Babies make me ill
When I hear a baby crying I feel like I am getting sliced open with a scalpel. It is totally fight or flight. What the hell is going on with me? This is more than yuppie griping about having dinner...
View ArticleDoes a skin reaction to milk warrant a further investigation into an allergy...
Had a weird milk-skin contact reaction: does a skin reaction to milk warrant a further investigation into an allergy to ingested dairy products? Snowflakey background details: This weekend I was at a...
View ArticleOrganic chemistry reaction/reagent database for a student?
I'm studying for my organic chemistry I final exam and I'm looking for some sort of searchable database of reactions and reagents to help me solve problems. For example, right now I am stuck because I...
View ArticleDealing with family
How do I deal with a family member that turns offhand comments into personal attacks against them, as well as putting themselves down. A close family member has this habit of taking things personally...
View ArticleHow can I help my partner feel better after a random assault?
Some random jerk threatened my partner in public a few days ago and he's still pretty shaken, and can't stop thinking about it. What resources can I offer to help him cope? We were grocery shopping...
View ArticleWhat's so funny? ...Damned if I know.
I sometimes feel like I react too quickly or too slowly to things happening in the moment, especially in conversation. Does anyone else experience this, and if so what is it and how can I fix it?...
View ArticleChicken thighs, you are so tasty, but I will regret this later!
Why does (dark) chicken meat sometimes (but not always) make me feel ill? Slightly TMI descriptions inside. Sometimes when I eat dark chicken meat, it makes me feel stick to my stomach later (usually...
View ArticleTea Tree Filter
Should tea tree oil in bath water sting like crazy? I'm not getting a good answer from the online tea tree oil fanatics who swear by its use for all medical and hygienic purposes. I used 100% tea tree...
View ArticleRule of thumb for initial break outs?
At what point do you decide that the initial breakout is now a reaction breakout? I began using sea buckthorn seed oil as a treatment for my rosacea. I also suffer from moderate acne, but my biggest...
View ArticleHow can I learn to not be so reactive?
In a professional situation someone tried to bully a number of people, including me. I lost my temper, not badly, but I got angry and said silly things. (well true things said in a silly way, all now...
View ArticleJust had my allergy breakout (Hives) and my face looks like a map
I have never had an allergic reaction before so I don't know what to do. I just had hives that lasted for 2 weeks. I went to the doctor and they gave me some shots and it was gone in a day, but it came...
View ArticleChemistry ruined my face - somehow?
Despite using mostly products on my face that I've used before, I have a horrid red blotchy rash all over my face. Is it a particular combination of ingredients that's made this happen? And how should...
View ArticleMy cat itches like crazy( his anus) . Anyone with same issue?
My cat itches like crazy( his rear back) . He was given prednisone for a few days but that is not the solution. Did anyone had some issue with the cat scratching his/her rear back?
View ArticleCan you recommend a chemical reaction?
I'm looking for an example of a common chemical reaction in which a specific combination of a few reactants yields one product, but the introduction of one additional reactant yields an entirely...
View ArticleThese whippersnappers and their velocipedes!
With all this outrage at Pokemon Go, I was trying to think of examples of past past times (or just new technology) that there was a degree of public outrage that seem a bit silly now. I found a few...
View ArticleHorrible Experience At The Dentist
I sufferred a very severe panic attack along with weakness and trembling in my arms and hands about 45 seconds after being injected with local anesthesia. This is the second time such a thing has...
View ArticleUrgent care tonight or quick clinic tomorrow?
I have a yucky rash that may or may not be getting infected. Can't decide whether this is very urgent or not. So I have a scrape. It's healing. I bandaged it, only to discover that I've got some kind...
View ArticleWhich bug could be responsible for this strange bite?
Two weeks ago I was bitten by a mystery bug. The bites (two of them, on my ankle) remain sore and have a spreading rash. I’ve never had a reaction like this before; can you help figure out what bit me?...
View ArticleHow concerned should I be about my reaction to a tetanus shot?
I had a workplace incident (kitchen stuff), and as a precaution, the doctor gave me a tetanus shot last Tuesday morning. It's now Saturday morning, and the area around the injection is still swollen...
View ArticleExperiments Done With Blood Samples Reacting to Body at a Distance
Looking for the experiments done where blood samples were taken from the body, put into isolated containers and a distance from the donor, where the blood samples reacted exactly like the blood...
View ArticleCan you be REALLY allergic to your own dandruff?
I don't know how else to explain it. Lately I've had more dandruff than usual. I've always had a bit but now, absentmindedly scratching my head, it's...a bit. I've also been having really itchy eyes...
View ArticleShould I Worry (Covid Vaccination Reaction)?
Has anyone heard of/ had a reaction to the shot involving really bad vomiting and diarrhea? More inside. Mr. Westridge got his second shot (Pfizer both times) this past Wednesday. He felt fine all day...
View ArticleWhy does advice on when to Epi differ between Aus and US?
Why do the recommendations on when to give an EpiPen seem to differ so much between Australia and the US? My son has multiple food allergies despite us introducing the foods as early as possible (see a...
View ArticleThe sun turns me into The Fly.
YANMD, but MD(ermatologist) can't see me until October (!), thanks to some excellent health insurance. Last summer I started, seemingly out of nowhere, having a very odd and very severe reaction to the...
View ArticleIs my medication making me ill?
I have some concerns that at least one medication is causing other issues. My doctor hand-waved my concerns away and I need to figure out if I am being one of "those" patients or if this is really...
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