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		<title>Ferndown granddad recovers from &#8216;silent killer&#8217; of prostate cancer &#040;From Bournemouth Echo)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ferndown granddad recovers from &#8216;silent killer&#8217; of prostate cancer 5:00pm Friday 20th January 2012 &#105;&#110; Skip social links Print Email Comments(9) IT’S known &#097;&#115; &#116;&#104;&#101; silent killer. So when granddad William Watson, from Ferndown, was diagnosed with prostate cancer, his family &#119;&#101;&#114;&#101; understandably worried. &#116;&#104;&#101; retired machine tool worker, now 73, had had &#110;&#111; symptoms [...]]]></description>
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<p> IT’S known &#097;&#115; &#116;&#104;&#101; silent killer.</p>
<p> So when granddad William Watson, from Ferndown, was diagnosed with prostate cancer, his family &#119;&#101;&#114;&#101; understandably worried.</p>
<p> &#116;&#104;&#101; retired machine tool worker, now 73, had had &#110;&#111; symptoms when doctors picked &#117;&#112; &#116;&#104;&#101; disease back &#105;&#110; September 2005.</p>
<p> &#099;&#117;&#114;&#114;&#101;&#110;&#116;&#108;&#121; &#105;&#110; remission, Mr Watson still remembers &#116;&#104;&#101; shock of those first scary days.</p>
<p> &#116;&#104;&#101; dad of three, &#119;&#104;&#111; was &#098;&#101;&#105;&#110;&#103; treated &#102;&#111;&#114; a skin problem &#097;&#116; &#116;&#104;&#101; time, &#115;&#097;&#105;&#100;: “I didn’t know I had &#097;&#110;&#121;&#116;&#104;&#105;&#110;&#103; wrong with me.</p>
<p> “It was a complete shock.”</p>
<p> &#104;&#101; was immediately &#112;&#117;&#116; on a course of hormone injections, &#098;&#101;&#102;&#111;&#114;&#101; starting 30 days of radiotherapy.</p>
<p> “My wife June was wonderful,” Mr Watson &#115;&#097;&#105;&#100;. “She used to &#099;&#111;&#109;&#101; to every appointment with me.</p>
<p> “The radiotherapy doesn’t bother you too &#109;&#117;&#099;&#104; &#105;&#110; &#116;&#104;&#101; beginning, but after three weeks it’s &#110;&#111;&#116; very pleasant &#097;&#116; &#097;&#108;&#108;.”</p>
<p> After &#109;&#111;&#114;&#101; hormone treatment, &#116;&#104;&#101; cancer was &#105;&#110; remission. &#104;&#101; still needs to &#103;&#111; &#102;&#111;&#114; six-monthly blood tests to check it’s &#107;&#101;&#112;&#116; &#097;&#116; bay.</p>
<p> Daughter Lisa Goddard &#105;&#115; shocked by statistics that &#097;&#108;&#116;&#104;&#111;&#117;&#103;&#104; 37,000 men &#105;&#110; &#116;&#104;&#101; UK &#097;&#114;&#101; diagnosed every year, &#110;&#105;&#110;&#101; &#111;&#117;&#116; of 10 adults don’t know what a prostate gland &#105;&#115;.</p>
<p> Wimborne resident Lisa, 38, &#115;&#097;&#105;&#100;: “Up &#117;&#110;&#116;&#105;&#108; &#104;&#101; retired he’d &#110;&#101;&#118;&#101;&#114; missed a day’s work, was very fit and well and played golf &#102;&#111;&#117;&#114; times a week.</p>
<p> “Although you hear it’s a common cancer, you &#110;&#101;&#118;&#101;&#114; expect &#097;&#110;&#121;&#111;&#110;&#101; close to you to &#103;&#101;&#116; it.</p>
<p> “I now believe every man &#111;&#118;&#101;&#114; 40 &#115;&#104;&#111;&#117;&#108;&#100; &#098;&#101; checked, because if it’s caughtearly enough it &#099;&#097;&#110; &#098;&#101; cured. I just feel &#108;&#105;&#107;&#101; compared to breast cancer awareness it &#105;&#115; &#110;&#111;&#116; &#114;&#101;&#097;&#108;&#108;&#121; &#111;&#117;&#116; there.”</p>
<p> Mrs Goddard, &#119;&#104;&#111; works &#097;&#116; Bournemouth and Poole College, &#105;&#115; holding a Viva Las Vegas men’s charity night &#097;&#116; AFC Bournemouth on Saturday, February 25, to raise ‘as &#109;&#117;&#099;&#104; &#097;&#115; possible’ &#102;&#111;&#114; &#116;&#104;&#101; Prostate Cancer Charity.</p>
<p> Hosted by &#102;&#105;&#114;&#101; Radio DJs, it &#119;&#105;&#108;&#108; feature casino tables, VIP men’s area and an auction. Tickets &#097;&#114;&#101; £20. Table sponsors and prize donations &#097;&#114;&#101; needed.</p>
<p> &#099;&#097;&#108;&#108; Lisa on 07853 054236 to book or support &#116;&#104;&#101; event.</p>
<p> Keep an eye &#111;&#117;&#116; &#102;&#111;&#114; symptoms
<p> MOST prostate cancer &#105;&#115; slow growing to start with and may &#110;&#101;&#118;&#101;&#114; &#099;&#097;&#117;&#115;&#101; any symptoms or problems.</p>
<p> &#104;&#111;&#119;&#101;&#118;&#101;&#114;, &#115;&#111;&#109;&#101; men &#119;&#105;&#108;&#108; have cancer that &#105;&#115; &#109;&#111;&#114;&#101; aggressive or ‘high risk’, and needs treatment to &#104;&#101;&#108;&#112; prevent or delay it spreading outside &#116;&#104;&#101; prostate gland. If a man &#100;&#111;&#101;&#115; have symptoms, &#115;&#117;&#099;&#104; &#097;&#115; problems passing urine, they may &#098;&#101; mild and happen &#111;&#118;&#101;&#114; many years.</p>
<p> &#102;&#111;&#114; &#115;&#111;&#109;&#101; &#116;&#104;&#101; first noticeable symptoms &#097;&#114;&#101; from prostate cancer that &#104;&#097;&#115; spread to their bones, causing pain &#105;&#110; &#116;&#104;&#101; back, hips or pelvis. Visit your GP &#102;&#111;&#114; a check &#117;&#112; or &#103;&#111; to prostate-cancer.org.uk &#102;&#111;&#114; details.</p></p>
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		<title>What could these symptoms mean (dizziness, fatigue, etc)?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2011 21:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I &#104;&#097;&#118;&#101; dizziness &#119;&#104;&#101;&#110;&#101;&#118;&#101;&#114; I stand from sitting or &#106;&#117;&#115;&#116; rapid change of height &#105;&#110; general, &#097;&#108;&#115;&#111; I &#104;&#097;&#118;&#101; fatigue with the dizziness. &#109;&#121; blood pressure however &#105;&#115; normal. Does anyon &#107;&#110;&#111;&#119; &#119;&#104;&#121; &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; could &#098;&#101;?? I am not a doctor, &#098;&#117;&#116; it sounds like it &#109;&#105;&#103;&#104;&#116; &#098;&#101; anemia, or low iron &#105;&#110; the blood. [...]]]></description>
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<p>I &#104;&#097;&#118;&#101; dizziness &#119;&#104;&#101;&#110;&#101;&#118;&#101;&#114; I stand from sitting or &#106;&#117;&#115;&#116; rapid change of height &#105;&#110; general, &#097;&#108;&#115;&#111; I &#104;&#097;&#118;&#101; fatigue with the dizziness. &#109;&#121; blood pressure however &#105;&#115; normal. <br /> Does anyon &#107;&#110;&#111;&#119; &#119;&#104;&#121; &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; could &#098;&#101;??</p>
<p>I am not a doctor, &#098;&#117;&#116; it sounds like it &#109;&#105;&#103;&#104;&#116; &#098;&#101; anemia, or low iron &#105;&#110; the blood. The &#111;&#110;&#108;&#121; way &#116;&#111; &#107;&#110;&#111;&#119; for sure &#105;&#115; &#116;&#111; &#109;&#097;&#107;&#101; an appointment.</p>
<p>Not enough information &#105;&#110; &#121;&#111;&#117;&#114; post &#116;&#111; &#103;&#105;&#118;&#101; a relevant and meaningful &#097;&#110;&#115;&#119;&#101;&#114;.</p>
<p> What &#100;&#111; you &#109;&#101;&#097;&#110; by &quot;dizziness?&quot;<br /> How long does it &#108;&#097;&#115;&#116;?&#8230;secs, minutes, hours?<br /> Do you vomit with the dizziness?<br /> are you on any medication? e.g blood pressure tablets.<br /> Any problems with &#121;&#111;&#117;&#114; hearing during an attack?<br /> Any fullness &#105;&#110; the ears during an attack?</p>
<p> As you appreciate. these &#113;&#117;&#101;&#115;&#116;&#105;&#111;&#110;&#115; &#110;&#101;&#101;&#100; answering.</p></p>
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		<title>Anyone here ever had bad uterine fibroids?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2011 18:51:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think I may &#104;&#097;&#118;&#101; developed &#097; uterine fibroid(s). I&#039;m &#104;&#097;&#118;&#105;&#110;&#103; mucus &#097;&#110;&#100; bleeding discharge &#119;&#104;&#105;&#108;&#101; I&#039;m taking progesterone, &#097;&#110;&#100; I&#039;ve read &#116;&#104;&#101;&#121; are about the &#111;&#110;&#108;&#121; &#34;female&#34; issue &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; &#103;&#101;&#116;&#115; worse with progesterone exposure &#105;&#110;&#115;&#116;&#101;&#097;&#100; of better. &#097;&#108;&#115;&#111;, &#109;&#121; mom had one of the worst cases they&#039;d ever &#115;&#101;&#101;&#110; when &#116;&#104;&#101;&#121; were &#100;&#111;&#105;&#110;&#103; &#097;&#110; [...]]]></description>
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<p>I think I may &#104;&#097;&#118;&#101; developed &#097; uterine fibroid(s). I&#039;m &#104;&#097;&#118;&#105;&#110;&#103; mucus &#097;&#110;&#100; bleeding discharge &#119;&#104;&#105;&#108;&#101; I&#039;m taking progesterone, &#097;&#110;&#100; I&#039;ve read &#116;&#104;&#101;&#121; are about the &#111;&#110;&#108;&#121; &quot;female&quot; issue &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; &#103;&#101;&#116;&#115; worse with progesterone exposure &#105;&#110;&#115;&#116;&#101;&#097;&#100; of better. &#097;&#108;&#115;&#111;, &#109;&#121; mom had one of the worst cases they&#039;d ever &#115;&#101;&#101;&#110; when &#116;&#104;&#101;&#121; were &#100;&#111;&#105;&#110;&#103; &#097;&#110; autopsy &#111;&#110; her &#111;&#118;&#101;&#114; &#097; year ago, &#097;&#110;&#100; I&#039;ve read &#116;&#104;&#101;&#121; are genetic. &#100;&#111;&#101;&#115; anyone want &#116;&#111; share &#104;&#111;&#119; &#116;&#104;&#101;&#105;&#114; symptoms presented? I do &#104;&#097;&#118;&#101; &#097; doc appointment &#111;&#110; Thursday.</p></p>
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		<title>Symptoms of a nervous breakdown?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 12:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Symptom Advice</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think I am &#104;&#097;&#118;&#105;&#110;&#103; &#097; nervous breakdown what &#097;&#114;&#101; the symptoms I am &#115;&#111; unhappy and dont &#107;&#110;&#111;&#119; what to do . I &#097;&#108;&#114;&#101;&#097;&#100;&#121; &#116;&#097;&#107;&#101; &#097; medicine called lexapro but i do &#110;&#111;&#116; think &#105;&#116; is helping &#109;&#121; depression at &#097;&#108;&#108; i &#099;&#114;&#121; &#097;&#108;&#108; day &#8230;&#8230; Call the doctor who prescribed that, and &#108;&#101;&#116; [...]]]></description>
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<p>I think I am &#104;&#097;&#118;&#105;&#110;&#103; &#097; nervous breakdown what &#097;&#114;&#101; the symptoms I am &#115;&#111; unhappy and dont &#107;&#110;&#111;&#119; what to do . I &#097;&#108;&#114;&#101;&#097;&#100;&#121; &#116;&#097;&#107;&#101; &#097; medicine called lexapro but i do &#110;&#111;&#116; think &#105;&#116; is helping &#109;&#121; depression at &#097;&#108;&#108; i &#099;&#114;&#121; &#097;&#108;&#108; day &#8230;&#8230;</p>
<p>Call the doctor who prescribed that, and &#108;&#101;&#116; &#116;&#104;&#101;&#109; &#107;&#110;&#111;&#119; how &#121;&#111;&#117; feel!!!!</p>
<p>How long have &#121;&#111;&#117; &#098;&#101;&#101;&#110; &#111;&#110; your medication? Sometimes &#105;&#116; can &#116;&#097;&#107;&#101; &#097; month &#102;&#111;&#114; medication to build &#117;&#112; to the &#099;&#111;&#114;&#114;&#101;&#099;&#116; levels in your bloodstream. Don&#039;t give &#117;&#112; though! Call your doctor and see if &#116;&#104;&#101;&#114;&#101; is something &#101;&#108;&#115;&#101; that &#121;&#111;&#117; can &#116;&#097;&#107;&#101; (still &#119;&#104;&#105;&#108;&#101; &#116;&#097;&#107;&#105;&#110;&#103; the other medication) until the other medication is built &#117;&#112; in your system. Sometimes &#121;&#111;&#117; can &#116;&#097;&#107;&#101; herbal supplements that &#104;&#101;&#108;&#112; too, but &#121;&#111;&#117; have to &#097;&#115;&#107; your doctor &#102;&#105;&#114;&#115;&#116; &#115;&#111; &#116;&#104;&#101;&#114;&#101; aren&#039;t any complications. I&#039;m in the &#115;&#097;&#109;&#101; boat &#114;&#105;&#103;&#104;&#116; &#110;&#111;&#119; &#115;&#111; I &#107;&#110;&#111;&#119; what &#121;&#111;&#117; &#097;&#114;&#101; going &#116;&#104;&#114;&#111;&#117;&#103;&#104;. I&#039;m making &#097;&#110; appointment tomorrow &#097;&#115; well! Hang in &#116;&#104;&#101;&#114;&#101;&#8230;&#121;&#111;&#117; aren&#039;t alone &#101;&#118;&#101;&#110; if &#105;&#116; &#115;&#101;&#101;&#109;&#115; that way. <img src='http://symptomadvice.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>asking this &#113;&#117;&#101;&#115;&#116;&#105;&#111;&#110; &#111;&#110; this forum is &#097; &#108;&#105;&#107;&#101;&#108;&#121; sympton!!!</p>
<p>Sounds &#108;&#105;&#107;&#101; &#121;&#111;&#117; &#109;&#105;&#103;&#104;&#116; have Anxiety and depression. I suffer from Anxiety but have &#105;&#116; controlled &#098;&#121; &#116;&#097;&#107;&#105;&#110;&#103; Zoloft &#119;&#104;&#105;&#099;&#104; &#115;&#101;&#101;&#109;&#115; to &#104;&#101;&#108;&#112; &#102;&#111;&#114; &#109;&#121; anxiety and &#109;&#121; light case of depression. But i think &#121;&#111;&#117; should consult &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; &#097; doctor and talk about what exactly is going &#111;&#110;. Best wishes of luck!</p>
<p>If at any time &#121;&#111;&#117; feel that &#098;&#097;&#100;&#108;&#121;, &#116;&#104;&#101;&#110; I urge &#121;&#111;&#117; to admit yourself into &#097; psychiatric hospital &#102;&#111;&#114; &#097; thorough evaluation. &#111;&#114; talk to &#097; mental health professional about &#097;&#108;&#108; your dealing &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104;. I hope &#109;&#121; answer helps. &#103;&#111;&#111;&#100; Luck.</p>
<p>crying, irrational behaviour, &#116;&#104;&#111;&#117;&#103;&#104;&#116;&#115; of suicide, problems controlling your emotions, sweating, nightmares, unable to deal &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; situations. im going thru one too.</p>
<p>&quot;Nervous breakdown&quot; isn&#039;t actually &#097; medical term, it&#039;s &#097; secular one. People can snap in many different ways. Depression is just one of &#116;&#104;&#101;&#109;. I &#109;&#101;&#097;&#110;, &#108;&#097;&#115;&#116; time I &#104;&#097;&#100; &#097; nervous breakdown, I just vanished and &#116;&#111;&#111;&#107; &#097; road trip &#102;&#111;&#114; &#097; week.</p>
<p> If Lexapro isn&#039;t helping, &#121;&#111;&#117; may actually &#098;&#101; &#116;&#097;&#107;&#105;&#110;&#103; too &#108;&#111;&#119; &#097; dose. If you&#039;&#114;&#101; &#097; teenager, &#105;&#116; may have the &#111;&#112;&#112;&#111;&#115;&#105;&#116;&#101; effect. &#100;&#101;&#102;&#105;&#110;&#105;&#116;&#101;&#108;&#121; check &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; &#097; doctor to try to tweak your meds until they &#097;&#114;&#101; what &#121;&#111;&#117; &#110;&#101;&#101;&#100;.</p>
<p> And read &#109;&#121; post &#104;&#101;&#114;&#101;; I &#101;&#115;&#112;&#101;&#099;&#105;&#097;&#108;&#108;&#121; recommend the book I mentioned.<br /> answers.yahoo.com/question/index;…</p>
<p> Best of luck.</p></p>
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		<title>Physicians, nurses using Web, mobile devices to provide care</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 05:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Julie Swanson needed &#097; doctor&#8217;s advice &#097;&#098;&#111;&#117;&#116; shoulder pain &#108;&#097;&#115;&#116; year, &#115;&#104;&#101; didn&#8217;t &#119;&#097;&#110;&#116; to &#116;&#097;&#107;&#101; time during the workday &#102;&#111;&#114; an office visit. So the 57-year-old Burnsville resident used an online video connection to talk &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; &#097; physician through &#104;&#101;&#114; computer. The doctor reviewed &#104;&#101;&#114; pain medications and &#115;&#104;&#111;&#119;&#101;&#100; &#104;&#101;&#114; &#115;&#111;&#109;&#101; &#110;&#101;&#119; stretching [...]]]></description>
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<p>When Julie Swanson needed &#097; doctor&#8217;s advice &#097;&#098;&#111;&#117;&#116; shoulder pain &#108;&#097;&#115;&#116; year, &#115;&#104;&#101; didn&#8217;t &#119;&#097;&#110;&#116; to &#116;&#097;&#107;&#101; time during the workday &#102;&#111;&#114; an office visit.
<p>So the 57-year-old Burnsville resident used an online video connection to talk &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; &#097; physician through &#104;&#101;&#114; computer. The doctor reviewed &#104;&#101;&#114; pain medications and &#115;&#104;&#111;&#119;&#101;&#100; &#104;&#101;&#114; &#115;&#111;&#109;&#101; &#110;&#101;&#119; stretching exercises, all &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104;&#105;&#110; &#097; 10-minute visit that cost $45.
<p>&#8220;When &#121;&#111;&#117; &#116;&#104;&#105;&#110;&#107; &#097;&#098;&#111;&#117;&#116; the time that it takes to go, &#109;&#097;&#107;&#101; an appointment and sit &#105;&#110; &#097; doctor&#8217;s office &#8211; &#115;&#111;&#109;&#101;&#116;&#104;&#105;&#110;&#103; &#108;&#105;&#107;&#101; &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; &#105;&#115; invaluable,&#8221; Swanson said.
<p>It was &#097; similar experience &#102;&#111;&#114; Shaun Steffen, 45, &#111;&#102; Hugo, who turned to an online health service earlier &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; year &#119;&#104;&#101;&#110; &#097; urinary tract inflection flared &#117;&#112;.
<p>After filling &#111;&#117;&#116; &#097; questionnaire &#097;&#098;&#111;&#117;&#116; &#104;&#101;&#114; symptoms, Steffen received &#097; treatment &#112;&#108;&#097;&#110; and &#097; prescription that &#100;&#105;&#100; the trick &#8211; all &#105;&#110; &#097;&#098;&#111;&#117;&#116; four minutes.
<p>&#8220;I was &#114;&#101;&#097;&#108;&#108;&#121; impressed &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; the speed,&#8221; Steffen said. &#8220;I &#100;&#101;&#102;&#105;&#110;&#105;&#116;&#101;&#108;&#121; &#119;&#111;&#117;&#108;&#100; recommend it.&#8221;
<p>The testimonials sing the praises &#111;&#102; &#097; trend that can be dubbed &#8220;online care&#8221; or &#8220;telehealth&#8221; &#097;&#115; doctors, nurse practitioners and physician assistants &#115;&#116;&#097;&#114;&#116; to provide medical treatment through the Internet and mobile devices.
<p>The Twin Cities market appears to be an early adopter &#111;&#102; online care services, &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; offerings &#102;&#114;&#111;&#109; Eagan-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield &#111;&#102; Minnesota and OptumHealth, &#097; division &#111;&#102; Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth Group. Forms &#111;&#102; online care &#097;&#108;&#115;&#111; come &#102;&#114;&#111;&#109; the medical group at Bloomington-based HealthPartners &#097;&#115; &#119;&#101;&#108;&#108; &#097;&#115; &#097; St. Paul-based startup company called Zipnosis.
<p>But &#097;&#115; health care providers begin to dabble &#105;&#110; online care, it&#8217;s unclear &#101;&#120;&#097;&#099;&#116;&#108;&#121; what form &#111;&#102; web medicine &#119;&#105;&#108;&#108; prove the most popular &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; patients. Swanson and Steffen, &#102;&#111;&#114; &#101;&#120;&#097;&#109;&#112;&#108;&#101;, used &#116;&#119;&#111; very different services &#8211; &#111;&#110;&#101; &#112;&#114;&#111;&#118;&#105;&#100;&#101;&#115; &#097; chat &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; &#097; doctor on &#097; wide range &#111;&#102; topics, while the other guarantees &#097; treatment &#112;&#108;&#097;&#110; &#102;&#114;&#111;&#109; &#097; nurse practitioner &#102;&#111;&#114; &#097; limited number &#111;&#102; problems.
<p>It&#8217;s &#097;&#108;&#115;&#111; not clear &#119;&#104;&#101;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#114; insurers, entrepreneurs or health systems &#119;&#105;&#108;&#108; drive the trend. The St. Louis Park-based Park Nicollet Health &#115;&#121;&#115;&#116;&#101;&#109; said &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; month, &#102;&#111;&#114; &#101;&#120;&#097;&#109;&#112;&#108;&#101;, that &#097;&#102;&#116;&#101;&#114; completing &#097; one-year pilot project &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; Zipnosis, it plans to go &#105;&#110; &#097; &#110;&#101;&#119; direction &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; online care.
<p>&#8220;This &#105;&#115; the very beginning stages &#111;&#102; &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; industry,&#8221; said Tom Charland, &#097; health care consultant &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; Merchant Medicine LLC &#105;&#110; Shoreview. &#8220;The &#116;&#104;&#105;&#110;&#103; &#121;&#111;&#117; have to remember &#105;&#115; the acceptance factor&#8230;.Not &#101;&#118;&#101;&#114;&#121;&#111;&#110;&#101; &#105;&#115; &#103;&#111;&#105;&#110;&#103; to be willing to receive medical care through &#116;&#104;&#101;&#105;&#114; home computer.&#8221;
<p>MN Community Measurement, &#097; health care quality group &#105;&#110; Minneapolis, said that &#097;&#098;&#111;&#117;&#116; 13 percent &#111;&#102; medical clinics surveyed &#105;&#110; the state &#8211; 152 &#111;&#117;&#116; &#111;&#102; 1,198 &#8211; said they &#119;&#101;&#114;&#101; offering electronic visits &#105;&#110; 2010. &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; year, the number doubled &#097;&#115; 334 clinics &#111;&#102; 1,313 surveyed &#8211; 25 percent &#111;&#102; the total &#8211; said &#116;&#104;&#101;&#105;&#114; clinic or organization offered e-visits.
<p>It&#8217;s likely that &#109;&#097;&#110;&#121; &#111;&#102; &#116;&#104;&#111;&#115;&#101; clinics &#119;&#101;&#114;&#101; providing online care through &#111;&#110;&#101; &#111;&#102; the four prominent services.
<p>&#8220;I am not personally aware &#111;&#102; &#097;&#110;&#121; physicians or other professionals who are providing online care independent &#111;&#102; (those) large organizations,&#8221; wrote Dr. Patricia Lindholm, president &#111;&#102; the Minnesota Medical Association, &#105;&#110; an email. &#8220;It &#105;&#115; not likely &#097; profitable line &#111;&#102; business &#105;&#110; and &#111;&#102; itself and liability insurance &#105;&#115; &#111;&#110;&#101; &#111;&#102; the costs.&#8221;
<p>When it comes to e-visits, Blue Cross &#103;&#111;&#116; the ball rolling locally &#105;&#110; 2009 &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; &#097; program called Online Care Anywhere, &#097; virtual clinic that initially linked employees &#111;&#102; the health insurance company &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; providers &#102;&#114;&#111;&#109; Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services.
<p>In spring &#111;&#102; 2010, the insurance company began &#109;&#097;&#107;&#105;&#110;&#103; the service available to employees &#111;&#102; several large national employers that &#100;&#111; business &#105;&#110; the Twin Cities, said Sig Muller, the company&#8217;s vice president &#111;&#102; business development. Then, late &#108;&#097;&#115;&#116; year, Blue Cross opened &#117;&#112; the service to anyone &#105;&#110; Minnesota.
<p>Now, people who &#117;&#115;&#101; Online Care Anywhere &#100;&#111; &#115;&#111; &#105;&#110; &#111;&#110;&#101; &#111;&#102; &#116;&#119;&#111; ways: Either they log on and pay $45, or they have free access &#098;&#101;&#099;&#097;&#117;&#115;&#101; &#116;&#104;&#101;&#105;&#114; employer has &#112;&#117;&#114;&#099;&#104;&#097;&#115;&#101;&#100; &#097; subscription that&#8217;s independent &#111;&#102; the health insurance &#112;&#108;&#097;&#110;. Muller said the top health complaints handled through the &#115;&#121;&#115;&#116;&#101;&#109; &#115;&#111; far include sinusitis, urinary tract infections and upper respiratory infections. Doctors can offer advice and prescriptions through the &#115;&#121;&#115;&#116;&#101;&#109;.
<p>The Twin Cities &#099;&#111;&#117;&#108;&#100; lead the online care trend nationally, Muller said, much &#097;&#115; it &#100;&#105;&#100; &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; MinuteClinic, an operator &#111;&#102; health clinics that are located &#105;&#110; retail stores. MinuteClinic was based &#105;&#110; Minneapolis before &#098;&#101;&#105;&#110;&#103; &#097;&#099;&#113;&#117;&#105;&#114;&#101;&#100; by Rhode Island-based CVS Caremark.
<p>&#8220;It certainly &#105;&#115; never &#103;&#111;&#105;&#110;&#103; to completely replace visits to the physician&#8217;s office,&#8221; said Muller, who &#119;&#111;&#117;&#108;&#100; not say &#104;&#111;&#119; &#109;&#097;&#110;&#121; patients have used online care through Blue Cross. &#8220;The intent &#105;&#115; &#114;&#101;&#097;&#108;&#108;&#121; to complement it.&#8221;
<p>Blue Cross wasn&#8217;t &#097;&#108;&#111;&#110;&#101; &#105;&#110; developing the online care model &#108;&#097;&#115;&#116; year.
<p>Zipnosis announced &#105;&#110; 2010 &#105;&#116;&#115; pilot project &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; Park Nicollet to treat 10 simple medical problems &#102;&#111;&#114; patients who submit &#097;&#110;&#115;&#119;&#101;&#114;&#115; to &#097; confidential online interview &#097;&#098;&#111;&#117;&#116; &#116;&#104;&#101;&#105;&#114; condition. If the responses suggest the patient can be treated through Zipnosis, &#097; clinician then &#109;&#097;&#107;&#101;&#115; &#097; diagnosis and suggests treatment options that can include &#097; prescription. Patients are notified &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; an e-mail or text message.
<p>In the past year, more than 5,000 patients have used Zipnosis, said Jon Pearce, the company&#8217;s chief executive officer. More than 40 percent &#111;&#102; &#116;&#104;&#111;&#115;&#101; who used the service are Park Nicollet patients, Pearce estimated, but he said the health system&#8217;s &#114;&#101;&#099;&#101;&#110;&#116; decision to not continue the pilot project &#105;&#115; not &#097; setback.
<p>&#8220;Having &#097; big provider group &#098;&#101;&#104;&#105;&#110;&#100; &#117;&#115; gives &#117;&#115; &#097; little more velocity &#105;&#110; the marketplace,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But we have plenty &#111;&#102; high-quality medical providers that can provide care.&#8221;
<p>In addition to Minnesota, Zipnosis &#110;&#111;&#119; &#105;&#115; operating &#105;&#110; conjunction &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; medical clinics &#105;&#110; Washington state and Colorado. The company has been backed financially &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; $600,000 &#102;&#114;&#111;&#109; angel investors and has drawn on former leaders &#111;&#102; MinuteClinic &#102;&#111;&#114; executive talent.
<p>&#8220;In the next 10 years, we&#8217;ll leapfrog retail care,&#8221; Pearce predicted. &#8220;There are &#097; lot &#111;&#102; macro-economic factors that &#119;&#105;&#108;&#108; give &#097; lot &#111;&#102; financial incentives &#102;&#111;&#114; patients to &#117;&#115;&#101; online care&#8230;.They&#8217;re &#098;&#101;&#099;&#111;&#109;&#105;&#110;&#103; much more cost-conscious.&#8221;
<p>The Virtuwell service &#102;&#114;&#111;&#109; the medical group at HealthPartners &#097;&#108;&#115;&#111; launched &#105;&#110; 2010 and has &#109;&#097;&#110;&#121; similarities to Zipnosis. Patients provide information &#097;&#098;&#111;&#117;&#116; &#116;&#104;&#101;&#105;&#114; illness through &#097; secure website that&#8217;s designed to screen &#111;&#117;&#116; &#116;&#104;&#111;&#115;&#101; who &#109;&#105;&#103;&#104;&#116; have more &#115;&#101;&#114;&#105;&#111;&#117;&#115; health problems.
<p>So far, Virtuwell has handled &#106;&#117;&#115;&#116; more than 7,000 cases. But the &#115;&#121;&#115;&#116;&#101;&#109; has evaluated &#097;&#110;&#111;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#114; 21,000 cases &#119;&#104;&#101;&#114;&#101; it referred patients &#101;&#108;&#115;&#101;&#119;&#104;&#101;&#114;&#101; &#102;&#111;&#114; care &#8211; &#110;&#101;&#105;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#114; Zipnosis nor Virtuwell charges patients &#105;&#110; such cases.
<p>About 70 percent &#111;&#102; people who&#8217;ve used Virtuwell have paid &#102;&#111;&#114; the service &#097;&#115; part &#111;&#102; &#116;&#104;&#101;&#105;&#114; health insurance, said Kevin Palattao, &#097; company vice president. &#105;&#110; &#116;&#104;&#111;&#115;&#101; cases, &#097; patient &#109;&#105;&#103;&#104;&#116; pay &#116;&#104;&#101;&#105;&#114; typical copayment &#102;&#111;&#114; an office visit or convenience care visit, depending on the health &#112;&#108;&#097;&#110;.
<p>About 30 percent &#111;&#102; users pay the flat $40 fee &#102;&#111;&#114; Virtuwell, which offers online diagnosis and treatment &#111;&#102; &#097;&#098;&#111;&#117;&#116; 40 common conditions. &#097;&#115; &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; the other online care services, patients &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; uncomplicated urinary tract infections &#8211; &#119;&#104;&#101;&#114;&#101; antibiotics can quickly provide relief &#8211; have been frequent users &#111;&#102; Virtuwell.
<p>&#8220;If &#121;&#111;&#117; have had &#097; urinary tract infection and &#121;&#111;&#117; develop symptoms &#097;&#103;&#097;&#105;&#110;, most women are spot on &#8211; they say, &#8216;This feels &#101;&#120;&#097;&#099;&#116;&#108;&#121; &#108;&#105;&#107;&#101; it &#100;&#105;&#100; the &#102;&#105;&#114;&#115;&#116; time,&#8217; &#8221; said Gwen Verchota, &#097; nurse practitioner &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; Virtuwell. &#8220;I don&#8217;t &#116;&#104;&#105;&#110;&#107; we&#8217;ve had &#097; night &#119;&#104;&#101;&#110; we haven&#8217;t treated &#097; urinary tract infection.&#8221;
<p>The OptumHealth division &#111;&#102; UnitedHealth Group opened &#105;&#116;&#115; NowClinic online care service to workers at Delta Air Lines &#105;&#110; June 2010. That gave Minnesota-based employees &#111;&#102; the airline &#8220;access to quality care &#119;&#104;&#101;&#110; they&#8217;re on &#097; layover &#105;&#110; Poughkeepsie,&#8221; said Chris Stidman, &#097; vice president &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; the firm.
<p>Later &#108;&#097;&#115;&#116; year, the company made the service available to all residents &#111;&#102; Minnesota regardless &#111;&#102; &#116;&#104;&#101;&#105;&#114; health &#112;&#108;&#097;&#110; affiliation. &#097;&#115; &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; the Blue Cross program, patients using NowClinic can ask to talk directly &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; &#097; physician &#097;&#098;&#111;&#117;&#116; &#097;&#110;&#121; number &#111;&#102; health issues, but doctors &#109;&#097;&#107;&#101; the call &#097;&#098;&#111;&#117;&#116; &#119;&#104;&#101;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#114; the consultation can be &#112;&#114;&#111;&#118;&#105;&#100;&#101;&#100; online or &#115;&#104;&#111;&#117;&#108;&#100; instead involve &#097; face-to-face visit.
<p>Women have been the primary users &#111;&#102; the &#115;&#121;&#115;&#116;&#101;&#109;, Stidman said, &#101;&#115;&#112;&#101;&#099;&#105;&#097;&#108;&#108;&#121; women &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; children. The company&#8217;s data suggests &#8220;about 10 to 12 percent &#111;&#102; the care that was delivered &#105;&#110; either urgent care centers or emergency rooms &#099;&#111;&#117;&#108;&#100; have been delivered &#105;&#110; &#097; clinically appropriate &#119;&#097;&#121; via &#097; telehealth solution,&#8221; he said.
<p>Like the Blue Cross service, NowClinic &#112;&#114;&#111;&#118;&#105;&#100;&#101;&#115; &#097; 10-minute visit &#102;&#111;&#114; $45. &#119;&#104;&#101;&#114;&#101;&#097;&#115; the Blue Cross online care program &#105;&#115; open &#102;&#111;&#114; business only during certain hours, NowClinic &#105;&#115; &#097;&#108;&#119;&#097;&#121;&#115; open. Stidman noted, &#104;&#111;&#119;&#101;&#118;&#101;&#114;, that doctors using NowClinic &#105;&#110; the middle &#111;&#102; the night &#109;&#105;&#103;&#104;&#116; respond by phone &#114;&#097;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#114; than through &#097; web camera.
<p>Similarities &#098;&#101;&#116;&#119;&#101;&#101;&#110; the Blue Cross and OptumHealth systems aren&#8217;t surprising &#098;&#101;&#099;&#097;&#117;&#115;&#101; &#098;&#111;&#116;&#104; companies &#117;&#115;&#101; &#097; Boston-based information technology company called American &#119;&#101;&#108;&#108;.
<p>Many telehealth visits through the company&#8217;s &#115;&#121;&#115;&#116;&#101;&#109; are &#102;&#111;&#114; minor illnesses &#111;&#102; the sort treated &#105;&#110; retail clinics, said Dr. Roy Schoenberg, the co-chief executive officer &#111;&#102; American &#119;&#101;&#108;&#108;. But &#109;&#097;&#110;&#121; others are &#102;&#111;&#114; patients &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; chronic conditions who need better access to doctors to manage &#116;&#104;&#101;&#105;&#114; ongoing health problems, he said.
<p>Health insurance companies have led the charge &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; online care &#098;&#101;&#099;&#097;&#117;&#115;&#101; they recognize the potential &#102;&#111;&#114; savings, Schoenberg said. But American &#119;&#101;&#108;&#108; has tried to differentiate itself by focusing on the central role that doctors play &#105;&#110; providing care.
<p>&#8220;When &#121;&#111;&#117; ask people what health care means to them, to most &#111;&#102; them health care &#105;&#115; talking to &#097; doctor,&#8221; he said. &#8220;That&#8217;s fundamentally the health care transaction that most people are carrying &#111;&#117;&#116;.&#8221;
<p>Doctors say they are closely watching &#104;&#111;&#119; all &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; plays &#111;&#117;&#116;.
<p>Lindholm, the president &#111;&#102; the Minnesota Medical Association, said &#104;&#101;&#114; group &#100;&#111;&#101;&#115; not have an official position on online care. But most doctors &#116;&#104;&#105;&#110;&#107; e-visits &#115;&#104;&#111;&#117;&#108;&#100; be &#112;&#114;&#111;&#118;&#105;&#100;&#101;&#100; &#105;&#110; the context &#111;&#102; &#097; patient&#8217;s established relationship &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; &#097; physician office, which &#099;&#111;&#117;&#108;&#100; have better access to medical records.
<p>Lindholm noted that patients &#109;&#105;&#103;&#104;&#116; be able to get the same services they &#102;&#105;&#110;&#100; online &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104;&#111;&#117;&#116; &#097; fee by calling &#116;&#104;&#101;&#105;&#114; clinic&#8217;s nurse line. &#105;&#110; &#115;&#111;&#109;&#101; ways, online care &#105;&#115; similar to the &#8220;telephone care&#8221; that doctors have tried to give patients &#111;&#118;&#101;&#114; the years, Lindholm said, but the experience suggests &#097; few cautions.
<p>&#8220;We &#100;&#111; feel somewhat handicapped and at-risk by not &#098;&#101;&#105;&#110;&#103; able to examine the patient,&#8221; Lindholm wrote &#105;&#110; an email. &#8220;Things may sound more &#115;&#101;&#114;&#105;&#111;&#117;&#115; or less &#115;&#101;&#114;&#105;&#111;&#117;&#115; than they actually are &#111;&#118;&#101;&#114; the phone and misjudgments are &#097; greater risk.&#8221;
<p>Christopher Snowbeck can be reached at 651-228-5479.</p>
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		<title>Symptoms of a GI disease, maybe crohn&#039;s?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 01:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>i &#103;&#101;&#116; really bad stomach pains &#111;&#110; and off &#102;&#111;&#114; periods of &#097;&#098;&#111;&#117;&#116; &#097; month, but they&#039;ve &#110;&#101;&#118;&#101;&#114; &#098;&#101;&#101;&#110; &#097;&#115; bad &#097;&#115; &#116;&#104;&#101;&#121; &#097;&#114;&#101; &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; time.</p>
<p> i guess the list of symptoms simplified is &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115;:<br /> intense cramping and/or sharp pains &#105;&#110; lower left and/or right abdomen (always after eating, sometimes &#101;&#118;&#101;&#110; without eating)<br /> vomiting &#097;&#110; average of three times &#097; day, more after eating meat (also, i haven&#039;t &#098;&#101;&#101;&#110; &#097;&#098;&#108;&#101; &#116;&#111; eat beef &#102;&#111;&#114; &#097; &#102;&#101;&#119; years &#110;&#111;&#119;. it makes me &#115;&#111; sick)<br /> constant exhaustion, &#110;&#111; matter &#104;&#111;&#119; much i sleep<br /> headaches, probably &#102;&#114;&#111;&#109; all the pain<br /> near-black diarrhea almost &#101;&#118;&#101;&#114;&#121; bowel movement, &#119;&#104;&#105;&#099;&#104; &#097;&#114;&#101; &#117;&#115;&#117;&#097;&#108;&#108;&#121; &#111;&#110;&#099;&#101; &#101;&#118;&#101;&#114;&#121; 2-3 days<br /> 6 pounds lost last week, &#101;&#118;&#101;&#110; though i&#039;ve &#098;&#101;&#101;&#110; eating much more &#116;&#104;&#097;&#110; normal &#116;&#111; try &#116;&#111; maintain my weight</p>
<p> i have &#110;&#111; symptoms of just simply being sick.<br /> i don&#039;t have &#097; fever, but i feel feverish. my temperature has &#098;&#101;&#101;&#110; constantly &#098;&#101;&#108;&#111;&#119; normal.<br /> might i emphasize &#104;&#111;&#119; the abdomen pain is constant and intense? it interferes &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; my daily life.</p>
<p> this has &#098;&#101;&#101;&#110; going &#111;&#110; &#102;&#111;&#114; &#116;&#119;&#111; &#111;&#114; three weeks &#102;&#111;&#114; &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; time.<br /> also, i have &#097; doctor&#039;s appointment tomorrow.<br /> i just want &#116;&#111; have &#097;&#110; idea of what&#039;s &#119;&#114;&#111;&#110;&#103; ahead of time.</p>
<p>Your symptoms sound &#115;&#111; similar &#116;&#111; &#109;&#105;&#110;&#101; except everytime I &#103;&#111; &#116;&#111; the dr &#116;&#104;&#101;&#121; say it&#039;s acid reflux. I&#039;m constantly &#105;&#110; pain &#110;&#111;&#116; just the lower stomach but &#105;&#110; between my rib cage at the top, gas, belching and bad indigestion. It&#039;s driving me crazy &#098;&#101;&#099;&#097;&#117;&#115;&#101; all the dr&#039;s want &#116;&#111; do is give me meds and I&#039;m tired of being sick!!! I hope &#101;&#118;&#101;&#114;&#121;&#116;&#104;&#105;&#110;&#103; works out &#102;&#111;&#114; &#121;&#111;&#117;. Please &#107;&#101;&#101;&#112; &#117;&#115; posted. &#116;&#097;&#107;&#101; Care and God Bless.</p>
<p>There &#097;&#114;&#101; &#115;&#111; &#109;&#097;&#110;&#121; things &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; could cause &#121;&#111;&#117;&#114; symptoms, &#121;&#111;&#117; should really see &#097; doctor. Black diarrhea is &#097;&#110; indication &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; &#116;&#104;&#101;&#114;&#101; is blood &#105;&#110; &#121;&#111;&#117;&#114; GI tract. &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; is serious. It could &#109;&#101;&#097;&#110; ulcers &#111;&#114; much worse. </p>
<p> Get &#104;&#101;&#108;&#112; immediately.</p></p>
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		<title>What could these symptoms mean? fatigue, night sweats, easy to bruise, nosebleeds? ?</title>
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<p>In a 5year &#111;&#108;&#100;. Please leave &#111;&#117;&#116; the &quot;take him &#116;&#111; the doctor&quot; comments. Just curious before his appointment.</p>
<p>I&#039;m &#110;&#111;&#116; sure, &#098;&#117;&#116; &#121;&#111;&#117; &#099;&#097;&#110; &#103;&#111; &#116;&#111; this website: </p>
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		<title>Could it be a form of Lock Jaw?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 21:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#039;ve searched &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; site on lock jaw &#098;&#117;&#116; I&#039;m not &#115;&#117;&#114;&#101; &#105;&#102; &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; &#105;&#115; the &#097;&#110;&#115;&#119;&#101;&#114; &#116;&#111; &#109;&#121; symptoms. Basically, I noticed yesterday &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; when I &#119;&#101;&#110;&#116; &#116;&#111; eat something I opened &#109;&#121; mouth and the &#116;&#111;&#112; of &#109;&#121; jaw gave a sharp pain &#097;&#115; &#105;&#102; &#109;&#121; jaw got dislocated. I was &#097;&#098;&#108;&#101; &#116;&#111; close [...]]]></description>
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<p>I&#039;ve searched &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; site on lock jaw &#098;&#117;&#116; I&#039;m not &#115;&#117;&#114;&#101; &#105;&#102; &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; &#105;&#115; the &#097;&#110;&#115;&#119;&#101;&#114; &#116;&#111; &#109;&#121; symptoms. Basically, I noticed yesterday &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; when I &#119;&#101;&#110;&#116; &#116;&#111; eat something I opened &#109;&#121; mouth and the &#116;&#111;&#112; of &#109;&#121; jaw gave a sharp pain &#097;&#115; &#105;&#102; &#109;&#121; jaw got dislocated. I was &#097;&#098;&#108;&#101; &#116;&#111; close it again and &#100;&#105;&#100; &#115;&#111; really quick. &#098;&#117;&#116; now &#101;&#118;&#101;&#114;&#121; time I open &#109;&#121; mouth wide (like &#105;&#102; I yawn) it really hurts &#097;&#116; the &#116;&#111;&#112; of &#109;&#121; jaw, &#097;&#108;&#109;&#111;&#115;&#116; near &#109;&#121; ear. I &#116;&#104;&#111;&#117;&#103;&#104;&#116; it &#109;&#105;&#103;&#104;&#116; &#098;&#101; &#097;&#110; ear infection &#097;&#116; &#102;&#105;&#114;&#115;&#116; &#098;&#117;&#116; the pain &#105;&#115; definitely &#105;&#110; the &#116;&#111;&#112; of &#109;&#121; jaw &#111;&#114; &#097;&#116; &#108;&#101;&#097;&#115;&#116; the bone &#105;&#110; &#102;&#114;&#111;&#110;&#116; of &#109;&#121; ear. I have a doctors appointment on Friday &#115;&#111; &#104;&#111;&#112;&#101;&#102;&#117;&#108;&#108;&#121; will find &#111;&#117;&#116; &#109;&#111;&#114;&#101; then &#098;&#117;&#116; &#116;&#111; &#098;&#101; honest I can&#039;t wait &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; long &#115;&#111; &#105;&#102; &#097;&#110;&#121;&#111;&#110;&#101; has &#097;&#110;&#121; clues I&#039;d love &#116;&#111; hear &#116;&#104;&#101;&#109;. I hear lockjaw &#105;&#115; something &#116;&#111; do with &#103;&#101;&#116;&#116;&#105;&#110;&#103; a cut. I remember about a couple of months ago I stepped on a nail and it &#119;&#101;&#110;&#116; &#114;&#105;&#103;&#104;&#116; through &#109;&#121; shoe &#098;&#117;&#116; it didn&#039;t pierce &#109;&#121; skin &#111;&#114; &#097;&#116; &#108;&#101;&#097;&#115;&#116; I didn&#039;t &#116;&#104;&#105;&#110;&#107; it &#100;&#105;&#100;.<br /> Pls help &#105;&#102; you &#099;&#097;&#110;.</p>
<p>The incubation period &#105;&#115; &#097;&#114;&#111;&#117;&#110;&#100; 8-10 days. It starts &#111;&#117;&#116; with jaw rigidity, followed &#098;&#121; difficulty swallowing, stiffness &#105;&#110; the neck, and rigidity of pectoral and calf muscles eventually leading &#116;&#111; full body spasms. You also &#103;&#101;&#116; fever, sweating, elevated blood pressure and heart rate. &#109;&#121; mother &#105;&#115; a doctor and has &#098;&#101;&#101;&#110; &#102;&#111;&#114; 35 years and she&#039;s &#110;&#101;&#118;&#101;&#114; even &#115;&#101;&#101;&#110; a documented case of tetanus. You could have &#100;&#111;&#110;&#101; something &#116;&#111; &#121;&#111;&#117;&#114; jaw &#098;&#117;&#116; it&#039;s not tetanus. Especially &#105;&#102; you have &#098;&#101;&#101;&#110; vaccinated &#105;&#110; the &#108;&#097;&#115;&#116; ten years.</p>
<p>Try &#108;&#111;&#111;&#107;&#105;&#110;&#103; &#117;&#110;&#100;&#101;&#114; Tetanus (lock jaw)</p></p>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 07:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Symptom Advice</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[at the time &#116;&#104;&#111;&#117;&#103;&#104; &#116;&#104;&#101;&#114;&#101; was a bout &#111;&#102; gastro &#103;&#111;&#105;&#110;&#103; around my work &#115;&#111; &#111;&#102; &#099;&#111;&#117;&#114;&#115;&#101; I &#106;&#117;&#115;&#116; wrote &#105;&#116; off &#097;&#115; that. &#119;&#104;&#101;&#110; &#101;&#118;&#101;&#114;&#121;&#111;&#110;&#101; &#101;&#108;&#115;&#101; started &#103;&#101;&#116;&#116;&#105;&#110;&#103; &#098;&#101;&#116;&#116;&#101;&#114; &#097;&#110;&#100; I didn’t, I &#104;&#097;&#100; a feeling something was not quite &#114;&#105;&#103;&#104;&#116;, &#110;&#101;&#120;&#116; &#116;&#104;&#105;&#110;&#103; I knew I &#104;&#097;&#100; lost &#102;&#105;&#118;&#101; kilos&#8230;then another five&#8230; 12 kilos [...]]]></description>
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<p>at the time &#116;&#104;&#111;&#117;&#103;&#104; &#116;&#104;&#101;&#114;&#101; was a bout &#111;&#102; gastro &#103;&#111;&#105;&#110;&#103; around my work &#115;&#111; &#111;&#102; &#099;&#111;&#117;&#114;&#115;&#101; I &#106;&#117;&#115;&#116; wrote &#105;&#116; off &#097;&#115; that. &#119;&#104;&#101;&#110; &#101;&#118;&#101;&#114;&#121;&#111;&#110;&#101; &#101;&#108;&#115;&#101; started &#103;&#101;&#116;&#116;&#105;&#110;&#103; &#098;&#101;&#116;&#116;&#101;&#114; &#097;&#110;&#100; I didn’t, I &#104;&#097;&#100; a feeling something was not quite &#114;&#105;&#103;&#104;&#116;, &#110;&#101;&#120;&#116; &#116;&#104;&#105;&#110;&#103; I knew I &#104;&#097;&#100; lost &#102;&#105;&#118;&#101; kilos&#8230;then another five&#8230; 12 kilos &#105;&#110; total bringing &#109;&#101; &#100;&#111;&#119;&#110; to a &#118;&#101;&#114;&#121; scary weight! I &#119;&#101;&#110;&#116; to see my GP, &#115;&#104;&#101; &#104;&#097;&#115; &#098;&#101;&#101;&#110; fantastic through &#097;&#108;&#108; &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115;, &#097;&#110;&#100; &#115;&#104;&#101; prescribed some blood tests testing for celiac &#097;&#110;&#100; lactose intolerance &#097;&#110;&#100; a stool sample. I was absolutely devastated at the time &#098;&#101;&#099;&#097;&#117;&#115;&#101; I &#104;&#097;&#100; &#097;&#108;&#119;&#097;&#121;&#115; &#104;&#097;&#100; &#115;&#117;&#099;&#104; &#097;&#110; appetite &#097;&#110;&#100; &#115;&#117;&#099;&#104; a passion for food, the &#116;&#104;&#111;&#117;&#103;&#104;&#116; &#111;&#102; not &#098;&#101;&#105;&#110;&#103; &#097;&#098;&#108;&#101; to eat bread &#111;&#114; pasta was terrifying (if &#111;&#110;&#108;&#121; I knew what was to come!). A week &#111;&#114; &#115;&#111; &#108;&#097;&#116;&#101;&#114; &#097;&#102;&#116;&#101;&#114; a negative result &#111;&#110; the tests, another doctor’s appointment I &#104;&#097;&#100; lost &#097;&#108;&#108; ability to &#103;&#101;&#116; &#111;&#117;&#116; &#111;&#102; bed &#111;&#114; stay awake for longer than a few minutes, my G P recommended I &#104;&#097;&#118;&#101; a colonoscopy &#097;&#110;&#100; &#097;&#110; endoscopy &#115;&#111; &#116;&#104;&#101;&#121; could figure &#111;&#117;&#116; what was &#119;&#114;&#111;&#110;&#103;.</p>
<p>The day &#111;&#102; my surgery I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis &#097;&#110;&#100; immediately started &#111;&#110; prednisolone. By reading &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; website, I &#104;&#097;&#118;&#101; &#098;&#101;&#101;&#110; &#111;&#110;&#101; &#111;&#102; the lucky ones, the main &#115;&#105;&#100;&#101; affects I &#104;&#097;&#100; &#102;&#114;&#111;&#109; &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; medication were a bit &#111;&#102; hair loss &#097;&#110;&#100; instead &#111;&#102; depression &#116;&#104;&#101;&#114;&#101; were a few days where I &#100;&#105;&#100; feel abnormally elated, quite strange given the circumstances!! &#115;&#105;&#110;&#099;&#101; then I &#104;&#097;&#118;&#101; &#098;&#101;&#101;&#110; taken off prednisolone &#097;&#110;&#100; am now &#111;&#110; salofalk &#097;&#110;&#100; imuran (was taking iron supplements &#116;&#111;&#111; &#098;&#117;&#116; &#104;&#097;&#118;&#101; &#115;&#105;&#110;&#099;&#101; &#103;&#111;&#116;&#116;&#101;&#110; my iron levels &#098;&#097;&#099;&#107; up to a normal range). Overall I am fairly healthy, &#097;&#110;&#100; &#105;&#110; comparison to some &#111;&#102; the &#111;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#114; stories I &#104;&#097;&#118;&#101; &#098;&#101;&#101;&#110; reading I feel absolutely &#116;&#101;&#114;&#114;&#105;&#098;&#108;&#101; for feeling sorry for &#109;&#121;&#115;&#101;&#108;&#102; &#097;&#110;&#100; my state, &#116;&#104;&#101;&#114;&#101; are &#111;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#114;&#115; who &#104;&#097;&#118;&#101; &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; disease far worse than I &#104;&#097;&#118;&#101; at the moment even &#116;&#104;&#111;&#117;&#103;&#104; my specialist &#104;&#097;&#115; &#116;&#111;&#108;&#100; &#109;&#101; I was &#111;&#110;&#101; &#111;&#102; &#104;&#105;&#115; worse cases &#119;&#104;&#101;&#110; I &#102;&#105;&#114;&#115;&#116; came, my heart goes &#111;&#117;&#116; to you, &#105;&#116; really does.</p>
<p>Being diagnosed with a chronic illness is something &#119;&#104;&#105;&#099;&#104; takes a bit &#111;&#102; adjusting to, &#111;&#110;&#108;&#121; &#107;&#110;&#111;&#119; that I am &#098;&#101;&#116;&#116;&#101;&#114; I am starting to realize what &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; means.</p>
<p>before &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; I &#104;&#097;&#100; &#110;&#101;&#118;&#101;&#114; taken any over-the-counter painkillers (such &#097;&#115; pandol), antibiotics &#111;&#114; anything, the sickest I &#104;&#097;&#118;&#101; &#101;&#118;&#101;&#114; &#098;&#101;&#101;&#110; would &#104;&#097;&#118;&#101; lasted for less than a week &#098;&#101;&#102;&#111;&#114;&#101; I would &#098;&#101; &#098;&#097;&#099;&#107; playing the sports I love. Assuming the sick role &#104;&#097;&#115; &#098;&#101;&#101;&#110; &#115;&#111; difficult for &#109;&#101; &#098;&#101;&#099;&#097;&#117;&#115;&#101; I &#104;&#097;&#118;&#101; &#097;&#108;&#119;&#097;&#121;&#115; felt a sense &#111;&#102; pride &#111;&#102; &#104;&#111;&#119; healthy I was, I &#100;&#105;&#100; &#101;&#118;&#101;&#114;&#121;&#116;&#104;&#105;&#110;&#103; &#114;&#105;&#103;&#104;&#116;, &#103;&#111;&#111;&#100; diet, heaps &#111;&#102; exercise, &#119;&#104;&#121; &#115;&#104;&#111;&#117;&#108;&#100; &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; happen to &#109;&#101;?? Now &#119;&#104;&#101;&#110; I &#116;&#104;&#105;&#110;&#107; &#111;&#102; &#109;&#121;&#115;&#101;&#108;&#102; I don’t see &#109;&#121;&#115;&#101;&#108;&#102; &#097;&#115; I &#117;&#115;&#101;&#100; to &#098;&#101;, I see my disease. I hate what is happening to &#109;&#101; &#097;&#110;&#100; that I &#104;&#097;&#118;&#101; &#110;&#111; way &#111;&#102; controlling &#105;&#116; &#097;&#110;&#100; I feel &#115;&#111; guilty that &#111;&#110;&#108;&#121; now am I starting to feel &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; way &#119;&#104;&#101;&#110; &#101;&#118;&#101;&#114;&#121;&#098;&#111;&#100;&#121; &#104;&#097;&#115; praised &#109;&#101; for the last few months &#111;&#110; &#104;&#111;&#119; &#119;&#101;&#108;&#108; I am handling &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115;, I feel like I am letting people &#100;&#111;&#119;&#110; by feeling &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; way now.</p>
<p>The main reason I stumbled &#117;&#112;&#111;&#110; &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; site is that for the last week &#111;&#114; &#115;&#111; I &#104;&#097;&#118;&#101; &#104;&#097;&#100; quite severe joint pains, mainly &#105;&#110; my &#098;&#097;&#099;&#107;. Reading some &#111;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#114; peoples posts, imuran &#115;&#101;&#101;&#109;&#115; to &#098;&#101; the &#109;&#111;&#115;&#116; likely &#099;&#097;&#117;&#115;&#101; for &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; (other than the disease itself), &#104;&#111;&#119;&#101;&#118;&#101;&#114; I &#104;&#097;&#118;&#101; &#098;&#101;&#101;&#110; taking imuran for about 6 months with &#110;&#111; previous problems. Truth is I am actually quite worried about my kidneys, &#097;&#115; the pain &#115;&#101;&#101;&#109;&#115; to &#098;&#101; &#105;&#110; the &#114;&#105;&#103;&#104;&#116; spot &#097;&#110;&#100; I &#104;&#097;&#118;&#101; also &#104;&#097;&#100; a slight fever &#097;&#108;&#108; week. I &#104;&#097;&#118;&#101; &#104;&#097;&#100; a blood test done &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; week, &#106;&#117;&#115;&#116; my usual &#111;&#110;&#101; &#119;&#104;&#105;&#099;&#104; tests for &#101;&#118;&#101;&#114;&#121;&#116;&#104;&#105;&#110;&#103; &#117;&#110;&#100;&#101;&#114; the sun. I really don’t &#119;&#097;&#110;&#116; to &#103;&#111; &#098;&#097;&#099;&#107; to the doctor &#097;&#115; &#097;&#102;&#116;&#101;&#114; visiting &#104;&#105;&#109; every week I was &#103;&#101;&#116;&#116;&#105;&#110;&#103; a &#108;&#105;&#116;&#116;&#108;&#101; sick &#111;&#102; &#104;&#105;&#109;!! &#097;&#110;&#100; &#104;&#101; &#106;&#117;&#115;&#116; &#116;&#111;&#108;&#100; &#109;&#101; that &#097;&#115; long &#097;&#115; my blood tests remain fine I don’t &#104;&#097;&#118;&#101; to come &#098;&#097;&#099;&#107; for 6 months!!</p>
<p>As a psychology student at university, &#111;&#110;&#101; &#116;&#104;&#105;&#110;&#103; that &#100;&#105;&#100; particularly bother &#109;&#101; about the medical &#115;&#121;&#115;&#116;&#101;&#109; &#104;&#101;&#114;&#101; &#105;&#110; Australia is that I was not referred to see a psychologist &#111;&#114; a dietician (I &#107;&#110;&#111;&#119; &#116;&#104;&#101;&#121; &#115;&#097;&#121; it’s not diet &#111;&#114; stress related &#098;&#117;&#116; realistically&#8230;&#104;&#111;&#119; &#099;&#097;&#110; &#105;&#116; not be) &#111;&#114; physiotherapist &#111;&#114; any &#111;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#114; allied health service. Managing a chronic illness, &#111;&#114; any illness, involves a &#109;&#117;&#099;&#104; &#109;&#111;&#114;&#101; multi-disciplinary &#097;&#112;&#112;&#114;&#111;&#097;&#099;&#104; than purely the ‘fix the symptoms’ mentality &#111;&#102; the medical profession. <strong>I was &#106;&#117;&#115;&#116; wondering if any &#111;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#114; countries the multi-faceted &#097;&#112;&#112;&#114;&#111;&#097;&#099;&#104; is utilized &#109;&#111;&#114;&#101; than &#105;&#116; is &#104;&#101;&#114;&#101;?</strong></p>
<p>I &#116;&#104;&#105;&#110;&#107; that’s &#097;&#108;&#108; for now! Feels &#103;&#111;&#111;&#100; to finally &#103;&#101;&#116; that off my chest.</p>
<p>Medications:  Salofalk (mesalazine): 4g/day, Imuran (azothiaprine): 100mg/day</p>
<p><strong>Daina&#8217;s story is now entered into the 2011 Ulcerative Colitis Writing Contest!!! </strong></p>
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		<title>Gonorrhea and other effective STD</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2011 19:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Symptom Advice</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Common Characteristics &#111;&#102; Sexually Transmitted Diseases Sexually transmitted diseases (venereal diseases) are infections &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; are contracted through intimate sexual contact. Once established, sexually transmitted diseases such as gonorrhea &#097;&#110;&#100; syphilis &#099;&#097;&#110; spread &#097;&#110;&#100; cause extensive, &#115;&#101;&#114;&#105;&#111;&#117;&#115; physical &#100;&#097;&#109;&#097;&#103;&#101;. It &#105;&#115; &#105;&#109;&#112;&#111;&#114;&#116;&#097;&#110;&#116; &#116;&#111; &#109;&#097;&#107;&#101; &#097; doctor&#8217;s appointment immediately &#105;&#102; &#121;&#111;&#117; suspect &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; &#121;&#111;&#117; &#104;&#097;&#118;&#101; contracted&#8211;or &#104;&#097;&#118;&#101; [...]]]></description>
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<p>Common Characteristics &#111;&#102; Sexually Transmitted Diseases</p>
<p>Sexually transmitted diseases (venereal diseases) are infections &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; are contracted through intimate sexual contact. Once established, sexually transmitted diseases such as gonorrhea &#097;&#110;&#100; syphilis &#099;&#097;&#110; spread &#097;&#110;&#100; cause extensive, &#115;&#101;&#114;&#105;&#111;&#117;&#115; physical &#100;&#097;&#109;&#097;&#103;&#101;. It &#105;&#115; &#105;&#109;&#112;&#111;&#114;&#116;&#097;&#110;&#116; &#116;&#111; &#109;&#097;&#107;&#101; &#097; doctor&#8217;s appointment immediately &#105;&#102; &#121;&#111;&#117; suspect &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; &#121;&#111;&#117; &#104;&#097;&#118;&#101; contracted&#8211;or &#104;&#097;&#118;&#101; been exposed to&#8211;such an infection. &#105;&#102; it &#105;&#115; found &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; &#121;&#111;&#117; &#104;&#097;&#118;&#101; been infected, &#121;&#111;&#117; should abstain &#102;&#114;&#111;&#109; sexual contact until your doctor tells &#121;&#111;&#117; &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; &#121;&#111;&#117; are no longer contagious. &#121;&#111;&#117; should &#097;&#108;&#115;&#111; inform your sexual partners so &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; &#116;&#104;&#101;&#121; &#099;&#097;&#110; &#098;&#101; examined &#097;&#110;&#100; treated &#097;&#108;&#115;&#111;, &#119;&#104;&#101;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#114; or &#110;&#111;&#116; &#116;&#104;&#101;&#121; &#104;&#097;&#118;&#101; symptoms.</p>
<p>Although gonorrhea &#097;&#110;&#100; syphilis are the most &#115;&#101;&#114;&#105;&#111;&#117;&#115; &#111;&#102; the sexually transmitted diseases, there are &#097; number &#111;&#102; &#111;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#114;&#115; &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; cause considerable discomfort or embarrassment. Venereal warts, &#102;&#111;&#114; &#101;&#120;&#097;&#109;&#112;&#108;&#101;, &#099;&#097;&#110; &#098;&#101; acutely painful. Pubic lice (crab lice) cause intensive itching.</p>
<p>Gonorrhea &#105;&#115; &#097; bacterial infection, &#097;&#110;&#100; an extremely contagious &#111;&#110;&#101;. An estimated 2.5 million Americans contract this disease annually.</p>
<p>The symptoms &#111;&#102; gonorrhea &#117;&#115;&#117;&#097;&#108;&#108;&#121; appear within &#111;&#110;&#101; &#116;&#111; three weeks after infection. &#105;&#110; men, &#116;&#104;&#101;&#115;&#101; symptoms include &#097; white &#116;&#111; yellow-green penile discharge, burning pain while urinating &#097;&#110;&#100; deep, aching pain or pressure &#105;&#110; the genitals. &#105;&#110; women, there &#109;&#097;&#121; &#098;&#101; painful &#097;&#110;&#100; frequent urination, deep, aching pain &#105;&#110; the lower abdomen &#097;&#110;&#100;, rarely, &#097; vaginal discharge. Pharyngeal gonorrhea (in the mouth &#097;&#110;&#100; throat) &#109;&#097;&#121; produce &#097; sore throat; rectal gonorrhea occasionally &#099;&#097;&#117;&#115;&#101;&#115; discomfort &#105;&#110; the area around the anus &#097;&#110;&#100; &#097; slight discharge. However, &#105;&#110; 10 &#116;&#111; 20 percent &#111;&#102; men &#097;&#110;&#100; up &#116;&#111; 80 percent &#111;&#102; women, there are no perceived symptoms at &#097;&#108;&#108;.</p>
<p>Untreated, gonorrhea commonly affects the urethra &#105;&#110; men, &#109;&#097;&#107;&#105;&#110;&#103; urination extremely painful &#097;&#110;&#100; difficult; it &#109;&#097;&#121; progress &#116;&#111; chronic obstruction &#097;&#110;&#100; infertility. &#105;&#110; women, the disease &#099;&#097;&#110; attack the fallopian tubes &#097;&#110;&#100; other pelvic organs (pelvic inflammatory disease), causing pain, fever &#097;&#110;&#100;, very likely, infertility. The risk &#111;&#102; infertility increases with each infection: 75 percent &#111;&#102; women &#119;&#104;&#111; &#104;&#097;&#118;&#101; &#104;&#097;&#100; three infections involving the pelvic organs are infertile. &#105;&#110; &#098;&#111;&#116;&#104; sexes, untreated gonorrhea &#109;&#097;&#121; result &#105;&#110; arthritis, or &#105;&#110; &#097; generalized bacterial infection affecting the heart &#097;&#110;&#100; nervous &#115;&#121;&#115;&#116;&#101;&#109;. &#105;&#102; &#097; woman has active gonorrhea at the time &#111;&#102; delivery, her baby &#109;&#097;&#121; develop permanent blindness.</p>
<p>Fortunately, once it &#105;&#115; diagnosed, gonorrhea &#099;&#097;&#110; &#098;&#101; treated quickly &#097;&#110;&#100; effectively with antibiotics.</p>
<p>A diagnosis &#111;&#102; gonorrhea &#099;&#097;&#110; &#098;&#101; &#109;&#097;&#100;&#101; by &#097; microscopic examination &#111;&#102; the discharge or &#097; cervical smear; or, more reliably, by &#097; culture &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; takes two days &#116;&#111; incubate. The culture should &#098;&#101; repeated &#111;&#110;&#101; week after treatment.</p>
<p>Syphilis &#105;&#115; caused by an organism called &#097; spirochete &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; &#105;&#115; spread through sexual contact. About 20,000 cases &#097; year are reported &#116;&#111; United States health authorities, &#098;&#117;&#116; it &#105;&#115; highly probable &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; several thousands more are &#110;&#111;&#116; reported.</p>
<p>The disease has three stages. First, skin ulcers (chancres), &#119;&#104;&#105;&#099;&#104; are &#117;&#115;&#117;&#097;&#108;&#108;&#121; painless, appear &#105;&#110; the genital area. The chancres &#109;&#097;&#121; erupt &#097;&#110;&#121;&#119;&#104;&#101;&#114;&#101; &#102;&#114;&#111;&#109; 10 &#116;&#111; 90 days after infection. Men &#109;&#097;&#121; &#115;&#101;&#101; them &#111;&#110; the penis, &#098;&#117;&#116; &#105;&#110; women &#116;&#104;&#101;&#121; &#117;&#115;&#117;&#097;&#108;&#108;&#121; form inside the vagina &#097;&#110;&#100; &#109;&#097;&#121; easily &#098;&#101; missed. &#116;&#104;&#101;&#115;&#101; sores heal &#105;&#110; &#097; few weeks, leaving &#108;&#105;&#116;&#116;&#108;&#101; or no scarring. &#109;&#101;&#097;&#110;&#119;&#104;&#105;&#108;&#101;, the spirochetes circulate &#105;&#110; the bloodstream &#097;&#110;&#100;, &#105;&#110; &#097; few weeks, produce the symptoms &#111;&#102; the second stage &#111;&#102; the disease: fever, swollen glands &#097;&#110;&#100; reddish rash. &#116;&#104;&#101;&#115;&#101; signs &#116;&#104;&#101;&#110; &#097;&#108;&#115;&#111; disappear, even &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104;&#111;&#117;&#116; treatment, within 10 days &#116;&#111; two weeks; the disease &#098;&#101;&#099;&#111;&#109;&#101;&#115; latent &#097;&#110;&#100;, within two years, no longer infectious. the &#116;&#104;&#105;&#114;&#100; stage &#109;&#097;&#121; develop &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104;&#111;&#117;&#116; warning, years &#108;&#097;&#116;&#101;&#114;. &#105;&#110; this final stage, there &#105;&#115; tissue &#100;&#097;&#109;&#097;&#103;&#101; &#105;&#110; the brain &#097;&#110;&#100; the nervous &#115;&#121;&#115;&#116;&#101;&#109;, the heart, liver, bone &#097;&#110;&#100; skin. &#105;&#110; as &#109;&#097;&#110;&#121; as one-third &#111;&#102; untreated individuals, this &#100;&#097;&#109;&#097;&#103;&#101; &#109;&#097;&#121; result &#105;&#110; death.</p>
<p>If &#097; woman infected with syphilis &#098;&#101;&#099;&#111;&#109;&#101;&#115; pregnant, or contracts the disease during pregnancy, there &#105;&#115; &#097; high risk &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; her baby &#119;&#105;&#108;&#108; &#098;&#101; stillborn or suffer &#102;&#114;&#111;&#109; severe birth defects.</p>
<p>Syphilis &#105;&#115; most accurately diagnosed by &#097; blood test. It &#099;&#097;&#110; &#098;&#101; treated successfully with penicillin or other antibiotics. Periodic tests should &#098;&#101; &#100;&#111;&#110;&#101; &#102;&#111;&#114; two years after treatment &#116;&#111; &#109;&#097;&#107;&#101; certain &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; the disease &#105;&#115; cured. As &#105;&#115; the case with &#097;&#108;&#108; sexually transmitted diseases, sexual partners should &#098;&#101; informed immediately, &#097;&#110;&#100; examined &#097;&#110;&#100; treated.</p>
<p>Venereal warts (condylomata acuminata), cauliflower-like &#097;&#110;&#100; red, are caused by &#097; virus &#097;&#110;&#100; are &#116;&#104;&#111;&#117;&#103;&#104;&#116; &#116;&#111; &#098;&#101; almost exclusively sexually transmitted. &#105;&#110; women, &#116;&#104;&#101;&#121; appear around the vagina &#097;&#110;&#100; rectum, growing more rapidly where &#116;&#104;&#101;&#121; come &#105;&#110; contact with &#097;&#110;&#121; vaginal discharge &#097;&#110;&#100; &#098;&#101;&#105;&#110;&#103; greatly aggravated by pregnancy. &#105;&#110; men, &#116;&#104;&#101;&#121; appear &#111;&#110; the penis &#097;&#110;&#100; rectal area.</p>
<p>A wart-removing compound &#109;&#097;&#121; &#098;&#101; prescribed, &#097;&#108;&#116;&#104;&#111;&#117;&#103;&#104; it &#105;&#115; &#110;&#111;&#116; recommended &#102;&#111;&#114; &#117;&#115;&#101; during pregnancy since it &#099;&#097;&#110; &#098;&#101; harmful &#116;&#111; the fetus. The compound should &#098;&#101; used with care &#097;&#110;&#100; applied &#111;&#110;&#108;&#121; &#116;&#111; the surface &#111;&#102; the warts. About six hours after application, &#097; sitz bath should &#098;&#101; taken &#116;&#111; remove &#097;&#110;&#121; excess. Over-the-counter preparations should never &#098;&#101; used; the genital tissues are too sensitive &#102;&#111;&#114; such products. Occasionally it &#105;&#115; &#110;&#101;&#099;&#101;&#115;&#115;&#097;&#114;&#121; &#116;&#111; remove venereal warts by electro-cauterization (burning) or by surgery.</p>
<p>Pubic lice (crab lice) are almost &#097;&#108;&#119;&#097;&#121;&#115; transmitted sexually. The lice, &#119;&#104;&#105;&#099;&#104; &#099;&#097;&#110; &#098;&#101; found attached &#116;&#111; the pubic hair, are yellow-gray &#105;&#110; color, becoming &#100;&#097;&#114;&#107; after &#116;&#104;&#101;&#121; are engorged with blood.</p>
<p>An infestation &#111;&#102; crab lice &#099;&#097;&#117;&#115;&#101;&#115; intense itching &#105;&#110; the pubic area as &#097; reaction &#116;&#111; the parasites&#8217; bites. It &#099;&#097;&#110; &#098;&#101; readily cured with the application &#111;&#102; &#097; prescription cream, lotion or shampoo. &#116;&#111; prevent re-infestation, the sexual partner(s) should &#097;&#108;&#115;&#111; &#098;&#101; treated, &#097;&#110;&#100; clothes &#097;&#110;&#100; linens washed.</p>
<p>Sexually transmitted diseases such as gonorrhea &#097;&#110;&#100; syphilis are highly contagious infections. &#105;&#102; &#121;&#111;&#117; are sexually active&#8211;other than with &#097; single partner &#119;&#104;&#111; &#105;&#115; &#097;&#108;&#115;&#111; monogamous&#8211;&#121;&#111;&#117; risk exposure &#116;&#111; &#116;&#104;&#101;&#115;&#101; diseases; the more partners, the greater the risk. Sensible precautions &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; &#109;&#097;&#121; &#098;&#101; taken include urinating &#097;&#110;&#100; washing the genitals after intercourse, using condoms &#097;&#110;&#100; spermicidal vaginal foams, jellies or creams, &#097;&#110;&#100; &#098;&#101;&#105;&#110;&#103; tested frequently &#102;&#111;&#114; gonorrhea &#097;&#110;&#100; syphilis &#105;&#102; &#121;&#111;&#117; &#104;&#097;&#118;&#101; several sexual partners&#8211;or &#105;&#102; your partner &#100;&#111;&#101;&#115;.</p>
<p>If &#121;&#111;&#117; suspect &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; &#121;&#111;&#117; &#104;&#097;&#118;&#101; &#097; sexual infection do &#110;&#111;&#116; hesitate &#116;&#111; &#116;&#101;&#108;&#108; your partner(s) &#097;&#110;&#100; &#116;&#111; visit your doctor or &#097; clinic immediately. Sexually transmitted diseases &#099;&#097;&#110; &#098;&#101; cured &#111;&#110;&#108;&#121; with prescribed courses &#111;&#102; drug therapy. Never attempt &#116;&#111; treat &#116;&#104;&#101;&#115;&#101; diseases &#121;&#111;&#117;&#114;&#115;&#101;&#108;&#102;. &#097;&#098;&#111;&#118;&#101; &#097;&#108;&#108;, do &#110;&#111;&#116; let fear or embarrassment stand &#105;&#110; the &#119;&#097;&#121; &#111;&#102; receiving medical care.</p>
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