General Health Care - December 2007

i have been told by my g.p that i have sinusit ..and am waiting to see specialist at the moment..the symptoms i have are really strange and never experienced anything like them in my life..im feeling dizzy,confused like i cant think properly,my right eye is feeling unusual and dilates more than the left one,i have a pressure feeling in my forehead and behind my eye,and it feels like there is liquid or something trapped in my head..has anyone else heard of these symptoms or experienced them..please help..its driving me nuts..i feel like i have atumour or something up there..is there any need to worry..please help..

2007-12-17 10:10:49 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

Im asking this for a friend. He has artritis psoriatica, What really causes it? Can any thing be done to ease it or get rid of it? Is there any treatment? And any more and/or much information as possible would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

2007-12-17 10:02:05 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

About 2 months ago I had bleeding in my head, I stayed in the hospital for 6 weeks. The doctor told me I should come in for another appointment soon. It has been 2 weeks, how soon do you think my doctor meant?

About me:
15 years old
Girl
106 pounds
Lives with older brother

note: Hospital is a couple of hours away so we aren't very tempted to go....

2007-12-17 10:00:36 · 7 answers · asked by Maria 2 in Injuries

A couple days ago, I spilled coffee at work. It went through my sweater, my shirt and burnt my skin pretty badly. It went through a couple of layers of skin. My friend told me to put toothpaste on it so I did. And when I showered, it stung pretty badly. It was an open wound but I put neosporin on it and bandaged it. I take it off from time to time to give it some air. Now it looks gross and scarred up and the area around the worst part is red and bumpy. Gross. It kinda itches now. Should I just let it heal on it's own or should I go to the doctor? I don't want to have to go to the doctor - it would be a last resort. Also, should I continue to bandage it with neosporin? It's no longer an open wound by the skin around it is quite sensitive.

2007-12-17 10:00:34 · 7 answers · asked by Lum 5 in Injuries

Hello everyone, i wanted some insight from people who might know. I've been extremely tired for the past three weeks, and at the end of most nights i get a migraine. They get so it doesn't matter if i take excedrin, i just need to sleep it off. It's kinda interupting my life because i have friends who want to go out, and i make plans, then need to cancel later because of my migraine. Does this sound like migraines or something worse? LIke i said before I am also really exhausted and don't know if being tired is causing it or if it is an underlying problem.

2007-12-17 09:54:31 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

Currently I have lower abdominal pain sort of like when I'm on my period. The pain MILD and is on and off. My lower back aches, and my muscles ache. I feel like throwing up and have for most of the day, but haven't. NO fever. This is wierd but the bone in my butt hurts too. I feel like I need to take a bowel movement but I can't. I do NOT feel constipated, I feel like I can't push it through, it's hard to explain. But it does not feel like constipation.

My symptoms have been gradually getting worse since day one. They are all MILD for the most part. They are all on and off, except for the bowel movement thing which started this morning. I can ignore my symptoms, except once. Last night my body felt very achy and my abdominal pain was worse then usual, and it took me longer to fall asleep. The symptoms were worse while laying down if that makes sense.

I am a 14-year-old girl, am 5'7 and 120 lbs. I am NOT sexually active.

None of this makes any sense to me. Any ideas?

2007-12-17 09:44:21 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

I just got back from the dentiest and my lip is num how can I take the numness away as quickas possible it really bothers me

2007-12-17 09:42:44 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

I just got back from the dentiest and my lip is num how can I take the numness away as quickas possible it really bothers me

2007-12-17 09:42:32 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

ouch my gobble hurts.
what should i use for it?
maybe gobble ointment?
this isnt some sort of joke.
it really is getting on my nerves.

2007-12-17 09:13:03 · 3 answers · asked by Good Ol' Gerdy 2 in Pain & Pain Management

dang, it is junk wrench in there. it be stankin'. whats the deal, and wont that stink make you sick?

2007-12-17 08:58:31 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

2007-12-17 07:53:14 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

2007-12-17 07:52:42 · 6 answers · asked by Junior 1 in Pain & Pain Management

I'm 17.
Last night, I woke up because I had chest pain -- 3 sharp pains; then it seemed to go away and just be a mild discomfort. Today, I have the same discomfort (mostly on my left side of my chest but occasionally on my right) and some numbness/slight soreness in my left arm. I am also slightly short of breath.
I called my doctor and told her my symptoms, but she told me that she wasn't concerned; I've had 2 cardiology workups in the past year, and everything came back normal (I had my ASD repaired when I was 7, but the leakage is extremely minimal and within normal range). I also suffer from anxiety and panic attacks, and my neck is often misaligned.
Since my doctor isn't concerned, do you think this chest pain and discomfort could be due to my neck misalignment (I also have discomfort in my back near my ribs -- they are occasionally misaligned as well).

Does anyone else think that this could be due to my neck/ribs or some kind of acid reflux?

2007-12-17 06:34:31 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

im the lead singer of a band and i started noticing that i get dizzy when i headbang. does anyone know why this happens? im wondering if it has something to do with your ears or eardrums. being a musician and all, you're always around loud music and i heard if somethings wrong with your eardrums or something that it can make u dizzy. thanks so much :)

2007-12-17 06:17:05 · 4 answers · asked by illneverletthisgo 1 in Other - General Health Care

anybody ever taken it or is on it?

2007-12-17 05:55:03 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

I want to get a massage because I am an athlete and I lift and run 5 days a week. I am looking at different massage parlors around town and I am curious if there are different types of massages? I have heard of deep tissue massages and others, but what is a basic one I want to just relax me and sooth my soar muscles.

2007-12-17 05:37:33 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

Just had major surgery cancelled at the very last minute, because my surgeon could not find enough staff. Went into the Royal Free yesterday, nothing to eat after 6am today, nothing to drink after 11, I am sitting there in my surgical gown, elastic stockings, waiting. Eventually the surgeon came at 1.30 and said she was sorry, nearly everyone had called in sick and she could not get a good enough team together to do my op. She said she would not be happy with fewer than 3 skilled assistants, (It's a long and complex op.) and she had phoned around various hospitals, but did not want to do a job like this with people she'd not worked with before.

She was really decent and sympathetic, and I respect her reasoning. Instead she spent the afternoon doing smaller ops with a smaller team. She has promised me January 7th. I'm grateful she was honest enough not to proceed and to explain why. But can the entire womens' surgical team (apart from one) really all fall sick on the same day?

2007-12-17 05:16:19 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

I have a strange pain in my left hand. It is at the base of my pinky finger, inside the hand just below the knuckle. It is surprisingly painful. It doesn't hurt unless something touches it. Like if I pick up my computer pressure gets applied accidentally, and then it hurts very badly. I have had no accidents with it, have not bumped anything - so I cannot explain it. There are no outward appearances of injury. The pain seems to be getting worse instead of better. Each time it hurts it seems to hurt worse than the previous time.

Should I be concerned? How long should I wait until I see a doctor about it? What could it be?

2007-12-17 05:09:00 · 1 answers · asked by Tim M 1 in Pain & Pain Management

2007-12-17 05:02:56 · 10 answers · asked by travis h 1 in First Aid

would you ask her in order to take an appropiate history?

2007-12-17 05:01:36 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

because I didn't get a job within 30 days of those restrictions. If I get a job will they reopen it?

2007-12-17 04:55:57 · 2 answers · asked by Kitkat 1 in Injuries

I have a tibial stress fracture on my right leg. I think I got it in August from the treadmill but it wasn't diagnosed until mid-October. When I first had it, it would only hurt if I accidentally pushed on it. Then it got to the point where it would hurt when I would work (I work at a hair salon and am on my feet all day). I went to THREE doctors and none of them could figure out what the problem is except for one. I got a bone scan and it was definite that I had a stress fracture. The doctor told me to wear a boot for when I work and that should help, but it got worse. I havent healed one bit. So now I'm on a strict routine of crutches. I've stopped working for the two weeks leading up to my next appointment, but I STILL feel no difference and my leg continues to hurt worse than it did before. I dont understand why it's not getting ANY better since I've been off my feet more than I ever have. Has anybody else had this problem?

2007-12-17 04:55:29 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

I need a circumsicion and they've told me it will cost around $8.000-10.000, just because my co-pay is sky-high.
How could they take advantage of poor people in need????

2007-12-17 04:43:19 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

I have a prescription for hydrocodone. I just got it filled last week, but I would like to get it refilled right away because I am going out of town and my pharmacy doesn't have a branch anywhere near where I'm going. (In fact, I'm going to a very rural place where its going to be a big hassle to get to ANY pharmacy.) The prescription was written "take 1 pill every 6 hours as needed for pain" and the quantity was 60 with 2 refills. Doing the math, if I took one every six hours I would run out 15 days after I first got it filled.

When I realized that this is going to be a problem, I took it to the pharmacy and asked them if they could refill it but they said no. This was only a few days after it was written. I am not submitting this to insurance, so its the rules made by the pharmacy or the government that I need to know. Thanks in advance.

2007-12-17 04:40:18 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

the pain is killing me, and my doctors who take so long to get back to me with test results aren't helping. they're saying anything from MS to Lupas.anyway the pain is horrible,and the medication isn't helping.Its painful to walk and I have to walk though because I have school.would crutches help or make things worst.I've been trying to "walk this out" for over 2 months.

2007-12-17 04:40:02 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

i need more info on bulging disc in the lower back

2007-12-17 04:10:21 · 6 answers · asked by Marcia B 1 in Pain & Pain Management

i had a fall 2 years a go and broke my hip they put screws the hospital is now 1 year late in removing the screws and lately my leg started to sweel my doc told me i MIGHT have to have complete hip replaced MY? is: is it VERY painfull operation??????

2007-12-17 03:59:58 · 6 answers · asked by chatman6969692003 1 in Pain & Pain Management

2007-12-17 03:43:08 · 5 answers · asked by Robert P 6 in Pain & Pain Management

I take Lexapro 30mg daily for OCD (it ain't workin'!!), clonazepam as needed (anywhere from 0.5 to 2.0mg), Ginseng complex occasionally, Garlic capsules almost daily, butalbital/acetaminophen (Phrenilin) once or twice a week for headaches and I've been on a very low-carb diet for over 3 months...I think it could be the clonazepam, so I avoid taking that the night before a jog...Today the chest pain was accompanied by discomfort/numbness in both arms and shoulders...I usually take an aspirin for relief and a high-fiber meal believing the fiber will soak up any excess medication in my bloodstream...The pain usually doesn't start until after about 20-30 minutes of jogging, but once it starts and it gets bad, it may last over 2 hours after workout is done...ANY help/suggestions would be appreciated!

2007-12-17 03:09:05 · 10 answers · asked by RR17 2 in Pain & Pain Management

Having surgery to shorten my ulna bone w/ a plate and screws being inserted in my wrist area. This is after 2 attempts to repair damage to cartilage, and pain related to it via scope procedures. Anyone had this done? Looking to hear about recovery, and the cast. Thanks for any info...

2007-12-17 02:48:40 · 1 answers · asked by Tara 1 in Pain & Pain Management