General Health Care - November 2007

I'm 14, and I had dental surgery two days ago. My teeth and gums are killing me.

Would Tylenol Regular Strength work? Or would it be too strong for me? Ughhh.

2007-11-24 06:11:21 · 6 answers · asked by Circuits 4 in Pain & Pain Management

2007-11-24 06:10:55 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

I just had 4 stitches put in my thumb and the pain is throbbing, I called the dr. and they just say to take ibuprofen or tylenol, but it doesn't have much effect.

2007-11-24 06:07:18 · 3 answers · asked by marla_love 1 in Pain & Pain Management

When I touch the area around the front of my ear, I feel my face but when I touch the area around the back of it, I feel my neck so I'm not sure about which position of the head it sits in.

2007-11-24 05:52:33 · 14 answers · asked by jmilligan1980 1 in Injuries

can a bladder sling cause pains in stomach back and sides and if someone lifts something large will it come unloose?

2007-11-24 05:10:43 · 5 answers · asked by elliepenelly 3 in Pain & Pain Management

I know it's gross but it hurts soooo bad! I keep pricking it with a pin but just a bit of blood comes out. I know there is pus in there because it is vey swollen and large. Should I squeeze it? Should I apply heat to it? Should I try "nicking" it myself with a razor blade or is that too dangerous? I am a bit worried because it is close to my eye and is making my eye swollen (it's like unde the brow). I feel like just cutting it off to relieve the pressure, it hurts too much. Please help with any suggestions. I saw a Dr. 3 days ago and he gave me antibiotics but it's worse now and I can't see him till Monday. It would just feel 10X better if the pressure was relieved, you know?

2007-11-24 04:12:43 · 16 answers · asked by jessica 2 in Other - General Health Care

I'm really busy on saturdays.. first i work for four hours without sitting down, then i have 15 minutes to drive to my dance studio where i tap dance for 2 hrs 15 mins, then i have to walk to the bus station and home and by the end of the day my feet ACHE. it feels like i have bruises all over them or something, and the pain always increases the second i sit down. how can i lessen the pain?

2007-11-24 03:29:47 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

the pain is just below the ribs towards my back,been like it for a couple of days but getting worse,any ideas????

2007-11-24 03:22:13 · 10 answers · asked by Steph 5 in Pain & Pain Management

about a week ago i was sick i had a bad cough and my muscles were sore. I felt great and i got better and as of now i woke up and my throught is killing me and my cough came back even worse. How am i sick again?

2007-11-24 03:20:49 · 2 answers · asked by martin sir 1 in Pain & Pain Management

About a week ago I was told I have mononucleosis by a doctor. I have a very severe case of it with a soar trought(it has this weird white stuff on it), swollen glands in my neck, I'm never hungry, and I'm always tiared, but I can't sleep cause it hurts so bad. Does anyone happen to know the signs when you getting better...besides just feeling better?

2007-11-24 02:55:44 · 3 answers · asked by Niki 1 in Pain & Pain Management

i drink water alot but i still it's there
and every time i breath it hurts my throat
any way i can get rid of this?

2007-11-24 02:40:23 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

2007-11-24 02:25:23 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

Can you buy any online?

2007-11-24 01:11:16 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

his one leg turns out completely to the side....since he is having trouble learning to walk due to this leg issue I asked the doc what to do. He sais...WAIT till he is completerly walking on his own then go to a bone specilist. Well I went to a chiropractor for a second opinion and he sais it is nerve damage POSSIBLEY ands deffinatly a tightened muscle in the back of the thigh that turns the leg out....so he has us coming in twice a week to help losen it out. My husband sais we should go to a nerve specialist too to see what they say....rule it out if anything......Well all this is behind the DOC's back cuz he sais wait...I think if we wait then he is going to learn to walk with the problem and then have to relearn to walk when we figure out how to help him OR make the problem worse...WHAT DO YOU THINK?????? I need some parent opinons! another point of view! New ideas!!....He is 11 1/2 months old....he did everything early (he has 3 siblings) he sat at 3 months .........etc.

2007-11-24 00:15:53 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

2 and1/2 weeks ago i lifted much more weight than i am used to for work. I believe i hurt the muscle in my right arm pretty badly. it still hurts now as if i did it yesterday. it hurts from the shoulder joint down to my elbow and up to my neck. sometimes it is hot pain other times dull, but always pain. I was taking 600mg motrin every 8 hours, but i get a headache everytime i do. So i was taking excedrin for my headache. I dont want to take both, so i have to choose what hurts worse. this headache and shoulder pain have been constant for 2 and 1/2 weeks! is there anything that will help both? ... I know i should see a dr, but i cant afford it, and work wont pay because i didnt report it when it happened.

2007-11-24 00:04:30 · 2 answers · asked by starrjan2874 4 in Pain & Pain Management

2007-11-23 23:44:39 · 6 answers · asked by dilipan 2 in Pain & Pain Management

I have problems with my knees popping out of place or locking up the doctors says it cartilage and i need to go through water thearpy. I go to the dentist and he puts my jaw back into place because its dislocated all the time. He says its because of my cartilage. And then the day before Thanksgiving I was having real bad chest pains I thought I was having a heart attack. The doctor said it was due to the cartilage that attaches the ribs to the breast bone separating. Now I can't do anything for two weeks until I heal. Why can't the doctors put all this together and give me a reason or even a cure to fix the problem. I have lost jobs and sometimes can't even get up to take care of my family because of this. Is there a special doctor that I can see for this problem? I just want to be able to do things with my kids instead of them taking care of me. Im 35 years old and my kids are ages 11, 10, and 7. They need me and I can't be there for them.

2007-11-23 23:27:42 · 2 answers · asked by rmdezanett32 2 in Pain & Pain Management

if you have what was it like before and after what should i expect

2007-11-23 20:48:05 · 5 answers · asked by Ariella M 1 in Pain & Pain Management

yes i do have anxiety and i have this fear of pain like i think that once they put me to sleep theres no going back and when i wake up im gonna have the pain really really bad pain its a terrible fear

2007-11-23 20:33:07 · 13 answers · asked by Ariella M 1 in Pain & Pain Management

Any issues along the lines of you kept paying them, and then when you needed coverage, it was denied?

2007-11-23 20:11:31 · 2 answers · asked by Doubledown 2 in Other - General Health Care

I want to know how many 'types' of 'pain' there are . As I see it -

1) First there is the normal pain, where one doesn't want to touch the injured area.
2) Second type of pain is felt when a stiff area is massaged , like some acupressure points. A very good example of this is the fleshy area between your thumb and index finger.
3)Another is the pleasent'ish pain one gets on doing exercise or streching.

I have an annoying pain in the muscles behind my knees and in front of my elbows(basically behind the joints )that are only felt when I am relaxed. and when I have this pain I just want to keep punching the area. Punching does help a little (temporarily).

Can somone explain what sort of pain is this and what other types of pain there are ??
Thanks
Thanks

2007-11-23 20:01:10 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

They call acupuncturists quacks, and they dismiss the evidence that alternative healthcare has healed the symptoms of hundreds of thousands of Americans? (And uh, no -not just of the Asian persuasion.) For you Traditional doctors, has this mindset presented emotional or spiritual challenges to you in your practice?

Why is there little exposure of traditional medicine in mainstream publications?
I can't think of a single colleague, neighbor, acquaintance or friend that I've met who has never considered or known someone who's sought acupuncture or taken herbs.

2007-11-23 19:59:45 · 7 answers · asked by urbanavatar 1 in Pain & Pain Management

tooth pulling, arm twisted behind back, crackin ur knuckles, ear ache, tooth ache, cuticle not level, paper cut, stubbing your toes while walking, pinched nerve, stomach ache, non lethal chest pain, wind knocked out of you, cant crap, scrapes on your genitals(from too much this or that--you know), too much gas and creating streaks in your underwear, bending your hand, elbows or knee the wrong way, getting kicked in the nuts-for guys, gals?, whatever happens to you?, headache non relief, continuous vomiting with unrelenting anal discharge at same time

2007-11-23 19:45:43 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

example: wet a sock with hot water and put it on your knee. does it take away the pain

2007-11-23 18:13:35 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in First Aid

i hurt myself august `17 im almost all the way healed but it wont heal all da way

2007-11-23 17:53:16 · 2 answers · asked by crackg 2 in Injuries

i suffered from kidney stones last month.. but since the stones were small i recovered it from tablets... now am perfectly fine but my physical condition is not at all in good shape.. am getting thin day by day.. earlier i was in very good shape.. how can i help myself

2007-11-23 16:57:33 · 7 answers · asked by topgun 1 in Other - General Health Care

Ok, Wednesday night (the 21st) I got extremely drunk. I must have passed out with a lit cigarette because i noticed the most digusting burn on my leg i have ever seen. Also, my couch is burnded. I dont know what to do about it! What should i put on this bad boy to get it to heal fastest? What degree burn do u think it is?
And i already know that i have a drinking problem and that i was probably near death if i slept through a cigarette burning the hell out of me, so heres the pic. Thanks

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e230/bwilke26/IMG000040.jpg

2007-11-23 16:06:29 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

i injured my pinkie knuckle a couple of weeks ago.I haven't been to a doctor yet because i can still move it.The best way to describe it is it looks and feels like the bone that is the knuckle or covering the knuckle is pushed maybe half an inch down from were it's supposed to be.Its not swollen but i'm pretty sure that the big lump below the joint is the actual knuckle.I don't have pain in it.Any thoughts on this

2007-11-23 15:11:52 · 6 answers · asked by upside 4 in Injuries

its 3.45am and i am in so much pain i wanna scream. took only 1 paracetemol coz i only have 1 and i dunno how i managed but just made myself a cup pf tea. dunno what else to do... oh god why? how do i get rid of this pain????

2007-11-23 14:46:41 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

2007-11-23 14:30:18 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care