Other - General Health Care - September 2007

I have older (70's) relation nearBrownsville Tx who need people to come and help them. One needs a hip replacement and the other has lost one leg. Social service said they were not elegable for anything and would have to come and wait in line to see someone. I just wonder if the state really doesn't care about older people.

2007-09-18 09:00:11 · 2 answers · asked by searching 2

I am not going in for anything weight-related, and being weighed would make me uncomfortable.

What is the best way to tell the nurse no, without having to go into discussion and the nurse trying to convince me?

2007-09-18 07:32:04 · 8 answers · asked by David V 6

what would be the count considered high. I am told that it is normal at 120/80. I am having readings of 152/107

2007-09-18 05:29:30 · 15 answers · asked by foodenter 1

2007-09-18 04:41:40 · 4 answers · asked by Darren S 1

I quit smoking last Thursday cold-turkey (I was a pack/day smoker). The hardest times for me are while driving and after eating. How long does it take before the urges go away and the habit is broken?

2007-09-18 04:39:40 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-18 01:34:06 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am well aware that I can take a supplement to get my Vitamin D, but I've read that sun helps with Vitamin D deficiency. Is this true?

2007-09-17 12:37:29 · 16 answers · asked by jhicago 2

I went to bed on saturday night... i had no problems with my toe and then sunday morning i woke up and my big toe was killing me. The pain was coming fromthe side of my nail, i don't know how to explain it,but if i just touch it lightly, it hurts soooo bad... i tried to stand up on it but it hurt very bad so i was limping the whole day. I figred it was going to go away, but instead the next day(today) it's red,swollen and very hot. and hurts worse. i can feel it getting hotter. i don't feel good at all right now. It's actually like numb right now. PLEASE HELP!

2007-09-17 12:07:26 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

I never thoroughly clean my contact lens case. So I kind of feel like there is bacteria growing in it and its getting in my eye because lately I've noticed some discomfort while wearing my lenses. I heard somewhere that you can boil contact lens cases to clean them well. Is this true? If not, can you please tell me a good way to thoroughly deep clean my contact lens case? Please answer this. Thank you.

2007-09-17 11:56:43 · 2 answers · asked by Layla 1

i thought the answer would be common, but i can't seem to find it in any articles on the internet. so, just out of pure curiosity, how DOES eyesight go bad? like, im pretty sure there's something that has to do with sitting too close to the tv or whatever, but what really happens? do the muscles get worn out or something? and is there no way to completely fix your eye without lasik/glasses/contacts? im just curious, since i knew i had 20/20 vision in the 5th grade but 4 years later...it's just reallly bad.

2007-09-17 10:49:22 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

They are located about 1" from the base of my ring fingers opposite my knuckles. Not painful but sore if pressed.

2007-09-17 10:03:15 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

The last word is infant.

2007-09-17 10:02:12 · 3 answers · asked by kbdb m 1

It seems like weed is the least harmful of drugs and almost EVERYONE i know and around me smoke pot and i just feel left out..im in high school and i feel like im wasting my time not having much fun or funny weed stories to tell while everyone else does also i thought a little bit of it would help me not be so depressed over some recent events that happened to me.....all ive heard is that it makes u lazy....i have done it before and i didnt get hooked....if i do it then it will be probly like once a week...

2007-09-17 08:48:08 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous

how about a reversal?

or are there different plans?

2007-09-17 07:45:29 · 0 answers · asked by whosajiggawhat? 2

I have tried everything. I have taken sudafed, tylenol, used vicks vapor rub, and used throat drops. It's getting to the point where I can't take it anymore. I just started going back to school at night and working during the day. I can't hault my schedule for this cold but I feel bad going to work and class with it. I took one day out of work to rest thinking that would help but it didn't. Also, my mom gave the cold to me but she didn't have it as bad. Now she still has a little bit of a cold. I am all stuffed up and it's gross cause I just coughed and it was one of those coughs where you can tell that someone has a lot of flem.

Please help me!!!

2007-09-17 06:09:48 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

I been having serious head aches/migraines so sometimes now..YEARS, it has been getting a lot worse! The right side of my head hurts all the way down to my neck. This stabbing head pain that rings and rings! It's getting too bad to where I cannot sleep. I literally have to fold my fist to sleep on it so it can press on my head so it feel a little better and Tylenol,aleve medications are no longer helping. I'm only 22yrs. old and I've had serious head aches for a while now. I know my liver must be bad..because its normal for me to take about 10 pills a day for pain. The medications don't last even though they would say 8 hrs.

My best friend suggested an MRI scan. Never heard of it or know anything of it. How much does this cost without insurance? Anybody know anything about MRI scan for brain?thanks

2007-09-17 06:01:39 · 7 answers · asked by stacey t 1

does anyone else talk to their selves, I do (only in the house)
My husband asks me what i am muttering about but i find it helps me to remember to do things, if i say it out aloud. Am I going mad

2007-09-17 03:07:02 · 8 answers · asked by anne w 2

where i live, its been really weird unlike other years. its been hot some days, then its turned very cold other days. there was really no transition. now its cold...but i can remember last week that it was still hot, too hot to even be wearing a sweater. i think this rapid change is what causes me not to feel so well, and the same happens to many people around here! we had a very hot summer and now its suddenly so cold. im not feeling so well. i think im going to get sick. i suspect it may be true that its the rapid change thats causign this. is it possible???

2007-09-16 19:34:09 · 17 answers · asked by ILoveGreen ZipZapZop 4

My friend sleeps all nite, up to 11 hrs at a time. He also claims to be very tired in the daytime and requires short naps of 45 minutes to 2 hours.
I cannot sleep like him. I go to bed at nite and get about 7 hrs of sleep, sometimes a little more and sometimes a little less. I cannot nap or I have problems falling asleep or staying asleep at nite.
I just wondered if he really is requiring all that sleep because he is older or is it a health problem or whats the deal?
I thought when he went on 3 weeks vacation, he would not be so tired, but it seemed to have made his napping worse. He would just spend the entire day in bed if he could.

2007-09-16 16:47:21 · 9 answers · asked by happydawg 6

im just wondering if like urine tests or any other kind of drug tests. do they detect if you have smoked cigarettes.

2007-09-16 16:44:00 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

how to get rid of sexual feelings permenetly without operations does hormone blocker work hork how is it pain ful how much wots the precedure

and how to make boobs smaller without surgery

if u give negative answer then no points awarded

2007-09-16 12:13:19 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-16 11:21:25 · 6 answers · asked by sevndustfan 1

I've smoked pot 4 times. There was no reason for me to do it either. My life is fine. Anyways, I never will do it again. If I stop do you think I could recover. Please dont answer if you dont know

2007-09-16 10:59:31 · 3 answers · asked by Jackawoose2002 1

well i have just woken up
my head is heavy
one side of my back is aching
my mouth feels like and tastes like it has beem used as a temporary toxic waste dump
i can only focus in one eye
and i feel drained of all energy
and i cannot speak properly
is sleeping supposed to do that

2007-09-16 07:40:38 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

at the very moment of falling asleep i experience a pressure in my head and a noise like my head is underwater. this lasts for about half a second, but snaps me back awake. this will go on all night until i am so exhausted i can sleep despite it. what is causing this

2007-09-16 01:15:54 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

it is sed that you use 200kilo joules when you sleep

how is this

2007-09-16 00:24:26 · 4 answers · asked by ballet_baybee 1

2007-09-15 19:57:14 · 11 answers · asked by dancergirl 3

cuz i sometimes do it at a relatives house, school, or in public cause i don't like to use the bathrooms in public because other people sat on it and what if they have ringworm or butt disease (LOL) ?

2007-09-15 14:58:42 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is the quality of healthcare you're provided with really affected by your ability to pay for it?

2007-09-15 13:40:43 · 5 answers · asked by Mike M. 7

Sometimes, whenever I get out of bed, or I stand up, my eyesight blacksout and I can't see anything for about 5 seconds. What can stop this and why does this happen?

2007-09-15 06:46:49 · 6 answers · asked by Nancy 2