Internal bleeding help?
I just moved back to Italy to be with family. We live in a tiny village far from everything else, dominated by my relatives. There is no running doctor office and the nearest hospital is hours away, even with an ambulance. No one owns a car around here. I have blood in my semen and urine. My mom is a retired nurse and concluded that from the large quantity of blood in my pee it is internal bleeding in my kidneys. It will take 2.5 hours at least to get to the hospital in an ambulance, not including the time it would take to get over here. Is there anything I can do to help myself here at home? Is there any way for me to get help for this?
Other - General Health Care - 2 Answers
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You NEED medical attention. In the meantime drink loads of water.
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first of all, you just wash the part of the body that is bleeding. then cover it tightly with a cloth. that should stop the bleeding for now, but that doesn't mean it's going to cover it forever, so get to a hospital as fast as possible.
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Saturday, July 28, 2012
Saturday, July 14, 2012
What's going on with this "relief" effort in Haiti
What's going on with this "relief" effort in Haiti?
Help me out here, folks......I live in Italy, but am an American citizen.......Italian TV news is a bit beyond my comprehension...and I don't think CNN is giving the us "straight skinny" OK.....I hear a lot about $10 million here....."rapid response" there.....outpourings of relief from the U.S....China.....etc. etc... THEN.....CNN pops up and it's the "Dr. Sanjay Gupta Show" complete with clips of him performing battlefield neurological evaluations on babies and so on......people needing surgery and being turned away.....while a hippy upper middle class American tourist gets private jet evacuation to the 'States... For all the rhetoric and back-slapping, there seems to be very little hard relief..... Where are the U.S. Hospital ships? Where are the heavy duty helicopters? Where is the emergency infusion of battlefield hospitals and doctors and nurses and antisepetics and surgical rooms that the U.S. is capable of providing? It's going on 2 weeks!! Haiti is not on the other side of the world! What gives? Sorry Ratz, I got my times screwed up...it "seems" like 2 weeks........however, is the main airport in Haiti operational? Have they airlifted in a few hundred Marines for security?......I can appreciate the " bottleneck" phenomenon, but that's what battlefield commanders are responsible for........or are they all preroccupied with the Middle East?
Current Events - 5 Answers
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The earthquake happened Jan 12th, so no it hasn't been going on 2 weeks. All of those supplies are there, or have been sent, but there is a bottleneck. There are no roads, no infrastructure, no government, no command on the ground organizing everything. It's been hard to get stuff to the actual people. They dropped food from helicopters but they caused riots.
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All the Haitians are being evacuated to America and other parts of the world as its no longer habitable but of course if they die while they are waiting then thats just too bad. I heard there was room in this place in Louisiana - name escapes me for the minute - something about Katrina - no it escapes me. I hope that updates you.
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air port is full no control tower, no radar roads blocked ports destroyed ships Travel very slowly in short no land water or air Access to bring every thing in quickly
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The news reports that I am hearing is that there is an immense stockpile of emergency relief supplies at the airport and a steady flow of it still arriving but delivery of the emergency relief supplies to the quake survivors is just flowing at a trickle. It's my understanding that they are waiting for ground troops to arrive and set up and secure distribution sites.
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Because there is no magic wand that can be waved and everything made better. Before you can distrubute the relief supplies you have to clear the roads. Before you can start clearing the roads you have to repair the airfield. Before you can repair the airfield you have to get your equipment and repair personnel there. Anything too heavy to be moved by air (bulk supplies and fuel, heavy construction equipment, heavy trucks etc) has to wait for the port facilities to be repaired. The ironic thing here is that I was one of the initial responders to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. I was working in the operations section of a joint task force whose mission was to help coordinate relief efforts. When we hit the ground we did the math and immedeatly realized that there was very little we could do to help people in the first few days. The only usable highway was choked with refugee traffic and our only 'usable' airfield had no working air traffic control equipment, no electricity and no usable fuel. We had aircraft blowing tires on landing because of debris on the runway. The first thing we had to do was clear the runways. Then we had to fly in the equipment to unload the aircraft. Then we had to fly in the people and equipment to process the supplies after they were unloades. Then we had to fly in fuel. Then we had to fly in trucks. And only then could we even think of moving relief supplies to people. And the worst thing about all of this was - we did the math and discovered that there was no way we could move the necessary tonnage of relief supplies to the people who neede them in time. .
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Help me out here, folks......I live in Italy, but am an American citizen.......Italian TV news is a bit beyond my comprehension...and I don't think CNN is giving the us "straight skinny" OK.....I hear a lot about $10 million here....."rapid response" there.....outpourings of relief from the U.S....China.....etc. etc... THEN.....CNN pops up and it's the "Dr. Sanjay Gupta Show" complete with clips of him performing battlefield neurological evaluations on babies and so on......people needing surgery and being turned away.....while a hippy upper middle class American tourist gets private jet evacuation to the 'States... For all the rhetoric and back-slapping, there seems to be very little hard relief..... Where are the U.S. Hospital ships? Where are the heavy duty helicopters? Where is the emergency infusion of battlefield hospitals and doctors and nurses and antisepetics and surgical rooms that the U.S. is capable of providing? It's going on 2 weeks!! Haiti is not on the other side of the world! What gives? Sorry Ratz, I got my times screwed up...it "seems" like 2 weeks........however, is the main airport in Haiti operational? Have they airlifted in a few hundred Marines for security?......I can appreciate the " bottleneck" phenomenon, but that's what battlefield commanders are responsible for........or are they all preroccupied with the Middle East?
Current Events - 5 Answers
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1 :
The earthquake happened Jan 12th, so no it hasn't been going on 2 weeks. All of those supplies are there, or have been sent, but there is a bottleneck. There are no roads, no infrastructure, no government, no command on the ground organizing everything. It's been hard to get stuff to the actual people. They dropped food from helicopters but they caused riots.
2 :
All the Haitians are being evacuated to America and other parts of the world as its no longer habitable but of course if they die while they are waiting then thats just too bad. I heard there was room in this place in Louisiana - name escapes me for the minute - something about Katrina - no it escapes me. I hope that updates you.
3 :
air port is full no control tower, no radar roads blocked ports destroyed ships Travel very slowly in short no land water or air Access to bring every thing in quickly
4 :
The news reports that I am hearing is that there is an immense stockpile of emergency relief supplies at the airport and a steady flow of it still arriving but delivery of the emergency relief supplies to the quake survivors is just flowing at a trickle. It's my understanding that they are waiting for ground troops to arrive and set up and secure distribution sites.
5 :
Because there is no magic wand that can be waved and everything made better. Before you can distrubute the relief supplies you have to clear the roads. Before you can start clearing the roads you have to repair the airfield. Before you can repair the airfield you have to get your equipment and repair personnel there. Anything too heavy to be moved by air (bulk supplies and fuel, heavy construction equipment, heavy trucks etc) has to wait for the port facilities to be repaired. The ironic thing here is that I was one of the initial responders to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. I was working in the operations section of a joint task force whose mission was to help coordinate relief efforts. When we hit the ground we did the math and immedeatly realized that there was very little we could do to help people in the first few days. The only usable highway was choked with refugee traffic and our only 'usable' airfield had no working air traffic control equipment, no electricity and no usable fuel. We had aircraft blowing tires on landing because of debris on the runway. The first thing we had to do was clear the runways. Then we had to fly in the equipment to unload the aircraft. Then we had to fly in the people and equipment to process the supplies after they were unloades. Then we had to fly in fuel. Then we had to fly in trucks. And only then could we even think of moving relief supplies to people. And the worst thing about all of this was - we did the math and discovered that there was no way we could move the necessary tonnage of relief supplies to the people who neede them in time. .
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Saturday, July 7, 2012
Just got tested posotive for TB, born outside the USA now what
Just got tested posotive for TB, born outside the USA...now what?
I just left the health division a couple hours ago, my job required me to get a TB Test and that is was something simple and nothing to worry about. 1 out of 2 isn't bad, considering i was tested POSITIVE. Anyways, i was born in Baghdad, Iraq. My parents and I left the country when i was 3 MONTHS old, we went to Italy for another 6 MONTHS. I have been told that i should have received a BCG shot in Iraq but i argue that i was too young to get it (not sure if I'm right or wrong) Well my main thing is... what happens now? i dont have any symptoms of it and my job is a translator (i go to peoples homes with doctors,nurses, and other medical people) Please help, i know this is not a very straightforward question, anything that helps me understand the complexity of the issue more would be great! Thank you.
Infectious Diseases - 2 Answers
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If you are indeed positive for TB, the next step is a chest X-ray to be sure that the bacteria is not active and causing damage to your lungs. TB establishes a life-long infection, but ninety percent of people infected with TB never develop any disease over their lifetimes. In these individuals, the bacteria remains alive but is not active. The bacteria reactivates in response to weakened immunity like that seen with AIDS or old age. You should try to find out for sure whether you had the BCG vaccine or if you are indeed infected with TB. If it were me, I would want to know.
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It is going to be OK. I live in Canada, one of my friends had a positive tb test and continued to work as a nurse. You are not contagious of TB unless you have active pulmonary infection. If you had that you would be symptomatic with a cough, I am sure whoever conducted the test would have noticed. The next steps will be possible the second tb skin test, then they will do a chest xray and sputum sample. If, after these diagnostic tests, you are found to be colonized with tb, you will be starte on antibiotics for 6-9mos. This will ensure that you are free of the bacteria so it will not be able to become an active infection later in your life. Be aware that the BCG vaccine may provide false positve results, but only for a liminted number of years (10-15 years max). SO if you received this vaccine as an infant and are over 15 years old, the positive result is not related to the vaccine
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I just left the health division a couple hours ago, my job required me to get a TB Test and that is was something simple and nothing to worry about. 1 out of 2 isn't bad, considering i was tested POSITIVE. Anyways, i was born in Baghdad, Iraq. My parents and I left the country when i was 3 MONTHS old, we went to Italy for another 6 MONTHS. I have been told that i should have received a BCG shot in Iraq but i argue that i was too young to get it (not sure if I'm right or wrong) Well my main thing is... what happens now? i dont have any symptoms of it and my job is a translator (i go to peoples homes with doctors,nurses, and other medical people) Please help, i know this is not a very straightforward question, anything that helps me understand the complexity of the issue more would be great! Thank you.
Infectious Diseases - 2 Answers
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1 :
If you are indeed positive for TB, the next step is a chest X-ray to be sure that the bacteria is not active and causing damage to your lungs. TB establishes a life-long infection, but ninety percent of people infected with TB never develop any disease over their lifetimes. In these individuals, the bacteria remains alive but is not active. The bacteria reactivates in response to weakened immunity like that seen with AIDS or old age. You should try to find out for sure whether you had the BCG vaccine or if you are indeed infected with TB. If it were me, I would want to know.
2 :
It is going to be OK. I live in Canada, one of my friends had a positive tb test and continued to work as a nurse. You are not contagious of TB unless you have active pulmonary infection. If you had that you would be symptomatic with a cough, I am sure whoever conducted the test would have noticed. The next steps will be possible the second tb skin test, then they will do a chest xray and sputum sample. If, after these diagnostic tests, you are found to be colonized with tb, you will be starte on antibiotics for 6-9mos. This will ensure that you are free of the bacteria so it will not be able to become an active infection later in your life. Be aware that the BCG vaccine may provide false positve results, but only for a liminted number of years (10-15 years max). SO if you received this vaccine as an infant and are over 15 years old, the positive result is not related to the vaccine
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Sunday, July 1, 2012
i don't get why he doesn't want it! Help please
i don't get why he doesn't want it! Help please?
Me and my bf (well now ex) broke up because he is moving to Italy to play for the professional basketball. He knew that we wouldn't ever talk or see each other so he said "i love you too much to put you through that". So we broke up and we have both been miserable ever since. I suggested that i move with him after i graduate because i love him so much and i honestly don't know what i would do without my best friend. we got into an argument about it because he said that i have goals and i can only achieve them here (in USA). he told me the other night that he is the stupidest man in the world because hes choosing basketball over me and i don't get why he said that because he has wanted to be a pro basketball player all his life and it seems like im standing in his way. I want him to go and i am so proud of him i really am but i still want to be with him. he also told me that he would always be my bf and in parenthesis he put best friend. i want to be a nurse so how can i not achieve it there? and he says that i have family and friends and that it would ruin my life. but honestly not being with him would ruin my life. i h8t mostly all of my family and after i graduate im only going to talk to my really close friends so it doesnt matter to me. i doubt its because he wants sex from others cause even he said he would deff miss it. so if he loves me so much why can't he just let me go there with him? please help
Other - Family & Relationships - 4 Answers
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You can be a nurse anywhere! In the EU we're crying our for nurses, so you'd get a job really easily. You need to tell him you'd rather be with him over your failmy. And hey - you can always visit home once or twice a year and see them. Either that or he is hiding something from you, and doesn't want you to go to Italy and find out.
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first of all why would he go to italy to play basketball when there are plenty of teams here. Second he is doing his best to make you go away. Have you ever asked yourself why. Things of the heart are not always simple. Good luck
3 :
Frankly put, go after this one. To me it sounds like he cares and loves you deeply but has decided to chase his personal dream and goal. He is releasing you from any emotional bond between you two, but knows deep down that this won't fix the issue. You both love each other, have him rethink what is happening to your relationship and let him know that, yes you and he are matched and that you want him to chase his dream but that you will also chase yours. That is you will finish school and follow him. He may be concerned about fans or being away from his home once he gets to where he is going. Then again he might not want any emotional ties because he wants to sink his all into the game. Ask HIM to marry you, if you feel very strongly about it. That is only if you feel that attached. If not, then you probably ready yourself to move on with each others life separately. Good luck.
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I have a feeling that his life in Italy has been decided for him by other people...such as coaches, sponsors, and team owners, and you are not part of it. He could have been told that bringing a girlfriend is not part of the program for him. People who are investing time and money in him, do not want him to be influenced by someone, or something that could affect his performance on the court, and end up with him not playing at his best. Instead of telling you how it really is, he's back pedaling with all this nonsense about how it "would hold you back". Time to cut through all the nonsense and excuses, and get him to come to the real point about why he can't, or won't take you.
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Me and my bf (well now ex) broke up because he is moving to Italy to play for the professional basketball. He knew that we wouldn't ever talk or see each other so he said "i love you too much to put you through that". So we broke up and we have both been miserable ever since. I suggested that i move with him after i graduate because i love him so much and i honestly don't know what i would do without my best friend. we got into an argument about it because he said that i have goals and i can only achieve them here (in USA). he told me the other night that he is the stupidest man in the world because hes choosing basketball over me and i don't get why he said that because he has wanted to be a pro basketball player all his life and it seems like im standing in his way. I want him to go and i am so proud of him i really am but i still want to be with him. he also told me that he would always be my bf and in parenthesis he put best friend. i want to be a nurse so how can i not achieve it there? and he says that i have family and friends and that it would ruin my life. but honestly not being with him would ruin my life. i h8t mostly all of my family and after i graduate im only going to talk to my really close friends so it doesnt matter to me. i doubt its because he wants sex from others cause even he said he would deff miss it. so if he loves me so much why can't he just let me go there with him? please help
Other - Family & Relationships - 4 Answers
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1 :
You can be a nurse anywhere! In the EU we're crying our for nurses, so you'd get a job really easily. You need to tell him you'd rather be with him over your failmy. And hey - you can always visit home once or twice a year and see them. Either that or he is hiding something from you, and doesn't want you to go to Italy and find out.
2 :
first of all why would he go to italy to play basketball when there are plenty of teams here. Second he is doing his best to make you go away. Have you ever asked yourself why. Things of the heart are not always simple. Good luck
3 :
Frankly put, go after this one. To me it sounds like he cares and loves you deeply but has decided to chase his personal dream and goal. He is releasing you from any emotional bond between you two, but knows deep down that this won't fix the issue. You both love each other, have him rethink what is happening to your relationship and let him know that, yes you and he are matched and that you want him to chase his dream but that you will also chase yours. That is you will finish school and follow him. He may be concerned about fans or being away from his home once he gets to where he is going. Then again he might not want any emotional ties because he wants to sink his all into the game. Ask HIM to marry you, if you feel very strongly about it. That is only if you feel that attached. If not, then you probably ready yourself to move on with each others life separately. Good luck.
4 :
I have a feeling that his life in Italy has been decided for him by other people...such as coaches, sponsors, and team owners, and you are not part of it. He could have been told that bringing a girlfriend is not part of the program for him. People who are investing time and money in him, do not want him to be influenced by someone, or something that could affect his performance on the court, and end up with him not playing at his best. Instead of telling you how it really is, he's back pedaling with all this nonsense about how it "would hold you back". Time to cut through all the nonsense and excuses, and get him to come to the real point about why he can't, or won't take you.
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