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Hi all I've recently started going to the gym (about time!) and have a program all set up. It's at a nice level for someone like myself who lacks (any) cardiovascular fitness. Anyway, I do roughly...
I have painful abdominal bloating, which I've had for about a week now. It hasn't affected my bowel movements. I'm getting a bit of lower back pain too. I haven't gone to the GP yet, as I'm hoping it...
Not sure if anyone can help but I went back onto methotrexate after a few months off due to elevated liver enzymes. They are now back to normal and I did a 15mg injection on Thursday evening. Today...
Just seen my sisters wounds after she has had a double heart bypass and was surprised how neat they were. I expected to see ugly stitches but was amazed that there were non, I was told that this is...
Hello.I am getting on a bit 70+ and suffer from joint pain as a lot of our oldies do. My problems are mainly back/hip pain, shoulder and elbow pain not to mention knee joints. I have seen...
before we had the mmr jab did us girls used to get a single rubella injection, have been try to remember this for a job application and I am sure that I have had it many years ago as a teenager...
Hello: I am in the process of trying to 'diagnose' some symptoms - for a book character. The symptoms are inappropriate laughter, sometimes eating soil and sometimes crying or feeling tearful. He...
Have had glaucoma for many years, have had all the types of drops that are available for this condition so the next treatment looks like being a Trabeculectomy wich if I understand it correctly is a...
I've been having a bit of back trouble over the last week - bit like an electric shock radiating out from just above my bum cheeks - that comes and goes and only lasts for seconds but I've also notice...
i don;t know what to make of this, but i have noticed and not for the first time my upper body has a rather strange unpleasant milky smell, anyone know what that could be, it doesn't go away after a...
I have a under active thyroid and am also having peri menopause symptoms as they are both similar symptoms could the doctors be confusing one with the other...
I walk quite a bit in a Walking Club and wear the usual gear : socks, boots, waterproof trousers etc. I always seem to get a red rash on my lower legs mostly around the ankles and above. It's quite...
My mum was admitted to hospital yesterday with headaches down one side of her head. The doctors say it is temperal arteritis and need to do a biopsy. Is there a risk when conducting the biopsy, im...
Does anyone know the name of the medical condition where the person only has a torso - they appear to have been cut in half just below their waist ?? I've tried googling, but it keeps bringing up all...
"Drugs used to treat seizures increase the risk of suicidal thoughts or behavior. LYRICA may cause suicidal thoughts or actions in a very small number of people, about 1 in 500." The above is from a...
My 3 year old has a very bad cold at the moment which has developed into a chesty cough - it all sounds loose when he coughs. He's very blocked up/runny nose, just full of cold bless him. Tonight it...
I am carer for my mum aged 81, who has developed really bad eczema in the last year or so. Its so bad, she looks like a burns victim and its affecting her confidence. She is very badly lame anyway,...