General Health Care - September 2007

I have chronic upper back pain (basically whiplash) from a car accident years ago and have been on and off panadiene forte and digesic. My body has now got used to them so I am on the look out for something else that may work!

2007-09-12 12:17:47 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

I have only been prescribed pain killers bu am becoming more crippled by the pain every day. Wat can I do? The GP is not that interested.

2007-09-12 11:49:09 · 10 answers · asked by helen p 4 in Pain & Pain Management

My foot hurts at the big toe joint.. could possibly be a bunion.. Can not put pressure on that part of my foot. Over the course of about 9 hrs has now swollen up to about the ankle...feels tight and restricted.. obviously cant go to docs til tomorrow.... Did wear a pair of boots at the weekend but had no pain or probs then.. Dont wear high heels.. in fact live in my corcs at the mo!! Any suggestions?

2007-09-12 11:11:22 · 6 answers · asked by JustJem 6 in Injuries

I am reluctant to sit on couches or touch surfaces which may be contamin ated after people with colds or the flu visit and are coughing or sneezing

2007-09-12 11:09:13 · 2 answers · asked by Mister P 1 in Other - General Health Care

i dont really care wich 1s just some income facts.
THANKS

2007-09-12 11:05:42 · 3 answers · asked by Rollin' 2 in Other - General Health Care

2007-09-12 11:00:34 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

Back in about February or of last year, i experienced really bad pain in my back. It was all over my back. The slightest movement of my back, was so painful. And if i was sitting to watch a movie, to move in the couch was agony let alone push myself up and adjust myself in the seat.
If i were stooping down, i couldn't get up on my own without holding onto something sturdy, and that was horribly painful! I wasn't playing any sports at the time nor was i sick, or doing much to injur my back. After about two months or so it went away. I couldn't even do the dish washer, it hurt so badly. Anyway, i thought it was an exercise i found on the internet, that i wasn't doing right that made my back that way. But a girl in my gym says shes experiencing really bad pain in her back [she does sports] and my mum says she, too is experiencing it. Just helping me make my bed was painful for her, and she suggested that it might be some sort of virus going on.
wondering, anyone else experienced this?

2007-09-12 10:41:46 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous 4 in Pain & Pain Management

im a baller, an artist, and video gamer. for about 3 weeks, over the summer, i played basketball at the y for 2 hours, and then when i come back from playing basketball, i play video games and i draw. then one day, my arm felt weak. i couldnt shoot very well in basketball. cuz my arm was weak, but i dont feel any pain. my doctor said, dont worry about it. i dont trust my doctor lol. anyways, what is this? is this strained elbow?or tennis elbow? or is it nothing that it my arm becomes weak when i overuse my arm?most people who had strained elbow or tennis elbow, they said there is alot of pain and weakness on ur arm. but i dont have pain, its just weak.my parents think that sometimes it happens when i overuse my arm, my right arm (good arm) is weaker than my left arm (weaker arm). if i feel my right arm, there are less muscles than left arm now. its been a month. IS THIS PERMANENT? i tried using it, and i can see the difference, no distance when i shoot. just doesnt feel right u know

2007-09-12 10:40:58 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

I have a surgery coming up and I am soooo scared of being put under! I never have before! Is it safe? Is it scary? What's it like? Do they put a tube down your throat? Is it hard to wake up?? I'm scared I won't. Please someone tell me exactly what it is like to be put under?

2007-09-12 10:39:13 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

What is the fastest way to get rid of a blister inside your mouth. It hurts so bad

2007-09-12 10:36:58 · 2 answers · asked by Jazmin 3 in First Aid

i don't drink lots of water during the evening at all and i'm fine during the day... but at night i have to get up to pee like three or more times. i got checked for diabetes and the doctors said i don't have it. anyone have any other ideas what might be causeing me to have to pee so much?
also after i pee and i go to lay down i feel like i'm going to throw up....

2007-09-12 10:36:44 · 5 answers · asked by stephanie 6 in Other - General Health Care

How can you get rid of arthritus, or the pain that occurs with it?

2007-09-12 10:35:14 · 5 answers · asked by Zorro. 5 in Pain & Pain Management

It's been lingering there for about a year or so. Big somedays not so big the others. At first i thought it was because i sleep on my fist sometimes in that area and that caused the bruise. Sinus's... allergies? i dunno.

2007-09-12 10:31:53 · 2 answers · asked by ChuckF 2 in Other - General Health Care

I have this large bump on the side of my face, it's about the size of a golf ball. It's recently turned red, and it's been growing pretty rapidly lately. It definitely hurts, chewing and turning my neck to a certain degree usually make it hurt. Naturally it just feels weird and hurts a bit, but depending on how distracted I am, I can forget about the pain at times. It's been growing for about 3 weeks now, and in the beginning it was realllly tiny.

Anyway, I went to urgent care, and the doctor told me it was an ingrown hair and to take some antibiotics for 2 days, and then go to the ER if it doesn't get better. I don't really feel that it's an emergency, some people have serious problems, so why should I take precedence over someone who actually needs the help right that minute. So, I'm asking you folks online exactly what you think. Everyone I've talked to has said it's not an ingrown hair, and that I should go to the doctor, but I trust internet people.

2007-09-12 10:15:02 · 5 answers · asked by Zaap Zaap Zeep 1 in Pain & Pain Management

I'm not positive what pain I'm having right now is muscle pain. I'm a dancer, so it's still a vaild question because I live with muscle pain! Right now it's something in my shoulder rotator cuff. It sounds a little like tendonitis (hurts top and front of shoulder, hard to reach across body and especially overhead) I don't really know though... - so is heat or ice better for both tendonitis and muscle pain?

And I usually sleep with a heating pad on my back or neck, and it cuts off by itself in two hours. I usually don't leave it on for the full two hours because I get hot. It's the only way I can get my back muscles to relax and it feels great, but I hear it's bad to use a heating pad on the same area daily. True? Why?

2007-09-12 10:14:33 · 3 answers · asked by a.lane 4 in Pain & Pain Management

Whats this mean?

2007-09-12 10:02:49 · 5 answers · asked by Arch Bishop Don Magic Juan 2 in Pain & Pain Management

2007-09-12 09:54:48 · 1 answers · asked by Zorro. 5 in Pain & Pain Management

Ok.
I got tackled and hurt my left lower back.
i went to the doctors and she said i shuld avoid contact activites for 1 week.
well its been almost 4 weeks now and its better but now it hurts when i bend or lean a certain way. it also went over to the other side when i bend and lean a certain way. she searched for scholiosis and said that i had it a little. wtf ive never even had like any signs of it. and last year i got checked last year and i didnt have it. Seriousely im about sick of it and i would like to really no. thank you. oh and i also went to the doctors yesterday and she said that i should wait a frew more weeks.

2007-09-12 09:53:24 · 5 answers · asked by Bill T 1 in Injuries

has anyone had botox done for headaches? did it help? what was it like? Did it change the way you looked, like could you tell? anything experiences with that. thanks!

2007-09-12 09:30:56 · 2 answers · asked by rachel d 1 in Pain & Pain Management

I'm quite attractive but would be so much prettier if I could stop squeezing and picking my spots. I know it's a bit gross to talk about but it feels like i've got an OCD or something.

I've tried everything i can think of. Any suggestions?

2007-09-12 08:57:11 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

2007-09-12 08:44:26 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

I have been getting these headaches in the back of my head lower part of head and neck is killing me and back pains and headache in the front of my head above the eyebrowns and temples it this all related to the sinus headache or something else?

2007-09-12 08:38:21 · 7 answers · asked by Theresa 1 in Pain & Pain Management

In his book he states that if you join his website you can find out how...so I did. Once I joined I looked it up and it just sends you to another page to buy a $25 book on how he quit. I feel a bit ripped off and wondered if anyone knew his secret. I REALLY want to quit!!

2007-09-12 08:35:46 · 3 answers · asked by harley grl 1 in Other - General Health Care

2007-09-12 08:24:57 · 8 answers · asked by Mr-Kay 7 in Other - General Health Care

a. to attempt to avoid any adverse reactions with another drug
b. to avoid lawsuits from patients experiencing reactions to a drug
c. to increase the effectiveness of the drug
d. to explain antidotes for drugs with toxic effects

2007-09-12 08:17:27 · 3 answers · asked by crismarie 4 in Other - General Health Care

2007-09-12 08:15:09 · 1 answers · asked by zacbelote 1 in Pain & Pain Management

A guy i used to work with got stopped by a policeman because he had a screwdriver sticking out of his head.
He had no idea he had been stabbed, it had ruptured his brain. An odd chap.

2007-09-12 08:04:44 · 21 answers · asked by Icarus 6 in Injuries

Because i was in karate last night and my ankle started to hurt about halfway threw the second class.(brown & black belt class) The pain is still there today. it goes from fight obove my heel and it goes strait down the center all the way up to about 2 inches away from my knee. What do you think i did. It hurts just alittle. It hurts alittle when you walk and it hurts more if you point your toes to the ground while standing up of try standing flat footed and pul your toes trying to make the point up while the rest of your foot is flat on the ground. What could i have done?

2007-09-12 07:04:55 · 3 answers · asked by tree_mower 2 in Injuries

i injured my back an didnt think much of it because working at UPS for 2 years i have had all kinds of aches and pains that just come and go, after 2 weeks it is really bothering me and i brought it up to my supervisor who in turn accused me of lying but sent me to the clinic to get it checked out, the doctor made me touch my choulders move side to side and touch my toes, then he poked me in the back a few times an concluded by saying i strained some ligaments and i am to return to work same day(shift was over anyways)....... so my problem is that the bribery of a clinic doctor was brought up at a union meeting and i am curious about whether or not i got screwed. my back twitches after a long day of work and i get random numb/tingling over my spine and the doc didnt take any of that into consideration and just wrote me off, so does anyone know how i should go about taking care of this or know where i can find a good article about a situation similar to mine??? thoughts are welcome

2007-09-12 06:47:30 · 4 answers · asked by chrisss9889 1 in Injuries

He has to take 2 small pills each morning for school. Right now I get a spoon full of yogurt, open the pills and sprinkle the meds on it, and he has to swallow the yogurt fast, but he is getting sick of yogurt, and sometimes it makes him rigergitate. I need some suggestions so that I can try something different.

2007-09-12 06:46:00 · 13 answers · asked by Betty 4 in Other - General Health Care