General Health Care - June 2007

I have a viscoelastic foam mattress that really helps my fibromyalgia pain. VF is very supportive and responsive to contours because it responds to body heat. It gets really warm in winter, which is good. Problem: It also gets really hot in summer, which is bad. Right about this time of year I switch it for a regular mattress, which is cooler but not so supportive, and I know I can expect to wake up stiff on it, as opposed to limber but steamed on whichever side I slept on, and dazed with heat. I wonder if there's a better way...

Does anyone know of a kind of mattress that is very supportive but does not heat up with the sleeper's body heat?

2007-06-02 03:56:37 · 3 answers · asked by silver.graph 4 in Pain & Pain Management

my cousin has a TERRIBLE headache here are symptoms:
-VERY cold but no fever (house temp is normal)
-stiff neck
-bad headache behind eyes and cheeks from temple to temple
-hurts to move or even talk
-started last night...then woke her up again at 4 am
please help with any ideas, or websites that will help!

2007-06-02 03:53:47 · 7 answers · asked by *Cole* 3 in Pain & Pain Management

i'm 45 years old, and wore milwaukee brace till i was 16. thanks

2007-06-02 03:47:17 · 3 answers · asked by cricket01 2 in Pain & Pain Management

Note: I haven't played any sports, or done any extensive activity on my knee!

2007-06-02 03:10:37 · 3 answers · asked by Steve 2 in Pain & Pain Management

She is a trooper. But I feel so sorry for her. She flinches when I touch the swelling and I have given her butte for the pain. I wondered if cold packs or heat would make it feel better for her?
She is eating ok. She was given to me and I just want her to live her life out in peace.

2007-06-02 02:58:45 · 5 answers · asked by LOVES CATS AND HORSES! 1 in Injuries

I am a gymnast and living abroad right now. Shortly before I left I injured my knee by landing on it on my floor exercise. The doctor said it was probably bursitis. I was on crutches for almost a month and wore a stabilizing brace, but now I'm abroad and can't see an orthopaedist for another month. My knee is causing me a lot of pain when I put any weight on it or bend it. I rest as much as possible and ice it for 20 minutes on, 20 minutes off as often as possible, as well as take ibuprofen regularly, but nothing seems to help. Anything I can do to make the pain bearable for another month?

2007-06-02 02:25:42 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

Toes seem to ball up,and the doctor said to just eat more bannanas.

2007-06-02 02:22:01 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

I'm 19 years old and my knees and legs bother me constantly. When it gets cold outside, i feel as if the veins in my legs are going to burst. My knees are constantly cracking everytime i bend down. My two other sisters are dealing with the same thing and my mom has severe spider veins. It's probably genetic. Is there any way I could maybe reverse the clicking and aching before it gets worse? HELP!

2007-06-02 02:10:48 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

I haven't slept for four days non stop. My head feels like its going to burst.
If i last 7 days then i get £500 pounds ($1000).

Is it worth it .. i.e. will it kill me?

Thanks

2007-06-02 02:08:41 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

I have had acid reflux for about 8 years now. It started when I was drinking a Pepsi and the bubbles expanded in my throat, causing severe pain. The heartburn started pretty much right after that, but I had chest pain associated with it for about 4 years. This past year has been the worst for the pain. The doctor has me on omeprizole and it really helps the heartburn. I have been taking it for 3 months and still have chest pain.

What can be the problem causing the pain and is there any treatment?

2007-06-02 01:58:39 · 8 answers · asked by Staveros 4 in Other - General Health Care

Seen an optromistrist and optician and no one can find anything wrong with the eye

Pain in right eye and then it waters profusely. Once the water has gone the eye eventually settles down and the pain goes. Takes about an hour or longer and then calm till the next time.

Eye is not red nor inflammed.

Can it be computer? Eye strain? Wrong prescription for glasses? Any thoughts welcome. It occurs most at around 4am and so I am losing sleep. G

2007-06-02 00:27:48 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

this morning i woke up with a really bad pain on the side of my stomach? it was located on the lower right side. it wasn't a sharp pain rather like a dull one. help me please!!!

2007-06-02 00:15:21 · 6 answers · asked by gravediggerjak 1 in Pain & Pain Management

2007-06-01 23:45:39 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

my shoulder really hurts and I can barely move my arm, i heard a loud crack can it still be dislocated? if not, what can it be??

2007-06-01 23:42:28 · 6 answers · asked by hedZy ♀ The Dancing Banana 4 in Injuries

anyone else hear about this? What is your opinion ? thanks for any input :>

2007-06-01 23:27:03 · 4 answers · asked by gianinni 2 in Pain & Pain Management

We have a child with growing numbness to pain in his right arm. In two years, it has gone from a 2" wristband to a span between the nuckles and the elbow and literally does not hurt. Otherwise, the arm is fully functional. However, he has recently also started having black outs in his right eye, causing falls. We took him to a neurologist who says the initial eeg is clear and is calling it migraine syndrome, but he would not take a full history to include his father's childhood epilepsy. Does migraine syndrome cause numbness in the arms or legs?
Does anyone know what might cause this?

2007-06-01 23:10:44 · 8 answers · asked by Terry M 1 in Pain & Pain Management

Does anyone know how to numb skin at home without buying anything?

2007-06-01 22:57:36 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

I'm in real pain i can't move my right side it hurts too much what do I do please helppp

2007-06-01 22:57:08 · 5 answers · asked by hedZy ♀ The Dancing Banana 4 in Injuries

Everything I've read said something about chest pain. This was not chest pain. It's pain in the right side almost up under the armpit and and in my upper back. It HURT so bad to just try to breath normally-and trying to take a deep breath made it worse. It feels like my right lung. I was only sitting as a passenger in a car, nothing strenuous.

Last year the doctor gave me an inhaler-she said I was wheezing (news to me). So, when I got home tonight I used the albuterol/inhaler thing-and it's helped the pain subside. This is my 3rd/4th time experiencing this pain, which is so bad I don't even want to breathe. I'm not sure if I should even bother going in to the ER when it happens, but tonight it was so bad I almost went in anyways.

I have other medical issues going on which also have not been diagnosed yet-pain in hip/leg/pelvis, which ONLY gets better when I am not overly active-standing or walking too much(or driving). I have not worked for two years because of it. Any Ideas?

2007-06-01 22:48:18 · 3 answers · asked by Little Jeannie 4 in Pain & Pain Management

My hand is swollen like if I got stung by a bee. Its weird At first it was just my thumb now my whole palm is starting to swell up, i dont know what the hell it is. Last week It was itching and it started to hurt It even started to look blue. Its been swollen for about an hour. What could it be??

2007-06-01 22:04:03 · 2 answers · asked by Evolon 2 in Pain & Pain Management

Well, I really have no problems staying asleep, but I do have problems going to sleep at the same time every night.

I can go to sleep one night at 9:00 pm and the next night I could fall to sleep at 3:00 am and not be able to go back to sleep at 9:00 pm.I want to be able to go to sleep at the same time every night.I know it's possible because I did it everyday while in public school.Now I am in Private school so I don't need to worry about that stuff, but it still makes me miss a lot of sunlight.Any tips on this one?
Thank you

2007-06-01 21:41:26 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

I have had dreams like this a few times, where my teeth all fall out, I read a few other questions where the teeth crumble and fall out, but mine don't crumble.. just get loose and fall out.. I have heard it can mean death, change, etc.. anyone else have them, and what do you think they mean?

2007-06-01 21:38:50 · 14 answers · asked by kittyCat 3 in Other - General Health Care

I have a persistent fever that won't go down with medicine. I work nights so when I got off work Friday morning I felt chilly so I took my temperature, 101 degrees, I had a sore throat all night at work but didn't think anything of it. I took some ibuprofen and went to sleep. When I woke up the fever was gone and I was drenched with sweat, so I know it got to the breaking point. I didn't have a fever from when I woke up at five until about 9 30. It was 99.5 I took some tylenol this time and waited a few hours, took a cool bath and took it again about 1230, it was 100.8 again, I took some ibuprofen and checked it about 230 and it was 101 degrees. Any advice on what I should do without have to go to the doctor (last resort).

2007-06-01 21:22:54 · 6 answers · asked by cutiepiekristi21 1 in Other - General Health Care

about six months ago, my 14 year old cousin died in his sleep and the doctors could not figure out what happned so they said it way a sudden arrhythmia death syndrome. Since the disease can be inhereted through DNA, i went to the emergency as soon as my heart was beating fast. The did an ECG and said everthing was normal. The also tested my cousin's younger siblings and found no signs. Now, i am having a hard time breating at night and my heart is beating VERY fast. Everytime i try to sleep, i wake up thinking that i am having a cardiac arrest. I am mostly scared because the sudden death often happens to teenagers and i am 15 year old. I am scared to death but my parents do not take me seriously and the doctors don't eitehr! what are my chances of inhereting the disease from my cousin?

2007-06-01 20:40:57 · 25 answers · asked by ninjaadam 2 in Other - General Health Care

2007-06-01 20:36:04 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

It's been going on for about 5 days and I finally asked the doctor about it 2 days ago and he prescribed Cataflam an anti-inflammatory and Sirdalud. But it's not helping. What do you think is causing this?

2007-06-01 20:26:28 · 3 answers · asked by hedZy ♀ The Dancing Banana 4 in Pain & Pain Management

While wrestling, I took a shot on my friend at practice, and he sprawled onto my back. When he did, my knee bent awkwardly and i heard a loud pop. And I kept wrestling afterwards, because i didnt feel much pain. The next morning i woke up, and I could barely get out of bed. Right now i can walk fine, and RARELY feel pain. But i wrestled with a friend today, and felt pain, even though i thought it was healed. So can anyone please, PLEASE tell me if i'll need surgery, or how long it should take(max time it should take to heal)? Because im really worried right now since I might not be able to play football next year

2007-06-01 19:36:59 · 8 answers · asked by HK 2 in Injuries

2007-06-01 19:08:07 · 12 answers · asked by John-117 1 in Injuries

last friday 5/25 i saw some whitish brownish tiny things stuck in my hair that i thaught may have been lice and i told my parents about it and they wernt sure what it was i did see a dark brown bug fal out of my hair onto my shirt and i thaught it was lice and my brother saw it too but we didnt find anything in my hair but the whitish brownish objects that look like nits (well to me) so we bought the lice killing shampoo and comb and we used it in my hair well the whitsh brownish nit look alikes were still there that as much but still there well we jsut repeated the treament today 6/1 like it said too and i still havent saw an actually lice in my hair only the whitsh brownish things and the one brown bug that fell on my shirt i never was "iching" the brown white things r really hard to get out and arnt noticable unless u look really really hard and they r like hard to find..but i know u have to have lice in order to have to eggs & i was woundering does this sound like lice? lice eggs?

2007-06-01 18:40:21 · 2 answers · asked by A girl 1 in Other - General Health Care

I've had these terrific, painful cramps and/or spasms in the tops of my feet and can't find out what is causing it. I have read about MORTON'S NEUROMA as a possible cause, but can't get any doctor to do the test needed to see. I have the characteristic tender pain between the 3rd and 4th toes (at one doctor's appointment, he pressed down on the top of my foot here and left a bruise that lasted almost a month), the tingling, etc. connected with it, but no doctor is willing to do surgery on my feet to correct it because I have flat feet and arthritis in the soles of my feet as well. I can't take this pain much longer.

2007-06-01 17:32:56 · 4 answers · asked by jan51601 7 in Pain & Pain Management