General Health Care - November 2007

I already have a call into my doctor... but I'm just wondering if anyone has any experience with this. I was diagnosed with chronic sinusitis, given one antibiotic that I could not take due to the side effects, and now amoxicillin. I started to feel better, but now today have so much pain that I can barely focus on anything... Does anyone know what this could mean?

2007-11-19 03:31:14 · 1 answers · asked by valerino539 4 in Pain & Pain Management

I got bit on my big toe on the top about a month ago and it still itches every so often, is this normal? What can I do to make it stop? it's not really annoying, until it itches, but then it takes me about 5 minutes of scratching to make it stop.

2007-11-19 03:31:12 · 3 answers · asked by Amanda 4 in First Aid

I am getting a headache every night. It starts anytime between 5 and 7 and I go to sleep with it (and sometimes it stays overnight). My other half says it's a combination of allergies and the drastic change in temparature (goes from 50's to high 80's every day). They are not sinus headaches, it's a headache that hits where a headband would sit on my head. I just know I'm sick of being in pain and trying to not be crabby with my kiddies. I've tried some different OTC meds, but I'm concerned about taking them because something as simple as tylenol sinus can knock me out. I've tried tylenol migraine, aleve, ibuprophen, drixoral and tylenol sinus and none have helped (or they've knocked me on my butt--I can't care for my kids because I'm so drowsy). Any suggestions? This hasn't happened before.

2007-11-19 03:03:48 · 6 answers · asked by Jen-Jen 6 in Pain & Pain Management

I have started having pain in the right side of my neck towards the back. Between the spine and area where my ear is. This is causing sleepless nights. I have tried lortab 7.5 x2 last night with no relief it allowed a little more rom but no relief to the pain. Also this pain is making it now difficult to swallow. It feels like a lump very deep in the back side of neck. If I touch my neck I can not palpate the muscle to help because It feels much deeper and heat did not help either. The difficulty in swallowing is odd because my throat is not sore in the least just this lump feeling in the area where the pain is coming from in the back area of my neck. Plz Help

2007-11-19 03:01:44 · 6 answers · asked by Day-Dreamer 1 in Pain & Pain Management

Hey not sure i spelled it right..but my sister is 60 years old and has arthiritis in her hands pretty bad, we are scared of the medicines for it...harmful, and i was wondering if anyone knows something that will help her...do mexicans or chinese have a problem with arthritis...just curious...thanks alot for any home remedies or anything else..

2007-11-19 02:22:22 · 5 answers · asked by pattonedn 2 in Pain & Pain Management

For the last several weeks i've been having terrible pain in my shoulder, neck, and head. I wrote it of as being aches and pains associated with mono, but all my other symptoms have left and my pain in these areas continues. my shoulder is very tight feeling and the pain never really goes away in my head, neck, or shoulder. I haven't done anything to injure it that i know of, and don't know why it would be hurting. if anyone knows anything about this kind of thing please help me out.

2007-11-19 02:10:36 · 5 answers · asked by kenz 2 in Pain & Pain Management

I have been diagnosed with a pinched nerve in my back before. I had to have physical therapy and all because of a hereditary natural overcurvature in my spine that weakens it.

Recently, I have had a lot of back problems. It gets to the point where I can't sit and I stand leaning to one side. When I pick up my right leg my hip pops and I can feel and hear it.

I have been going to chiropractor and massage therapist for it, but I'm still having a lot of problems and my medical insurance does not cover them.

I'm only 23. Young to have such back problems, I know. Should I go see my medical doctor again? It seems like the only thing they do is give me flexeril and prescription pain meds. They don't actually help get better just manage the pain.

2007-11-19 01:13:12 · 5 answers · asked by ngcstudent 2 in Pain & Pain Management

Dilaudid (hydromorphone) 2mg tablets what are those compared to percocet or vicodin. Also what are the 2mgs tablets compared to the injections you get at the hospital. just curious.

2007-11-19 00:55:49 · 2 answers · asked by tmadilly 1 in Pain & Pain Management

2.5 years ago i had great burning and heating pain in my Pelvic region.

Later on it was found i has Varicocele and got operated on that, But burning sensations still remained.

later i visited a lot of doctors and finally just 1/2 yr back i found, it is Pundendal Neuropathy according to the symptoms i am facing.

But still the MRI's doesnt show any Nerve Compressed and Still the Burning pains remain.

I couldnt work for long without Pain Killers. My doc is trying Physical Excercises, Medication like Sodium Valproate and right now We are trying Few Pain relieving steriods.

As the knowledge on this Problem is pretty much less in Medical Community , I dont know how long still i have to bear with pain and live on Pain killers.

If any person went through this problem, or any doctor knows how to deal with this problem. So that i could come out of this very worse pains as soon as possible.

Please answer me clearly and help me out in resolving the problem.

2007-11-19 00:19:07 · 1 answers · asked by Maruthi 1 in Pain & Pain Management

My cousin hit me in the back of the head with a metal chair when we were younger. Hes psychotic. I didn't know that at the time. any way I was out for 2 hours and i don't remember the rest of that day. I get bad headaches now. Is it possible that I might have some kind of trauma?

2007-11-18 23:19:21 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

I broke my foot 5yrs ago. the dr. put a plate and 6 screws in it and it hurts like crazy!!! would it help if i had them removed.I was concerned about the strength my foot would have- i work on my feet. thank you so much for any info u can give me

2007-11-18 22:57:01 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

2007-11-18 22:49:14 · 3 answers · asked by spazzcat65 1 in Pain & Pain Management

im looking to have certain facial plastic surgery done but got told i need to find a suitable surgeron :S
i got advised not to go through a company but im not sure how to get a surgeron on my own...in my area?!i live in the UK :S
pls helppp

2007-11-18 21:46:36 · 2 answers · asked by SM 4 in Other - General Health Care

2007-11-18 21:25:44 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

I can't sleep, I'm wondering what are some tactics you guys use to try and fall asleep.

2007-11-18 21:08:53 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

I have this odd tingling sensation on the left side of my head. It started out as a painful feeling near the crown but then it moved down to my temple and no longer hurts but feels like a numbness, itch, or sometimes tingle. I don't think it's a tumor because I don't have headaches, vomiting, or any other problems associated with that. I think it could be damage to my trigeminal nerve after I had two molars extracted, or possibly due to the tension my neck suffers from using the computer. I received my computer during the same time that I had my teeth removed, and this problem arose a few weeks later and has been going on for months. It's not terrible but it's not very comfortable, either. I'd like to get a better understanding of what's going on and what I can do to treat this problem.

2007-11-18 21:06:19 · 5 answers · asked by PAUL 4 in Pain & Pain Management

Hey is there any site where I can post my symptoms to get a expert opinion on my problem? I came across a few paid ones ( like medhelp.com) , but I want something free. Just want an opinion, not a professional diagnosis..

Thanks

2007-11-18 20:57:23 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

I was a Cabinet Maker for 28 yrs. I started having a stiff neck a 18 months ago. A yr ago I had a double discectomy. I can't do that kind of work now. Should I retire or retrain?

2007-11-18 20:29:00 · 1 answers · asked by Daniel M 1 in Pain & Pain Management

Had constant sicknesses when I was a kid and thru teen yrs and adulthood too. These last years have been really tough. Constant weakness, headaches, major depression, twitching in my legs, numbness, no sex-drive, had bad psoriasis (Immune system) too! I have been to too many doctors and specialists to count!!! No real answers, just a "band-aid" for this and a "band-aid" for that (psoriasis=skin cream, depression=prozac, no sex-drive=Viagra, headaches=Tylenol, weakness=eat something healthy!)! You get the picture!!! Don't know what to do!? Some days better than others though.

Have been seeing an Immunologist though ever since my Psoriasis got really bad this past winter (Feb 2006). Methotrexate has helped greatly! Immune system=all related from what I can gather!

2007-11-18 19:55:08 · 2 answers · asked by Troy J 2 in Other - General Health Care

well i get constapated all the time un for about 2 weeks at a time . ive tried dulax ex lax milk of magneisa and no good. but every 2 weeks i do a bowel movement that like blows up the toilet lol but right before it my stomach feels so bad. so i just started takingmetamucile.works a little .2 inch stool every 2 days. whats wrng?

2007-11-18 19:44:54 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

I've always taken then but not sure what good they do.

2007-11-18 19:24:11 · 3 answers · asked by egwiv2001 1 in Other - General Health Care

Sorry I am sure I spelled veracous wrong. Anyways thanks for answering!

2007-11-18 19:19:08 · 5 answers · asked by Military Chick 4 in Other - General Health Care

and when will dentists all go away and be known an teeth fixing will be just another part of healthcare.

2007-11-18 18:57:05 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

in '05 i was in a car accident and broke both femurs, lost a chunk of my thigh, broke both sides of my pelvic, shattered my right elbow, ruptured my spleen and liver...now at 21 i have arthritis and joint pain i also get migraines, and i still have swelling in my legs...pain killers make me feel hung over and don't get rid of the pain...when i was introduced to pot, i realized it helped with my pain and still help me function, as hard as it is to believe for some of you on your high horse who look down on pot, & most people do, so if you don't have a helpful solution then no thanks to your answers! and don't think i am encouraging pot, to each is own, but i would like to find out if there is any other alternative and if people can let me inn on it, because pot has become too much of a liability for me, and i'm sick of having to just live with my pain! thanks you in advance!

2007-11-18 18:50:59 · 12 answers · asked by Insidious 3 in Pain & Pain Management

ahhh well i was walking to work and i twisted my ankle.... and it hurts so much what should i putt on so it can heal and the part that sux is that tomorrow im having an interview at a job... what should i do.....

2007-11-18 18:47:01 · 6 answers · asked by brenda f 1 in Pain & Pain Management

I quit smoking over a year ago but my breathing hasn't improved at all. In fact, I constantly get asthma-type symptoms. On top of that, I get moderate acid reflux and my appatite is severly deminished. I have a hard time stomaching 2 meals a day. If I eat to much or too quickly, I get reflux-induced asthma. It is really detrimenting my life. To make matters worse, I have borderline gastroperesis. Because fo that, I am stuck in the house most of the time, and traveling is really hard because I have to know where bathrooms are, constantly! I can barely drive for 5 minutes without needing a bathroom unless I make sure that I have nothing in my stomach before I leave. At the same time however, if there is nothing in my stomach, I get more reflux. Its a no-win situation. Does anyone else have these problems? Has anyone found something that helps? Reglan, the only medication on the market, does not work for me, I am allergic to it. Does anyone know of any natural remidies?

2007-11-18 17:43:46 · 10 answers · asked by Nicholas H 2 in Other - General Health Care

For some reason, mozzies keep eating me alive, when I'm asleep.
The only problem is that last night only my face, neck, and feet were hanging out, so they are all covered in bites.
The ones on my face especially are very swollen, and look horrible.
Can somebody please tell me how to get rid of the swelling.
Or stop the mozzies eating me.
Any help is appreciated, thanks.

2007-11-18 16:43:36 · 6 answers · asked by Jessarama! 5 in First Aid

What does it mean if your... waste product... that isn't usually liquid... that's released in the bathroom... is greenish? darkish? really light yellowish brown? Once there was what looked like blood, how bout that?

2007-11-18 16:38:03 · 3 answers · asked by italien bum 2 in Other - General Health Care

Almost every night when i sleep i wake up around 5am with a shooting pain on my outer thigh. Sometimes it feels prickly and moves up into the side of my butt cheek. I keep attempting to stretch it and massage it out, but it will not go away! There is a bump where it sits too...right above the kneecap on the side of my leg. Anyone that can tell me whats going on will just make my week!! thanks.

2007-11-18 16:03:20 · 2 answers · asked by Alexis 2 in Pain & Pain Management

I broke my toe in 2005 and its healed completely just not properly. What did I do wrong?

I buddy taped it and wore the shoe they gave me from the dr.

2007-11-18 15:56:21 · 10 answers · asked by Koter Boters misses Rufus! 6 in First Aid