it has a layer of skin taken off, my ankle is slightly swollen, and its slightly red around the cut. is it ok, or do you think its infected?
Answer:
Because I'm not a doctor, I can't say. But I do have something I know will take care of an infection, and it certainly cannot hurt. Get a wash cloth and with water as hot as you can stand, soap it up with an anti-bacterial soap, like dial. leaving it soapy, but not too drippy, put it on the sore place for about 20 min. do that at least 3 x's a day. If it's low enough and you have something that can hold enough water to cover, do the same basically. Make the water as hot as you can stand, make it really soapy, and soak.
If you see a red line coming up from it, get to the hospital, now. That's blood poisoning. If you do as I suggested, you should not get that bad, it should heal right up.Blessed Be
its infected go see a doctor.
no, it's just irritated. put some neosporin on it according to the directions. until it heals.
theres an easy way to find out,
get some hydrogen peroxide and wipe it on the cut (THIS WILL STING)
if it bubbles white ALOT you should see a doctor
if it bubbles only a little bit, just clean up the scrape, and band-aid it, and eventually, the scrape will heal
If it hurts and you want to put a band-aid on, go to the drugstore and get the First Aid brand Advanced Healing bandaids. I had a big cut (i posted a question about it) and i put it on there yesterday. It forms a white bubble under the bandid where the cut is to help it from healing and not scabbing, so you wont have any scares,but wash it out and put some hydrogen peroxide on it.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Ok I broke my ankle 20 years ago. I never went to the doctor and it healed. I rebroke it and now what ?
I am diabetic, and I have arlready been told treatment involves cutting, grinding, rebreaking, setting, pinning and 10-15 weeks cast time before therapy to get back on by feet. I already have arthrthritis and walking hasn't been easy for the last couple of years. Over the last year I have lost 100 lbs and have been working on my health. Need input on alternatives to the medical communities answer to the problem. I don't want to start losing my limbs. And that seems to be the outcome when doctors start cutting on diabetics limbs. Any Suggestion?
Answer:
Sure. Ignore good medical advice and see your ankle never heal at all. Watch as the bone necroses, followed by soft tissue deterioration, followed by the development of gangrene, and then suffer through amputation of your leg just below the knee.Look, you cannot change history. You may or may not have made a mistake not going to a physician twenty years ago. That's really not the issue here. Diabetics just heal much slower than other folks. It's rotten, but you can't change that. And yes, I can tell you how rotten - I'm diabetic too.
There is NO alternative therapy that's going to give you any more chance to save that leg - if there was, it'd be the first thing the doctor would have recommended. We ALWAYS look for less dramatic interventions first, and if there were a less dramatic, less invasive means that showed as much promise as surgery, we'd recommend that first.
So your choice is simple: decline proper treatment and greatly increase your risk of having to have the leg removed or submit to the recommended treatment and cut your risk of losing the leg significantly.
go to the doctor, you shouldn't handle things like this on your own!
good work on losing the weight and working on your health. i am also a diabetic have severe arthitis and just had both knees totally replace within a 3 month time period. it is a choice only you can make. i made the choice for surgery because of the pain, and the lack of ability to walk. i have done everything the doctors have told me to do and have not had any problems. my sister has your problem and her choice is not to walk rather than have surgery. she lives with severe pain every day and has no real life.good luck on your choice.
Sorry for your troubles. Get second opinions from qualified medical doctors. If "alternative" medicine could cure this, it would be a mainstream and accepted practice. Do not be victimized by scam artists or snake oil peddlers.
Go to a doctor that simple thanks for the 2 points
Answer:
Sure. Ignore good medical advice and see your ankle never heal at all. Watch as the bone necroses, followed by soft tissue deterioration, followed by the development of gangrene, and then suffer through amputation of your leg just below the knee.Look, you cannot change history. You may or may not have made a mistake not going to a physician twenty years ago. That's really not the issue here. Diabetics just heal much slower than other folks. It's rotten, but you can't change that. And yes, I can tell you how rotten - I'm diabetic too.
There is NO alternative therapy that's going to give you any more chance to save that leg - if there was, it'd be the first thing the doctor would have recommended. We ALWAYS look for less dramatic interventions first, and if there were a less dramatic, less invasive means that showed as much promise as surgery, we'd recommend that first.
So your choice is simple: decline proper treatment and greatly increase your risk of having to have the leg removed or submit to the recommended treatment and cut your risk of losing the leg significantly.
go to the doctor, you shouldn't handle things like this on your own!
good work on losing the weight and working on your health. i am also a diabetic have severe arthitis and just had both knees totally replace within a 3 month time period. it is a choice only you can make. i made the choice for surgery because of the pain, and the lack of ability to walk. i have done everything the doctors have told me to do and have not had any problems. my sister has your problem and her choice is not to walk rather than have surgery. she lives with severe pain every day and has no real life.good luck on your choice.
Sorry for your troubles. Get second opinions from qualified medical doctors. If "alternative" medicine could cure this, it would be a mainstream and accepted practice. Do not be victimized by scam artists or snake oil peddlers.
Go to a doctor that simple thanks for the 2 points
OK I asked about varicose veins. What's the magic cream that gets rid of most of them?
Answer:
There is no cream that could get rid of varicose veins. You're options are surgery, injection therapy and laser therapy.
There is no cream to get rid of vericose veins
Skin is a barrier.It, by it's very nature, DOES NOT allow anything in. If it let in lotion or cream, it would let in toxins, and other stuff that's not good for us. There is nothing you can put on your skin that will help.See a doctor, there are treatments.Or just use foundation. Like on your face. It covers blemishes. Works on legs too.
Oh. MY GOD. my tighs (facing front only) are very SOREEEEE.. I jumped around and danced for like, 30 min,so
so what does that got to do with it? I havent exersized in a few days too, and I've heard if you exerise suddenly when you were not moving before, you will get sore baby parts. So now, how can I make this sore go away fast? Cause it's so sore that I yell whenever I go down the stairs (and I have to bend my knees to do that - which is sore), when I sit, sit in the toilet, try tie down, or just trying to stretch.
Answer:
take some pain killers and put some hot packs on it
thats really all you can do
it should be gone in a day or two
that doesnt sound like something that happens from dancing....
Depending on the type of soreness, use ice packs for 15 minutes, or use heat to loosen tight muscles. Do some light stretching to get the lactic acid out. Move, without exerting too much energy. Eat healthy, hydrate, rest, and maybe take an anti inflammatory medication.
Soak in a warm bath with espson salt. It will relieve the pain right away. You can take some pain medication as well and when you get out of the tub, while your muscles are still warm, try to do some stretches.
Answer:
take some pain killers and put some hot packs on it
thats really all you can do
it should be gone in a day or two
that doesnt sound like something that happens from dancing....
Depending on the type of soreness, use ice packs for 15 minutes, or use heat to loosen tight muscles. Do some light stretching to get the lactic acid out. Move, without exerting too much energy. Eat healthy, hydrate, rest, and maybe take an anti inflammatory medication.
Soak in a warm bath with espson salt. It will relieve the pain right away. You can take some pain medication as well and when you get out of the tub, while your muscles are still warm, try to do some stretches.
Oh, so very sore.?
Yesterday, I went bike riding for the first time in a while, and it's absolutely ridiculous how sore my.. *cough* is. Is there anything I can do? Does anyone know of any bike seat covers that are a tad more comfortable? Or any... -ahem- remedy?
Answer:
Gel seats work really well.Take advil every 6 hours for the pain. If you take it regularly, then enough meds will build in your system to keep the pain at bay.
You can get bicycle seats that are called I think tractor seats which do not put all the pressure on your pelvic bone. Meanwhile, a little ice and some Tylenol should help out.
You could buy what is known as a 'Jelly seat' for bikes - aimed at making the experience more tolerable!
You can buy gel bike seats,which are very comfy.Nice warm bath and with some Radox should help.
this is a very common problem when you go biking when you havent biked in ages!! its happend to me a lot of times but what usually works for me is to sit in pillows or lie down! sadly there is no cure for this! but i would advise you to stay biking for a while and t should stop! the reason this could have happened also is if your sadly is for the differnrt sex or if you have this bike for a very long time, your ahem changes over time so maybe getttin a new saddle would help
ice pack it! seriously, just lay there with an ice pack on the um, affected area, and just wait it out. also, try an ibuprofen.
hi. if u cant take a warm bath for comfort try this use a heating pad. take some over the counter pain relivers too per the bottle's directions. if on the other hand, ice may help, as a preference, put ice in a bag, in a towel and apply 20 minutes on 20 minutes off ;)michele
Answer:
Gel seats work really well.Take advil every 6 hours for the pain. If you take it regularly, then enough meds will build in your system to keep the pain at bay.
You can get bicycle seats that are called I think tractor seats which do not put all the pressure on your pelvic bone. Meanwhile, a little ice and some Tylenol should help out.
You could buy what is known as a 'Jelly seat' for bikes - aimed at making the experience more tolerable!
You can buy gel bike seats,which are very comfy.Nice warm bath and with some Radox should help.
this is a very common problem when you go biking when you havent biked in ages!! its happend to me a lot of times but what usually works for me is to sit in pillows or lie down! sadly there is no cure for this! but i would advise you to stay biking for a while and t should stop! the reason this could have happened also is if your sadly is for the differnrt sex or if you have this bike for a very long time, your ahem changes over time so maybe getttin a new saddle would help
ice pack it! seriously, just lay there with an ice pack on the um, affected area, and just wait it out. also, try an ibuprofen.
hi. if u cant take a warm bath for comfort try this use a heating pad. take some over the counter pain relivers too per the bottle's directions. if on the other hand, ice may help, as a preference, put ice in a bag, in a towel and apply 20 minutes on 20 minutes off ;)michele
OH the pain!?
Have u ever been KUNG POW-ED in the balls?
and Is there a pain in the world like it!I was playing cricket, arched forward to swing for a shot.missed and in slow motion realised what was going to happen and then Bang I slumped to the ground for 40 mins! hahaYou girls will never know such pain!(dont mention baby pap! haha)
Answer:
The trouble with you fellas is you basically have a pain-free life, so when you do feel pain you have nothing to compare it to and think it's THE worst pain ever.
If you weren't wearing a cup it serve you right that you got hit!
Agreed there is nothing more painful. I really cringed at the tortures scene in the ltest James Bond.
ooooooooo i feel for you man my bro has had that done awww
giving birth is more painful
the pain in ur balls will get better much quicker than a woman giving birth - being in labour could last 24hrs sometimes imagine the pain from that then giving birth and the pain after for many weeks at least
much much worse
u guys r such wooses (wasnt sure how to spell that)
I was walking along a metal fence once, it was about 7 foot off the ground. I was about 5 foot. I slipped off, both legs going in opposite directions.and crashed down onto my b*lls. Probably hilarious to watch, but I felt like I as going to throw up for hours!
did it knock any sence into you though?
um I think natural childbirth is a LOT more painful - and it lasts for an hour or more - pushing a baby out, that is... so yeah - you're right we won't know such pain - we will know such worse pain, not that pain you boys get being "kung pow-ed" - that is why we have the baby. you guys are wimps. haha!
NOPE,NO BALLs.
Ouch.See, ladies, the problem with your argument abouit childbirth is this - you get medication for childbirth, ranging from gas %26 air to epidurals, so really, the pain is more in your head. How many of you have actually given birth anyway, and how many are just repeating what they've been told. (And yes, I have children myself, and was present throughour both births, both of which ended in emergenvy ceasarians after 36hrs+ labour)Being whacked in the family jewels with ANYTHING, let alone a rapidly-moving cricket ball is just the worst thing ever. I've broken just about every bone in my body, been shot and chopped off fingers, but ball-pain is THE WORST!
sounds like it hurts gosh i would hate 2 be put in ur passition but happens to all guys!
and Is there a pain in the world like it!I was playing cricket, arched forward to swing for a shot.missed and in slow motion realised what was going to happen and then Bang I slumped to the ground for 40 mins! hahaYou girls will never know such pain!(dont mention baby pap! haha)
Answer:
The trouble with you fellas is you basically have a pain-free life, so when you do feel pain you have nothing to compare it to and think it's THE worst pain ever.
If you weren't wearing a cup it serve you right that you got hit!
Agreed there is nothing more painful. I really cringed at the tortures scene in the ltest James Bond.
ooooooooo i feel for you man my bro has had that done awww
giving birth is more painful
the pain in ur balls will get better much quicker than a woman giving birth - being in labour could last 24hrs sometimes imagine the pain from that then giving birth and the pain after for many weeks at least
much much worse
u guys r such wooses (wasnt sure how to spell that)
I was walking along a metal fence once, it was about 7 foot off the ground. I was about 5 foot. I slipped off, both legs going in opposite directions.and crashed down onto my b*lls. Probably hilarious to watch, but I felt like I as going to throw up for hours!
did it knock any sence into you though?
um I think natural childbirth is a LOT more painful - and it lasts for an hour or more - pushing a baby out, that is... so yeah - you're right we won't know such pain - we will know such worse pain, not that pain you boys get being "kung pow-ed" - that is why we have the baby. you guys are wimps. haha!
NOPE,NO BALLs.
Ouch.See, ladies, the problem with your argument abouit childbirth is this - you get medication for childbirth, ranging from gas %26 air to epidurals, so really, the pain is more in your head. How many of you have actually given birth anyway, and how many are just repeating what they've been told. (And yes, I have children myself, and was present throughour both births, both of which ended in emergenvy ceasarians after 36hrs+ labour)Being whacked in the family jewels with ANYTHING, let alone a rapidly-moving cricket ball is just the worst thing ever. I've broken just about every bone in my body, been shot and chopped off fingers, but ball-pain is THE WORST!
sounds like it hurts gosh i would hate 2 be put in ur passition but happens to all guys!
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Oh my gosh, i'm gonna ralph?
and i'm at work =( ... I knew I should not have gone out last night... any hangover cures??
Answer:
coffee and tylenol.
Sprite, it always helps me. Good luck, I know the feeling.
Part of the reason you get a hang over is from dehydration, so you need to start by rehydrating yourself, water is good, or something like gatorade or propel will help also.
jug down some pepto
i know i'm kinda young to answer but my health teacher told me that the only way to get rid of a hangover is time. srry nothing else will help you no matter what other ppl say!
Black Coffee
a good fry up all that grease in your stomach
Try a V8 with a few teaspoons of tobasco Sauce.
(It works for sea-sickness too.)
...lol boy do i remember those days.lol what i did once was go to the bathroom and stick a pencil down my throat and made myself puke, boy did i feel better afterwards, then eat some crackers, hope that helped :)
im a big drinker. i drink a couple glaases of water in like 5 mintues and take a excederin or two aleve and i feel fine in about 20 minutes. but that also depends on what u were drinkin the night b4.anyways just drink alot of fluids and a couple pain relievers.be safe
Hydration...drink lots of water, and next time drink a lot of water when you get home. It helps.
Don't drink cold water, it will only make you buzz again..Been there done that..Coffee %26 Advils will help !
This may sound really strange. However, when i feel the way you do, I drink a warm coke. Just sip it, don't slam the can. The acid in the coke seems to settle my stomach. I also take a couple of Advil. I know the last thing you would want to drink is a warm coke, but give it a try. Hope this works for you as well as it works for me.
Answer:
coffee and tylenol.
Sprite, it always helps me. Good luck, I know the feeling.
Part of the reason you get a hang over is from dehydration, so you need to start by rehydrating yourself, water is good, or something like gatorade or propel will help also.
jug down some pepto
i know i'm kinda young to answer but my health teacher told me that the only way to get rid of a hangover is time. srry nothing else will help you no matter what other ppl say!
Black Coffee
a good fry up all that grease in your stomach
Try a V8 with a few teaspoons of tobasco Sauce.
(It works for sea-sickness too.)
...lol boy do i remember those days.lol what i did once was go to the bathroom and stick a pencil down my throat and made myself puke, boy did i feel better afterwards, then eat some crackers, hope that helped :)
im a big drinker. i drink a couple glaases of water in like 5 mintues and take a excederin or two aleve and i feel fine in about 20 minutes. but that also depends on what u were drinkin the night b4.anyways just drink alot of fluids and a couple pain relievers.be safe
Hydration...drink lots of water, and next time drink a lot of water when you get home. It helps.
Don't drink cold water, it will only make you buzz again..Been there done that..Coffee %26 Advils will help !
This may sound really strange. However, when i feel the way you do, I drink a warm coke. Just sip it, don't slam the can. The acid in the coke seems to settle my stomach. I also take a couple of Advil. I know the last thing you would want to drink is a warm coke, but give it a try. Hope this works for you as well as it works for me.
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