Injuries - July 2007

Okay I was doing yard work with an electric Hedge Hog and I cut through the extension cord and it electrocuted me. I felt all tingly or pins and needles all over but shortly after my throat/chest started to really hurt. It doesn't hurt like to talk or swallow but I can feel how it might be swollen and really sore...like somebody hit me in the throat with a stick. or like a hard air bubble constantly stuck in my throat...ya know the kind where it hurts really bad and you have to try and force it out. kinda like that I guess. well any ways is that from the shock or just a regular sore throat that came at a weird time?

2007-07-19 04:00:34 · 6 answers · asked by yoyo 2

What would be the best course of treatment? Physical therapy or a chiropracter? Thanks.

2007-07-19 03:34:47 · 12 answers · asked by curiousone 1

I broke and dislocated my ankle and the doctor keeps telling me the bone hasn't healed, but I am weight bearing as tolerated. I am into my 4th month with it

2007-07-19 03:21:01 · 4 answers · asked by JANE S 1

about 2 hours ago i got in from a job interview which i was fairly nervous about. just as i got home i started getting pains in the side of my neck and left shoulder, the top of my back also feels very tight. it still really hurts now, especially to move. any ideas? should i see a doctor

2007-07-19 01:20:28 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

I dont care how bad it hurts and only post if your giving me a way to sprain my ankle.

2007-07-19 00:53:30 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

-- it's the hand I control the mouse with --- I tend to rest it on the mousepad -- the area on right hand between palm and wrist on right hand is sort of swollen and sore on right side -- sort of like a lump --- was wondering what to do -- how to get rid of it or avoid getting it in the future? --- thanks

2007-07-18 16:38:12 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I stepped on something outside about 2 wks ago, and it hasn't hurt, just been irritating. It's on the outside of my foot where the skin is thick and I can't see. My husband can see a splinter or piece of wood but he can't tweeze it. I have three choices: Should I let it fester so it'll come to the top? Should I let my husband use a sterile needle to go fish for it? Or do I have to go see the dr:(?

2007-07-18 15:52:11 · 5 answers · asked by TX Mom 7

2007-07-18 12:34:50 · 2 answers · asked by Andrew G 1

I get an MRI on saturday...I'm just curious. Thanks!

2007-07-18 12:00:13 · 8 answers · asked by Crazy Lady 4

About 2 days ago i lifted some really heavy stuff and and emptied the water from small pond( i have to bend over to get the water at the bottom). Now my lower back hurts when im standing, and both my lower and upper back hurt when im sitting (i cant sit for more than 20mins while leaning back on a soft seat/ pillow and also sitting on 1, without my back aching). Im 15 and i am pretty slim, 5'9" 130lbs. Is there anything i can do to make my back better?

2007-07-18 11:19:52 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-18 10:29:32 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-18 10:02:48 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

More specifically a normal compound fracture on the fibula. What should it look like? A crack? Cuz I just got one and my doc said it was a small fracture but ive looked at the xray for a while myself and i see NO anomalies. Im no doctor but I thought i might have seen or noticed something by looking at it.

2007-07-18 09:51:54 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I got a shot Monday in my upper arm and right after that I made the mistake of playing golf. What can I do to lower the pain? Thx in advance.

2007-07-18 09:13:02 · 1 answers · asked by aviator.4.life 5

Any suggestions how to get it to go down. I have a pain in the lateral side of my left foot and when I bend my foot to walk it hurts. I am not sure how this occured.
Any suggestions?

2007-07-18 09:05:24 · 2 answers · asked by happydawg 6

Last summer, a John Deere gator (click on link for picture)http://www.deere.com/en_US/ProductCatalog/HO/servlet/com.deere.u90785.cce.productcatalog.view.servlets.ProdCatProduct?pNbr=1970W&tM=HO
was going over 30 mph and it drove right into me. I flew into the air, flipped over and landed on my head. When I woke up 2 minutes later, I was lying in pool of blood and I had short term memory loss problems throughout the night. Doctor in ER said that the cut in the back of my head was so deep he saw my skull. Did cat scan and said my skull didnt break though.
Question: Is it possible for me to have any permanent effects from this and if yes what are they? Also if ppl tell me I've been very "spaced out and out of it" since the incedent, should I be worried?

2007-07-18 08:59:18 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Me and my mom were about to go into petsmart , when i had slamed my middle finger in the car door of my left hand, the pocket in my nail was damage and i was covered in blood with no feeling in my finger, we got xrays done and my bone next to my joint was fractured. i now have it in a splint for about 4 weeks now, and the nail feel off, will it grow back?

2007-07-18 08:51:25 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Me and my mom were about to go into petsmart , when i had slamed my middle finer in the car door, th epocket in my nail was damage and i was covered in blood, we got xrays done and my bone just next to my joint waws fractured. i now have it in a splint for about 4 weeks now, the nail feel off, will it grow back?

2007-07-18 08:48:25 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

When he was younger, my dad had a serious motorcycle accident. It was a miracle that he survived. Anyways, some of the tendons in his arm don't work. He can't stretch out the fingers on his left arm, and keeps them curled in his palm. We've noticed my brother (his son) is doing this aswell. He'll keep his fingers curled up in his palm, just like my dad does. Same hand and everything. When he was learning to crawl, he did the exact thing. He'd pull himself along with his left hand curled, and his right stretched out like normal. I was just wondering, if my dad somehow passed this along to my brother. I didn't think it was possible, but it's so strange for my brother to be doing the exact same thing. Maybe it's just a random coincidence?

2007-07-18 07:07:37 · 3 answers · asked by Raina 3

Well I was moving some stuff at my work pretty heavy stuff and then had to vacuum a big floor the vacuum was kind of hard to push so had to use alot of strength every now and then to get it to move and now it hurts when I move or something what can I do for it anyone know its my left rib right under my breast

2007-07-18 05:44:05 · 3 answers · asked by Lisa L 1

2007-07-18 03:27:34 · 3 answers · asked by paul b 1

It has been about 3 weeks now since the tear. I play softball and really want to go all out, but unfortunately can't. What will help me out when playing softball, so that it will not bother me as much.

2007-07-18 03:24:12 · 38 answers · asked by nick h 2

2007-07-18 03:23:45 · 4 answers · asked by Maggie 2

And is it safe to start exercising again right after? Also, what can you do to prevent sprains from happening over and over again?

2007-07-17 20:13:24 · 4 answers · asked by BeautifulBriBabe 1

I got bitten by a cat 3 weeks ago and the puncture marks healed but then over the last week I noticed lumps coming up from underneath where each tooth hit.... I thought at first it was just scar tissue building up underneath because the cats teeth sunk in pretty deep but its not that. I know its not scar tissue because they are GETTING BIGGER! And there is also one long and thin lump that is in between the bite marks. It feels almost like there is a little tube in my arm. There is a total of 4 lumps --all different shapes and sizes-- they do not really "swell out" on my arm they are hard balls underneath my skin...sorry for all the details I am just confused as to what they are... The doctor gave me antibiotics to take when the bite first happened and I took them (well ok I took 2 days worth of the 10 day presciption but I did take some of them)
I just dont know what they are I have looked at webmd and healthline and etc. and none of the websites mention this at all DOCS PLEASE HELP

2007-07-17 19:56:07 · 6 answers · asked by Sarah 2

okay soo people might have read my last question. but whatever. my leg is still pulled, this friday it will be 4 weeks since i pulled it. i need to be able to dance on saturday and sunday! and helpful hints?

by the way, i got this hot/cold stick. it does that but it doesn't really work at all.
as of right right now i am iceing it.

2007-07-17 16:27:22 · 3 answers · asked by pinkpencil95 2

Im giving the ear the care that they told me is this normal?

2007-07-17 15:49:42 · 4 answers · asked by icechild30 1

2007-07-17 15:44:24 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-17 13:48:56 · 6 answers · asked by jen123 1

If She is Able to Slowly Walk Around on Crutches, Even though She cannot do regular Things but tries?

2007-07-17 13:25:36 · 16 answers · asked by ScarletBloodDoll 5