Hey guys!
Well I woke up with severe ear pain the other night, and went to the doctor yesterday and his conclusion was I had quite a bad ear infection which he prescribed me antibiotics, panedine fort and ibuprofen to help get rid of it.
Although I know it's just an infection, I still can't...
The doctor prescribed me Amoxicillin 500mg 3x a day for a sinus and ear infection. I've been on it for two days and my symptoms have gotten worse. I'm getting intense pain behind my ear, through my jaw and down my neck. How long should I wait before I go see the doctor again?
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i have been using warm salt rinses often and brushing occationaly but i aam a smoker and was told i can smoke 48 hours after. I think that is wrong and dont know how to rid of infection being i was already on antibiotics for 7 days and dont have any more and infection still present...please...
im just wondering.. it's out of curiosity, i have a bladder infection from pregnancy.. something common i was told.
i know antibiotics are there to take to help it heal.
but im just wondering, can apple juice help with your healing at all somehow?
lol, i was told apple juice was good to drink...
okay so i was looking at some games because i was bored and i found one that i decided to download0 halfway through the installation process this page come up that says i have 12 threats! some of them are even Trojan horses!!!! then i see a box with all the listed threats and below click "start...
I had an encounter with a zombie a few days ago. Or at least, what resembled a zombie.
I was at the mall. At the Apple store, actually, when I saw what appeared to be two men, lumbering around, drooling, and making loud guttural groaning noises. The features were disfigured, and it behaved...
travel to their......? .....saliva glands under their tung and enter the body. What disease do that by the way aside from cancer
am i right or what?? can I get a list of disease that could transmit like that please. and which of those are usually fatal?
am i right or what?? can I get a list of...
i just started YAZ birth control and i've developed a cold. i read the side effects and one was "upper respiratory infection."
do i need to stop taking this? or should i stick it out until my body gets used to it? is this normal?
2 weeks ago, I received a laproscopic appendectomy, and I had an average recovery. Within the past 2 days(ish) I have been having moderate abdominal pain, and my stool has had blood in it, and I have had a killer headache. I am a 15 year old female if that helps the matter, and the pain is NOT...
i know if have tan discharge it's normal but i always discharge and it dosent always smell to nice lol but i was wondering how do i know if i have an infection (i also have normal white/clear sticky discharge)
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have identified the primary site where the virus that causes foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) begins infection in cattle. This discovery could lead to development of new vaccines to control and potentially eradicate FMD, a highly contagious and...