Management

I have to fast from midnight until some time tomorrow morning. I have to get blood tests taken. I know they told me I can drink a little water but not too much. How much is exactly a little bit of water? & they told me to drink in sips.

2007-06-28 16:53:17 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

I had the interior of my medial meniscus removed do to severe knee pain a few years back. I did not start running again after the surgery. Has anyone had good luck training and distance running after having this type of surgery? I believe I have about 70% of my meniscus remaining.

And if so - any tips!

2007-06-28 16:48:21 · 2 answers · asked by Ralph 7 in Injuries

He is ok but now I take care of him. Its only his first day out of the hospital and Im already exhausted! He broke his femur, so he cant barely even get into bed, none the less walk to the bathroom and stuff like that.
I have to work ALOT in order to pay for the bills while he is out of work.

What can I do to stay alert? As Im sitting on the couch I find myself just falling over asleep. I have to play the role of the housewife and mother and nurse and work full time. Besides taking drugs, what can I do in order to stay alert and awake so I can take care of him? I dont want to fall asleep at the wheel like he did!

2007-06-28 16:45:08 · 9 answers · asked by steph 2 in Other - General Health Care

i got a really bad sunburn on my legs, back, chest and stomach about five days ago. i put aloe vera on it and most of it has healed, but i noticed some minor blistering/peeling on my stomach and chest (close to where my bathing suit lined my skin) and i popped/pealed the majority of the dead skin off, even though i know that was a bad idea. i put aloe vera on it immediately after and it burned like crazy, so i washed it off with cold water. i just put neosporin on it because i'm scared i'll get an infection. it still stings and it's pretty red, though there's no puss (yet). i'm hoping that the neosporin will soothe it and help it heal quicker, but i don't think it's necessary at this point to see a doctor....or is it? i'm also scared that it will scar. this has happened to me once before, and it never scarred or got infected. but it didn't hurt this bad. what should i do?

2007-06-28 16:37:45 · 11 answers · asked by rexiemercada1984 1 in First Aid

I have heard that if say, you break a rib it is possible that it can puncture your lung, i guess this would deflate it and you not be able to breather, so therefore you would slowly die if hospital help was not recieved quickly.
Has anyone ever punctured their lung (but obviouslt not dies lol) or know what it would feel like, and how long it would be before you died?
Any answers would help!

BTW: this hasn't happend to me.

2007-06-28 16:18:26 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

Ok, for like the last two days, my left wrist has been hurting me, right on the part of the wrist below the thumb. It doesnt hurt when i move it up and down. ONly when i move it side to side. It hurts really bad when i open a door..to where i cant even turn the knob. What do you think can be wrong. There is no swelling from what i can see. Please help. Do you think its Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? Bruised Growth Plate? Fractured? Please help me.

2007-06-28 16:01:23 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

my sister has a wound on her toe and she is trying to get the gauze out but the gauze is stuck into the wound. We soaked it in warm water for 20 mins. does anyone have any tips on how to remove this gauze.
she says it is really painful.

2007-06-28 15:52:52 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in First Aid

am i going into labor? my mid back has been hurting really bad since i felt the trickle of water. anyone experienced this before?

2007-06-28 15:25:20 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

I am 13 and I had a gardisil shot on my arm. It really hurts, and it's bugging me. What should I do?

2007-06-28 14:14:48 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

I ate bad chinese and i feel sooo bad. i have tried vomiting for about an hour and its just not working for me. Just after eating breakfast I drank 750ml of water then tried, nothing. then tried drinking warm salty water could only get about 300ml down. I press a toothbrush against the back of my tongue and stroke the back of my throat but all i do is is gag or cough.... What's the deal???? do you think something is wrong with my gag reflex?

2007-06-28 13:41:58 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

Okay so my friend burnt the side of my cheek with her crimper on monday night! The next day when i went to go shower i noticed it and when i went to touch it there was like a thin layer of brownish green gooey stuff. Well it stuck to my finger and pulled of as soon as i touched it and the burn started bleeding! It scabs up but falls off all the time on its own and starts bleeding again. The green goo only happened once more like twenty minutes after the first time but i wanted to know if this is normal??

2007-06-28 13:25:53 · 8 answers · asked by Elyse 2 in First Aid

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2007-06-28 12:43:52 · 4 answers · asked by Mississippi Girl 1 in First Aid

the pain is in the back of my head.and the pain goes to my eye to

2007-06-28 12:39:04 · 13 answers · asked by ms.s v 1 in Pain & Pain Management

Must be in Burlington County NJ; Must have a good rep. Not screws in all crooked or loose after a surgery.

thanks and plssssssss help
Billy

2007-06-28 12:17:59 · 1 answers · asked by Billy 2 in Injuries

Well I was dancing on saturday outside and got a really bad sun burn. On the way home i was combing out my hair (it had lots of gel and hairspray in it) and the comb rubbed on my ear. I felt alot of pain but i though it was just becaused it was burned. i put my hand on my ear and it was wet. i looked and i had comb the skin off of my blister. i put a band aid on it as soon as i got home. i had a shower the next day so i get the band aid off and my ear was bleeding. shoudl I go to a doctor for this? or should i just let it e. i put another band aid on it and it is stuck so i need to wet it so i can get it off. And you can see where the skin is missing. like my ear is 2 different colors.

2007-06-28 11:57:13 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in First Aid

Has anyone here been able to quit smoking? If so, what made you decide to quit, how did you quit, and how long did it take for the cravings to go away? Did you notice that things tasted and smelled differently afterwards? Do you feel physically different (gained weight, can walk faster, don't cough, etc.)?

Any info will help me : )

2007-06-28 11:17:32 · 17 answers · asked by Pam 4 in Other - General Health Care

I just broke my toe and my friend's birthday party is tomorrow. It's a bowling/slumber party. I really want to go. But my toe is broken and I'm on kruches. Advice please!?

2007-06-28 10:59:09 · 7 answers · asked by Jonas Brother Lover! 2 in Injuries

I got a tooth yanked and the dentist said it was pretty bad and I would have alot of pain which I am. He prescribed me the Vicodin but I have some Ibuprofen from a previous surgery I just had about 2 months ago. The vicodin isn't helping a whole lot so I need something more.

2007-06-28 10:42:36 · 9 answers · asked by bradnleah03 2 in Pain & Pain Management

just wondering what my fellow medics and firefighters around the country and the world see. what are the worst calls that you have run, the ones that left a permanent imprint on you and how you do the job.
personally one of my worst calls was to a child locked in the car with the windows rolled up. it was well into the 90's outside, well the inside of a car with black leather interior got much, much hotter, in fact so hot that the 3 year old twin boys died before anyone even noticed that they were in the car. this occured in a shopping place parking lot, the mother apparently did not want to wake the sleeping boys when she and her older daughter went to the grocery store and the than popped by the toy store. from what witnesses say the car had been in the parking lot for almost an hour when we came and the mother didnt come around for another 1/2 hour.
it was a particularly bad call for me because my son was 3 at that time and these little boys reminded me so much of my own kid.

2007-06-28 10:30:51 · 10 answers · asked by SoCal Paramedic 2 in First Aid

its been a week and now they just got worse.

2007-06-28 10:26:26 · 10 answers · asked by NO! 2 in Other - General Health Care

I want to take her to the doctor to get it checked out. What type of doctor should I take her to?

2007-06-28 10:25:39 · 2 answers · asked by PepperLuvr 1 in Pain & Pain Management

He just fell from a small step ladder and knocked his mouth so hard that his teeth kinda broke through the skin on the front of his face! I was sitting right there watching him, and he really didn't fall hard...he just hit his mouth just right (or wrong). He just cried a little bit, and then I put him down because it was his nap time anyhow. He's sleeping sooo hard, so I got to thinking...what if he got a concussion? Can you get a concussion from hitting your mouth? Should I wake him up? We have a dinner party tonight and I sooo want him to be all caught up on his sleep. I know if I wake him up, he won't go back down. He's 15 months.

2007-06-28 10:23:25 · 7 answers · asked by Glassy 1 in Injuries

I had hit my little toe on the bottom of my bed, it bled. then i went to tell my mother limping, but then the toenail was all pushed up. I began to feel like i was about to die. Then i passed out for a minute or so. Is that normal?

2007-06-28 10:20:45 · 1 answers · asked by All Of the Above 5 in Injuries

Ok, well a few summers ago I went on vacation. I was having a blast until we went to a lake. It was going MAD with mosquitos. Which was a real problem for me. Anyway on my left leg I got over 50 bites and my leg looked like it had polkadots. My grandparents said they would go away before I got back to my parents back where I live. They didnt. They got WORSE! I kept scratching and they turned into bruise type scars. When I went home they faded a little. Then other things happened. Like, a girl at school WAS bullying me and kept kicking me in the leg, I would rub my leg REALLY hard when I got nervous and it would burn and bleed, things like that. I went to my doctor when my parents found out because they though it was serious and they didnt do ANYTHING! I have summer camp on Monday and I cant go like this. We go swimming everyday and my leg looks horrible. So bad I havent been able to go out in public wearing shorts or things like that.I havent worn shorts in public for 3 years!What now?

2007-06-28 10:19:57 · 8 answers · asked by *Natalie.* :P 5 in First Aid

What is the weirdest health myth that you've heard? Or the weirdest home remedy?
My grandmother used to put butter on burns...butter is used for cooking so if you put it on a burn it makes it worse.

2007-06-28 10:07:49 · 2 answers · asked by summerB 4 in Other - General Health Care

Ok, well a few summers ago I went on vacation. I was having a blast until we went to a lake. It was going MAD with mosquitos. Which was a real problem for me. Anyway on my left leg I got over 50 bites and my leg looked like it had polkadots. My grandparents said they would go away before I got back to my parents back where I live. They didnt. They got WORSE! I kept scratching and they turned into bruise type scars. When I went home they faded a little. Then other things happened. Like, a girl at school WAS bullying me and kept kicking me in the leg, I would rub my leg REALLY hard when I got nervous and it would burn and bleed, things like that. I went to my doctor when my parents found out because they though it was serious and they didnt do ANYTHING! I have summer camp on Monday and I cant go like this. We go swimming everyday and my leg looks horrible. So bad I havent been able to go out in public wearing shorts or things like that.I havent worn shorts in public for 3 years!What now?

2007-06-28 10:07:23 · 7 answers · asked by *Natalie.* :P 5 in Injuries

yep ive got SUNBURN ahhh....and its just on my back ...my butt...(not funny)....and the back side of my legs...its very very painfull.....but i cant sit down ..or stand for a very long time....it is very uncomfortable...and ive had like 10 cold showers already since yesterday and ive put lots and lots of aloe on it....it is so sensitive that when i go in the shower the light pressure of the water hurts.....does anyone know a realllllllly fast way of how to get rid of this?...it hurtss.. :(..

2007-06-28 07:37:17 · 10 answers · asked by Cutie101 3 in Pain & Pain Management

i just had shoulder surgery and for some reason pain killers dont effect me much....morphine does absolutely nothing for me (i had gall bladder surgery last year and it didnt help), vicodin also does not help. my surgeon gave me oxycodone but that is not doing much either. I believe its a form of morphine, which would explain why it isnt working. Does anyone know of a pain killer that is not in the morphine or vicodin family that might be more effective?

2007-06-28 07:26:03 · 5 answers · asked by reena_ree86 2 in Pain & Pain Management

2007-06-28 07:22:34 · 5 answers · asked by gnickjr121 1 in First Aid

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