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Gum Disease… Can it be cut out????? help!!?

April 30, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Question by sara629686: Gum Disease… Can it be cut out????? help!!?
I am 38 yrs old an ex smoker, i am in the uk my dentist said my gum disease is something he would expect to see on me in 20YEARS time like this!!
So i asked him about having it cut out, (as they do in the USA) he said this method is not very effective? I wonder if that’s because its an english dentist nhs? As im wondering if it would be worth getting it cut out if that is successful practise? Any advice please on gum disease, as i am worried due to my age.
I was also told that this can be a start or warning signs for stuff internally ie cancer etc and to see my gp?

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Answer by marchen
UPDATE: On flossing: Different dentists may give different flossing advice. Mine recommends using Crest Glide (which changed my mind about flossing!), and sliding the floss strongly down one side. scraping down against the gum, and then sliding the floss strongly up the side of the other tooth. He also recommends flossing BEFORE brushing.

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It seems this may be mainly due to aesthetic reasons, based on my – I must note, amateur and very minimal research. You may want to call a few periodontists (gum/gum disease specialists) and get their opinions, as, if you do have gum disease in the future you may be seeing one anyway.

If that’s all your dentist has to say, you may want to change your dentist! Because in 20 years means not now, which means it’s not to late to start taking preventative measures and protecting your gums now! I’ve linked to some sites which have preventative measures listed (the first one is only about gum disease). The third link is especially succinct and a well organized and clearly summarized little article on all aspects of gum disease including risk, treatment, and prevention measures (page 4). Prevention tips include:

Brush twice a day for at least 3 minutes each time (about the length of your favorite song) and floss daily. If you’re not sure whether you’re brushing or flossing properly, your dentist or dental hygienist can show you the best techniques.

Always brush with a toothpaste that contains fluoride; some dentists also recommend daily mouth rinses containing fluoride.

Use a toothbrush with soft, polished bristles, as these are less likely to irritate or injure gum tissue. Be sure to replace your toothbrush at least every 3 to 4 months — a worn-out toothbrush can injure your gums. (Some toothbrush brands contain color indicators on the bristles to remind you to replace them when they become worn.)

Eat a healthy diet. Avoid snacks and junk foods packed with sugar that plaque-causing bacteria love to feed on.

Don’t smoke! Cigarettes and chewing tobacco cause mouth irritation and are very unhealthy for gums and teeth.

Regular dental care is extremely important in helping to keep your mouth healthy. Visit your dentist for routine care — especially cleaning — at least twice a year. Your dentist can remove hardened plaque and any tartar that you’re not getting to with brushing or flossing.

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Guidance To Help Doctors In Wales Understand New Responsibilities When Responding To Concerns

April 17, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Guidance To Help Doctors In Wales Understand New Responsibilities When Responding To Concerns
The Medical Protection Society (MPS) has developed guidance to help doctors understand their new responsibilities when responding to concerns, following the new regulations on NHS complaints in Wales which came into force today. The regulations aim to make it easier for patients to raise concerns if they are dissatisfied, or if things go wrong with their care and the MPS factsheet outline these …
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Pain just under the skin of my penis during and after sex.. help?

April 2, 2011 by 3 Comments

Question by hach: Pain just under the skin of my penis during and after sex.. help?
This only recently started happening, and i couldn’t have sex ever since.. I experienced a burning sensation just as i began and when i pulled back the foreskin to take a look, i found a red, scar-like thing (quite close to the tip) which seemed to be the origin of the pain.. It has been 5 days since it began, and the scar/scratch doesn’t seem to show any signs of healing.. Any idea what could be done about this? I always use condoms, and have stuck to the same brand for about 10 months now..

Do i need to see a doctor about this, and if yes, what kind of doctor? As in, a gynecologist or…?

Thanks!
I read somewhere that if i put some sort of antiseptic cream it will become better. Any suggestions?

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Answer by Kelly V
hpv

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Lower back pain and lower abdominal pain.Please help?

April 2, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Question by ccathy: Lower back pain and lower abdominal pain.Please help?
I had my period a week ago and still have a lower abdominal pain on my right side. It felt like a period cramp, then I got my period. Now, it’s been a week after my period and I still have cramps. I also have lower back pain. When I bend down or move to a certain side, it hurts a lot!
I am fighting against bulimia. Could this be the cause?
Please help me find an answer. I have an appointment with my gynecologist in two months. Should I wait until then?

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Answer by Kay serasera
You could be right, but first you should really get checked out for appendicitis. That means ER without delay. It may have nothing to do with your cycle. Once you’ve done that, read on…

Zinc deficiency has been linked to eating disorders, might be worth thinking about that. Furthermore zinc is important in ovary function.

But be aware that deficiencies can take several weeks or longer to correct by supplementation, so give it time and don’t exceed RDAs without specific advice. Also look up natural sources of zinc, they may be better absorbed.

So yes, it could be related, but also because your hormone levels may be a bit discombobulated by your dietary situation.

Definitely worth asking for an ultrasound scan of your ovaries, in case you have cysts. Many possible causes if that is the case, but it’s suggested that talc is often found in cysts, and is also sometimes used in the manufacture of condoms, for what it’s worth.

Another possibility is endometriosis, which can mean a laproscopy to confirm. If this is the case it can often be helped by dietary means, so as you say, sorting out your dietary matters may hold the key to much of this.

Obviously this is the internet, so do your own research too, and don’t rely on Yahoo answers, but there should be enough to help you get started there. Try searching natural treatment of eating disorders.

Not out of the question either that you have a kidney stone, so another good reason to pop down to ER right away and not wait two months.

Good luck.

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Someone please please help i cant take this anymore???

April 2, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Question by TTC for baby no 1! x: Someone please please help i cant take this anymore???
The past few years have been hell for me. I basically have to live in pads, i get water infections all time. I had severe pelvic pain and had to stay in hospital, had a scan to find out i had a double uterus….
BUT no one can actually tell me what these problems are, ive had all swabs done, blood tests, scans, being seen by a gynecologist and NOTHING. why else would i be having discharge so much????? it can be anything from green to brown colour from no odour to a foul odour. Obviously signs of infections etc but all tests ive had done signalled no problem! and I still dont know why i had severe pain!
Recently also i bled inbewteen my periods :(
I just want to feel clean and not have to wear pads most of the time

This is really getting me VERY depressed :( Im only 18 and i cant keep living this way :(

Im sexually active and before i was i still got problems but hardly as much!

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Answer by b1e8d7a
Well. To help find out what is going on. I would start by abstaining from sex. if the problem slows then it has something to do with sex. Make sure all STDs have been checked – both pap smear and blood. Then I would ask for an Xray. Always always get a second or sometimes a third opinion. If you are in a smaller city you may want to go to a doctor in the closest bigger city near you.

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What does a speculum feel like??? Help!?

April 2, 2011 by 3 Comments

Question by Koley-Sara: What does a speculum feel like??? Help!?
Okay so I have to go to the gynecologist today to get tested for infection. Idk how they do they, but I think they might need to do the whole speculum swab thing. This is NOT a pap smear, I’m a virgin. Anyway, someone said the speculum is like 2 fingers inside you… well I cant even put 2 inside me without it hurting! So if I ask for the smallest size- how big is it ? How long? Like a tampon? Ah. Thanks..

Hopefully she can just look at it externally and swab the discharge.. :/

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Answer by Angela Hudge
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Desperate need of help! I can’t put a penis into my vagina without unbearable pain!?

April 2, 2011 by 4 Comments

Question by Maddie Briggs: Desperate need of help! I can’t put a penis into my vagina without unbearable pain!?
I lost my virginity nearly four years ago, had fine painless normal sex for a year or so until it all changed completely!
For nearly two years now, I haven’t been able to put a penis in my vagina because the pain is too much it makes me feel sick! I can’t even get it in half way, it hurts to put it in!
Sometimes my vagina just hurts when I am sexually aroused!
I have a slight discharge, which builds up around my vagina – according to swabs and smear tests it is not an infection!

I have been to see so many different doctors, STD clinics gynecologists and all tests come back clear and they all say I’ve got nothing wrong! I’ve even had an operation to remove my hymen ring as it was thought I could be too tight down there, but this didn’t work! I’ve been given creams, antibiotics, but no one knows what to do about it!
What is wrong with me?! There must be someone that knows how to help me?
I have had ultrasounds to check for cysts, or problems with my ovaries etc..

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Answer by nap1203cc
i would become a man

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Please help me i dont know whats wrong and the doctors have given up?!?!?

April 2, 2011 by 1 Comment

Question by ✿✿: Please help me i dont know whats wrong and the doctors have given up?!?!?
i suffer from bad pains as though im on my period constantly all through the month, i get extreme lower back pain with the abdominal pain and its sometimes so unbeareable i cant get out of bed while other times i can get on with it but its so frustrating! i even passed out in the street once rushing to get home coz of the pain!
i am on the pill to help relieve it but the results of that are minimal!
i have had scans, pictures taken wiv that camera that is inserted (cant remember name), and even last week had a laparoscopy (keyhole surgery) to look for endometriosis or anything at all! and i had to fight for that aswell as that was the 4th doctor i had seen!
but all they have said is everything is normal and just get on with it but i know this pain is not right!

im so lost i dont know what to do, i was so sure i had endometriosis but apparently all is fine!
does anybody know what i should do next or have any clue what could be wrong maybe that noone has thought of?

i have seen 2 gps, aswell as 3 nurses, and 2 gynaecologists under the care of bupa i have been forceful and pushy but still have got nowhere!

Thank you if you can help

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Answer by knownout
Well I presume they have checked you but a lady friend of mine had similar and that proved to be a reaction to gluten in her diet ,, Forget the actual name of the illness ,, but by following the diet she is virtually pain free now , Is it like Coeliac diseaese ,, You might have been checked for that anyway The camera is endoscopy by the way

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I need urgent help, girls please, could you answer my question, why my period hasn’t come back?

April 1, 2011 by 1 Comment

Question by Camelia: I need urgent help, girls please, could you answer my question, why my period hasn’t come back?
My doctor put me on the pill because of horrible period pain, but I had to stop taking it after 5 months, the side effects were a real problem for my body so the doctor told me to stop taking the pill anymore. I am 30 years old and have never taken contraceptives before; this was the first and last time; it has been now 7 months since i am no longer on the pill and my period still hasn’t come back, I have just a very light spotting which I cannot call period, please girls if any of you has experienced this, I just want my normal period to come back, it wasn’t light or heavy before being on the pill, it was normal flow, and I just want it back; since I have no period anymore, I feel headaches and very fainted with no strength in my body; I just want to know why my period stopped completely since I started the pill and why it hasn’t come back even now after 7 months from stopping taking the pill; I need an urgent response, what are these contraceptive pills doing to my body? Had I known, I would have never taken the pill from the beginning. In 4 days time I have an appointment with a gynecologist, I want an explanation from them.
Before taking the pills, I was just fine.

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Answer by ịcąгυѕ
Maybe it is just the bill. When I came off the pill it took 5 months to get my periods back. And even then I was spotting each month. Like you described.

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this is a personal question for girls. please help! :S?

April 1, 2011 by 7 Comments

Question by rosemaya: this is a personal question for girls. please help! :S?
hi, for the past few years i have had this weird problem. i keep getting a little cut on my vagina, the same size and in the same place. it’s almost as if it heals for a couple of weeks then just opens again of it’s own accord! it hurts a little bit (obviously) but not too majorly, my question is this… how did i get it in the first place?! im certainly not doing anything to myself to get a cut and i literally have no idea why i have it. at first i even thought i might have been date raped or something crazy just cause it flummoxed me so much, but now when it appears again i am just used to it!

does anyone have any experience of this or know what it is? im not going to do to a gynecologist cause i literally COULDNT. i know that’s stupid but im only 19 so i have a couple of years before i have to work up the courage for a smear and right now i dont have the guts.

any insight would be great! it’s not a huge issue, just a very confusing one!
the cut is on the inner labia

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Answer by D Murphy
Where exactly is the cut?

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