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As a manager in a corporate organisation, I recently had the unfortunate task of reprimanding a member of my staff for repeated public flatulence. During the brief discussion, I admit I had quite a...
I have been having a burning pain in my right foot down one side, I spoke to chiropody and they told me that this could be the early start of diabetic neuropathy. It is very much coming and going....
I have some un slightly varicose veins on the outside of my right leg. They never bother me, just quite ugly, anyway, last night suddenly I got like a lump as if I had bashed myself, which I don't...
Had sudden intense pain in little finger..then it swelled up and the pain continued.
Have had it over a week. Can't bend finger
Was sitting at the time. Not a bite
What could it be?...
Sqad - I know you say diets don't work but my problem is that I cannot exercise much even walking is not easy. (I have severe OA both knees and AF - I am 85. ) I thought losing a bit of weight would...
my daughter was rushed into hospital Saturday night late with a head pain so bad ,they gave her a ct scan that didn't show anything but she has weakness all down her right side they suspect a brain...
I've been taking this for the last five years but after a medication review today, I'm being granted a 'holiday' from it for at least one year, maybe two. Any of you ladies take it, how do you feel...
I managed to slip, trip on a car park, must have put my hand out to protect myself but now the hand is a bit worse for wear, bruised and grazed. Main concern is there is a hole in the middle of a...
Hi. Since my 80th birthday I have started to have bladder incontinence problems.I do realise that my age is a major factor and I have tried several types of incontinence pads via the internet with...
Well I had my official weigh in today and I am now 10 stone gone in 6 months! So very happy, it has made a huge difference to my life and relationships. Funny though how some people don't want me to...
After several months of suffering body aches, pains and constant all over stiffness I've come to the conclusion that I may have fibromyalgia rather than joint pain. The MRI scan I had earlier in the...
For some time I have had a bad back, and a colleague suggested I might try to use a Tens Machine to ease the pain. I have not got one, is it worth my buying one? I know very little about these...
Sometimes it's difficult to select the correct category and it's easy to put a question in the wrong category so miscellaneous would be good occasionally. There used to be a category 'Health and...
I have just been reading the horrendous case of Canadian Donna Penner, who, undergoing abdominal surgery, woke up in the operating theatre just before the surgeon made his first incision. The unlucky...
My friend just sent me several photos of what looks like insect bites on his legs, one of which has blisters around it. He says his leg feels hot and very itchy. He sat it some grass last night but...
I'm due to have a vitrectomy operation soon, I've been having vision problems in that eye foe about 6 months now. I notice that the affected eye has drifted slightly off centre, will the operation...
My father went to the nurse at GP practice for an ECG this morning and he came out of the nurse and was told he had to see the doctor in 5 minutes as his ECG was very fast, irregular and abnormal. I...
And have they been on recently?
A couple of weeks ago, I had what I thought was the flu (nausea, sweating/coldness etc) Previously...and since...I have been having spells of light headedness, both when sitting and standing. For the...
Hi there I am communicating with my mum now just via email. Given my dads heart investigations I dont want to stress them as there is often tension between us. He has had a couple of very brief...
