Archive for the "Diseases & Conditions" Category

1
Feb

I had tonsillitis over a couple of weeks ago (i get it each year) and went to see my doctor. He gave me antibiotics and I've completed the week's coarse but I still have swollen glands in my neck and when I swallow, I can still feel it - it's not unbearable but still a […]

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1
Feb

i have noticed some very little red splodges 1mm or less in size on my skin in certain places elbows knees and a few on arms and legs and one on my head i have around 50 of them on my body some scattered together and some on there own ,they are very small […]

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1
Jun

Right, I've just noticed a whole/crater like like in my right tonsil and it had yellow/white guee in it?! WHAT IS THIS!!???
Answer: It's an ulcer Dear. Go to your Physician you most probably need antibiotics.
Answer: It's superior that a tonsil in your hole matey. lol

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1
Jun

Can ya get a very bad infection that makes ya really really sick??? hot and cold sweets pains all round and its because of my throat i say and can infection move from the throat and move into other parts??? i was smoking and this happened dont think the drink would make my throat bad […]

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1
Jun

All my kids had the MMR however there appears to be a number of cases in Wales, where we live. Does the fact that the children have had the MMR mean they’re absolutely protected or will they need a single measles booster??
When my eldest was 5 or six there was an outbreak of measles and […]

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30
May

I’ve been suffering from abdominal pain since last Thursday evening. I phoned NHS Direct who gave me a couple of possible causes - appendicitis, ovarian cyst and ovulating pain. They advised I should call out the emergency physician, but instead I decided to wait until the following morning and see my own GP, who sent […]

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29
May

As has been suggested, the WHO is on the verge of raising the status to Level 6, an official pandemic of the Swine Flu virus. I'd like to know how this will affect everyday life in the UK?
Answer: Well if the virus gets bad and starts killing a lot of people you can expect […]

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28
May

When I was about 6 I was diagnosed with anaphylaxis, the allergy being to peanuts, and since then I've had to carry an epi pen, I’m now 16. My quesion is, can you grow out of it ? When I stated to my mum she said I would have it for the rest of my […]

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27
May

I am worried about going back to my doctor as I have begun to feel like a hypercondriac. I have terrible lower back pain, pain in my hips and what feels like constant ovary pain. I don't sleep well, I’m low and irrational. I feel like I have flu each where but not the cold […]

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27
May

I've grown 2 inches over the last 2-3 years. My doctors surgery measures me each now and again. I should have been 5' 3″ when I first registered 2 years ago but was 5' 4″ but put that down to a new doctors and just a slight variation in the position of the ruler on […]

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