General Health Care - August 2007

hi thanks to anyone to who can answer... my partner has been suffering with both a groin strain and a dose of epididimytis (excuse the spelling!!!) and is in quite abit of discomfort. does anyone know of any pressure points or reflexology tips so ican help ease the pain or discomfort for him without me making him worse!!!???

2007-08-24 21:48:16 · 3 answers · asked by 020907 2 in Pain & Pain Management

2007-08-24 21:14:51 · 4 answers · asked by cowbell 1 in Pain & Pain Management

How do I turn Oxycodone 80mg extended release into 5mg or 10mg. Can I cut it. Some people say yes and some say no. I'm cannot go into why I need them cut but I will say that I do have a prescription for all three doses. Thank you so much everyone.

2007-08-24 21:05:57 · 10 answers · asked by Kay 1 in Pain & Pain Management

Don't ask how... Now i have the little piece of a male earing inside my ear and i can't take it out, Any advice?

2007-08-24 20:29:19 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in First Aid

well i was just foolin around then i felt this sharp pain in my thumb then i just got up and started to look at my thumb and it hurted like sharply!! then i didnt care but now if i move it back or move it alot it hurts like crap... do u think i have a sprained thumb o and i dont have ny bruising or stuff like that but it does seem a little swollen???

2007-08-24 19:29:50 · 3 answers · asked by mRs.ceNa 3 in Injuries

I fell down the stairs and tried to catch myself thus pulling some muscles in my back. My upper back feels like someone is sitting behind me stabbing knives into it. Then the muscles in my chest start bothering me... defiantly not heart related! I just want some relief any ideas? Oh and I am already taking Motrin 800 for it and it don't help.

2007-08-24 18:56:33 · 6 answers · asked by BumbleBee 4 in Pain & Pain Management

2007-08-24 18:51:14 · 7 answers · asked by jamie m 1 in Pain & Pain Management

Everyday i wake up i'm in pain all over my body it's almost like i've been fighting with something in my sleep...And i am always tired ...I get tired very quick at work too.I just feel drained everyday.
Anyways i have to take advil everyday to feel better ...
Is this normal?
Has anyone ever felt that way? and if so what did you do?

2007-08-24 18:41:39 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

2007-08-24 17:58:50 · 18 answers · asked by do 1 in First Aid

I'm in color guard and cheerleading and was stretching my leg in a leg stretch one day when I felt something tear. It felt fine, but the next day, I couldn't do anything anymore, not even the easiest of leg stretches, which is saying something because I am usually pretty flexible. It stopped hurting for about a weekend, but it's starting to hurt again. The pain feels like something is pulling...I can't really describe it. It's right where my thigh connects to my butt in the back. I have to do full leg stretches up to the split this coming Friday, so I need to know what I can do to at least lessen the pain. I've tried ice and icy hot, nothing has worked. I even rested it for a few days, but it just hurt worse. Any ideas? Oh, and after the few days when it got worse, I took care to do very simple stretches that I held for at least 30 sec, but it didn't even stretch the pain away, which is what I usually do for muscle injuries.

2007-08-24 17:08:22 · 10 answers · asked by Courtney H 1 in Pain & Pain Management

My friend has been addicted to pain medicine but has ischemic colitis so she needs to take pain medicine sometimes to find relieve when her ischemic colitis flares up...what can help her stop taking pain medicine for her addiciton but still be able to take it for her illness?

2007-08-24 16:26:15 · 5 answers · asked by fargo_1_2002 1 in Pain & Pain Management

I was going to take some tylenol 3 for my migraine, but I just noticed that they are outdated (march this year). I got them for my headaches while I was pregnant. I don't have anything else I can take in the house, but I don't want to make myself worse. Will it be okay to take them?

2007-08-24 16:25:23 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

2007-08-24 15:41:57 · 3 answers · asked by EASTGUY T 1 in Pain & Pain Management

Since its summertime and all, i've developed the habit of sleeping at 3 AM everynight and waking up at 1 PM just because i can. Now its really bothering me because i feel like im wasting so much of my day asleep! Anyone have any tips on how I can fall asleep more quickly so i can wake up earlier??

2007-08-24 15:06:14 · 8 answers · asked by sk692 2 in Other - General Health Care

hit your foot with a hammer an you can walk,put that pain in your back times 50 and you have a bad back,then the doctor says we can fuse your discs and you can have any pain med you want,or dont operate and take nothing,i hate doctors......what do you think?....

2007-08-24 15:05:39 · 4 answers · asked by john doe 5 in Pain & Pain Management

k so i had ankle problems
not anymore

now i have this thing under my foot that hurts like hell and i might need surgery

and my right forearm,wrist,fingers are messed up

like sometimes if i dont move, i can feel something move through my forearm through my wrist and index finger and middle finger

it hurts like hell and makes my fingers jump

when i sleep, i can feel something move and my fingers and forearm just pound, like a heartbeat but it hurts like hell


what is going on?anyone know?it hurts

2007-08-24 14:19:50 · 3 answers · asked by tony 2 in Pain & Pain Management

2007-08-24 13:22:49 · 8 answers · asked by bianki 1 in Injuries

At a place called DCI Biologicals, Inc.

2007-08-24 13:22:39 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

Taking into consideration I also suffer from Fibromylgia with trigger points in the upper arms, neck and shoulder areas. Also how many weeks of therapy will I be looking at. Anyone who has had this surgery please respond.

2007-08-24 13:09:32 · 4 answers · asked by WACVET75 7 in Injuries

2007-08-24 12:42:13 · 14 answers · asked by wicketpom 1 in Pain & Pain Management

If you're passing green stools, how long should this go on before you start to get worried and should seek medical attention?

2007-08-24 12:03:07 · 11 answers · asked by Miss Murder 3 in Other - General Health Care

What causes you to be bloated all the time? My stomach over the past 2 weeks has just been huge. And well I get bloated a good bit, but the past 2 weeks its just been crazy big. Whats wrong with me? Is there a certain type doctor I need to see about this?

2007-08-24 11:48:25 · 3 answers · asked by Just Me 1 in Pain & Pain Management

I have been xrayed, ct's and seen an ortho doctor, but none can tell me what the problems is. I have had this for about 18 moths. Very painful when I set down, just a bruning sensation.

2007-08-24 11:07:10 · 1 answers · asked by Herbert F 1 in Pain & Pain Management

weight and belly fat. I would like help on finding exercises to do to lose this belly fat and excess weight while wearing my leg braces. Can anyone help me on this problem of mine.

2007-08-24 10:57:46 · 2 answers · asked by misty 1 in Pain & Pain Management

2007-08-24 10:28:14 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

my mom has been in the hospital for about 2 days. she was having really bad stomach aches and so we took her. The doctors are keep giving us the run around it seems and I don't know what to do. My mom has been bleeding from her vaginal area but the thing is she got a hysterechtamy about 4-5 months ago. Is this normal or not? I don't think it is and the scary part is that last night the nurse asked her to pee in a hat and she has been having a hard time going pee pee and she tried and I was in the restroom with her. She told me that she was going pee pee and I could hear it. When she got up the hat was full of blood and it seemed to have a lot of red chunky stuff in it. She was scared and i told her not to panic that she was ok. I called the nurse and she told me they were going to call a dr. but they didn't because they said her blood discharge was normal and that her blood pressure was normal too so they had no need to call him. what is going on here??? I want to know what is wrong .

2007-08-24 10:20:39 · 16 answers · asked by WhErE Do I BeGiN??? 1 in Injuries

I have an old knee injury that flares up every now and then, and as a waitress, it happens alot. I recently called into work saying I could not work, and I got treated very rudely. I came in with a doctors not, and I got more rudeness. I went in today to get next weeks schedule, and to find out if there was anyway I could not work tomorrow as scheduled, and once again I got treated unfairly. All this rudeness is from one manager, and she's just the assistant manager. What actions should I take? Should I quit and get on welfare (HAHA)? Just call in tomorrow? Call corprate or talk to another manager?

I am currently searching for a new job, I am more concerned right now about not going to work tomorrow. The doctors have given me a full leg brace to keep my leg straight, and I have to wear it till next week.... the manager I keep having to deal with does not care. My shift tomorrow is a short shift, I would not be missed, and business would carry on as usual without me

2007-08-24 09:57:16 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

I'm trying to get a good health insurance (since the one I have
right now is not the greatest) that will cover my dental and
Other medical things. Do you guys know of any good ones
that:
1.) Have good coverage
2.) Covers dental (definetly)
3.) and that won't cause me to sell my organs in the black
market to pay for it every month?

I'm doing my own "research" but I want to know if you guys
know of any.

2007-08-24 09:54:16 · 8 answers · asked by ♥Sweet Me♥ 3 in Other - General Health Care

takes me about 30-45 minutes

2007-08-24 09:33:40 · 15 answers · asked by Samantha 5 in Other - General Health Care

just yesterday i was laying on the floor and was trying to get up, my right knee was straighten and i tried to pull myself up in that position. i felt a pop like when you stretch out a rubberband to its max and it snaps. the back of my knee felt like it snapped or popped. the pain lasted for a couple of minutes and i just went on with my day. just this morning i felt discomfort and decided if it would snap again if i bent my knee while standing. to my suprise it snapped again and it hurted again. now i am feeling a lot of discomfort in the back of my knee and dont know what it is. I am walking fine but i keep feeling bothered by it. it doesnt hurt, i just feel discomfort. what can it be?

2007-08-24 09:33:26 · 2 answers · asked by jason l 1 in Pain & Pain Management