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Hi All, Been suffering with severe neck,arm muscle pains. have been taking co-codamol 500/30 and Tramadol at night. ( Tramadol doing nothing). I had a blood test last week, and i phoned for the result...
Can I have personal recommendations please, of the most comfortable and effective ear plugs you've ever used? Airplanes flying overhead at night, wake me up, so I need ear plugs that I can comfortably...
A surgical team in Stellenbosch SA has successfully transplanted a mans penis, which is now reported as "fully functional" after a 9 hour operation. Now this really has seriously impressed me, but I...
When people say "snap out of it"...
Please dont ever say that to someone who is depressed!
Same as you cant SNAP out of diabetes... Its an illness.
Grrr x...
I was told at 5 pm on a recent Frid that, following a negative blood test result, I could go home . However an hour later I was told because all the consultants had gone home I would have to stay...
Can your DNA be altered in any way if you have had a blood transfusion?
Sqad or anybody in the know....
Down my throat tomorrow i assked a week ago and everyone said sedation, well i suffer with sleep apnea and use a bi-pap with a mask can i still have sedation any help please...
When my Dad was in the army he 'purloined' several pairs of the above. I assume they were army surplus, either way he got them in the early 70s. To me they seemed to be the most logical way to get air...
Hello, just after some advice as to how best to use this. Sure many of you medical folks have experience with it? I've been prescribed it for hidradenitis suppurativa and have two current breast...
Had a sore stomach for several days now. Symptoms are painful abdominal cramping, slight nausea, gas, constipation and a swollen stomach, very hard to the touch
Broke a chunk off a tooth leaving a jagged edge thats lacerating my tongue. I packed it with a bit of silicone ear plug I found just to keep tongue off it but wonder is this stuff safe in my mouth,...
I'm booked for a CT Scan next week and I am massively claustrophobic. My doctor just says Close your eyes and listen to the music. I can,t sleep thinking about it. Has any one overcome this problem?...
My wife after 8 months of suffering from ezcema attacks, my wife has been diagnosed as allergic to Methylchloro isothiazolinone and methyl isothiazolinone MIT it's also listed as Kathon, Euxyl K100...
under my heal area, had it for approx 2 weeks now, does not seem to be going away. I like to walk and have been walking on the treadmill for a few months now, so it cant be that and I do not remember...
Just before Christmas I had one of these upper respiratory viruses that did, and is still, doing the rounds. Lots of coughing and catarrh. Probably on verge of chest infection but it sorted itself OK....
Has anyone had one? Is it normal to get this much pain when trying to stand from a sitting or prone position? Bearing in mind I had a hysterectomy less than 2 years ago and any remaining scar tissue...
This seems a really petty problem compared with all the questions asked, but does anyone have any ideas how to stop them. I am drinking more water during the day as it might be dehydration, but I have...
Sometimes my husband has days when he passes only clear mucous in his bowel movement. The doctor doesn't seem worried and he has had one of the bowel screening tests recently which was fine, but what...
One for Sqad's expertise perhaps. Is there a big difference between betahistines/stemetil/cinnarizine and would the latter be more interchangeable with either of the former in particular or would it...
I had a blood test recently and on collecting my results the Practice Nurse said my Liver Function Test response was distressingly high and that I shouldn't renew my passport unless I stop drinking...