General Health Care - September 2007

im not a smack head, its just out of interest cos im watching old episodes of lost and charlie is going cold turkey.

2007-09-19 04:06:16 · 15 answers · asked by Mrs Jones 1 in Other - General Health Care

My mum (76)was knocked down by a bus. No broken bones but she suffered sub-arachnoid bleeding. Three days unconcious and 11 weeks in hospital, toward the latter end of her stay she was awaiting a "care package" to be put together prior to her release. Then after making staff aware that mum's progress was deteriorating as a result of lack of interaction with therapists (they had done all they needed to..", they finally agreed to let mum return home. A month after her discharge, the care plan still wasn't in place and now, SIX weeks later the plan has come into effect but adds to daily frustrations rather than alleviates them. In ten days we have seen about 8 different carers...so a trust or bonding cannot form. In the original "assessment" for care, we were given a 7.30 to 8.30 "window" for the carer to turn up, yet we've seldom had anyone turn up before 9am and some as late as 10.40....this adds to mum's confused state. As a result of her injuries, mum's memory took a knock and placed her back almost 30 years. We had to deal with her realisation of her mothers death. Her First remark was..."you knew and you didn't tell me.." The accident has worsened her diabetes, taken her from diet controlled, to tablet medication. Six weeks since her release now, and mum still hasn't had a blood sugar monitoring appointment. It was supposed to be today yet with an hour to go before her appointment the doctors rung up to cancel...I explained that mum was becoming more confused and I thought her sugar/insulin levels may be causing this. The last four nights now mum has slept for minutes instead of hours...being her chief carer I have slept even less, becoming more anxious and worried at her breathlessness and lack of sleep. It seems she is getting more and more confused, could this be dementia or altzheimers? and where oh where is the help I need to confirm or deny my fears....when am I supposed to get MY share of sleep? I am becoming weaker myself and more distressed over mum's worsening conditions. Any advice will help and hopefully shed light on what I can or cant ask for...I know there are organisations that help, but the current lack of professionalism by the appointed care agency doesn't offer much hope. I feel imprisoned in my own home, I can't get a job to pay the mouting bills, neither it seems can I trust anyone else to actually CARE for my mother...what can I do?

2007-09-19 03:45:59 · 5 answers · asked by ~☆ Petit ♥ Chou ☆~ 7 in Other - General Health Care

Any other suggestions for pain management are appreciated.

2007-09-19 03:37:40 · 6 answers · asked by Beenthere4sure 3 in Pain & Pain Management

what should i do to not get suspended by the way the kid isnt that badly hurt i broke it after 2 puhnches then put him in a head lock cuz i knew it was broken

2007-09-19 03:33:37 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

I woke up at 4:00 in the morning with my legs hurting, i felt a weird tingly feeling in my bladder area and needing to go to the bathroom. So i try to go but nothing comes out. Then I drink some water and a minute later some come out little by little. So I take some tylenol wait a little while and then go back to bed, but i kept feeling like i needed to go to the bathroom. So this morning when i woke up I felt pain on one side of my back and then my sides started hurting, and right now only my left side hurts.

I think i started my period but i'm not sure.

2007-09-19 03:32:58 · 6 answers · asked by arnin 2 in Pain & Pain Management

she has a headach she has fever and shes dizzy all at the same time could someone help me?

2007-09-19 02:47:44 · 4 answers · asked by icytux_95 2 in Pain & Pain Management

How much gin & raisins do you need and how many do you take daily?

2007-09-19 02:44:11 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

I have pain in both buttocks for more than 1 week now. I don`t know why, its just started hurting, on the cheeks. Its definatly not damaged tailbone, there is no pain there, its all on the muscles. It hurts and is not getting better. What do i have? Should i see my doctor and get a referral to see a physio? Could a physio help with this?

2007-09-19 02:41:17 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

I have a doctors appointment today at 10. What should I expect? Also, I don't THINK its actually inside of me, but just in case, what do you think the doctor will do about it?

2007-09-19 02:40:42 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in First Aid

at the age of 56 I felt this dizziness & numbness at 5 am. dizziness for 1 minutes or 2 with intervels the whole day and numbness as well. Checked with Cardioligist, after thorough checkups, he declared no cariac problem I have. He asked me to see a Neuro Sergeon.... any one can tell me what should I do/or use to overcome this incident in future..

2007-09-19 00:40:42 · 6 answers · asked by Ansari M 1 in Other - General Health Care

I was never into sports, I dont like running for the ball. I was always avoiding sports. except I do like bicycles. then I work like any other person, not too much but I dont just sit all day in the house. I keep going out in the nature and all that stuff, climbing trees, but I'll always be lazy and sleepy. I can go to sleep at any time in the day and I will sleep for hours. I even have problems waking up. then parents thought I stay up all night and I went to sleep at 8, but I still slept until noon next day. but anytime I need to do something, I dont want to, I'm always lazy. but I'm not fat, I'm skinny and I eat healthy. and I dont wanna be lazy. I'm not like some spoiled kid that is really lazy and refuses to work. I just dont have that thing to go and do something. I even barely go shopping.

doctor didnt found any sleeping disease or any disorder. I was even looking for a job that doesnt needs so much work. whats wrong with me?

2007-09-18 21:28:41 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

2007-09-18 20:41:45 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

2007-09-18 20:28:03 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

I was playing basketball today in PE and I went up for a rebound and the ball came off the rim really sharply and smashed into my finger. It hurt really bad, but I kept playing. Then is started bleeding internally and I can't move it anymore

2007-09-18 20:04:51 · 8 answers · asked by Baptized Disciple 5 in Injuries

I have what looks to be a hangnail on my thumb. Usually if I have one, it'll go away in a couple days, but this one has been here for about a week, and there's this bubble-like wound thing right beside the upper corner of my nail - and it hurts sooo much worse than a hangnail. And the bubble isn't full of liquid or anything (gross, I know) it's just like really really swollen very tender bloody skin.

I cut the nail so that it doesn't grow into the bubbly thing, and I've been putting neosporin on it every night, and I tried to drain any pus that could have been in it - but I didn't see any.

I have a doc appt on Friday, so yeah I know "Go see a doctor" common response, but I was just wondering if anyone else has ever had this? Or if anyone even knows what I'm talking about.

2007-09-18 19:39:03 · 3 answers · asked by Holly GoLightly 2 in Injuries

He eats normal food but does not seem to digest and burps with acidity taste. As a result his stomach is growing. Is there a problem of any kind?

2007-09-18 19:21:22 · 14 answers · asked by luan s 1 in Other - General Health Care

Two weeks ago i went to the ER for extreme dizziness,they did blood tests and told me it was stress. this week it has gotten even worse so i scheduled an apointment and they told me it was BPPV and they gave me dramamine. I dont get as dizzy now but i looked online and i have all the symptoms of Meniere's disease and it says it can cause permanent hearing loss so now im afraid that if this continues i can go completely deaf.

2007-09-18 19:13:55 · 5 answers · asked by Lauren 4 in Other - General Health Care

If I see the ENT (who already diagnosed I had problems) and book surgery, would the ENT also be able to fix my nose so that it no longer looks broken?

By that I mean it is crooked, it curves to the right, so the left side looks bigger, but the right side looks more crooked.

And there's a bump on my nose.

I feel my tip has also swollen up because of all the crap I've been through, I might have some problems there too. Can he remove tissue there?

I think insurance would at least cover most of this surgery right? It really affects my breathing, mentality... every day life pretty much. I can't exercise because of this problem.

2007-09-18 19:08:12 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

I get on average 7-9 hours of sleep a night, I just burn out by that last class- I wish I could squeeze in a nap, but thats rarely an option, if ever. Which food items give you that energy boost?

*I don't consume caffeine or taurine at all though*

2007-09-18 18:52:19 · 11 answers · asked by Hello There 2 in Other - General Health Care

My podiatrist says it would be advisable to have the side bits of my left big toe nail removed and leave the top part of the nail to 'protect' the top my toe. (I can see the logic in that)
I'm a chicken - I hate pain.
Has anyone had this 'operation' done?
How long till I can wear shoes?
How long till I can walk without a limp?

2007-09-18 18:32:17 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

today i have these shot thingys for a pet, and one of the shots which had medicine had been pushed, and all the medicine went into the cap (that is over the needle for protection) and i was trying to pull out the shot out of the cap so i could suck the stuff back into the needle but it wouldnt come out, so i pulled hard and it came out the needle poked my finger, and that needle had medicine on it, so i squeezed my finger, and it bled, and i rinsed it off and put hydrogine poroxide on it, and not one bubble came out, but it bled so i put a bandaid on it.
now this was an animals shot, NOT USED at all yet,
later after that, my fingers and hand tingled and ached, and now they feel fine, i had no other effedts, i ate and nothing happend or anything, everything normal, but i was told that the stuff on the needle was animal pain medicine, and im wandering will it do anything bad to me later on???
cuz all that happend was tingling and aches, but now its gone, is everything gonna be okay???

2007-09-18 18:02:48 · 6 answers · asked by powerball 2 in Injuries

what do i have?
i have no temature though.
what if i have to do during school?
theirs a teacher that doesnt let me go

2007-09-18 16:47:58 · 4 answers · asked by uhhlia! 1 in Pain & Pain Management

2007-09-18 16:42:36 · 0 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

He was acting funny and had found out that he had overdosed on Tylenol Pm. Not to sure why yet because he is not talking because of the overdose. His stomach was pumped but because he hadn't ate since lunch they couldn't get it all out. He is now hooked up to a liver machine. Not to sure if anyone has any personal experience or knows what to expect!

2007-09-18 15:04:14 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

I play field hockey and we run a 1.5 to 2 mile 3 times a week atleast. I keep getting these pains on my shin and my knee cap. Should I skip practice for a day or two and ice and rest. I don't know if I should skip It really hurts though, when I stand, walk, and run. I get these shooting pains up my leg. What should I do?

2007-09-18 14:29:10 · 5 answers · asked by murmurlover 1 in Injuries

i was in a bad car wreck yesterday we rolled our van 4 times. somehwere in all that i hit my head on something because it was bleeding. now a day after the wreck i cant remember exactly what happened i know i was in a wreck but it almost doesnt seem liek it happened and i dont remember anything about the wreck itself. i have had a headache since the accident. do i have a concussion?

2007-09-18 14:26:02 · 8 answers · asked by Ryan R 1 in Injuries

I am supposed to be taking them 4 times a day for 7 days and have only taken half, they make me feel light headed I don't like them!

2007-09-18 14:19:48 · 5 answers · asked by rhilex1982 2 in Pain & Pain Management

Bruised my hip during soccer and now everytime i dive it hurts tremendously and it swells up real bad. Now I was just wondering what i should do ... i've been keeping ice and ibuprofen but is there anything else?

2007-09-18 12:39:21 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

I am a 3rd year medical student and I must decide this year what type of doctor I want to be, and I can't decide as there are so many things I like. Any suggestions?

2007-09-18 12:23:27 · 7 answers · asked by drb 2 in Other - General Health Care

I have a problem with stress, i don't understand it, i like being active in my school but sometimes it just seems like too much. and when i look at it i dont even do that much, i get all A's which is a job in itself, taking extra hard classes, am on the journalism/yearbook staff, homecoming and prom comittee, ect.

Well anyway. i recently had an accident and missed four days of school due to being on crutches and stuff. My school has a rule that you can only miss 3-5 days of school within a semster, when you miss 3-5 you need to get atleast a 75% on all your exams or they withhold the credit. I work extremly hard to get good grades so i can not stress out over exams. Does this seem fair? I also might have to get surgery on my knee, so i might have to miss more of school...which would suck more

I am stressing over the homework and tests that ive missed. ect. any tips? plz?

2007-09-18 11:30:42 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care