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Despite seeing a dental hygienist regularly I am getting recurring, and very painful, gum problems. I'm thing of having my remaining upper teeth extracted and getting dentures. Are these plates...
I went over on my left foot on Sunday I have broken my 5th metatarsal & cracked all across my foot!!!! First time I broken a bone I am 57 I have to see the O/P on Monday feeling very sorry for my...
Is there anyone out there who can tell me more about this: twice a year I get a sort of boil(it is not one),which has like little water blisters on the surface.It gets very red, hot and sore....always...
In inflammatory arthritis I know the MCP and PIP joints (knuckles and half way up fingers, can never remember which is which!) can swell up as it often the case with me. Can the ones right at the top...
Have received an invitation by a company called Life Line Screening to have screening of the arteries by ultrasound. This is to detect possible problems with the arteries which might lead to strokes....
Has anybody who is missing Syndol as much as I am come up with any good substitutes? I have bad menstrual headaches and I haven't found anything as good. Also, I want to know if you've tried anything...
Which tranquilizers do Doctors usually prescribe as an alternative to Diazepam. Doctors are reluctant to prescribe Diazepam as they claim they're addictive, so are there other tranquilizers like...
59 year old lady, having problems when emptying my bladder. Doesn't hurt until the very last couple of seconds. Been on antibiotics since Monday but they don't seem to have had any effect. Any ideas...
Hi `Matey`!,....it`s only me....As you know, I`m not a well `peeps,` and have had a catheter in for months, which makes me cringe every time I feel I want to urinate due to a feeling of `bursting`....
My baby grandson, aged 22 months, has been prescribed the above medicine for a couple of days as he has a horrible rash. He is to take three tablets dissolved in 10ml of water, today and tomorrow....
I've been advised to take these to help with digestion of food now that I have no gallbladder, but have no idea which ones to take (there seems to be a wide range of different ones on the internet)....
I have just come across a pain relief advertisement which may be of use to someone suffering from chronic pain. I have not tried it myself. 024 (TM). allnaturalpainmanagement.net....
At the docs today she said I have a 1 in 5 chance of having a heart attack due to 1)high cholesterol 2)smoking and 3)my age (60).I just wondered if anyone knows how that compares with someone without...
My sister has just been diagnosed with cancer and is due to go on holiday next week to Cyprus. Her travel insurance is through her TSB bank account which she pays a monthly fee for. How will this...
We went to France for a three week holiday which we do every June. The first week was great. Good weather, good fishing, good food etc. The second week he began to feel unwell and I thought he had had...