Comments for Medimise.com http://www.medimise.com Health and Medical News and Advice Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:10:08 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on How Long Does it Take to Recover from Total Hip Replacement Surgery? by Medimise http://www.medimise.com/surgery/how-long-does-it-take-to-recover-from-total-hip-replacement-surgery/comment-page-1#comment-170 Medimise Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:10:08 +0000 http://www.medimise.com/?p=363#comment-170 You should consult your doctor regarding the fatigue. We wish you the best of luck. You should consult your doctor regarding the fatigue. We wish you the best of luck.

]]> Comment on How Long Does it Take to Recover from Total Hip Replacement Surgery? by Douglas Munro http://www.medimise.com/surgery/how-long-does-it-take-to-recover-from-total-hip-replacement-surgery/comment-page-1#comment-169 Douglas Munro Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:29:34 +0000 http://www.medimise.com/?p=363#comment-169 You do not mention fatigue. My husband is doing very well with his walking. Nor is he in any significant pain. But his tiredness is debilitating and overwhelming. He has had a 2nd replacement within a month due to infection and is 79. He worries that the fatigue is not normal. And I just don't know. You do not mention fatigue. My husband is doing very well with his walking. Nor is he in any significant pain. But his tiredness is debilitating and overwhelming. He has had a 2nd replacement within a month due to infection and is 79. He worries that the fatigue is not normal. And I just don’t know.

]]> Comment on Four Stages to Stop Smoking by Rosina Felts http://www.medimise.com/respiratory-health/smoking/how-to-stop-smoking/comment-page-1#comment-167 Rosina Felts Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:50:53 +0000 http://www.motleyhealth.com/health-and-medical-advice/?p=3#comment-167 You wouldn't believe it but I have lost all day researching for some information about this. I wish I knew of this site earlier, it was a great read and really helped me out. Have a good one You wouldn’t believe it but I have lost all day researching for some information about this. I wish I knew of this site earlier, it was a great read and really helped me out. Have a good one

]]> Comment on How Long Does it Take to Recover from Total Hip Replacement Surgery? by Medimise http://www.medimise.com/surgery/how-long-does-it-take-to-recover-from-total-hip-replacement-surgery/comment-page-1#comment-163 Medimise Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:12:58 +0000 http://www.medimise.com/?p=363#comment-163 Sorry it was not helpful Barry, we hope you found the advice you need. Sorry it was not helpful Barry, we hope you found the advice you need.

]]> Comment on How Long Does it Take to Recover from Total Hip Replacement Surgery? by barry turner http://www.medimise.com/surgery/how-long-does-it-take-to-recover-from-total-hip-replacement-surgery/comment-page-1#comment-159 barry turner Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:04:51 +0000 http://www.medimise.com/?p=363#comment-159 absolutely useless advice to one who is seeking comments on 3rd operation /2nd revisionary surgery to same hip absolutely useless advice to one who is seeking comments on 3rd operation /2nd revisionary surgery to same hip

]]> Comment on How To Manage Pain After Total Knee Replacement Surgery by Medimise http://www.medimise.com/surgery/how-to-manage-pain-after-total-knee-replacement-surgery/comment-page-1#comment-157 Medimise Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:44:17 +0000 http://www.medimise.com/?p=359#comment-157 Hi Mary, what a strange story! Teeth affecting the knee. There is still so much we do not really understand about the human body isn't there? Hi Mary, what a strange story! Teeth affecting the knee. There is still so much we do not really understand about the human body isn’t there?

]]> Comment on How To Manage Pain After Total Knee Replacement Surgery by Mary http://www.medimise.com/surgery/how-to-manage-pain-after-total-knee-replacement-surgery/comment-page-1#comment-156 Mary Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:48:22 +0000 http://www.medimise.com/?p=359#comment-156 Three and a half years ago my husband had a knee replacement. It never quite healed. The knee itself was always hot to the touch. He went back several times and was finally told that he had tendinitis. He was given several options to cure, one of them being surgery. He wanted nothing to do with it. The pain had a serious impact to his personality, weight, and happiness. 20 plus years ago he had a root canal. The gum around that tooth would flare up, red and tender. He asked many dentists about it. Finally a new dentist this fall sent him to an oral surgeon who performed a cat scan. Sure enough one of the roots was still intact and infected. The root was removed, the gum area and infection healed and guess what - so did his knee. Our natural theory is that the gum infection was infecting his knee. The dentist agrees. In less than 2 months he is walking, exercising, back to his normal weight, and very happy again. I am happy as I have my fun loving hubby back. Three and a half years ago my husband had a knee replacement. It never quite healed. The knee itself was always hot to the touch. He went back several times and was finally told that he had tendinitis. He was given several options to cure, one of them being surgery. He wanted nothing to do with it. The pain had a serious impact to his personality, weight, and happiness.

20 plus years ago he had a root canal. The gum around that tooth would flare up, red and tender. He asked many dentists about it. Finally a new dentist this fall sent him to an oral surgeon who performed a cat scan. Sure enough one of the roots was still intact and infected. The root was removed, the gum area and infection healed and guess what – so did his knee. Our natural theory is that the gum infection was infecting his knee. The dentist agrees.

In less than 2 months he is walking, exercising, back to his normal weight, and very happy again. I am happy as I have my fun loving hubby back.

]]> Comment on Milk Teeth may Prevent Disease in the Future by Jon http://www.medimise.com/news/milk-teeth-may-prevent-disease-in-the-future/comment-page-1#comment-128 Jon Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:35:22 +0000 http://www.medimise.com/?p=525#comment-128 But what about the tooth fairy? But what about the tooth fairy?

]]> Comment on The MMR Debate. Is it safe? Does it cause Autism? by Lorna Hall http://www.medimise.com/family-health/the-mmr-debate-is-it-safe-does-it-cause-autism/comment-page-1#comment-127 Lorna Hall Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:30:22 +0000 http://www.medimise.com/?p=370#comment-127 My brother has severe autism and associated learning disabilities. I do not know what caused his autism. I do not blame the MMR. I have had the MMR myself, as have thousands with no adverse reaction. My brother developed normally in all cognitive areas, including speech and language and hit all milestones until he had his MMR vaccine. On the night of his MMR vaccine, he had several fits and convulsions and following these he began to go downhill and developed both a dairy and gluten intolerance, both of which were not previously present. His autism was regressive. HOWEVER, you cannot say from this that the MMR causes autism. 1) If the MMR CAUSED autism, everyone who had the MMR would develop autism. 2) The MMR vaccine may not be at fault, but the substances used to preserve it perhaps. 3) It may be that certain factors cause individuals to have a pre-disposition to having such a reaction the MMR vaccine that we are yet to understand. In the case of my brother, he had a difficult birth and was also given other vaccines on the same day as his MMR (talk about overload – in fact, his medical records were then changed to suggest he had his vaccines on different dates... when we presented them with both copies they realised that they had made a “typo”...) 4) It may be that only some batches of the MMR vaccine were somehow contaminated with a substance that caused autism in some individuals (we learnt that the batch of MMR vaccines used for my brother’s vaccination was subsequently withdrawn) This being said, you cannot say the MMR does not cause autism. The reason it is called the MMR controversy or the MMR debate is because the answer is still unknown. One of the main defences of the MMR vaccine is that “children are likely to develop Autism at around the same time that MMR is given, therefore, there will always appear to be a connection." I don't see why this is used as a defence of the MMR as this does not explain regressive autism, which is the type of autism we are talking about in terms of "is there a link?" Children who have autism from birth do not develop normally in all cognitive areas and hit all the milestones, only to lose it all within days of the MMR vaccine. They would be autistic from the word go. My family suspected a connection between the MMR and my brother’s autism before the MMR controversy actually hit the media, so it is unfair to say, as I have heard some suggest, that all parents that suspect the MMR are hysterical and are just jumping on the bandwagon to find something to blame for their precious darling’s condition. This being said, I am sure there are plenty of parents whose children have autism that has present from birth but are blaming MMR because of what they read in the papers. Autism has, after all, been around for long before the MMR was introduced, but it is always difficult to come to terms with a child’s disability. In the same way, I believe that the increase in autism is largely due to better diagnosis of the condition. When my brother became autistic, it took my mother 6 years to get a diagnosis of autism – at that time autism was almost a dirty word! Now, in some areas autism diagnoses are being handed out like sweets, sometimes even to children that do not actually have autism! To say “parents need have no more fears about the triple vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella” is not the case, it is more that parents do not have a choice. We’re never going to know the truth about the MMR vaccine because the debate has gone too far. Sometimes you just have to live with what life throws at you and stop the constant tit for tat that the MMR debate has become. My brother has severe autism and associated learning disabilities. I do not know what caused his autism. I do not blame the MMR. I have had the MMR myself, as have thousands with no adverse reaction. My brother developed normally in all cognitive areas, including speech and language and hit all milestones until he had his MMR vaccine. On the night of his MMR vaccine, he had several fits and convulsions and following these he began to go downhill and developed both a dairy and gluten intolerance, both of which were not previously present. His autism was regressive.
HOWEVER, you cannot say from this that the MMR causes autism.
1) If the MMR CAUSED autism, everyone who had the MMR would develop autism.
2) The MMR vaccine may not be at fault, but the substances used to preserve it perhaps.
3) It may be that certain factors cause individuals to have a pre-disposition to having such a reaction the MMR vaccine that we are yet to understand. In the case of my brother, he had a difficult birth and was also given other vaccines on the same day as his MMR (talk about overload – in fact, his medical records were then changed to suggest he had his vaccines on different dates… when we presented them with both copies they realised that they had made a “typo”…)
4) It may be that only some batches of the MMR vaccine were somehow contaminated with a substance that caused autism in some individuals (we learnt that the batch of MMR vaccines used for my brother’s vaccination was subsequently withdrawn)
This being said, you cannot say the MMR does not cause autism. The reason it is called the MMR controversy or the MMR debate is because the answer is still unknown.
One of the main defences of the MMR vaccine is that “children are likely to develop Autism at around the same time that MMR is given, therefore, there will always appear to be a connection.”
I don’t see why this is used as a defence of the MMR as this does not explain regressive autism, which is the type of autism we are talking about in terms of “is there a link?” Children who have autism from birth do not develop normally in all cognitive areas and hit all the milestones, only to lose it all within days of the MMR vaccine. They would be autistic from the word go.
My family suspected a connection between the MMR and my brother’s autism before the MMR controversy actually hit the media, so it is unfair to say, as I have heard some suggest, that all parents that suspect the MMR are hysterical and are just jumping on the bandwagon to find something to blame for their precious darling’s condition.
This being said, I am sure there are plenty of parents whose children have autism that has present from birth but are blaming MMR because of what they read in the papers. Autism has, after all, been around for long before the MMR was introduced, but it is always difficult to come to terms with a child’s disability.
In the same way, I believe that the increase in autism is largely due to better diagnosis of the condition. When my brother became autistic, it took my mother 6 years to get a diagnosis of autism – at that time autism was almost a dirty word! Now, in some areas autism diagnoses are being handed out like sweets, sometimes even to children that do not actually have autism!
To say “parents need have no more fears about the triple vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella” is not the case, it is more that parents do not have a choice. We’re never going to know the truth about the MMR vaccine because the debate has gone too far. Sometimes you just have to live with what life throws at you and stop the constant tit for tat that the MMR debate has become.

]]> Comment on Acne Treatment with Roaccutane by Medimise http://www.medimise.com/skin/acne-treatment-with-roaccutane/comment-page-1#comment-97 Medimise Sun, 16 Aug 2009 06:24:37 +0000 http://www.medimise.com/?p=172#comment-97 Your body should start to recovery soon, give it a little longer. Moisturize, especially your lips and very dry areas. Your body should start to recovery soon, give it a little longer. Moisturize, especially your lips and very dry areas.

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