HEART ATTACK ILLUSTRATED PRESENTATION 6 — STEPS IN PREPARING FOR AN AMBULANCE What you should do when a heart attack strikes (continued). If a heart attack strikes you, there are 6 vital steps you should take in preparing for the ambulance.
Question by Mel (♦♥New look!): I have trichophagia but i dont want to tell my doctor what should i do?? or how should i tell her any ideas?
Trichophagia (Greek: τριχοφαγία, from τρίχα, tricha “hair” + φάγειν, phagein “to eat”) is the compulsive eating of hair. Most often, long hair is masticated (chewed) while still attached to the head and then swallowed. The hair eventually collects in the gastrointestinal tract causing symptoms such as indigestion and stomach pain. A purgative can be given to induce the elimination of the resulting trichobezoar.
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Answer by roadtripper
Mel, I know it seems tough but I think you should just tell your doctor straight. She’s a doctor she deals with things that seem weird everyday, things that people do to themselves, she’s not going to judge you for a legitimate disorder that you can’t control. I wish you luck, it sounds like something that could be quite dangerous in the long term, it’s better to deal with it now.
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Question by Samantha: What are the signs and symptoms of a stomach ulcer and what is the best treatment?
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Answer by caffsans
sore stomache that also swells and is very sore after eating spicy food=you might spit up blood as well=best to see a Dr, to get the right med. for you
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Question by happy girl: stress symptoms?
my man is under a lot of stress at the moment,due to a number of things. In the last month or so he has been getting a lot of tight chests, heavy heart beats and fast palses. he has had heart checks and blood tests but they show all is fine. what are the symptoms of stress and is this common or do you think we should push for more tests?
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Answer by Junia Z
When I’m under stress my shoulders and back tighten. I feel shortness of breath too. My feet won’t walk as fast. I hate stress and feels ugly. Help him ease off the stress by having S * X. Trust me it works. Do an activyty that he enjoys, listen to comedians. Hope all goes well. Take him to those Japananesse massage places.
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Question by a_joemar: can 2D-echo and ECG detects if you have encountered heart attack symptoms? or have asthma attacks?
sometimes i experienced tightening in my chest and hard to breath..no jaw and arm numbness experienced.
sometimes i woke up middle of the night and catching my breath..can this be heart attack or asthma symptoms?
please help..
thanks
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Answer by debbied81
only a doc can b 4 sure, but an echo and ecg check the heart . the echo bounces sound waves off the heart and checks the functioning of the valves and the muscle itself. the ecg actually checks for damage caused by a heart attack, or checks for how the electrical activity of the heart is working. asthma is checked by performing a pulmonary function test(breathing test).
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Question by : What type of medical specialist should I see?
23/male
Symptoms:
- Excessive fatigue
- Indigestion
- Itchy skin
- Abdominal pain
- Low TSH level
- Difficulty falling asleep
- Chest/shoulder pain
I’m very active, and yes I eat right..
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Answer by Steve Brule
A veterenarian ya goofy little bag of fleas.
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www.nomorereflux.info Gastroscopy – Acid Reflux – a gastroscopy is a procedure where an endoscope is inserted via the mouth to investigate the health of the stomach and the esophagus. It is often prescribed when someone presents to their doctor with symptoms of acid reflux. I have had this procedure myself and explain how it works in this video. http
Question by Drummer Girl: why did alternative doctor pick up on so many more problems with blood test?
I have not been feeling very well lately, with a bunch of symptoms fatigue, weight gain, ect.. so I got lab tests done and went to an endocrinologist. She told me my vitamin d was a bit low and that basically that was causing every issue I was having. However, still feeling yucky, I went to an alternative health professional who is a phd but works naturally. She told me a load of things were wrong, High cholesterol, low red blood cells, low t3 function of my thyroid ect ect. when I look at the labs themselves they do say low or high, so how could someone as trained as an endo miss this??? or is this alternative woman taking it too far?
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Answer by Ian
Without having seen your blood test results I couldn’t say. However be aware that the reference ranges for blood tests are set so that around 95% of the population fit into them. There are always going to be a few people who normally sit outside the reference ranges. Plus there is also lab error to contend with. As a general rule of thumb when I look at a patient’s blood results I’m never that concerned if they are a few points off normal.
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Question by Skye: Why did I suddently feel all shakey like I was going to faint or have a heart attack?
I’m a 35 year old woman in decent health except I smoke. I’ve always had a very high metabolism but it’s slowed down now that I’m older. I was super skinny as a kid but now I’m 5’7 and 140 lbs. which is average. I walk an hour a day. I didn’t eat at all today except for one egg roll 5 hours ago. I also suffer from bad anxiety but I wasn’t in a situation that would cause anxiety. I still feel very trembly and short of breath. It was just very scary. My hands are still shaking really bad. Was this an anxiety attack or something related to not eating enough today or what?
My chest feels really tight too and my breathing is shallow. I feel better than I did 20 minutes ago when this first happened. I just ate a stuffed green pepper and had some donut holes for the sugar.
I do smoke 2 packs a day, take Methadone for opiate addiction, and take 2 mg. of Xanax a day for severe anxiety.
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Answer by Pia
It may have just been an anxiety attack, or lack of sugar. Have you ever taken your blood drawn and checked your iron levels? You could be anemic–which could cause fainting/dizzy spells. You could also just be tired, if you haven’t been getting enough rest lately.
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Question by : Important GERD and treatment question. Can you help me please??? ?
I have been sick for a long time now (about 4 years now) I had lost weight and have been having really bad tummy aches and constatnt nausea. And when I lay down at night I would get “wet belches”. I would burp and taste vomit in my mouth but I never actually would vomit. I would also get diarreah sometimes. But my symptoms (nausea tummy aches) would sometimes increase during my period.My doctor finally diagonsed me with GERD after asking me a few questions. I had been tested for ALOT of crazy things in the past but all came out negative. So I was so relieve to hear a diagnoses. But the doctor told me to take Zantac but it made my tummy hurt 10x`s worse so I stoped taking it after 2 days. So now she switched me to Prilosect OTC. Now I am so scared of taking medications. I never self medicate for anything. Not even a common cold. And my first medication was for a UTI and the antibiotics made me feel really sick and so did the Zantac. So my medication history was not a good one because it always made me sicker. Thats why I have not started taking the new medication yet. So my question is, how bad are the sideffects of Prilosec OTC? Since im using it to treat my GERD symptoms instead of heartburn would it still make me nauseated? Thats my main concern now. Im almost always nauseated and having tummy aches so I really dont want to take anything that would contribute to that. I just want it to stop once and for all. I just want to feel healthy and normal again. I really dont want the pills to make it worse. If you have GERD and take Prilosect OTC please tell me how it worked for you and what I should expect for me. Also if there are any other GERD medications out there with little to no side effects that you know of and or have taken please do educate me on them. I know most meds will have side effects but I just want to know what I may be in for.Thanks for the answers in advance. Also why do you think my period makes the nausea and tummy aches worse?
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Answer by atltigger69
First, the bad news – GERD should not be diagnosed by simply asking a couple of questions. You could have other things wrong, such as a hiatal hernia. You need to have some more tests run to make a definite diagnosis.
Now the good news. GERD and many other problems in that area respond very well to medication. The only problem is that you seem to be very sensitive to medications. I would have told you that Zantac was a fairly safe drug and with almost no side effects. So as far as taking prilosec, most people don’t have any problems with this. The only thing you can do is to try it and see what happens. If you get a bad tummy ache again, stop taking it and tell your doctor. But if it works, hey, you can take prilosec forever without any worries. I took prilosec for a long time and it worked fairly well for me but I had ulcers and a hiatal hernia. My sister, on the other hand, has GERD also and prilosec didn’t work for her but at least it didn’t make her sick.
I would advise you that if you haven’t already, you need to see a gastro-enterologist for your problems and have an upper GI run and maybe be scoped out – that’s where they knock you out and stick a tube with a camera down your throat. You need to do this before just accepting a diagnosis of GERD. Otherwise you could have a serious problem that they haven’t caught.
Good luck!
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