How to know if you fractured your tail bone?
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1 week ago, i hit my coccyx on a metal edge. The pain is awful and i cant sit for long periods of time, stand up, lay flat on my back and go to the bathroom without going through hell
Answer:
The only real way to know is to have an x-ray, even a doctor can't tell just by examining you.
How to give a doctor a good excuse for breaking your arm on purpose?
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Okay. I think I just broke my arm. I wanted to so I fell and I landed wrist first so my wrist bent back too far. I heard a loud POP. Now I'm scared cause what if the doctor knows I did it on purpose. And btw After the fall it didn't pop so I forced my wrist to break. Please don't say like why did you do that or you get that for doing that and stuff.
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See the doctor! Do not worry, if you don't tell the doctor, the doctor will not know. Because, think about it, you purposely fell and broke your arm/wrist. You can just tell the doctor you accidently fell, and tell him all the same things that happened when you purposely broke your arm/wrist. He will not know. I hope you are ok, and you don't do things like that again, because it is never fun getting hurt.
Good Luck! :)
How to get rid of repetitive strain injury?
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I have been getting a dull pain and a weak numb feeling from my elbow right down to my hand when I'm rowing for a little while, and when I looked it up I found that I most likely have RSI. Does anyone know if this is RSI and if so how to get rid of it??
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Rowing? I thought you were going to say typing :)
RSI is caused by doing something one way too much. So the short answer is round out your activity by doing an opposite movement pattern. If we're talking about rowing (as in on a crew team) it would matter which side you row on and which are is the problem. Usually, hanging from your fingertips (like with rock climbing holds) will help fix the broken length/tension relationship in the muscles and tendons through the wrist, elbow, and shoulder. So I would start there. Get to where you can hang for about 45 seconds. If you're feeling saucy, you can knock out some pull-ups while you're hanging.
How to cover the smell of blood?
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I always smell of blood due to self harm.
Don't tell me not to do it, idec.
Ok, so if any of you have done it, you will know that, no matter how clean you keep yourself it always leaves that smell of blood.
How on earth do you cover it. It becomes fairly pungent and it's difficult to coat with perfume.
How can you do it?
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Wash it off. Then there is nothing to smell. If you smell anything then it's your guilty imagination. Get professional help!
How to get rid of Canker Sores before it starts hurting?
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I just discovered this canker sore inside my mouth on the bottom right side.
How do I get rid of it before it starts forming bigger and hurts?
I heard salt water and listerine helps. But I'm not sure.
Any Suggestions?
Thank You!
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I have found something to prevent canker sores, not sure if it will help you get rid of your current canker sore...but it seems to work great for me and I hope it will work for you too...there are 2 main things:
1. Toothpaste with "SLS" seems to cause it....not sure which ones have it...BUT what I have found is that if I rinse my mouth out really well with water after brushing it prevents them.
2. I also read that a deficiency in certain vitamins causes them to be more prevelant (B and D ??) anyway - taking a multivitamin to cover all of them has also helped me a lot!
How to hurt your knee purposely enough for crutches?
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There is this girl in my school who is always seeking for attention, just today she came in on crutches and she says she hurt her knee badly. My friend believes she hurt in on purpose for the attention. Is that possible? And what are ways to do that?
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If she's an attention seeker she could've done it, unless she's faking it!
I don't know why anyone would want to though, I've had to walk on crutches a few times & it's not fun!
A person could hit their knee on something, or have someone hit it with a baseball bat, or a pole. They should be very careful though, knee injuries can cause problems resulting in huge medical bills.
How to keep a scratch from healing or make it scar?
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I need to keep this scratch somewhat visible because my room mate's dog attacked me and I heal fast.
She's on vacation and I need to show her evidence of it but I can't get a camera until tomorrow.
What can I do other than mess with it to keep it red and aggravated?
He has injured me in the past but I didn't complain. This time, I'm fed up with it. She doesn't believe that it bites and scratches, this is the last straw.
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Whenever I get a scratch or cut and i want to turn it into a scar, I always peel off the scratch. I got alot of scars, and they all remind me of everything. I have no idea why, but i love them :)
How to correctly treat a swollen bruise on the forehead?
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My girlfriend accidentally got a bruise on the right side of her forehead yesterday. Her mom put some salt and butter on it because somebody told her that helps prevent to swollow, but it still did. And by today, it got more swollen than it was yesterday. It has gotten into a big red bump and she says it hurts a lot. There's no blood but it's very swollen and red.
What's something that can treat it correctly and heal it fast?
Thank you.
I forgot to mention we have already tried ice.
Answer:
Salt and water won't do anything for a bruise. Putting some ice wrapped in a towel on the bruise is the preferred method of treating a bruise.
If this bruise/lump on her head has grown, she needs to see a doctor. While there isn't any blood showing on the surface, there's a good chance there is blood trapped underneath that may need to be drained. In any case, a bruise that bad may mean there's something else going on which should be checked out by a doctor.
How to know your foot is broken?
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I kicked the metal frame on my bed last night while drunk. The top middle area of my foot hurts an incredible amount when it's just resting and even more when I put weight on it or touch it. Should I get X-rays?
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exactly what Ramon said ....
The foot have lots of bones in so it is very hard to determine of the foot is broke without x-rays. How ever, there is little the emergency staff can do other than cast or bandage up and advise pain medication. Unless its serious in which case it'll be surgery
How to wrap a sprained wrist for basketball?
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I am just coming off an injury that sprained my wrist and fractured my scaphoid. I would like to wrap my wrist for basketball in a non restricting way. It is on my non shooting hand, so im not really too concerned with it, but i would like to wrap it because it still hurts when I go up for a rebound. Do you know how to wrap it in a way that wont restrict me in any way?
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if you really wanna take the chance hahah go to a store and buy a wrist brace with metal inside...take out the metal piece for basketball but then wear the brace around with the metal...two in one brace...i use tht method
