Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Light headed , blackouts, sweatting, felling hot then followed by cold feelings please help ....?


Answer:
This could be any number of things causing it but without running medical tests on you no one on here can say what is causing it. See your doc and get this checked out.
This could be about a million things - from something simple like electrolyte imbalance to something serious and potentially life threatening. Your best bet would be to go to a medical professional and be evaluated.

Lice problem?

i just recently got lice and i used a lice shampoo and then i used that special comb that gets rid of lice and i saw some live ones! i used that comb with hot water for 30 minutes and i stopped seeing them, then i vacuumed the room , got a new brush redid my sheets, gota new pillow cover, and sprayed disinfectant spray everywhere, is this enough? should i do more to make them completely go away because i have 8 people in my family and i dont want any of them to get it. what else should i do? should I sleep with like a towel on my head or something?
Answer:
Make sure that any stuffed animals are put in a plastic bag in the garage for at least a month so they all die. Vacuum your mattress and carpets THOROUGHLY, and spray them down with that spray that comes with, or is sold next to, the lice shampoo. Also make sure to do the same to any other furniture in the house that you may have sat on. A towel won't really help because the bugs will just crawl from your head to the towel to the bed and start the whole thing over! Until you're sure they are gone just don't let anyone sit on your bed or anything, and try not to get too close to them. One last thing that you could try, if you can't get rid of them, is to dye your hair. The chemicals from the dye will kill them off right away. Good luck, I know how frustrating it can be!
Put conditioner on your hair, comb through. Then use the tooth comb to carefully comb through. The lice can't grip the hair or scalp because the conditioner makes it too slippery. Thanks, you got me itching now ! Good luck...SPUNKY...You obviously have a problem with your kids being in England, but don't slag off the rest of us. Most of us take daily showers and baths, which has nothing to do with head lice. Lice actually prefer clean heads. Don't use a question on head lice to vent your anger on other issues
You may not have any more lice in your hair but its best to fumigate your house by a pest control team just in case. I believe there is also shampoo that can add fluorescent dye so that remaining lice and nits will show under black light (I don't know were to get it unfortunately.)
My kids has this stupid problem -- ONLY IN ENGLAND, where over 80% of the people get it...Nobody EVER gets it here in the states, go figure... :-P

Go to your doctor and get the shampoo he recommends. Yes, it's a serious pain in the @ss and it burns, but it does work. Get rid of your bed sheets and definitely fog the room.

Sorry to hear you're encountering this problem, unfortunately in "Merry Old England" they still don't have such a thing as daily showers which would probably get rid of the problem overall right off the bat...

Best of luck, cheers !
Wash your hair with RID unless that is what you did use to much no good overkill you know what I mean.

Lexapro advice?

i normally take it at night
but yesterday i took it in the morning
along with my adderall xr.
i've only been on my two meds for two weeks now.
i felt completely funky yesterday.
-every time i stood up my ears started hurting
-i felt like i was going to pass out.
-right eye starting to get red
-really sweating after a 20 minute nap
-bad headache
-really tired
then today i thought i was better
so i showered
i still felt like i was going to pass out
-dark yellow urine
-bad stomach cramps
of course when i tell my mother
she tells me i have the stomach flu
which is kindda bull.

any help?
Answer:
get off lexapro. seriously. i was on that **** and it made me feel worse than i did before i was on it. i would have really bad nightmares on that stuff. ive been off of it for about 3 months now and i feel a whole lot better.
i take tose two meds two wierid
Sounds like a cluster migraine attack. There shouldn't be an interaction between lexapro and Adderal. Check with your doctor or pharmacist. Do not stop the lexapro without consulting your doctor. Start taking it again at night and see if that corrects the problem. Good luck.
I take 20mg of lexapro daily and have never had any side effects with the exception when I first started taking it. Even then it was mild. It consisted of a little light headed, that went away after about a week.
Maybe it is the adderal xr that is causing the problem. I don't know what this med. is for but you need to contact your doctor and let them know what symptoms you are having.
You need to call today!!!! even if it is Saturday!!!!!
lexapro ususally does work better when taken at night because it can make you very sleepy or drowsy. Those are flu like symptoms that you have, but since you are taking two medications, it wouldn't hurt to see your physician.

Levothyroxin?

I just started taking it today for hypothyroid and was wondering if others here are taking it. If so how long have you been taking it? Has it helped? Have you experienced any of the side-effects, if so how bad were they? I felt like throwing it back up as soon as it went down, is that normal?
Answer:
There are no side effects to Levothyroxin but you will start to feel better. I took it for years but have recently been switched to Armour Thyroid.

Be sure you doctor is giving you the right medication because there are several out there that have T3 or T4 or combination thereof.

It is important to know what your are deficient in.

Do not eat soy products. It blocks thyroid medication and will make you even more ill. I had a terrible time and lost a lot of my hair because the doctors did not tell me not to eat soy and I was eating it to avoid symptoms of menopause
I have been on it for five years and have had no problems it starts working after they get your thyroid leveals were they are suposed to be
hello.i;ve been taking it for 6yrs now 50 mg once a day..i;m not sure if its normal for you to feel the way you do.i had no problems when i started taking Levothyroxin..but you really should tell your Doctor about it.sometimes i would get sleepy from it but nothing bad.remember everyone is different.Hope i was of help...take care...

Lets have a big debate!! Do you think drug takers and alchoholics should be entitled to have there children?

I personally say no because alchoholics and junkies have no care about there children and let them live wit no quality in life at all shouldnt they just be taken to a home where they can have some quality of life and deserve things that they need instead of seeing there parents degrading themselves everyday.

(strong views and opinions are welcome)
Answer:
The problem with alcoholics and drug-takers is that their addiction becomes all-consuming, and at the time that they need their next fix or drink, that is all they can think of, and everything else is forgotten.

Bizarrely, though taking hard drugs is considered the greater "sin", children born to heroin addicts can be successfully weaned form their addiction (though it must be a very unpleasant start to life).Children born to alcoholics are damaged for life. They are easily recognisable by their odd-shaped eyes, and have lower IQs and learning difficulties forever.

So I suppose, the proper answer to your question is no. Though I am sure I will be howled down.
Theoretically you have a good point. But there is one major flaw alas. What happens if a couple or a person develops an addiction after the child is born? I know if things get extremely bad the children will be removed, but how would it work that children are removed from their parents? Are you talking out and out sterilization or are you talking forceful removal? Or a combination of both? That last is not such a bad idea but it trespasses on very very scary ground both legally and ethically. As for a case-by-case scenario, that is about as good as it gets, but it also means Big Brother is even more into your life. How would that be done? Monthly check ups and blood tests? Seriously it is not so simple.

Do you recommend the "granny" system they have in China where an old local lady visits weekly to check on you? This is what they do there to ensure a woman is not pregnant after her only child has been born. She knows all of the women’s cycles and is entitled to check on these things. If she finds anything suspicious, or even a first time pregnancy, it is her duty to report to her superior.

What if an addict cleans up? What if she was sterilized and is now clean and leading a good life with a good husband? Should she be banned from parenthood because of a bad past? Often the only motive for a parent sincere on changing their lives is their children. Do you see how this is a double edged sword?

I am not arguing for or against at the moment. I am just trying to imagine how such a thing could be done. I agree that druggies and alkies should not have children. In many cases they should just never procreate. But how is this done without violating the rights of all people in the country? I was a foster mom a few times and I do know the horrific damaged done to children by incompetent neglectful and/or abusive parents.

It is criminal to have a child of seven sit at a dinner table and say they have never had a real cooked meat n potatoes meal.

It is criminal that on visit day the child goes out dressed in a pretty outfit only to return in something ripped and torn, knowing the pretty outfit was hocked to buy booze.

It is criminal when a lovely but broken child sneaks out of bed at night, breaks into the locked drug cabinet and eats all her Ritalin because “maybe people will like me even more” or “because I saw mommy eat pills.” Then turns around and stabs another kid in the arm with scissors for no reason at all!

It is criminal when a child has never learned kindness to animals or other people because their short existence has been so full of fear, pain and neglect.

It is criminal to have to pick up the pieces and undo the harm a few hours can do with these children, as you bring them back around again. It is criminal to have children passed on to the system because their parents have done them so much damage that they will never every be completely right again. You try and you try, and meet some success, but one visit to the parent and it is back to the drawing board.

The tough thing is these kids still love their parents! Often they just live for Mom’s or Dad’s phone call. Sadly, despite all the effort and money and love spent on these children, the greater percentage of them end up following in their parents' footsteps of petty crime and abuse carrying on the vicious cycle to the next generation. There are the occasional miracles but I found they worked best once the parent was completely removed from the child's life but things have to be so bad by then that the damage is almost irreversible to the child.

The more damaged a child is, the more expensive it is to care for it. The caretaker needs more because the danger and attention and the emotional toll are much more severe. There are specialists to see that add up amazingly. These children are often damaged mentally and slower in school, or have a lot to do to catch up with their peers. Which, I might add, easier and easier as the American educational system is being dumbed down by lowed educational standards.

For all the other things that are criminal the worst is the government systematically cutting all funds going into Foster Care. Both parties use patently false lies to cover up their greed. Hurricane Katrina is the latest. They claim the government is broke and so foster care, care to the elderly, and student loans are targeted. At the same time, upper income Americans are being given tax breaks that amount to hundreds of millions of dollars. What are the priorities here?

http://www.democrats.org/a/2005/11/the_m...
http://www.dccc.org/stakeholder/archives...

With fewer and fewer families able to take on fostering these days to lessened income and the generally tougher harsher climate of America, that too would pose a problem. The qualifications of the foster homes and the capabilities of the carers would drop and many of these young victims could easily end up victimized again in their new home.

I cannot see how it can work but it sure would be nice if someone else could and we solved things for these littlest victims of a cruel society.
I thing you should take every case on its own merit. Some people resort to drugs and alcohol due to the stresses and strains of every day life including children, I am not saying this is right, If a person is completely out of control with their problem I think it is then better to take the children into care where they are best taken care of
Hell. Take the kids away from them. If they can't look after themselves then why let them look after children?
I think EVERYONE who wants to have children should have to show they are fit to raise them.
There are heaps of kids that have rubbish quality of life with 'straight' parents, and well raised kids who's parents take drugs and drink.
Putting kids in state/foster care, in no way ensures good quality of life.
No they shouldn't have any right to their children, and they should be sterilized so that they can't breed more. I also think hugely fat people who allow their kids to get fat should have their children removed and placed into a healthy environment.
i do not believe tht EXTREME drug users and alcoholics should have their kids but i do believe that if the gov't takes them away they need to help the adult in need so one day they can have their child. they need help too just just o get locked up in the cell for child abuse.
that's your opinion but what about those parents who do not have a drink/drug problem and they abuse there children.
An addict does not always equal bad parent !

And some care homes/foster homes are really bad
You start by giving your personal opinion,
who made you god, love is the most important thing in a child's life. How can you know what is best in each case.
I don't drink or use drugs but this question has made me so angry.
Just who do you think you are.
People like Hitler thought they could take children away from their parents, and have them brought up as perfect citizens of the Reich.
Where will you stop if get this, take the children of the poor and give them to those with the money to give them a "better way of life"
You appal me (I have edited the line that was here, I accept that was too personal)
(strong views and opinions are welcome)
strong enough opinion for you?
Dont talk shite. smoked gear 35 yrs, and had pancreatitis 3 times, first time father at 49, dont ask a question then answer it with your own opinion, worked hard all my life, consider myself the best dad in the world,would it be better if I mistreated her, fiddled with her, or "borrowed her out" to other people while being sober or not stoned? or maybe I should join a priesthood eh? my little gal has a great qaulity of life,I Just dont drink or smoke in front of her, misses does neither and doesnt allow me to, fuckiin do-gooders, aint got a clue.
I know some that cannot control their habits. There is a stupid line between intoxicated beyond functioning and taking a pill that the government says is good to sell, but not necessarily good for you.
We are a society of substance users.
People change, everything does. Hope for the best, help the ones that are too intoxicated with FDA approved or unapproved substances.
If a human is overly intoxicated they should not be asked to assume the responsibility of caregiver to a child.It is no good for the child or the adult.
Parent is not a entitlement of or by a court, it is an act of love by the individual.

Lethargic...?

I have just been ill with a really bad throat infection and i have had glandular fever i am so lethargic all the time because of it, what can i do to make me have more energy?
Answer:
I would recommend taking a multi vitamin tablet, make sure it is high in all the viatmin B's as these are extremely beneficial in giving you more energy.Also rest as much as you can and try not to exert yourself as this condition could turn into chronic fatigue if you over do it. Try to eat healthy foods and drink plenty of juices and water. Good luck and I hope you feel much better soon.
It takes time to recover, more than you imagine; but soon you will begin to feel more like yourself

Left side tonsil swollen for 4 months?

am a 37 yares old , my left side tonsil is swollen since dec 2 /05,i seen my doc ,took antibiotic 4 10 day then prednison 4 other 10 days,nothing changed,i have also seen a nek dok, was told my trot is normal, but i feel like there is something in my throt, any sugestions?
Answer:
Go to a different doctor - ear/nose/throat specialist. Tonsils don't have much of a function that anyone knows of - the infections are miserable and often go into secondary infections i.e. strep throat, mono, etc. They usually need to come out of they are infected repeatedly. I can see where they other doctor may have been trying hard to avoid the surgery - the older you are when you have the surgery, the harder/riskier it is.
Good luck!
I have a friend who just very recently got a tonsilectomy (removal of tonsils, BTW I don't think that's how you spell it) because she had some kind of growth on her right tonsil. It seems to have solved the problem.
 

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