Why being fat is a good thing: in case of illness, cuddlyness, having a renaissance figure, wrinkle-free, no osteoporosis, cushioned from falls, damp proof, can do whale imitations, appear wealthy, more likely to survive illness and famine.
The other day, my mother was talking to me on the phone…the doctor called on the other line. My mom talks very loud so you can pretty much hear the conversation. So apparently, the Dr. ask her if she drinks. She lied and said she only has$ one drink on the weekends. She lied, she drinks about 4 bottles of wine a day! Does anybody know if I can talk to her doctor…Does it violate hippa laws?
I am very concerned…She does have osteoporosis and I don’t want it to progress faster because of her drinking.
What do you suggest
I am 14 years old and ask this on behalf of my own health. I have had arthritis-like symtoms since two years ago. These include:
joint pain (mild to severe)
joint stiffness (affected by cold/sitting on hard surfaces)
low platelet count (from two years ago, unknown if still have this)
high biliruben (same as above)
joint inflammation (heat radiates from hip/knees)
not able to stand/sit for longer than 30 minutes, will cause stiffness/pain
have osteoporosis (unknown to why i have this)
gluten intolerance (class II allergy-not celiac disease)
I have visited a rheumatologist and been released- I do not have arthitis or fibromailga. Two years ago, I was tested for leukimia through a special type of xray where they injected me with radiation I belive and it was negative. I have visited a digestive doctor and found out I had a gluten allergy that was the cause of SOME of the pain, but the doctors took my blood and said it was not significant enough allergy to cause these problems. I was released, and do not have celiac disease. I visit a genetisict for the osteoporosis and he is stumped to what is causing these problems. I took a blood test and found out that I had a high IGE level- whatever that means.
I will be visiting another orthopedic, and a neurologist. After those two doctors, I will have explored
all the fields available. Is it possible I could have cancer, as two years have passed since the last test?
Take 1000mg of calcium a day
I also have involunatry falls/hip gives out
I am considering being a vegetarian except I love chicken a lot. I have already cut out beef and pork from my diet because I find them nasty, and I have not drank milk for the past 3 years. (I am now lactose intolerant…)
The thing is that I am only 5′5″, 105-110 pounds with petite bones. Will I get osteoporosis or other diseases if I become a vegetarian? (I do have anemia at the moment…)
What should I do to maintain a balanced diet? I do know that some vegetarians eat excess starch, from imitation meat…
There are a lot of myths about osteoporosis, a bone disease that leads to the thinning of bone tissue, and ultimately, to broken hips, wrists and spines. One myth is that only women get osteoporosis. Another: that only old women get it. The truth is, men can suffer from it too. So can young people. But osteoporosis is treatable, and now, there is a new, once-a-year treatment on the horizon. a new drug, zoledronic acid, only needs to be taken once a year through an IV drip that takes 15 minutes. A study found women who got zoledronic acid had dramatically fewer spine and hip fractures than those taking a placebo. The women on zoledronic acid also had significantly fewer fractures of other bones.
Osteoporosis causes 1.5 million fractures. Riverside is doing work to repair and reduce the pain of these sorts of breaks. Vertebroplasty is a minimally invasive procedure used to alleviate pain. Cement is injected into the bone to stabilize the fracture.
Dr. says risk is better than a broken hip at her age. But she is so allergic to everything she is afraid to have it done.