Epinions Recent Reviews for Adult Health Issues

Adult Health Issues: Gallbladder surgery misdiagonse and infection risk

Mon, 13 Jun 2005 09:44:14 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author buffyanne - The Pain: I have heard many awful things about doctors misdiagnosing Gallbladder disease. You have full blown attacks, end up going to the ER 15 times a year and getting sent home with "food poisoning", or "the flu". I had a bad experience myself...

Adult Health Issues: Aphasia: A common disorder following a stroke

Sat, 17 May 2003 12:13:47 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author jsaunt - As many here know, as a speech-language pathologist I spend my days working with folks who have communication and swallowing disorders. For many months I've intended to write some posts here which would be meant to inform anyone who is interested about...

Adult Health Issues: Panic Disorder and Generalized Anxiety Disorder........Is this You?

Wed, 8 May 2002 02:14:42 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author maggsmomm - I was sitting by the tub as my step daughter was getting out to be dried off. Our nightly routine was almost over, she ran to her dad to be dried of and dressed. I still sat beside the tub.

My hands became cold and clammy, I broke out in a...

Adult Health Issues: Aging (Dis)gracefully

Mon, 29 Apr 2002 20:41:30 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author rich2003dm - I'm an adult…and I have health issues. I've got to warn you folks that they ain't gonna be pretty. In fact, they're pretty gross. Because getting old is pretty gross. There's even gonna be some sexual content here. So, if you are easily grossed out,...

Adult Health Issues: Is an ANGIOGRAM in your future? (Over-40 Write-Off!)

Fri, 15 Feb 2002 16:14:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gaelkm -

Something I never really thought I, or my husband, would have to face: a procedure known as an ANGIOGRAM! That was a scary word that was associated with heart disease and heart attacks for much, much older people. Well, my husband,...

Adult Health Issues: Herpes: what it's all about....

Thu, 10 Jan 2002 11:57:02 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author yippee1999 - I have been living with herpes for about 7 years now. It was the first and only STD I've ever had. Around the time I was diagnosed, I had noticed some small red sores around my genitals. I had assumed that perhaps they were irritations from shaving...

Adult Health Issues: Cantankerous Colon? Could Be Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Fri, 4 Jan 2002 11:35:29 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author kcfoxy - If your bowel habits veer from one end of the sluggish spectrum to cases of the squeezed-cheek trots, what you may have is a condition known as Irritable Bowel Syndrome, or IBS. In much the way an infant's sort of asthma is called Reactive Airway...

Adult Health Issues: It Took a Lot to Not Lose Faith in This World. ~ Repost

Sun, 30 Dec 2001 16:48:07 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Cate1956 - I knew the Epinions purists wouldn't forgive me. I stole a spot, squatted if you will. I wanted to write about Interstital Cystitis, about the pain, about the embarrassment. But I wasnt able to find the right time, the proper moment, the exact place...

Adult Health Issues: Annual Checkups Can Catch Cancer Before It's Too Late!

Mon, 3 Sep 2001 19:24:58 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author KCFemme - Due to the recent diagnosis of another Epinionator I have had time to reflect upon my own experience with Cancer. Whether you have it, have survived it, or have known someone that has been diagnosed with it, Cancer has probably changed your life somehow...

Adult Health Issues: I ate a cheese burger and thought I was going to die!

Sun, 5 Aug 2001 17:54:55 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author ppotter - During the last week of June 20001 My mama and I went to Wal-Mart own cafe' and had a big juicy cheese burger. They are good. I still think so, even though this cheese burger trigger the attack, it might even save my life. I could went on not knowing I...

Adult Health Issues: Poison Oak, Ivy & Sumac - Almost Everything You Need to Know!

Thu, 26 Jul 2001 01:37:33 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author khahn86351 - Poison Oak, Ivy & Sumac

I’ve recently become very educated on Poison Oak, Ivy & Sumac due to a personal encounter with Poison Oak. This review is intended to inform the reader on the recognition, transmissions, symptoms, treatments and...

Adult Health Issues: It Is Going To Be Alright--It Has To Be

Sun, 22 Jul 2001 21:30:53 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Tip429 - When my wife was diagnosed with congestive heart failure, I was devastated. We have five small children and several grown children. What was I going to do? I knew nothing about this disease or how it would end up affecting our family. If there are...

Adult Health Issues: Trust Your Instincts and INSIST on Help

Wed, 27 Jun 2001 22:24:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lcase - I read sweetsue's review about her husband's dealings with doctors and tests, and I felt I must relate my experience.

My husband was complaining of feeling nauseated, tired, and just plain awful. His doctor ordered some tests (including a gall...

Adult Health Issues: 48 Hours On My Back

Sat, 9 Jun 2001 22:07:15 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Darkmistress - I spent the 10th anniversary of my first date with my husband on my back. Wait a minute. Before you get all bent out of shape, let me add that I either sprained my back or bulged a disc and the bed rest was doctor ordered. But let me start at the...

Adult Health Issues: To Much Sun/Heat Exhaustion

Wed, 6 Jun 2001 12:23:16 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Debbietipton - **I had originally posted this review in the: What Precautions should I Take With Children In The Great Outdoors Section. I was informed that was the incorrect place for this review so I am reposting to the proper category. I am sorry for any...

Adult Health Issues: Anxiety Disorder

Fri, 1 Jun 2001 23:21:33 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author jroberts80 - Anxiety Disorder-

What is it?

Anxiety Disorder is an emotional illness that can take many forms such as: social anxiety, panic attacks, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, phobias, and...

Adult Health Issues: My daily struggle with fibromyalgia

Wed, 30 May 2001 22:40:16 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author MonikaEC - I'll never forget September 20, 2000. Not only was it my 21st birthday, but I felt like crap. I had a splitting, dizzying headache, I felt like puking, I kept sweating and all my muscles ached. I was exhausted. A friend of mine did take me out for my...

Adult Health Issues: Could it be your Gall Bladder?

Mon, 28 May 2001 14:30:11 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author shelxland - Once upon a time...

a fair 25 year old work-a-holic with a busy life, stressful job, new baby (*and* a 3 year old) and terrible eating habits started having stomach pains.

Being used to living in her stress, she was already...

Adult Health Issues: SLE: What Lupus Means For Me

Wed, 23 May 2001 01:46:59 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author kcfoxy - Poet Sylvia Plath put her head in an oven after battling this disease, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, or SLE. Lupus, meaning wolf-like, refers to the typical butterfly rash you may or may not see on your nose, though up to 40% of sufferers...

Adult Health Issues: Just How Harmless is Sugar?

Mon, 21 May 2001 11:24:06 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author MARIEROY - I was glad to see Epinions has added the category of Adult Health Issues, which allows me to write about the following.

The other day on one of the news a programs reported on the medication Ritalin and how it is becoming more prevalent...

Adult Health Issues: Depression -- what it is, and isn't.

Sun, 20 May 2001 01:01:35 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author telynor - Depression.

You know it by other names. The blues. Feeling sad. Feeling down. That horrible listlessness and anxiety. More often than not, you get told to "Snap out of it!" "Stop feeling sorry for yourself!" "You're not really that sad, stop...

Adult Health Issues: When the problems are visible!

Sat, 19 May 2001 16:39:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author charlenep - I decided to write this about a dear friend of mine, Tammy. For years she had suffered from anxiety disorders, and many other complications such as: always tired, feeling like she was 80 years old, when in fact she is only 32, poor eating habits, never...

Adult Health Issues: What To Do When The Doctors Say Nothing Is Wrong!

Thu, 17 May 2001 12:07:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sweetsue_98 - This review is written for all of those of us out there that have had the frustration of being told that “the tests are all fine, come back in a month”. This is a real issue in medicine, and one that we should never accept as an answer. The person that...

Adult Health Issues: The Truth about Living with CFS/CFIDS...

Thu, 17 May 2001 03:04:44 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author IleneG - CFIDS/CFS DEFINITION

You might ask what is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? According to the CFIDS Website, "Chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome (CFIDS, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome, CFS, myalgic encephalomyelitis, ME and by...

Adult Health Issues: Scoliosis: The Backbone of Back Pain

Wed, 16 May 2001 21:06:44 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author deannajjones - I have personally fought a battle with scoliosis for most of my adult life. I experience severe, chronic back pain, frequent back sprains and strains, and recently had corrective surgery to correct several herniated disks due to my condition. My...