No problem. An ulcer is an area of tissue (usualy in the gut - that is somewhere between he oesophagus (food pipe) down anywhere along the bowel. Most ulcers occur in the area just above, jus...

Over long term, heavy drinking can cause bleeding problems, but the biggy is the liver disease it causes. Chronic alcoholism is bad.

Like it has been mentioned previously, this is not very uncommon. When a surgeon cuts through your muscles to operate on you, then sews you up again, it can be quite painful, obviously, to take de...

No, Creutzfeldt-Jakob is when a human gets mad cow disease. They have to sample your brain looking for amyloid plaques.

Your body is trying to do it's own thing you may experience heavier periods the next couple of months as well as starting at different times. I would suggest calling your doctor and informing ...

Hi THere If he wont stop drinking then the issue will be diffecult to fix. You must give the body time to heal the issue and one must stop feeding poison to the problem. I know this is how he is...

Have you had your intestines checked out? For Crohns disease or for ulcerative colitis? It sounds to be like you are losing blood somewhere if you constantly need to have transfusions. My m...

Well, forget about herbs. The question is rather whether there really isn't anything 'hard-core' that can be done. There is a very new study on combination treatment of ITP that d...

That is called a Pneumothorax. It is actually a common problem. Many things can cause this to happen. Believe it or not, even a persistant cough can be enough to cause a hole in the lung. A lot of ...

About the same as getting struck by lightning on your way to pick up your lottery winnings.

You can still get pregnant when you are a virgin. 8-yr-olds can get pregnant if they had sex (i heard a story like that in the news. A 8 yr old did get pregnant first time). You can get Sexuall...

I hate to sound stupid, but what is the "come hither" motion. Maybe I'm clueless, or I just haven't heard of that terminology.

A hemoglobin of 8.6 is low but not dangerously. We usually transfuse an symptomatic(weakness, fatigue, shortness of breath, bleeding) sick individual at 8. I have seen otherwise healthy people come...

Cancer is not a virus even though some viruses can cause Cancer. Cancer is an anomolous throwback to how we developed as organisms. Start with Bacteria, which reproduce and eat until they consum...

i don't know about a cadaver ... but as a live donor, they put you through a checkup that you wouldn't believe.. it took about 4 months to get the go ahead. blood test ,,urine test ,, tes...