What will help my aging Golden Labradors arthritis?
She is already on prescription meds from the vet, and doing ok most days. Will massaging the afflicted shoulder help? If so what's the best way to massage a dogs shoulder? I use heating pads and she has a heated orthopedic bed, but was wondering if there was anything else that might help my girl?
She is such a wonderful dog and I want to make her senior years as comfortable as possible. So any suggestions or websites with good tips to relieve discomfort would be wonderful.
How to head off the effects of arthritis?
I am in my mid-fourties and am already having a little discomfort some days in my fingers. My dad and grand-dad both suffer from it and must take pain medication eachday. Is there some vitamin or supplement i can start taking now, so i want have to look forward to a life of pain medicine?
Foul smelling vaginal discharge (possibly urine) and minor incontinence?
August 30, 2011 by admin
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I hope someone has some insight into this...For the last two days only, never before, I have had some really foul smelling discharge or urine, I cannot really actually tell...I have also had minor incontinence also even just sitting here but more if I cough or sneeze...I have been sick the last two days with a horrible cold, but cannot see how the two would connect in any way...Maybe it is discharge that is leaking out and not urine, I don't know? It has a slight brown tinge to it...Also, it is kinda weird but my fiance said that the last couple days we have had sex he felt like something was scratchy and his penis got rubbed a little raw at the tip...There is no pain or itching and it is not hard to pee at all....I hope someone can help!! I really don't want to go to doctor for this!
I am ill will arthritis, should my husband and i have equal work loads?
my husband thinks that he and i should have equal work loads, even though i have a form of muscular arthritis, asthma, ADD, and chronic fatigue syndrome and if things aren't all done when he gets home he gets mad. He also gets upset if i'm so tired that i have to take a nap. BTW I care for our 18 month old in the day, and go to culinary school full time, 3 days a week. I just feel tired and sore and worn out all the time, i feel like it's getting worse and he's just getting more frustrated with me. I just don't know what to think anymore. Are his expectations to high?
AUTISM: My child is no longer covered for incontinence supplies?
August 29, 2011 by admin
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I have a 7 year old daughter with autism. She is on SSI. For a while, we had been receiving incontinence supplies for free. With all the budget setbacks of the economy, I am having a VERY hard time finding a company that will provide such supplies for SSI/Medi-Cal. Does anyone know where I can find companies that work with the disabled? I've been searching the net and everything I find is for adults only, or you have to pay. We can't afford paying 0 every month for pull-ups and we've been working with her potty training for a loooooong time now with minimal progression. PLEASE HELP???
If you have rheumatoid arthritis in both hands and one knee are there any benefits you can claim?
My mam is 51, not working but signs on. Gets working tax credit because husband works but is there anything else she might be entitled to. She has rheumatoid arthritis in both hands and one knee so there are not many jobs she can do. She used to be a cleaner but can not do this now because of the pain she gets. Any help much appreciated. U.K
Do Lamotrigine (medicine for manic-depressive illness) cause incontinence?
August 28, 2011 by admin
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I'm taking Lamotrigine for manic-depressive illness (bipolar II disorder). I am very reluctant to stop taking it, as it has been helpful in offsetting dreadful depressions.
However, one thing that has happened to me since taking it is that I have had trouble controlling my bladder and, even worse, my bowels.
I lose control of my bladder once every 2-3 days, although mostly can 'stop' myself half way through. Even worse, every 5-7 I lose control of my bowels, and there is nothing I can do to stop this. Its so bad I've started buying incontinence pads
I am afraid of telling my doctor in case he tells me to come off the medication, as then I will have to start from scratch on a different one, risking the chance of a relapse. And it might be nothing to do with the medication.
But then I'm 25 so its difficult to think of another reason why this is happening.
Has anyone on this medication had these problems? If they haven't then I might as well not tell my doctor.
Thanks very much
When treating arthritis or inflammation, how long does it take steroids to work?
I don't know anything about steroids and I was wondering if they work like aspirin, tylenol and ibuprofen. If I take them in the morning, do they take an hour to work or do they need to build up over days?
Is this "incontinence"? Management solutions?
August 27, 2011 by admin
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i'm a 21 year old healthy male. but my whole life i have wet the bed (though less often-about once a year now). also, occassionally find it difficult to hold urine and seem to have a small bladder. it's not new, and it's not a daily problem but i am a 21 year old male and this should not be happening. is this technically incontinence? should i consider absorbent products for long trips? etc...
What is the latest technology in combating arthritis?
I've heard that there is something that can be placed between the bones to prevent them from rubbing together, can someone tell me what it is called?