i have allergies and my nasal passage is swollen, i tend to sniff, have runny nose, and cannot smell... one of my nostrils always gets swollen, there rarely was any time that i was able to breathe comfortably. I have went to a few doctors and they gave me different advice... one said to get laser surgery, other said eat healthy and they put ginseng water up my nose, and the last said i had a lot of heat in my body that caused my nasal passage to swell up and stuck needles all over my face(acupuncture). i have had this problem for 5 years now... is there any way to treat my nasal passage at home without using money? surgery is not an option right now... my major is culinary but without a sense of smell I won't be getting anywhere... please help!! thank you

Wondering if anyone has done stem cell therapy for there dogs. Was it successful? Whats the procedure like? etc.... My dog has a partial acl tear and arthritis. He's 9 now, and I won't put him through that surgery. He was on deramaxx, was doing very good on it, then his liver values went up and he can't take it anymore. He will be starting at a rehab vet this week for acupuncture and laser therapy.
sisu. thank you for the answer. He is on denamarin right now. Has been for about 2 weeks. He is scheduled to have bloodwork done in another week. Was your dog able to take a drug like deramaxx, along with the denamarin to help with liver function?

I got my best friend my dog from a local shelter. She came to me with illness and I have tried with her to battle them for a year. Her bone infections cause deformities and pain, while her skin infections cause bleeding lines like whip lashes. Needless to say, movement is painful and even my hand to gently stroke her causes her to tense up. She can have brief periods where her infections seem to be on the mend. For this time, 2 weeks if we're lucky, she enjoys life. Then they come back in full force. I have tried everything even alternative medicine like acupuncture and laser treatments. Twice now I have been forced to acknowledge euthanasia and my eyes fill with tears.

So I think about how she was conceived. I guess someone who had a dog wanted to see cute puppies. Wanted their dog to experience motherhood. Wanted to make a little extra money the "easy way." And in doing so passed on this auto immune disease to my dog. I imagine the person never considered the puppies future as anything but how healthy their own dog looked on the outside. How cute she looked. Tail wags, nose is cold, and tongue kisses so that is a great dog to breed?

When I imagine how my dog was conceived, I imagine that person never considered that I would be eating canned sardines nightly for dinner to save enough money for the thousands I spend a week on my dog. Or that someone would love this dog who came into her life at the right time and saved her life, now only for her to watch her dog die, not able to return the favor no matter what she does. My dog's genes are against her. Her body attacks itself.

If you are considering breeding your dog do you think about this?
Thanks for allowing me to "ask" this.
By the way, she is 4 years old.
She has been seen by 8 vets if you want to include the emergency one. They are the best I could find around here. Vets do not vaccinate sick dogs. And she eats a raw food diet, but we have also tried homecooked. Her meat is organic and free ranged. Last I heard, Peta was against all breeding, not just breeding without genetic health tests so no I am not a member of peta.

Okay. I don't know if you've all seen the trailers for FD5. But if you have, then you probably know that two of the characters are definitely going to die: Isaac Turner and Candice Caldera.

During one of the trailers, you can hear one of the female characters saying "Who dies at a massage parlor?", or something to that effect. As we all know, Isaac gets acupuncture in the movie and falls off the table with the needles still in him. So obviously, he dies from either the needles or the fire that starts for whatever reason.

As for Candice, one of the trailers shows her up in the air with powder all over the place. She's also falling to the floor head first. And now, a picture's shown up online that shows Candice's body bent in half. In other words, she somehow got sent flying and broke her spine on the landing.

One more thing I'd like to add. Olivia apparently has two death scene in the movie. She falls out a window and lands on a car, and has laser eye surgery where the laser exceeds its limit dramatically. However, a person can only die once. So basically, she survives one of these accidents, but it's safe to assume that she doesn't survive the other.

Way to go, FD5! You let us know two of the characters died before the movie was even in theaters. Am I the only one that thinks FD5 screwed up doing that? Who else will find Isaac and Candice's death scenes less interesting?

I have had sever bilateral plantar fasciitis for several years now. I have tried everything (night splints, PT, stretching, PRP, cortisone, orthotics, acupuncture, anti-inflamatories, immobilization, natural enzymes, changes in diet...) My doctor has recommending Topaz Laser Surgery as a last effort before having release surgery. I was hoping to hear from someone who had it done.

I have a friend that needs to Quit Smoking and he lives in Littleton Colorado, I have heard about laser acupuncture to stop smoking but does it really help you quit smoking? He is very holistic and wants a natural method to stop smoking. Does any know a place that helps you stop smoking in Denver Colorado area? Thanks for your help in advance!

I was wondering if acupuncture could reduce the size of breasts even if it's a little bit? Also, I heard of laser bra... Does that actually reduce the size or just simply change the shape? For exercising, what kind of exercises should I try? Basically I am looking for any options that doesn't involve surgery to make the breast size smaller. Thanks.

Hypnotism to quit smoking has anyone tried hypnotism to quit smoking? I want to know of a good place near toronto, or in ontario please? also is this the best method has it worked for any of you.
how about accupunture?
tried laser therapy did not work

Ohkayy, so I asked a question earlier on a perforated ear drum..

But I'm gunna ask again but different questions too.

So, I've basically had screwed up ears for as long as I can remember. I've had a couple sets of tubes and even a mastoidectomy. My ears are in constant pain, and in about a week I'm going to Children's Mercy Hospital, so I'm reading up on a ton of stuff so I know what I'm talking about when I discuss this with the doctor. I'm even working with laser acupuncture now.

[One.] What can they do to help my ear?
[Two.] I'm not really informed much about mastoidectomys, I just know it has to do with the back of my ear, so what is it?
[Three.] Could it have anything to do with pain I have in my ear?

If you guys have anymore questions, like if I didn't include anything just ask, I'll check up and add details.

Thank you so much! :]]

This post is a little long because I've included a brief medical history of myself. I would very much appreciate it if you would read or skim through it and offer some advice - if you're short on time, just read the last 1/4 of it. I'm very nervous and am not sure where to turn for help. There's a lot of diverse symptoms that my doctors haven't been able to make sense of. I've included a lot of things that might not be relevant just in case they are.

I'm a 26 year old white male from the upper midwest USA, but I have been living in the northeast for a few years. I'm an architecture student. I've generally been described as healthy by my doctors and family. Here's a chronology of what's been going on.

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Family history:
*Aunt on father's side with severe diabetes and schizophrenia
*Mother has thyroid issue
*Uncle on mother's side died at age 57 of heart attack; he was not overweight
*Brother has slight heart arrhythmia that does not affect his activity

Age 4:
*Surgery due to weak muscle in left eye to correct lazy eye.

Most of life:
*Frequent double vision - seeing two of the same thing due to the offset between the eyes (not present, obviously, when I have one eye closed); never went to eye doctor
*Vision is otherwise fine. Always score perfect on vision chart tests at doctor.
*Occasional fainting, usually from needles (getting shots or getting blood drawn); this happened a few times also after getting hit in the head. MRI and EEG at age 10 do not indicate any issues.
*Significant dandruff and itchy scalp problem.
*Mild Tremor in hands
*Always been told I am a fairly tense and intense person.

1994 (Age 13):
*Hands and feet become extremely swollen halfway through meal at Chinese restaurant. Doctor gives pills that I have to take every few hours for a week or else I get a lot of spots all over me. Allergy skin-test a few weeks later comes up totally negative. Cause for outbreak never determined.

Summer 1999 (Age 16):
*Blood in urine after working out; ultrasound indicates no issues.

Summer 2001 (Age 18):
*Moved to Europe for a year as an exchange student. During first month, began getting symptoms such as: (1) strong awareness of heartbeat, ability to see heart beating vibrate my abdomen (2) shortness of breath (3) difficulty sleeping. Doctor says this is just stress. After a month this calms down to a manageable level. EKG (while resting) is normal.

October 2001:
*Was unknowingly given hot chocolate laced with hashish by friends; a few hours later was very messed up. I was shaking like crazy and kept forgetting where I was - and thought something was seriously wrong with me. I was mostly better after a few hours.

April 2002:
*Wake up one morning with very sore and tense neck, shoulders, and lower back. Orthopedist (and x-rays) indicate that vertebrae in neck are arranged kind of straight when they should be arranged in a curve but can't say whether this is a cause or a symptom. Physical therapy and acupuncture reduce problem but it is never fully solved and continues to this day.

August 2002 - June 2006 (In college):
*Overall seemingly good health.
*Occasionally drink heavily, but less than most college students
*Become sexually active, but never engage in activities of significant risk
*Go jogging/running/biking often. After jogging, often feel mild chest pains that go away soon
*In architecture school and internships, am occasionally exposed to things like (1) solvents for melting acrylic (2) fumes from laser-cutting acrylic, wood, and cardboard and (3) sawdust
*Frequently get much too little sleep due to school demands

August 2007 (Age 24):
*Enter graduate school for architecture. Health is seemingly fine.
*Get somewhat nervous because hairline is receding significantly even though no one in my family has any hair loss; doctor says this is genetic. I do not treat it.
*Begin again to be occasionally (frequently?) exposed to things like (1) solvents for melting acrylic (2) fumes from laser-cutting acrylic, wood, and cardboard (3) sawdust (4) glues and (5) spraypaint
*Begin again to frequently get much too little sleep due to school demands
*Occasionally watch laser-cutter in action, whcih means I am looking at intense laser light, although it is not pointing at my eyes.

March 2008:
*Travel to Asia, specifically China, for the first time; overall feel fine there and do not get sick.

April 2008:
*Begin sexual activity with somebody new for the first time in a while; as always, do not engage in any particularly risky activity.
*For the period of one week, get a few quarter-sized white bumps on hips each day. Spots are in different location each day and do not itch.

May 2008:
*Late at night, notice shadowing double-vision on text on computer screen; this is different than my typical double vision because it is present in each eye individually (when I close one eye, there is still double vision). T