General Health Care - December 2007

Mrs. Bruso, a woman in her 80s, is brought to the clinic with a fractured hip. X-rays reveal compression fractures in her lower vertebral column and extremely low bone density in her vertebrae, hip bones, and femurs. What are the condition, cause and treatment?

2007-12-10 02:27:51 · 6 answers · asked by aLjAnE N 1 in Pain & Pain Management

will it cause hearing problems even if the volume is not too loud?

2007-12-10 02:11:13 · 11 answers · asked by bpk 2 in Other - General Health Care

The sides of my lips are red and it wont seem to go away. Suggestions? I've had this for like a year.
every night before i go to bed i put globs of vasaline on the side on my lips hoping the red sides would go away. I have tried every chapstick and cream out there. anyone got any home remedies? Help

2007-12-10 01:52:08 · 5 answers · asked by antoniyo 1 in Other - General Health Care

I haven't been feeling well right before i go to bed do you know what could be going on? i m soo con fused. It is like migrains and stomach aches.

2007-12-10 01:47:51 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

my ankle now i did what every body told me to do but theres a bump what do i need to to i think i might have to go to the doctors don't i im scarrd to go

2007-12-10 01:47:12 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

Alright, so a day or two ago I noticed this white, pretty solid, bump to the left of the backing of my cartilage piercing. The piercing is like, a month and a half old and I haven't had any issues thus far really, and I take care of it well. But, anyways, today I wake up and it's really red... it'd been bleeding and now it looks torn, like it "popped" or something. I have no idea what it is, hahah. So, any help as to what to it is or how to heal it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

2007-12-10 01:44:39 · 5 answers · asked by breanne1089 1 in Other - General Health Care

I'm just wondering because I am really pale and I bruise really, really easily, like if I walk into a table I'll be black and blue for a week.
So just curious, thanks for the help!

2007-12-10 01:39:38 · 13 answers · asked by ZZZ is Curiouser and Curiouser 5 in Injuries

I will be going home for the holidays in a few days. Every time i go home i get sick! Stomach problems as well as sore throat, coughing sneezing. Its usually bad enough to ruin a large part of my vacation. We fly and i know there are many germs in airplanes and airports and the humidity and temperature is different at home verses where i live. Getting sick is something i can count on because it happens EVERY time. What can i do to help this not happen??

2007-12-10 01:37:00 · 6 answers · asked by daughter 1 in Other - General Health Care

2007-12-10 01:08:02 · 4 answers · asked by core helps 3 in Pain & Pain Management

I sliced my the pad of my pinky finger about 18 hours ago. It finally stopped bleeding but the cut doesn't want to stay closed. Can I get stitches now? I'm afraid if I just butterfly it that it will take longer to heal.

2007-12-10 00:47:48 · 7 answers · asked by Mrs E 4 in First Aid

no not picks it picks ON it lol..ew.. um anyway... i cannot live with it its so horrible.. its like triangular then at the bottom is this big ball like bone thing and its so ugh its curved and im just wondering if there is any way that i can lift the skin...like without any surgery? it really bothers me and i do not like having photo's taken of me.. i'm always behind the cam.....

2007-12-10 00:20:25 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

Over the past 4 nights, I've gotten no more than 3 hours sleep. I'm on prescription sleep medicine. Didn't work tonight. I took four Unisom tablets. Hasn't worked tonight. It's 6 AM, and I've been awake since 4 AM yesterday. I've got finals in 2 days, and I need to get my sleep back in sync.

2007-12-09 22:58:42 · 17 answers · asked by swoosh9785 1 in Other - General Health Care

I have had back trouble for yrs up to the point where I had a prolapsed disc last yr which left my left calf & foot numb. I have been able to cope without an op but over the last few wks I have had pains in my back & down my right leg. Last night the pain was severe & this morn my right calf & right foot appear to be going numb & my right leg feels as if it might give way on me (although this hasn't actually happened). I would prefer not to hav an op but I am worried about how bad the numbness can get & what happens if my leg does give way on me, would it be permanent or can it be 'fixed'? The pain is worse when i sit down, more so round the calf.
Any advice on pain relief would be a great help. I am currently taking anti-inflamatories & tramadol. Lyrica has helped me before but it put on a lot of weight which just added to the prob in the long run. I have since lost the weight again & dont want to put it back on by taking medication which might do so.
Any help would be appreciated

2007-12-09 22:30:06 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

I had a weird pain in the right side of my throat for about a week & it doesnt hurt to swallow food or drink anything but it hurts when I swallow my saliva or do the swallowing motion with nothing. Then it progressed to not so much a pain but like a lump feeling when i did it & all the sudden today its on the left side & it hurts a bit more than right did but the right seems to have gone away or I cant feel it over the left side pain. Still doesnthurt when i eat or drink but again it hurts when i swallow saliva or do the swallowing motion. Also I cant open my mouth all the way without a sharp lasting pain in the righ side of my jaw joint. So i cant look at my tonsils cause I cant open my mouth that far for too long before the jaw pain. Also the jaw pain has been lkike that for years.

2007-12-09 22:21:01 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

the bottom disc in my back is in deterioation, and so is the discs at L4 L5. This is hereditory. Every time I move the pain shoots right through me. I am getting so fed up with it. I cant take anything stronger than panadine forte and cant have anti inflamitriesm creams, injections as Im on warfarin I shuffle when walking as my legs are stiff and so sore.My Dr was going to send me to a musculoskeletal Dr, but being on the pension I cant afford it as my pension is affected by exchange rates, and I never get the same amount each fortnight it varies. The only thing that helps my pain is lying down, so I sleep a lot. The pain is so exhausting and tiring its also depressing.

2007-12-09 21:40:15 · 3 answers · asked by kowhaiflowers 1 in Pain & Pain Management

2007-12-09 21:40:09 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

For a very long while now I've pretty much had a bad sleeping pattern, as in I go to bed in the morning and wake up in the afternoon. only when I had a routine(like going to college) have I had a good pattern, or the days I forced myself to get up.. Even then I kept wanting to sleep late..when I finally do get in bed I just keep thinking and can't sleep. Sometimes I'm in bed just thinking about things for hours, and feeling like I should be doing something instead..

I've had it really bad last few weeks, so I'm trying to fix it now. Gonna try staying awake all day.

Why am I like this? What can improve this? Its not just the sleeping pattern, even when I'm tired I can't sleep..(unless I'm really really really tired)

I usualy need 8-9 hours sleep too, and the less sleep I've had the night before the more I need later.

I love waking up in the morning so wish I can easily sleep when I want to(I envy those that can sleep when they want to), I always feel pretty down when I wake up late.

2007-12-09 20:55:20 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

i got my tonsils out so i don't know why this problem is coming back.. butttt.. but throat feels extremely swollen and i cant swollow anything without wanting to puke. my nose burns and feels like i sniffed listerine.. yes.. that bad. i keep having to clear my throat and i need help fast.. havent been able to sleep n have school in the morning.. kind of scared... n get paranoid easily.. [i know i;m weird] someone help ='[

2007-12-09 20:20:30 · 3 answers · asked by ♥╒U ♥ 3 in Pain & Pain Management

I wake in the morning with chills and pain from withdrawls and I know I am addicted now and have been for awhile ! Is there a best way to get off the med? I dont want to hurt myself and I am man enough to admit Im scared that this addiction will physically hurt like hell getting off it. I never have abused the med, only taking no more than 4-5 a day average as requested by my doc.

2007-12-09 19:35:51 · 9 answers · asked by tigerbaby99 3 in Pain & Pain Management

im 12 and i play bball and after every game i have joint pain in my knees sometymes they give out during the games

2007-12-09 18:27:34 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

Any suggestions? Did you have to do surgery to correct this problem? I'm feeling nervous & stressed!

2007-12-09 18:09:48 · 2 answers · asked by kalika808 1 in Pain & Pain Management

I have a paper due in 27 hours. I'm tired, but not sure if sleeping will make it harder to continue writing when I awake.

2007-12-09 17:18:25 · 14 answers · asked by tje 2 in Other - General Health Care

Does making my foot numb cause any long term damge? It goes numb through the prevention of circulation, when i sit with my left leg over my right thigh. It doesn't really hurt, I just feel the fun tingling sensation of the blood rushing through after i let it free.

2007-12-09 17:18:24 · 2 answers · asked by Kevin 1 in Pain & Pain Management

It's been over a year and a half since my foot was run over by a pallet jack, working in a warehouse temporarily. The doctors have run nerve conductivity tests, MRI's, x-rays, everything under the sun and cannot find out the problem. I am not able to walk on my entire foot, just between the 4th and 5th metetarsil (sp?) the nerve is very sensitive and stings or gives a "stepping on a nail" sensation. I also have difficulty sleeping on my right side. I currently take approx. 4, 7.5mg hydrocodones a day to cope with the pain. They are telling me this pain is something I will most likely have to live with. We've tried accupuncture... everything... I'm exhausted, but didn't know if anyone made had any thoughts... thanks for your help.

2007-12-09 17:05:41 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

head on the ceiling and if you're in the open air, are you feeling sick because you're afraid of heights and can you see a tall old geezer with a long white beard and a stick with an outstretched hand saying come closer my son/daughter?

If not, you're probably unconcious and didn't take enough Paracetamol or the bullet didn't hit anything vital - either way you're going to have to do the whole thing again - probably should try jumping in front of a train next time if I were you, which I never would be - as I think that'd probably be very messy and a lot of time spent at the lauderette don't you think?

2007-12-09 16:34:14 · 3 answers · asked by BaitersinSpace 1 in Injuries

2007-12-09 16:28:25 · 2 answers · asked by leona b 1 in Pain & Pain Management

ive been having trouble sleeping lately, and its been making me very weak and dizzy, wat can i do about this? any advice? :(

2007-12-09 15:41:55 · 6 answers · asked by Kr@zie♥Be@utiful 3 in Other - General Health Care

Besides Q-tips and hydrogen peroxide.

2007-12-09 15:35:07 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

My roommate challenged me that i can not drink 4 liters of pop. After i finish the 4 liters i have to hold my urine for an hour. How can this be done?

2007-12-09 15:34:51 · 5 answers · asked by wolfpacboy05 1 in Other - General Health Care

so my sister wants to know if she gives me her prescription if I can fill it for her at our pharmacy. (she was prescribed Hydrocodone 500/5 and Penicillin) she has an absess tooth, and to top it off, moderate leg pain. I thought this was impossible, but I know my cousin picks up her father's meds and sister's on occasion for them. is it possible for her to call in or something similar? thanks for any help :)

2007-12-09 15:21:45 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management