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Sqab, maybe you can advice me ? I was prescribed Stilnox ( zolpidem ) for insomnia, they give me a good night's sleep, albeit with many weird dreams, but my question is whether I will get addicted to...
I have this and today its driving me mad. Its like a high pitched engine screeching away.
Does anyone know how to ease it as I know it can't be cured?...
Someone told me that if you have had lymph nodes removed underneath your arm that you should never have and IV in that arm or have you blood pressure taken underneath your arm. Is that true?...
I understand that if you are having blood taken then a vein is used but which is used for an infusion/drip ??
Does anyonew know why you can't have false nails on when you go for surgery? Is it just the stick on ones th mih come off? or does it also mean the acrylic ones that stay one for weeks? I am going to...
I am approx 12/13 weeks into this, it was abating, getting to the stage where there was just discolouration, and dryness. However, the past two days it seems to have 'freshened up'. I am now just as...
My mother (aged 74) has recently been diagnosed with Crohns disease and is currently taking tablets that suppress her immune system. Today her great -grandson has come down with chickenpox and her...
Which would you choose?
if a kidney is losing protein
does that mean it is diseased
ta...
Do any ladies here take Toviaz ?
I have swollen gland in my neck and wondered how long it will take to go down?
I have surgery on the 9th and really don't want it to be cancelled because of it.
Thanks...
This is somewhat complicated. About a month ago I came down with shingles, which resulted in huge leg/nerve pain. The shingles has run its course but the excruciating leg pain remained. I went to...
I wonder if anyone can explain to me how the 18 weeks referral to treatment works in the NHS. a relative of mine attended the hospital in early august, for an ECG, at the behest of his GP, due to a...
Is there anything I can do to make it easier for nurses/phlebotomist to find a vein in me? It has always been difficult to find a vein and I am tired of feeling like a human pin cushion even the...
Hi, has anyone ever had a Cholecystectomy before? If so how painful was it and were you given a local or general anaesthetic?
I am due to visit the GP for a review regarding my repeat prescription for citilapram which I have been taking for about 9 months now, if the doctor stops prescribing them to me because I am feeling...
Does anyone have any tips for chronic sinusitis ? Apart from saline nasal wash. I am getting rather fed up with it, every time I go to the ENT, he just tells me to wash my sinuses out and use a spray....
Does anyone really know if I should boil the water I use to wash out my sinuses ? I usually do this everyday and use 1/2 litre warm tap water and 1 t/p sea salt. Many thanks you fountains of knowledge...
Although I've never actually seen a nail with a fungal infection, I'm fairly sure my big toe is infected .... it's quite discoloured and a lot thicker than the other big toe nail, although I'm not in...
Just been to the doctors as my heart seems to be beating more & having trouble sleeping. I already take 2.5mg Bisoprolol which have been fine until last week when this started so got to take 3.75mg...