Can anyone tell me what this is

I am making an appointment with my dentist soon ( I got to get this insurance stuff taken care of first) but I am kind of worried. It doesn't hurt or anything but I dont want to take any risk. Thanks for help.

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No stethoscope, electrocardiagrams for everyone?

My hematologist of more than a quarter century, other than having a soft touch for writing prescriptions to drug addicts (which is why he was shut down by the State) was one of the most decent people I ever trusted with my health. I saw few other doctors during that time, as he had treated me for (and cured) a life-threatening disease when I was a kid, and subsequently taken the role of my GP - therefore, I don't really know what to think of some of the different rules which newer doctors play by.

There's a GP now who I saw recently who, other than being so young it's hard to believe they let him out of school, is very thorough, dedicated, listens to my whining, etc. What I don't get is that he doesn't seem to so much as own a stethoscope, but he did, without any cardiac complaints, order an electrocardiagram. I was wondering why he would run such a time-consuming, and expensive test (I am on prescriptions for thyroid and blood pressure, but they work - the blood pressure checked out fine), when the technician who ran the test informed me that he does this with everybody. Really? It cost me an extra $20 insurance copay for this, therefore I want to know if other doctors consider this shotgun electrocardiagram practice appropriate.

I am also curious about the apparent de-emphasis on stethoscope use (this wasn't the first GP who I had recently seen which didn't use one).

I would appreciate your thoughts on the above.

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Mono, thyroid help

Has anyone experience an enlarged thyroid with mono? The doc says i have mono but i have an englarged thyroid too...

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Help im such a wimp

HELP !!

I have to tell someone that we dont want to carry on a business arrangement with them on Monday .......


We have a business arrangement with this person who is over powering, bossy, rude and embarrasses me when there are a crowd of people around. So i decided to terminate our business arrangement which will also terminate any personal friendship i thought we had.

But im totally scared stiff. I dont know where to start, what to say, and how to say it. Im losing sleep over this, i dont know how to be assertive and firm, without it becoming a fight. (she is very agressive). What do i do??

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Brown hair, blond eye brows and facial hair

I have dark brown hair but for some bizarre reason my eye brows and facial hair is bright blond. I'm 24 and I've always shaved my stubble so I never really noticed this oddity but lately I've been trying to grow a beard so its become blatantly obvious. Dark brown hair and a blond beard haha. My pubic hair and armpit hair is brown so I don't know why the hell my facial hair and eyebrows are blond. Is this kinda thing rare? I've never seen anyone with a beard thats a different colour to the hair on their head.

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Stange car sickness

Hello. I’m 18 years old and I have car sickness. My car sickness manifests itself before the ride even starts. For example, if in a week’s time I would be leaving town for holiday, one day before the trip I feel ill, nauseated and very weak, the state amplfying itself on the day of the departure. The nausea is very srong so that before getting into the car I feel the need to vomit. If I don’t know I have to leave somewhere I still feel ill. Another example is when I leave for shopping, I don’t feel nauseated right away, but as quickly as I smell the car emanation(not fuel smell) I feel ill and vomit. I don’t really feel ill because the car wouldn’t be clean inside. Further more, my family changed four cars until now. Every time the first month was great, I wouldn’t feel sick, but after a while I would get used to the smell of the car and feel sick again. I can’t stand any car freshner. During the ride I have a weak condition and nausea. Before I get in the car I am a bit scared, my heart beats faster and, unfortunately, I vomit. It’s not really a car sickness due to the inner ear and loss of balance because I feel sick before getting into the car. I believe this is a case of fear of feeling ill and then I feel ill. What can I do? I'm desperate...

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general just not feeling well

I have kind of a scratchy throat, slight acheyness, tired most of the day, slight cough.. I just feel kind of crumby

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1/2 RX pill stuck in throat, what do I do?

i was given a medicine from my doctor and told to take 1/2 pill each day for 2 days, then take 1 pill each night b4 I went to sleep. I took the first one this evening, broke it in half by chewing it in two. The pill was rock hard on the outside. I took plenty of water b4, during and after yet it got stuck in my throat about 3 inches down into the esophagus...my guess is that the sharp edge got stuck in my throat. I have tried almost everything, from licorice, rice cakes, butter, olive oil and several others, including salt water and trying to make myself sick. I have gagged several times and thrown up small amounts. What do I do?

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Frozen Shoulder & Cortisone Shot?

I hear it's supposed to help for pain but does the cortisone shot also help give range of motion? Has anyone done it for Frozen Shoulder - your experience please? thanks!

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not sure what is going on

Hello,

I'm starting to get a little worried. It started with a sinus infection that led to a right ear infection about 2 months ago. My GP put me on antibiotics again (i have a hx of recurring sinus problems). This time with my ear infection I developed a achy tightness on the right side of my neck which i assumed was swollen glands. What worried me soon after was my lab work, which has consistently showing my wbc count on the low side of normal (4.7-4.8, range is 4.5-10.0). My diff labs such as neutrophils, lymphs and monos are all mid range and have stayed solidly there. I get my blood drawn once a month to check my liver enzymes (3 wks ago just got off crestor for cholesterol because my dr. said it was making me sick.)
What worries me know is that I still have the swelling on the right side of my neck; it comes and goes, especially flares up when I'm stressed. My body temp is unusually low, as I range anywhere from 97.5-98.5. My hands and feet have been cold a lot lately which is not me at all. I have had a sleep problem for a long time so my sleep schedule varies. I have been also experiencing noticeable fatigue usually every other afternoon and this is also unusual for me.
can anyone offer me any help?
Thanks,

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how do you get a dent out of your leg

i have a dent in my left leg and i actually know why. I bumped my leg against a Corbet a few months back. I was all swollen and had a big bump. After a few weeks the bump went away and left my leg with a big dent. That is how i got it. How does a person get rid of it, that is the quiestion

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Please someone try and help, wound question

Hello,

I have a track record of having major ocd and picking at any little blemish that pops up on my face for the past year. Especially when I get anxious. Bottom line is, on Friday morning, I picked what started out as just "pimples" on my face (forehead), and now i have three or four open wounds from it I have healed from these before, but I always saw imprpovement 48 hours after. The sores still seem to be red, and the scab does not seem to be pulling together to heal the skin, they are just lying dormant or something :/ As of right now, its been 48 hours since the injuries occured. I am currently on Bactrim DS since Monday (to try and stop the acne before it got out of control), but I ended up destroying myself Beings I am on the Bactrim DS, and before that, I was taking Duricef (another antibiotic), I would belive that my wounds are not infected. I have been taking gentle baths twice a day to make sure the wounds are clean, and will be staying in for the next week to try and heal, but the lack of progress so far is scaring me alot. Please try and help if you can, thanks.

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woke up dizzy and nauses

i woke up this mornin very dizzy and nausiated, i stubled to the washroom, could not hold my balance so i went back to bed for a few hours then when i woke up i still have the same symptoms.

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MS fears—crazy, or legit?

I've been a hypo in the past, so maybe I'm just insane. But–factually—for about a month now my left leg has felt very heavy. Draggish. Can still walk and all, but it's like a weight is on it. Plus, I wake up 80% of mornings with numbness in at least one of my hands.

Would you be concerned about MS?

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dry, itchy, bleeding patches?

For the past month or so I've been getting very dry patches on my legs, and a few times on my arms, each about the size of a large pin head. These patches are very itchy and as soon as I scratch, the layer of dry skin comes off and they start bleeding a bit. I've researched eczema and psoriasis with no luck. Anyone heard of this?

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feels like a fish?

sometimes i get this sensation in my chest close to my shoulder that feels like for few second like there's a fish flopping around in and under my skin .its kind of freaky!Iam a insulin diabetic , HBP, Asthma,Gastroparesis,gerd.Another thing is it seems more prevalent during damp ,or rainy days.

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Prednisone Tapers and Side Effects

I have a chronic cough that the doctors just haven't been able to completely figure out. In the last 8 weeks, I've been on asthma meds, a couple antibiotics, cough suppressants and Prednisone. (I'm already being treated for acid reflux and allergies that are also common cough triggers.)

Unfortunately, I've been on Prednisone repeatedly over the years.

I was on my first go-round with Prednisone early in August for 5 days. It helped my breathing (for asthma), but did nothing for my cough.

I started a 16 day course of Prednisone Saturday morning. It is 3 20mg x 4 days, 2 20mg x 4 days, 1 20mg x 4 days, 1/2 20mg x 4 days. I'm taking my dosage in the morning with food.

I'm now 3 days into this dosage and I've been kind of "zoning out" most of the day. I also had difficulty sleeping on Saturday night. I didn't get anything accomplished the entire holiday weekend. When I read about the listed side-effects for the Prednisone, they list the insomnia and "mood changes", but I haven't been able to find anything about "zoning". Has anyone else had side effects like this when taking the higher dosages of Prednisone?

I'm really concerned about this because with all my constant coughing that has worn me out, I've been having enough trouble trying to pay full attention at work as it is. I really don't want to deal with the medication side effects as well.

I've never had a response like this to Prednisone before? Any thoughts or suggestions are welcome.

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blood-borne diseases

how are blood-borne diseases transmitted?

i have t-shirt (flown from another country) and it has some reddish stain on it. i fear that it is blood, and worse of all, blood with HIV/AIDS virus or whatever blood-borne disease viruses. It seems kinda hard to wash it away. Still have little bit left.

If the blood stain has blood that is infected by maybe HIV or something, if i wear the t-shirt, will i be infected?

thanks. i have no common knowledge on such issue

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white spots on face in summer but not any other seasons?? help!

ok this has been happening for about 3 years and i want it to stop. i've been to 3 doctors. the first one gave me some steroid cream. i used that for a year then i switched doctors and they told me the steriod cream was thinning my skin so i stopped using it. So then i switched doctors again and she said i had an allergy to the sun? ***? is that possible? the white spots only during the summer time and then they gradually go away when winter approaches. but i spend like equal amount of time in winter as i do in summer. i know for sure i dont have vitiligo, tinea versicolor, eczama, psoriasis , and that pityrisis stuff. the white spots are smooth not dry and not scaly and once summer passes my face is all the same color again. PLEASE HELP!!! is this really and allergy?? if so what can i doo?? sorry for being soooo long. thanks!

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Painful Bulge On My Lower Abdomen

I have a bulge on my lower abdomen which is very painful. It is located below my bellybutton to the left. It is quite big and is only noticable when I stand up straight. It feels soft and when pressed in it slowly bulges back out to it's original shape again. It can be uncomfortable in every day life and only hurts whenever I do jolty excersizes such as running or jumping. It is a very harsh stabbing pain which prevents me from walking naturally and running in general. It is more visually noticable when it hurts than when it doesn't... when it doesn't hurt, all I can see is a line which looks like a vein. If I lay on my back and feel my belly, it feels very different from the right side of my abdomen - I noticed the right side is nice and smooth, whereas the side with the lump on it feels rough and unnatural. If I tense my abs, each side of my abdomen looks the same.

I first encountered this exact pain in the same place when I was about 13 years old during a P.E lesson and it still hurt when I excersized on rare occasions. I did to go the doctors about it back then and he couldn't feel anything. I am 18 now... the bulge only started to appear a few months ago and it hurts all the time when I excersise. I did go to the doctors again recently, but the unfortunately the buldge was not visible at this time and all he could see was the vein - I told him the possibility of it being a hernia and he was adamant that it wasn't. I am thinking of going back soon, but with the buldge being much more visible.

Health Information:

I am underweight, my BMI is 15.
I don't smoke or drink.
I had a hernia operation when I was 5.
My bellybutton is an outie.

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