General Health Care - December 2007

My friends husband woke up in the middle of the night and it was cold out side. He got very upset when he noticed his wife and son down the hall had the windows open and the fan on low. He firmly said they were "stupid" that it didn't make any sence at all and no wonder they get sick! I'm sure he was still a little groggy and irritated but still isn't that harsh? Fresh air is fresh air... no? -west coast

2007-12-06 07:37:42 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

Lets say you bump your forehead. Then it lives a mark. A day ladder you touch it but it when you do the sore doesn't hurt its the top of of your head that hurt. Ain't thats strange. So what do you think that could mean?

2007-12-06 07:21:53 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

i dont have health insurance so i cant go to the doctor now and i cant afford to spend over 100 in a check up. so what can i do to help me know if i have it or not? i been getting these shocking pains from my fingers to my thumb or all the way up to my elbow. what can i take for that
ive been working at offices in all my jobs im 22 and have always need to use the key board so i started working since 15 so pretty much 7 years of this HELP

2007-12-06 06:38:26 · 3 answers · asked by TTC #2 Baby Dust MEEE! 5 in Pain & Pain Management

i have sharp pains in my sides of my stomach and it makes me cry some times

2007-12-06 06:21:19 · 6 answers · asked by Hot Momma 2 in Pain & Pain Management

Please help!

2007-12-06 06:21:01 · 5 answers · asked by BWM 2 in Other - General Health Care

With me it was natural childbirth over 32 hours labour and the next was 3 and a half weeks to pass a kidney stone. Just curious what pain was worst pain ever for you.

2007-12-06 06:02:30 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

When you press the artery's in the back of your neck, how long to you have to hold them to pass out? How hard to you have to press?

How long is it before you wake up? How long are you passed out?

2007-12-06 06:00:34 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

I have awful stomach pain, I'm nauseas, back and neck pain, and a headache. I am always very weak and tired. I have gotten worse over the past two days. What is wrong with me??

2007-12-06 05:52:17 · 6 answers · asked by courtney3456 1 in Pain & Pain Management

I am 22 years only and get very painful aches and pains every time the weather changes. The only remedy that seems to work is by applying heat to the pain. Is this normal?

2007-12-06 05:05:45 · 2 answers · asked by tubbylongstockings 1 in Pain & Pain Management

do you bleed blood when you get badly scalded (with boiling water)? i always thought it would just be like watery stuuff but my frind syas she thinks you bleed like this pinkish blood lol.
this convo came abut becasue a boy in a book im readin got scalded when he was young and we were talkin about it and neither of us is sure lol.
so do you bleed blood or just like water when you get scalded (with boliing water)?
Thanx :)

2007-12-06 04:28:05 · 7 answers · asked by Daisy Chain 1 in Injuries

2007-12-06 04:16:18 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

I am interested in who is eligible for this. Someone told me that I should check it out, because I no longer have health insurance, and have a few things that need to be fixed health wise. I am 21, a full time college student, and have no income. I currently live with my boyfriend, but we are not married, he makes almost 40 a year, but his 19 year old sister lives with us, along with his 76 year old father who is being put on medicaid. My financial aid and loans completely cover my school funds, because even with my dads income added in, it is not enough for school. He also does not have insurance because he can not afford it. My boyfriend has it through his work, but will they count his income too even though my permanant address is my dads? Please leave some info on this. I looked it up, but could not find much on eligibility for it. Thanks.

2007-12-06 04:07:46 · 3 answers · asked by Heather N 2 in Other - General Health Care

Hi, I just found out that after a sprain in my ankle, sprain in my big toe and fractured foot. That nearly 3 months after I hurt it, that now I have RSD.

Has anyone else ever had this before?
How long does it take to heal?
What is the longest it can take to get better?

I have it in my foot and my foot is swollen. The doctor is sending me to a therapist.

Has anyone ever had this before? Please tell me how long it takes to get better, etc.

What is the longest it can take?
Will it ever get better?
Is there anything in particular that I need to know about this?

Thank you.

2007-12-06 03:51:19 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

I have been dealing with chronic pain for almost 6 years. I have a total of 5 cervical and lumbar disk herniations. I have become depressed and am limited in what I can do. I am also more anxious then ever due to this. My quality of life has deteriorated substantially and have lost my over 15 year factory job. I was wondering if anyone else is suffering. What happened? How long have you been hurting? Has it affected your physical and mental health? What kind of coping skills have you developed? Have you lost financially? I am just curious and would love to hear if anyone has techniques to cope with life this way.

2007-12-06 03:18:29 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

...what one thing would you most regret not having told someone???

2007-12-06 03:14:52 · 47 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

I am a student nurse and at clinicals was told to clean a patient and chnage the bed. The bed was soiled with stool and blood, so I wore a yellow gown and double gloves. I had a cat scratch in my arm, so thats why I wore the gown. I didnt wear a mask or a face shield, since bllod wouldnt splash me in the face....later the nurse informed me that the patient was HIV positive...now IM freakin out....What are the possibilities I probably got it from changeing the soiled bed with blood...? Thanks...am just so worried...

2007-12-06 03:06:10 · 9 answers · asked by ClaiReBear 2 in Other - General Health Care

doctor gave me Imitrex, which I took and that worked but I guess you can't take it a lot or often. Therefore, she presribed me Promethazine. I have to be honest, I'm EXTREMELY skeptical to try it out just by reading the side effects. Does anyone know if they are really that common? The shortness of breath, the uncontrollable movements, etc? Does anyone know anything better to cure a migraine. Currently I have a headache, it's not throbbing so I know it's not a migraine but I wanted to try Excedrine Migraine too, any thoughts? Advice? Etc? If there are any doctors or nurses out there, would love to hear from you!!! Thanks!!

2007-12-06 03:05:45 · 8 answers · asked by Painful Headache 1 in Pain & Pain Management

Hi everyone! I am 5 1/2 months pregnant (22 weeks). I recently found out i either tore a muscle under my left breast around the ribs or have a muscle strain. Yesturday i sneezed and i felt a pop and now the pain is worse than ever. I obviously pulled the muscle again making it worse. Now it's almost impossible to even cough cause it hurts soo bad and sneezing is just out of the ? considering that's what make it worse. The doc said the only thing i can do it take Tylenol to ease the pain and it could take up to weeks maybe even a month or so for it to completely heal. My ? is....can this muscle strain affect the baby and can coughing a lot put stress on the baby. I mean im in a lot of pain when i cough, very sharp stabbing pain..does it affect the baby for ME to be in pain. Please help!! Thanks! :)

2007-12-06 02:58:28 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

What is a dangerous amount of salt for a 4 year old?

How would I recognize symptoms of salt poisoning?

How quickly would he need to be taken to the doctors?

2007-12-06 02:57:16 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in First Aid

Once in a while (like usually once a month) if I oversleep or overeat the night before and have sweets on top of it - I wake up with a dull headache behind one eye. I also get really nauseated. I read about migraines being one sided and might be behind the eye but alot of people say theirs is on one side of their head more (usually temples). Does anyone get them behind the eye? I'm trying to figure out if it's a migraine I'm getting or sinus headache possibly? Also, if I take advil it doesn't take it away completely.

2007-12-06 02:50:57 · 11 answers · asked by vixen2388 1 in Pain & Pain Management

2007-12-06 02:31:12 · 5 answers · asked by TKS 1 in Other - General Health Care

Imagine the prehistoric man, without toothbrush or odontologists around. cavities must be a terminal sickness!

2007-12-06 02:08:04 · 5 answers · asked by polsoler 1 in Other - General Health Care

2007-12-06 01:56:10 · 4 answers · asked by Sporty 3 in Injuries

I went to scratch a part of my back and I reached back and lifted my head a little and I had this sharp,stabbing pain above my shoulder blade. Then I got it again when I looked down and now it won't go away. Did I pinch a nerve or something?

2007-12-06 01:53:19 · 3 answers · asked by Oryx 5 in Injuries

Doctor states that I have the beginnings of Frozen Shoulder Pain started about 1/2 way down my arm has now spread up to the shoulder joint. What can I do to stop it spreading either by excercise, diet or pills?

2007-12-06 01:24:34 · 6 answers · asked by Karen W 1 in Pain & Pain Management

I must of injured it at leats 10 years ago as I have always suffered with my back. I am now 32. I did go for physio in my early 20's and was simply told I had an over arched back. It now looks more complicated. The Radiologist said it was rare to see a case so severe and wondered how I coped. Does anyone know, can they push the tailbone, Coxis back into place?? Are there braces available. I suffer with my neck and sleep very badly at night. When on my side by back hurts less but my shoulder hurts, when on my back my neck hurts less but my back hurts. I can't win! I went to the hospital yesterday and was simply told I would have to live with my neck pain and use painkillers for the rest of my life. It just doesn't feel good enough.

2007-12-06 00:16:16 · 4 answers · asked by blib b 1 in Pain & Pain Management

I have been trying to sleep every night, but I can't seem to sleep at all. I get drowsy and tired in the day, but don't sleep thinking it will let me go in the night but thats not working. I sometimes take a warm bath/ shower to see if that will help, no. I also work out even harder than before to see if that will help, no. Does anyone have a Idea without the help of a doctor, but maybe a doctors theory?

2007-12-05 23:52:19 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

i got cast with no need for surgery. broken wrist care info from er was basic & generic but not great & office that put cast on didnt send any printed info home on how to care for broken wrist. they just gave appt date for next thurs.
it been 14 yrs since i skated last & i'm not sure i'm getting on skates again maybe if i wear expensive wrist guards. i dont like the modern skate music much anyhow its ok but different.
by the way the percoset & ibuprophen are doing much for pain & i can barely feel the ice through cast when i apply ice fro 15min.
are there any natural anti inflammatories / pain killers to reduce swelling?
i'd try searching myself it would take forever with 1 finger besides computer posture aint best for broken wrist right now. lol.

2007-12-05 23:41:47 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

hi. i have had impingement syndrome in both of my shoulders for the last year and a bit. i've been to over 10 physio therapy sessions and am doing the exercises on a daily basis. i'm 15 years old and play a lot of rugby. i can't do press ups or bench press any amount of wait. i really need this to clear up so i can build some muscle and play properly. does anybody have any ideas about what i can do to heal this?

2007-12-05 23:38:49 · 2 answers · asked by conor m 2 in Injuries

This accident happend at work about a month ago...I was hoping it would simply go away...it is a blue dot, but it is very sensitive to the touch. What should i do for this?

2007-12-05 23:26:54 · 4 answers · asked by cutegirlin_tn 5 in Injuries