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I am asking this because Bill it Type 2 Diabetic, his sugar levels were high at Christmas but we put that down to being away and drinking alcohol more than usual, GP wanted to increase his tablets but...
My MIL has just been diagnosed with COPD she is currently in hospital with pneumonia too. She has been told she has to use 2 different inhalers now for the rest of her life, but I don't know what...
I was diagnosed with Trigeminal neuralgia Jan 2010, had it for three weeks and then in Jan this year I got it again, although quite briefly. It was on my right temple/side both times. On Friday...
I have been getting sudden dizzy spells They happen as sudden as a split second nealy fall over and then there gone. Iv been getting a sort of head acre feeling also, not one that really hurts, feels...
I am curious to know what my blood cholesterol levels are. I don`t eat much saturated fat but I`d just like to know. I would prefer the results to be broken down into HDL and LDL if possible. Is there...
Please can someone point me in the right direction to take this matter higher. I am under the care of a Professor in London and his secretary is absolutely useless. Every time I either see the...
I`ve been to visit a friend this weekend who`s sister had a lumpectomy due to breast cancer about a month ago. Lymph node tests were clear. About 2.5 weeks ago the sister went to her doctor because...
My sister, who is in her early 60's, has been diagnoised with having an overactive thyroid, and has also developed erythyma nodosum - large painful lumps on her legs. She is usually very active,...
It seems quite often of late, but when I do go there is hardly anything there just a dribble even if i have to get up in the night which is maybe once (needing to go wakes me up) yet when I do go its...
hi my ex husband has been very ill and in a critical care unit at the hospital nearest where he lives my son has been visiting every day .Today is the first day he has woken up after a wek of being...
I have done something to my foot... it's really sory when i walk on or have it sort of half on my toes half not if that makes sense. No idea what i've done but i have a feeling it might be a broken...
My mum died of a stroke (cerebral haemorrhage) when she was 64 and my auntie (her sister) died last year, also of a stroke. My auntie was about 70 but neither of them were overweight. In fact, my mum...
OH went for his usual 6 monthly colonoscopy yesterday and has to wait up to 6 weeks for his appointment to see the consultant, all that is quite normal. Another polyp removed but this time he has to...
i have to have one of these done today and im really really scared ... ive read how ppl have been close to tears with the pain i will be on my own and dont know if im gonna be able to handle it......
I know I need to make an appointment with a doctor and will do but just wanted to know if anyone could advise what this lump may be. The lump is about the size of a tiny ball bearing but is hard to...
I am hoping someone may give me some advice. My two top teeth are looking dodgy as in one of them has been repaired with a bonding type material after a splinter came off when I bit into a polo, and...