General Health Care - December 2007

My boyfriend has been taking the pain medication for about 4 months (5mg) x5 a day and drinks real heavy-I am worry cuz he says he has been having stomach problems, empty feeling, etc-I know he has had ulcers in the past-is anybody familiar w/ this pain killer and it's effects mixed w/ heavy drinking?

2007-12-18 07:50:23 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

I'm finding myself sleeping 10 to 12 hours a day. I first I thought it was the sleeping pills I was taking but this continued when I stopped taking them. What's going on? I do have a pretty irregular and high demand job but I finished 4 years of college and neverhad to sleep this much. usually I wake up after 8 to 9 hours, just enough to see the time. Then I fall back asleep before I can get out of bed. I can't continually sleep this much. i have too much stuff to do.

2007-12-18 07:47:17 · 6 answers · asked by christigmc 5 in Other - General Health Care

what are some medications that aggravate migraines?

2007-12-18 07:07:08 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

I had a fall and a cage fell on my leg. I was giving a prescription for Cyclobenzaprine which is genic for Flexeril 10mg. They told me it was a musle relaxer. What should I expect to feel. I was going to take one at work but was afraid what it would do to me. Thanks!

2007-12-18 06:35:22 · 1 answers · asked by tangoboyz2002 1 in Pain & Pain Management

Like a torn ligament or something?

2007-12-18 06:34:26 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

I broke my hip about 2 weeks ago, and I had to get pins in it, as well as some stitches. They put the stitches in while they put the pins in, so I was asleep and didn't feel them...but I'm really nervous about getting them out. When I was 4 years old, I had some stitches taken out, and all I can remember is a little pinch...but I'm not sure if I remembered correctly, or if this time will be different...

So do you think it hurts?

Thank you!

2007-12-18 06:23:35 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

Do you ever feel like people who have never had a migraine don't believe you? Like they think migraines are nothing more than a bad headache?

I've been getting migraines for a few years now, I'm on a prescription, but as you well know, it doesn't always work. And I have had to call in to work or leave early due to a bad migraine, and sometimes I feel guilty because I feel like my fellow coworkers who don't know what it's like think it's not that big of a deal. Am I the only one who faces this issue?

2007-12-18 06:12:08 · 4 answers · asked by sprite 6 in Pain & Pain Management

I broke my leg and I want people to sign my cast but I can't find anything to sign it with. Any suggestions to make it show up?

Thank you!

2007-12-18 06:10:03 · 51 answers · asked by krazyslick 2 in Injuries

http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:_wilyIyuqvQJ:www.nursing-standard.co.uk/archives/ns/vol12-46/vol12w46p4347.pdf+orthopaedic+patients+reporting+of+pain+management&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=6&gl=uk

i'm actually so confused with what i have to do! please someone help me!!!!!!!!!!! :]

2007-12-18 05:38:31 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

I work at a place where there is a lot of physical work. I really don't like the job that much. This morning I fell on the ice and now I have a severe sprain. HOw do I tell them that I don't want to work there anymore. I am schedualed to work this weekend but now obviously I can't. HELP PLEASE!!!

2007-12-18 05:37:41 · 11 answers · asked by nagster17 2 in Injuries

i went to school anyway partly becaus i have to stay after in english class or i get detention, and partly because i want to go to a christmas party tonight (i know not good for my health, but oh well). i have a really bad headache (not a migrane, but one that hurts behind the eyes and just makes you feel detached from the rest of the world). since i am at school i dont have any medicine. what is the the best way to get rid of this headache?

2007-12-18 05:37:38 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

2007-12-18 05:33:17 · 3 answers · asked by kitten 2 in Pain & Pain Management

2007-12-18 05:23:10 · 8 answers · asked by candy girl 1 in Pain & Pain Management

2007-12-18 05:16:40 · 3 answers · asked by jammms 1 in Pain & Pain Management

I'd just like to compare your routine with our here in Italt.Generally speaking, I have to say that mostly due to a shortage of stuff the shifts are very hard.Nurses here are asked to work on 3 shifts, morning, afternoon or at night.The amount of work is normally very heavy and often you have to run to be able to do the whole of it.Hw does it work in the USA?Are you somehow better organized or is it just the same?
Thanks.

2007-12-18 04:25:03 · 1 answers · asked by Brenno 6 in Other - General Health Care

my dad just got turned down for a job hes been doing for years, tug boat captain due to the results of the tests they put him through, something about missing discs in lower back etc. will he be able to get disability??

2007-12-18 04:21:19 · 3 answers · asked by pinklove 1 in Pain & Pain Management

2007-12-18 04:13:21 · 2 answers · asked by worried 2 in Pain & Pain Management

i steped on a little peice of glass last night and my foot bleed a little bit i slept over night with the glass in my foot it does not hurt my mom wanted to pull it out but it hurt when u pull it i want to know a way to take it out without pulling on it please

2007-12-18 04:12:31 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

Soo sometimes when i breath i get these really sharp pains on my left side, starting underneath my armpit straight down my ribs, it only hurts when i inhale and usually lasts about 10 seconds or more.. it only happens once or twice a month but its happening more frequently than it used to.. i have a dr appointment Friday but any other help is appreciated, thanks :)

2007-12-18 04:08:56 · 6 answers · asked by Raine 2 in Pain & Pain Management

I been a weight lifter 4 over 20yrs. so I know most exercises.
I drive a semi for a living, about 30yrs.

2007-12-18 03:33:02 · 3 answers · asked by golfironman 1 in Pain & Pain Management

I recently received the hospital bill from an emergency visit that required surgery and a brief hospital stay. Let me be clear that the hospital treated us with the utmost professionalism and gave us great care. Unfortunately, like many, we cannot afford insurance and quite frankly the cost of the bill is financially crippling to us. I've contacted the hospital and requested and received an itemized bill. What can I do now? Does anyone know what I can expect when I call them to set up payment arrangements? Is there something I should know that might help me move forward and get my arms around this? Thanks and peace-

2007-12-18 02:21:37 · 10 answers · asked by mjasfvpld 2 in Other - General Health Care

I am in a significant amount of pain. First, my back hurts like a SOB, not sure what I did to it, but I can hardly walk. Also, my hand hurts cause I think I have arthritis. And I am sick with a horrible sore throat. It's just awful.
Here's the problem. When I was pregnant recently (baby born in Sept) I had a problem where I couldn't walk called SPD. It was so painful. It even hurt to sit/lay down. So I was put on painkillers for my almost entire 3rd trimester. Then after the Csection, I took them and then I broke my finger and had to take some. So I developed a dependancy to them. It was awful. The withdrawal was terrible and I felt like a junkie, which I am not and it was a really bad feeling.
So, since I'm in so much pain, worthy of taking a painkiller, should I take some, or would it be opening doors that I don't want to open. If it was only for a few days, would it still be bad?

2007-12-18 02:20:29 · 4 answers · asked by etothej25 1 in Pain & Pain Management

its for my pregnant coke addict of a gf, thanks

2007-12-18 01:41:36 · 10 answers · asked by helpwiththings 1 in Other - General Health Care

Tomorrow I am travelling to Brazil and in total I will be travelling over 30 hours (lay overs, car time, etc.) I wanted to take sleeping pills for the plane so that I'm not completely exhausted when I see my friends and family. Last night I took a sleep aid, Diphenhydramine HCl, 25 mg (1/2 of whats directed on the box). This morning I woke up really dehyrdrated and felt like I had a hangover, including almost puking.. sucked so bad.

Does anyone have any recommendations for my flight tomorrow? I need to sleep on the plane.. what about Benedryl (sp).. I took that before a class once and could hardly stay awake. haha Do you think that put me to sleep without the side effects?

Thanks in advance!

2007-12-18 01:23:01 · 2 answers · asked by Ann 2 in Other - General Health Care

help?

2007-12-18 01:00:30 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

I love him completely and his size is not an issue. My concern is his health! He refuses to see a doctor and has no good excuse as to why he is afraid to go. He's overweight, sneaks food (especially candy), over eats, has high blood pressure (not on meds), snores, sleep apneia, a mouth breather when awake and always seems to have labored breath.

I am trying to convince him to go to the doctor and he makes a joke of it or tries to change the subject. It breaks my heart that he doesn't see the seriousness in his condition an only FEEDS his problem. I have even gone to lengths of telling him that he is giving himself a death sentence in continuing to live in the manner in which he does and have told them that he is a walking time bomb. I have tried to be compassionate since I know overeating can be an addiction and very difficult to battle. Still it has been months and he still refuses to see a doc.

Please be nice...God don't like ugly!

2007-12-18 00:29:04 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

This just happened after I woke up.. my middle finger on the left hand and my index on my right are both slightly reddish and they look a little bigger than the other ones and i can't really bend them.. I'm 18 and I have no idea what this is.

2007-12-17 23:56:43 · 2 answers · asked by Drea P 2 in Pain & Pain Management

i was shovling snow the other day, and when i was finished i had pain in my right cheast pec

2007-12-17 23:54:26 · 4 answers · asked by Dr Doom 1 in Injuries

she has trouble breathing too
AND MY FREAKING PARENTS
WONT TAKE HER TO THE HOSPITAL
THEYRE SAYING "SHES FINE"
BUT SHES NOT
HELPPPPP

2007-12-17 21:23:01 · 12 answers · asked by cocomademoiselle 5 in Other - General Health Care

I am getting intermittent stomach pains cramps – I had it yesterday till I ate porridge then it went . I woke up early at 5.00 am with these pains again they are like pains that cramps that come every 10 seconds in like waves like clockwork…

So I woke up had a camomile and it was fine went back to sleep until 9.00 am . now I have the pains again i just got up they seem better after a very weak tea without water..

Should I eat breakfast tummy is making the noises..but I guess its best to starve for a few hours or maybe a bit of toast and peppermint tea…can anyone advise what this is and how to deal with it .,..I also have a cold

2007-12-17 21:02:45 · 4 answers · asked by sparki34 2 in Pain & Pain Management