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Seeking Suggestions for Stopping Toddler's Nighttime Nose Bleeds
Turns out, I had a very thin vein in my nose that needed cauterizing. ... I still have the thin vein, as it shows up near the tip of my nasal opening, ...
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- Lisa, you got some good advice already, but just in case.... You may want to be sure she's eating enough vitamin C foods and eating enough leafy green vegetables so h...
- I have struggled with nose bleeds all my life. My EENTs have always stressed the cool air humidifier and lubricating the nostrils during the day with SALINE spray (in ...
- Lisa, I really feel for you. I had the same problem with my son. I brought a humidifier and placed it right next to his bed at night. Sometimes I had to wake up in ...
My 7 Y/o Son Is Having Pain in an Unusual Place for a Child
I'm not sure what they do about a varicose vein in the testicle in a 7 year ... They go in and "tie" off the vein that is varicose (a varicoseal ligation). ...
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- I don't know much about kids and varicocele, but my husband had one when he was about 20. He had dealt with it for a long time. I don't know if this is normal (I rea...
- My name is N., I am a nurse and Mom of 6yr son and 3yr daughter. My husband had what sounds alot kike the same problem around last Thanksgiving. It progressively got w...
- I guess my question would be to ask you how long the pain has been going on. Obviously this isn't something you want to ignore for a long time. I'm sure you have ask...
Hand Swollen After Having an MRI w/Contrast
Sep 23, 2009 ... The IV needle had slipped out of his vein and the fluids were just ... His hand was all swollen because the nurse had missed the vein, ...
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- I start IV's all of the time in my job and am an RN. You have an infiltration. They knicked the vein when they stuck you and dye leaked out into the surrounding tissue...
- Wow, K.. I saw something like this with a friend of mine years ago, but it had nothing to do with an MRI and contrast - it was just a regular IV for fluids with antib...
- It may not have anything to do with the MRI or the contrast. It may just be from the IV. Your doctor my be cocerned about staff. If it doesn't get any better, even wit...
"Elevated" Lead Level in Toddler
we're hoping it was a mistake (as they say it sometimes is, if they get a finger prick test instead of drawing blood from the vein) which is why they tested ...
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- my pediatrician doesn't consider 5 to be a normal level and the state is pushing to have it lowered from 10 to 5 because they are finding side effects from even that s...
- We had a false high level result when my first born was young. It scared the h*ll out of us!! But they retested- not a fun time, it was a full blood draw- and it cam...
- While this hasn't happened with my child, I can tell you lead has been found in places I would never have expected! I had to throw out about 1/3 of my toddler's toys ...
Nose Bleeds
Sep 5, 2009 ... The nose bleeds occur because there is very little tissue protecting the veins in your nose and they can become aggitated causing a nose ...
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- My son, now 18, has had his nose cauterized twice. The effect seem to last about 5 years. See an Ear Nose and Throat doctor. Both heat and cold seem to trigger th...
- I was told once to put vaseline in the nose at night to moisturize and help heal the blood vessels for someone who is prone to nosebleed.
- It runs in my family. My Mother got them, I did, my youngest brother, my son and one of his two sons. Generally children outgrow them somewhere between 11-13. In my...
What Is This Red Knot on My Leg?
it sounds like a DVT (deep vein thrombosis), which is a blood clot. Your calf is a common place to get them. Please go to the ER immediately! ...
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- Hmm, it's hard to say without seeing it but it does sound a lot like what my daughter has been dealing with. She gets these hard spots on her bottom and inner thighs ...
- It sounds like you have a cyst. That is just an infection under the skin. You have to go to a doctor! They will drain it and give you an anti-biotic. Go ASAP! My au...
- GO TO ER NOW!!! It could be a blood clot, which is fatal!!
Having Pain in the Upper Area of the Inside of My Legs..?
You may also have vericose veins. I developed those with my third .... Must be so because I've never found any information on vaginal varicose veins. ...
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- Since you had preterm labor with your last baby, this should be checked out. Some women feel contractions in their legs, as well as their lower back. If the doctor/m...
- I am a labor and delivery nurse, and 34 weeks pregnant with my 3rd, and have the same symptoms, as well as pain in my hips. It is worse when I try to move or turn ove...
- It sounds like the baby is putting pressure on a nerve. I had this happen with my first baby. The only difference was that I lost feeling in that part of my leg. As so...
Nurse Bruised Infant
for the next blood test you ask for the iv nurse who specializes in vein work and can usually get blood in first stick and knows what she is doing. ...
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- I am so sorry for everything you are dealing with right now. What you are explaining doesn't sound normal. I would encourage you to contact another doctor. Although ...
- Hi A., Sorry for what you have been through but that is unexceptable. If someone is good with the needle you should hardly feel a prick let alone get bruised on anothe...
- A...First let me say im sorry and you need to report that nurse and take pictures and call your dr and file a complaint...When my son was little, I swear he caught eve...
Varicocele and Fertility
Read all 7 responses: "what do you know about varicocele( varicose veins in a man's testicles because they are heavy) and fertility.
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- Is it awful that all I can think about (and be amused by) is how appalled your husband might be to know that a group of women were discussing his items online??? I'...
- My husband had a varicocele and had it fixed with minor surgery and we got pregnant shortly thereafter after having tried for over a year with no success. Good luck!
- i don't know much but i do know someone who's husband had the surgery and she immediatly got pregnant! good luck T.
Pregnancy and Phlebitis
Jan 17, 2009 ... I am 26 weeks pregnant and I have Phlebitis in my right leg (clotting and infection in the tiny surface veins). ...
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- Hello T., I am pregnant with 22 weeks, about a month I have problems in one vain and told my doctor, she also recommended me the baby aspirin but she told me to stop ...
- From everything I've heard with clotting and DVTs, aspirin is not effective. I have two clotting disorders. From what I've heard aspirin helps with clotting in arter...
- T. ~ As a labor & delivery nurse I can tell you that the baby aspirin is fine to take. With aspirin you worry about bleeding, but with any medication you need to wei...
