I’m only 15 years old. I was a premature baby, so one of my lungs are more underdeveloped. I’ve always been told that I have a touch of asthma, but I don’t need an inhaler. Recently I’ve started to get winded easily, by just walking up the stairs my chest feels like it’s about to [...]
Continue readingArchive for September, 2009
Common Causes of Chest Pain Among Teens
Sunday, September 27th, 2009Impact of Human Error on Patient Safety
Sunday, September 27th, 2009Hospitals have a duty to provide patients with the safest possible conditions in emergency departments to reduce the likelihood for errors and injury to patients in this rather busy environment. When relatives bring their loved ones to the ER, they trust health care professionals to provide them with utmost care and don’t [...]
Continue readingEpisodes of vision changes and other symptoms
Sunday, September 13th, 2009Everyone I’ve asked around keeps saying it might be my blood pressure dropping low, and I don’t have insurance, if anyone could give some advise would be greatly appreciated.
Anywho, you know when you stand up too fast sometimes you get the ‘bloodrush’, and you feel slightly disorientated and slightly blackening vision? Well, it’s been coming [...]
Nipple discharge
Sunday, September 6th, 2009I’m 28 yrs old. Ive been suffering from really itchy nipples for a few months now. They also sometimes seep a little discharge which i only notice if its on my bra. Its normally a light brown colour. My nipples themselves become very red and sore when they are at their worst. I do suffer [...]
Continue readingHypothyroidism and pregnancy
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009I am 27 years old and 6.5 weeks pregnant. During my first routine prenatal screening my doctor diagnosed me with underactive thyroid. My TSH level was 11.8, and my free T4 was 13.
She prescribed me 0.05 mg levothyroxine yesterday, which I’ve started taking.
I am concerned about how this untreated condition may have affected my pregnancy [...]
