How bad is it actually to smoke an occasional cigarette? What are risks? What can happen? Found out I was pregnant at nearly 2 months was smoking heavy before I knew I was prego. Now I'm mainly weaned off them..but still. Is it true it can increase chance of premature birth?
View 9 RepliesI'm 24 weeks pregnant and I've been dying to smoke a cigarette
View 2 RepliesI know it isn't good to make oneself vomit. I know it can become a habit and can cause long term health problems. Theoretically, if one was able to limit themselves to once a week, is there likely and PHYSICAL danger in doing so? What, specifically, could happen to someone who only vomits once a week?
View 1 RepliesI am writing to ask you about my father. I am a Family Physician from India. My father is 67 years and is having diabetes from the past 10 years. His sugars are in control, recently cut down the medication to 1 tablet of (Sitagliptin 50 + Metformin 1000), earlier he was taking Metformin 1000 additionally. PPBS is reaching 200 now. He complains of occasional sweating while walking and during at home as well. Says he has pain in the calves during morning. BP is under control 130/80 mmHg and cardiac tests including ECG, echo, TMT done last year and normal. What is this calf pain and occasional sweating attributable to? Today, he complained of sweating while walking. BP, Sugar and Pulse (104 after walking) same as mentioned earlier. No chest pain or breathlessness on exertion, had some giddiness. Kindly advise.
View 1 RepliesI am 50, male, and I have been poorly for a few weeks following a severe UTI, although I feel much better now than I was. Without going into the whole story, the pain I had was so sudden and severe that I had to be taken to A&E in an ambulance. I wondered if I had kidney stones, but I've now had a follow-up ultrasound scan of my kidneys and abdomen and this was clear. Had already had PSA blood test back in June which was also OK, so I don't think it is my prostate. I have no idea how the infection occurred and it is seems as if it was just one of those things.
I do have overactive bladder and occasional urge incontinence but I have never had a UTI before.
Other pre-existing conditions are high blood pressure, overweight and high cholesterol, also history of peptic ulcers and duodenitis, as well as mental health issues, but nothing you would think would cause this specific condition.
I just wondered if anyone out there reading this post have had something similar or can help. I know UTIs are rare in men & I don't think I've quite got to the bottom of things yet. Has anyone else had any other tests other than ultrasound, and I wondered if they revealed anything more?
I'm just over 7 weeks abdominal hysterectomy, I'm pretty much up to normal activity during the day ( no heavy lifting or hoovering yet), however about 6pm i'm about knackered and start to experience general discomfort, bit of swelling and occasional internal vaginal pain....I have others at this stage experienced similar symptoms?
View 3 Repliesduring normal annual physical doctor found protein in urine. ran tests for diabetes-tests were negative. he re-checked 3 months later and protein was not present, but blood was. about 10 years ago another doctor found blood in my urine and i went to see a urologist and had a cystoscopy which came out normal. he told me that rarely there are people with traces of blood in urine for no reason. since then i have had regular physicals and no mention of abnormal urine test results have come up. now, out of the blue not only is blood coming and going(not visible to naked eye)but protein shows up and the numbers that show my kidney function are a little bit out of average range. doc sent me for kidney ultrasound and CT scan which came out clear. i have an appointment with a urologist, but am still curious about this problem. also, in reading stories on this website, i found an odd similarity in stories about having urinary problems and heart palpitations(which i have not mentioned to my doc). the palpitations started about 6 mos. ago. i thought they were related to anxiety since i have lost both my parents suddenly(they did not pass away together) and my job of 17 years in less than one year. i see a shrink on a regular basis for depression and he prescribes lorazepam and klonopin to me. when these palpitations escalated to having pressure in the center of my chest i tried taking anywhere from 2 mg. to 6 mg. of lorazepam and 1 mg. of klonopin to ease the pain and attributing symptoms to anxiety, but the meds did not help. i have not had any other heart related symptoms like pain in arm, jaw, or shoulder. could these two sets of symptoms be related? like i mentioned before, just reading other stories where both things were mentioned struck me as so odd!! perhaps someone could shed some light on this situation for me.
View 1 RepliesI delivered 5 weeks ago and ended up with very bad anal pain.. Not sure if it's hemorrhoids or fissure...
The symptoms are painful bowel movement and pain remains for at least 5 - 6 hours and blood spotting sometimes...
Pregnant and smoking weed is it bad?
View 5 RepliesSomeone was smoking a cigarette around me (knowing I'm 6 weeks pregnant) and I inhaled a little of it. I got up and went to another room! I hope my baby is okay!
View 4 RepliesAnyone smokes through prepregnancy? Cigarette or shisha ?
View 9 RepliesMe and my boyfriend been trying to get pregnant for the longest and we still haven't gotten pregnant yet we both feel that something is wrong with us...is it me or is it him? Can smoking cause us not to get pregnant? Or something else?
View 1 RepliesI've been a little worried because my sister is 13 weeks pregnant and she was a cigarette smoker before she found out she was pregnant she is trying to stop completely but it's not that easy for her she has smoked about 6 cigarettes since she found out I am having her stay with me to make sure she doesn't smoke at all at least till the baby is born is she still on time to stop and how much do you guys think she has hurt the baby at 13 weeks
View 10 RepliesPlease don't judge me. Since June I started smoking cigarettes and it got worse the more I tried to quit. I finished my last pack yesterday and I'm determined to not smoke anymore because I don't want to harm my baby that had been healthy this whole way. My question is it worse to smoke more towards the end of pregnancy than the beginning? I stopped smoking the same month I found out I was pregnant n then stress had me smoking again n june to August
View 8 RepliesI'm just now in my third trimester and have not smoked at all but i did smoke one because of the amount of stress I'm dealing with. The stress is unreal. I'm working full time. I don't want to go into early labor because of stress but I don't wanna smoke either what do I do?
View 11 RepliesI just found out I am pregnant yesterday with my first child. More than excited for it, but I'm a smoker. I've been for years. I need advice, please. How do I quit ASAP without stress. Everyone around me smokes. I'm scared of the harm I'm bringing or could bring my child.
View 6 RepliesI'm just wondering how many weeks all the smokers were when you stopped smoking?
View 14 RepliesJust got a positive pregnancy test. I'm 4 weeks in. Can anyone help me quit smoking cigarettes I don't want to hurt my baby. How did you quit if you are a smoker
View 14 RepliesMy boyfriend quit when we found out we were pregnant. He quit with me. Now he's smoking again, has been for about two months. Honestly, I feel like ripping my hair out some days because I want one so badly. It takes everything in me to not grab one an hide it for a day when he is working. It was different when we quit together. But I just don't feel strong enough most days lately. And I want one so badly, it's a lot harder then it should be. I feel like I'm going to snap.
View 12 RepliesI know I need to quit smoking. My dr said no damage is done before 13 weeks, but I can't quit! I've tried tapering, I've tried cold turkey, I've tried gum... nothing is working.
View 4 RepliesI just found out I'm pregnant about a week ago with my second child and I do smoke cigarettes, but now I know I'm pregnant and about 4-6 weeks I'm trying to quit but the urge to smoke to still there even though I get disgusted when when I light one up. Can any one give me some tips to stop and also can it harm the baby at this point?
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