Medically insignificant yet annoying maladies that constitute torture.

[LaraMN]

My ear keeps plugging up. Just the left one. I can't hear anyone else through it properly, but my own voice is amplified approximately 8,000 times, on that side. I can hear myself breathing. It's maddening.

:banghead:

[ohiosmith]

1. cold sores

[LaraMN]

3. I don't think I've had one, but they sound quite aggravating

or so Carmex would have us believe.

[ohiosmith]

15. Likely not as aggravating as boob sweat.

[SmokingJacket]

30. I've had both.

Give me boob sweat any day.

[yurbud]

77. like zits, your doctor lies to you about cold sores just to see how big and embarrassing it will get

at first sign of a blemish of any kind, lance it with a sterilized needle, pull whatever is in there out with tweezers, squeeze it out, or bleed it out, then pour rubbing alcohol on it. For really stubborn blemishes, you may need to light the alcohol. (I haven't done that last step myself, but if you try it, let me know how it turns out).

[Left Is Write]

2. I have mild Meniere's Syndrome in my left ear.

I suppose it's medically insignificant, but it prevents me from ever sleeping on my right side, and I can't hold a phone receiver to my left ear for very long (problematic, because I am left-handed).

[LaraMN]

4. What are the symptoms of that?

I've never heard of it.

[Left Is Write]

5. I have fluid in my inner ear. If I lie on my right side, I can feel and hear it

bubbling up, and it's awful. When I lie on my left side, the bubbling/gurgling is minimal. If I hold the phone to my left ear, I get the same bubbling problem.

I also experience tinnitus from time to time and have occasional dizzy spells. People with more severe cases of Meniere's can have constant tinnitus and dizziness.

There is nothing that can be done about it.

[billyskank]

6. Ack! That is so annoying!

That is up there with a permanently blocked nostril. :hug:

[LaraMN]

7. No kidding!

I'm dosing myelf on Sudafed to try to fix my issue. I think a blocked nostril would bug me even more, though. I rather enjoy the ability to breathe.

[Maestro]

8. IBS

Not life threatening but incredibly painful and annoying.

http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/ibs/

[Bossy Monkey]

9. Go to a doctor; I suspect you have an ear infection

I had a run of these in my 30s, though as far as I know I never did before, even as a baby. Anything but medically insignificant, though.

My medically insignificant one is lactose-intolerance. Before I figured out that that was what I have, it was truly torture. Lactaid is a good friend, though.

[bleedingheart]

10. ah the joys of lactose intolerance...

lactaid is good...

however I have learned it can be used as a WMD...hahaahahahahah

[Bridget Burke]

14. Or--if there's not an ear infection....

The doctor could have a tech remove the ear wax. It's done with warm water & is not icky at all. A possible quick fix for an annoying problem.

Glad there's Lactaid! Milk, ice cream, yogurt, etc. have always been my friends.

[Maine-ah]

11. I have skin allergies

that only show up on my right hand. I consistantly break out, the skin splits and weeps. It's really hard because I have to consistantly wash my hands which aggrivates it.

[femmocrat]

41. See a dermatologist.

My hands are in water a lot, too.... and I have a similar problem. I got an ointment from the dermatologist that relieves it. He also recommended Dove bar soap (avoid anti-bacterial soap!), and lots of moisturizer. I blame the cheap liquid soap and crappy brown paper towels at work, because I don't get it in the summer when I am at home.

[mcar]

12. Constantly runny nose

For decades, I mean. A side effect of allergies, nothing stops it and every member of my family has it. We're talking light, water-like discharge here, not head-cold mucus. I have tissue boxes in every room of the house and every car and have to blow my nose every couple of minutes - all day long.

[LynzM]

25. Dude, that sucks....

Wow. I'm sorry. :hug:

[Zookeeper]

81. Maybe you need to move?

When I lived in the redwooods north of S.F., I had the same symptoms and lots of sinus infections due to the extremely high mold count.

Here in the midwest, I haven't had that problem at all.

[Richardo]

13. I SAID YOU SEEM TO KEEP TOUCHING YOUR OWN ASS!!

Geez.

[RetroLounge]

16. Crabs

Damn them!



RL

[philosophie_en_rose]

17. Paper cuts.

Ouch.

also menstrual cramps.

[evlbstrd]

18. Hangnails and hemorrhoids.

At the same time.

[NJCher]

72. hangnails

Not sure if you mean the same thing as I do with "hangnails," but I am talking about the little tears in the skin near the nail. I just found a terrific solution! Liquid bandage. And it lasts for days! The pain goes away instantly as the tear is solidified in the "bandage" It is waterproof, too.

Yes, these things are medically insignificant but they are painful and they make doing things like getting your credit card out a pain.



Cher

[evlbstrd]

102. It's when a little sliver-like layer of nail comes loose on one side.

And if you pull out off, it leaves the painful tear you described.

[NJCher]

108. owwwwww

Just seeing that made me cringe. I think I did have one of those once and yes, horrible. But most of the time it's just those little tears in the skin near the nails. I notice it especially when the seasons change.

I'm not sure if this solution would work with this hangnail. Worth a try, I guess.



Cher

[Roon]

19. Benign Positional Vertigo

These little rocks form in your balance chamber in your ear and they roll along the nerves causing you to be dizzy. You can't tilt your head back or lay down without spinning. It really sucks. I have had this since I was 9 years old. You always wake up with it and it takes months for it to go away.

[LynzM]

26. I actually read about this in a novel....

One of the older characters suffered from it... I'd never heard of it before. I'm sorry... that must be *so* frustrating. The book is Prodigal Summer, if you ever want to read it.

:hug:

[LynzM]

31. PUPPP

Pregnancy itch. Nothing gets rid of it except for having the baby, generally. You itch your skin off, and you can't sleep, and you're 9 months pregnant.

[crim son]

51. I had that with my last child.

It was a summer pregnancy, I was thirty-five and miserable, and then the itch appeared! The whole damn body itches... it's unbelievable and it doesn't go away until you give birth. Another one of Mother Nature's little jokes.

[Roon]

34. Interesting

So few people have heard about this, didn't think that anyone would write about it.

[LynzM]

38. In the book,

Not to spoil this particular thing, but it's not huge to the plot... he eventually finds someone who can do a kind of 'movement therapy' to move the little rocks back to where they won't wiggle around anymore. I don't know if there's any truth to it, but the author had to have gotten the idea someplace... :shrug:

[Roon]

42. Yeah there is an exercise you can do

that involves tilting your head this way and that way to work the rocks out. Next time I get it, I'll give it a try. There are places online that show you how to do it.

[sir_captain]

45. That's a real thing

and supposedly helps tremendously. It's an in office procedure that literally takes about 30 seconds. I've had it tried on me.

[sir_captain]

44. wow do I hear you

I don't have BPV, but I have a vestibular disorder that no one has been able to get a handle on and it drives me totally insane. It's been particularly bad for the last 9 months or so to the point where some days, I've been unable to leave my apartment.

[sweetheart]

20. injections with giant needles

... designed to penetrate tendons. But i guess that's more a treatment than a malady. ;-)

[Kutjara]

21. Restless Leg Syndrome?

Roseacea?
Flatulence?
Prickly Heat?

[MrCoffee]

103. the jimmy legs

[Pithlet]

22. Canker sores.

I sometimes get a mouthful of them. I've been to several doctors about it and have tried everything, to no avail. Switching to an SLS-free toothpaste has helped, but I still get them occasionally. Just awful.

[trof]

23. Opthalmic migraines.

'Flashers' in your peripheral vision.
Like a semicircular string of rainbow prisms.
Usually no headache.
Many 'theories', but nobody really knows what causes them.
:-(

On edit: I had one a couple of hours ago.
I can go months without one and then have 1 or 2 a day.
:shrug:

[SmokingJacket]

32. I get those too.

Not as bad as real migraines, though afterwards, you feel the same: tired and fuggy.

[Drum]

71. I get those too...inexplicable.

I never even knew there was a name for this...:shrug:

[Ariana Celeste]

24. does a hangover count?

those can be pretty awful.

[trof]

27. Is it chronic?

[Ariana Celeste]

28. no

i usually manage to avoid them, but when I get them... it can be almost as bad as the stress headaches i get

[hippywife]

29. That annoying little tic

under my right eye! Arggghh!

[Jean Louise Finch]

68. drink tonic!

or a gin and tonic if you like. Works wonders. My partner gets them and as soon as he has a tonic water they go away.

Jean Louise

[begin_within]

33. hiccups

[TommyO]

35. I've got a sty in my eye

it's a recurring one that I get a few times a year and it can range in size from a tiny insignificant bump to something that looks like one of Ridley Scott's aliens can pop out of.

[WindRavenX]

36. People who speak slowly drive me insane

<--speaks like a New jerseyian on speed

[Pithlet]

50. Don't move to the south.

I've gotten used to it, but I still get irritated when someone here claims they didn't understand me because I talk too fast.

[WindRavenX]

59. Or the Pacific Northwest

x(

Sarcasm is not well utilized there.

[SPKrazy]

37. Chronic Cough

allergies vs. gets worse when I get nervous -like a tic sort of

very annoying. Sometimes it doesn't bother me, but I notice when I'm in a situation that I feel "trapped" in it gets worse.

[Aristus]

39. What I can't stand is

those little feathery boogers that tickle the shit out of the inside of your nose, but only when you're in a public place and can't do anything about it without attracting unwanted attention. That's torture!

B-)

[u4ic]

40. Paper cuts

especially on knuckles...

[NJCher]

73. Paper cuts: at the risk of repeating myself

Liquid Bandage.



Cher

[bertha katzenengel]

43. dust-dry nasal passages & sinuses

:nnnnemmmph:

[SPKrazy]

57. I Can Relate To That!

on top of that I use CPAP at night, and even with the humidifier it has, I still can wake up dry as a bone

[NJCher]

74. get a humidifier

I bought one of those big ones that does the whole house. Whenever I turn it on in the winter (after the same bout with dry nasal passages that you describe), I never fail to think "ah--this is quality of life."

Spring for one--they're only about 140 or so--and you'll never regret it.



Cher

[Zookeeper]

82. Is it free-standing or....

attached to your furnace?

My previous house had a humidifier connected to the furnace and, even better, it was a type that didn't need cleaning or accumulate mold.

It was the best anti-wrinkle prevention, too! I really see a difference living in a house without a humidifier. x(

I've been thinking of getting an estimate on having one installed.

[NJCher]

89. Mine's free-standing

My only option, as I have radiator heat. It's a bit of a pain to have to reload the jugs with water but the more comfortable climate it provides is well worth it.



Cher

[Zookeeper]

91. I've lived in several apartments and houses...

with radiators and they always seemed less dry to me than forced air heat. Actually, some of those radiators leaked a little steam, which probably wasn't normal.

[dropkickpa]

46. My stupid allergies

Which, at the best of times, are barely under control. I've hit on the singulair/zyrtec combo which seems to works pretty good, but if I go longer than about 36 hours with either, it's itchy body/eyes, then hives for me, among other things.

[nytemare]

47. Itchy inner ears and twitching eyelids.

Those are a pain in the ass.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

48. Plantars Fascitis

I wish it would go away. I've been to the podiatrist and haven't had any luck. :(

[NJCher]

75. keep going

I've been through it; your podiatrist hasn't made the right adjustment to your orthotic yet. It takes a long time to get it right because it takes awhile for the inflammation to heal, even after your orthotic is finally shaped correctly.



Cher

[S n o w b a l l]

97. Yes...

I was going to say that too. It's so terribly painful and I've had it for months. I haven't tried lifts & don't really want to, but, I hear that's the answer.

[Jimbo S]

98. Ugh!!

Battling it in my right foot for 13 years, and now got it in my left foot last May.

Very slow to heal.

[GenDem]

49. Hot flashes -

sometimes they're so bad that they fog up my glasses!

[NJCher]

76. are you willing to take three pills three times a day?

If so, you can be free of hot flashes. The name of the pill is Keishi-bukuryo-gan. Japanese women have taken it for thousands of years and are free of hot flashes, unlike we here in the west, whose health is dominated and endangered by pharmaceutical companies.

Order here:

http://www.nutrimart.com/details.asp?ItemNo=KP0001

I always order at least three bottles and I take the dosage without skipping. It's a natural remedy. Google it--you'll find plenty of info. I found relief within a few days. As long as the pills are taken, there's no problem but if you stop taking them, the flashes come right back.



Cher

[havocmom]

85. Gonna have to try that. Vitex helps a lot, but sometimes the flashes are MEAN

Havocdad says perhaps one factor in global warming is the huge numbers of boomer women standing on their front steps in shorts and tank tops, fanning themselves at one in the morning ;) Hey, he IS a biologist and keen observer. :D

[GenDem]

96. Yes, I'm willing, and thank you!

I refuse to go on hormone replacement - I'm in the early phase of all this. I've been taking Estroven PM (a natural combination of herbs) at night.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

52. Allergies and killer cramps

Allergies that drive me nuts. I'm non functional without those drugs and want to claw my eyes out, particularly my tear ducts.


Also, menstrual cramps!! I never understood why, if I was absent from work for four days and suffering in bed, why I needed a doctor's excuse. Why would I need a doctor's excuse for a normal function??? It would probably say: "Oh, she's normal. She's menstruating." That is SO aggravating.

Besides, even if you take lots of advil and get rid of the pain, you STILL have absolutely no energy. That dishrag feeling you get when you have the flu, forinstance. And I wish I could have gotten disability for it, because it was quite disabling.

I can't tell you how many doctors said "This will cure your cramps" and it had no effect. Drugs, surgery, blah blah blah. My cramps felt like my ovaries were being tied into hard knots. I even saw on my chart once that I had been "overtreated". I thought that was insulting.

I think the real problem is that we are supposed to have boundless energy, never get sick, and basically act like a man with too much testosterone in them at work. No allowances for female things like periods, pregnancy and childbirth. That would be too European and dealing with reality.

That's about the only thing I think is good about getting older!! Rare periods and no cramps.

[Redstone]

53. "Restless leg syndrome." I know women who have it, and it's horrible. It needs a

new name, because "restless leg" sounds so innocuous.

Redstone

[Zookeeper]

87. Funny you should say that....

Mr. Z. and I saw a commercial about that tonight and he expressed skepticism until I told him that both Zoodaughter and myself had experienced it.

The name makes it sound like one's legs have nervous tics. To me it always feels like my muscles are screaming and I have to get up and move around for a while. Fortunately, it doesn't happen very often.

[MissMillie]

99. I'll second this

I have it. It's insane, though I have to add that it's not really medically insignificant. It's a sleeping disorder, and lack of sleep has serious medical consequences.

[yy4me]

101. RLS sounds much more sophisticated, and yes, it is a real

pain in the neck (oopps...legs). I have it and it hits me in the evening. I can't stand to sit still. Constant need to move legs, walk around...anything to move the legs. Trying to sleep is a real nuisance. My other half is known to go in the other room and try to sleep. Now under control with medication. Not painful, just annoying, and if not treated, will interrupt your sleep.

[dysfunctional press]

54. Raynaud's syndrome

http://www.medic8.com/healthguide/articles/raynauds.html

Raynaud's syndrome is a painful condition usually affecting the hands and feet. A few with the condition may develop another rheumatoligical condition in the future and this may be predicted using various tests. Treatment includes preventative care, medications and, rarely, surgery.

What is Raynaud's syndrome?

Raynaud's syndrome is due to poor circulation, usually in the hands and feet, although may affect the nose, tongue or ears. The tiny blood vessels in the affected area close down, supplying very little blood to the extremities. Numbness results and on warming, the area may throb painfully.

When Raynaud's syndrome occurs alone it is known as primary Raynaud's; when it occurs with another related condition it is known as secondary Raynaud's syndrome.

Raynaud's can be a useful predictor of autoimmune rheumatic disease...

what happens for me is i get DEEP splits in the skin on my finer tips, and on my big toes, balls(of my feet) and heels...it can make walking extremely painful, as well as anything that involves the tips if the fingers- like typing for instance.

it really sucks...and my dr. loves to hand out these informational sheets about whatever condition/procedure you're having- the one for raynaud's, for treatment says: if possible, move to a warmer climate.

[SPKrazy]

56. Strange Thing Is That I Used To Have That

When I was in my 20's. When I started taking blood pressure meds it got better.

I have a friend who has it, and she does indeed have Rheumatoid arthritis as well. Her hands are cold, red to purple, and hurt.

My hands used to turn purple, get blotches on them, and were very very cold and clammy and hurt.

No more. Strange.

:shrug:

[dysfunctional press]

61. i get migraines as well...

and i saw a commercial for a new medication to treat them, so iasked my dr. about a prescription, so he looked it up and it turned out that it was contraindicated for raynaud's patients, so i couldn't take it.
i got vicoprophen instead, and it works great.

did you ever work with vibrating machinery at all...?

i used to run a pneumatic jack hammer quite a bit as a concrete construction laborer.

i don't have rhematoid arthritis, but i do have ankylosing spondylitis- which is a similar enough autoimmune arthritic disorder.

[SPKrazy]

65. No, No Vibrating Machinery

Like I said, the problems for the most part are gone. My hands still turn colors, especially red, but not purple unless it is cold outside. They will hurt quite a bit then

:pals:

[dysfunctional press]

69. mine turn pure white when i've been outside shoveling snow...

and they get as cold as ice. between my ice cold hands and my ice cold feet i have a lot of fun at the wife's expense in bed.

[dysfunctional press]

55. iritis.

inflammation of the iris- it causes EXTREME and painful light sensitivity- to the point that even with an eye patch over the affected eye, the light coming into your head thru the good eye is too painful too handle. during a couple of particular nasty flares, i spent 3 days in a darkenned room.

[dysfunctional press]

58. ankylosing spondylitis...

although i don't know if an autoimmune rheumatic disease could be considered "medically insignificant"...i do know that it's painful as all hell, and i know of at least two people who have been driven to suicide by the pain- which i really cannot properly describe with words. i wake up every day in pain- but at least i CAN sleep again- when the disease is in full-on flare, and when it first started affecting me- i never slept more than 2 hours a night, because of the pain.
i've found a combination of prescription narcotics, muscle relaxers, immuno-suppresants, diet and exercise that seem to work- for now.

for those of you with a medical background, here's one way to gauge the severity of the condition at a given time- blood sedimentation rate- mine has been as high as 97, usually hovers in the mid-forties, and as of late has been in the upper 20's.

[gemdem]

60. Floaters in my eyes and tinnitus

The floaters (I don't know what else to call them) in my eye. They're some kind of tissue that has broken loose from the eye wall and floats around. They appear as grey specks that enter my field of vision and are distracting as hell. They break down and go away after a few days, but they're annoying -- especially when trying to read.

The ringing in my ears gets so bad at times that it wakes me up -- or keeps me from going to sleep. Normally it's at a low level and I can tune it out. Other times, though it can nearly push me over the edge.

The worst part of both of these is nobody can see or hear what I'm talking about, so if I mention either, people will look at me like I'm nuts unless they've experienced them, too.

[dysfunctional press]

62. i get floaters very bad when i get an iritis flare-up...

when you look at a solid field- like a blue sky, or a sheet of white paper, it's like looking at a microscope slide of pondwater, from all the little one-cell things swimming around.

[Zookeeper]

80. I've had floaters for over ten years...

Most of the time I don't notice them. But, when I draw they are very annoying. They just jump out when I'm looking at a sheet of white paper.

Mine look like a little dot with a long kinky thread attached.

[dysfunctional press]

86. h, i get those kind all the time as well...

when i get an iritis flare-up, it's like looking at a microscope slide PACKED with paramecium-
kinda like this, but with even more of the little buggers:

[Zookeeper]

88. Wow, that looks like it would be visually...

very distracting. Does it interfere with your everyday life? How often do you get those flare-ups and how long do they last?

[dysfunctional press]

92. i haven't had a flare up in about two years, now...

i used to get them 3-4 times a year, and they'd vary in length & severityfrom a couple of days to maybe 5 days.

the first time i got it, i didn't know what it was, and just let it go for a couple days- and then my girlfriend at the time told me that my eye looked funny. so i looked in a mirror, and the pupil of my right eye looked like a crescent moon(only half of it could dilate- the other half was too inflamed and the iris and cornea were stuck together- so i went to the eye doctor...and it ended up with me getting a shot that had to go to the back of my eyeball...try looking away from THAT needle.

[Zookeeper]

94. OK. I thought I was over my fear of needles...

but, that's an image that will be hard to forget.

One more question: What causes the iritis (sp?)?

I'm off to bed, so I'll check the thread in the morning. :boring:

[dysfunctional press]

106. my iritis is an offshoot of my ankylosing spondylitis(AS)...

as far as what initiates the flare-ups- nobody really knows. they don't really know what causes the AS to flare up either- there is a genetic marker, most of the people with AS have the gene HLA-B27, but not everybody with that gene develops the condition.

as far as the needle in the eye thing- try sticking a toothpick into a grape- pretty much the same thing.

[Pithlet]

63. I have those floaters now, too. They are irritating.

I started getting them after my second pregnancy. I had extremely high blood pressure that I had to be hospitalized for both before and after the birth, and I think that's what did it. I had all kinds of weird things happen to my vision during that time, like flashing lights and a flower in the center of my vision, but the floaters remain.

[gemdem]

64. I've had them since I was a kid

They were kind of entertaining then. Just benignly annoying now.

[Pithlet]

66. I always did, too.

I think most people do, though they might not notice it. It just gets much more noticeable when there's more of them. My doctor told me that if I notice a sudden increase in them, or if they ever impair my vision, to get to a doctor or ER right away. It could be signs the retina is detaching.

[u4ic]

79. I have floaters

I always thought they looked like bacteria under a microscope. And they are indeed, annoying.

The flower vision sounds downright scary! :scared:

[Pithlet]

107. It was.

It happened right after I got home from the hospital. Went right back in again and ended up in ICU for 3 days.

[SPKrazy]

115. I've Had Floaters All My Life

I used to think they were "germs" when I was a kid and never thought much about it

Germs! Comes from living with a neurotic mother

:rofl: :rofl:

[Lyric]

67. Sciatica

Not the least bit life-threatening, unless we're talking suicide. I have sciatica nearly every day, several times a day. I used to have it constantly, right after I herniated my L5-S1 disk, but over the past few years it's healed a bit. My left leg is still half numb, though--I guess that damage is permanent. :/

[barb162]

70. do you have an ear infection?

BTW, I can hear my carotid artery pulse in my right ear and it drives me nuts. Went to the doc ( a cardiologist) about it, he checked me for a minute and he says oh a lot of people can hear that.

[kedrys]

78. Back spasms

Got one tonight that felt like I'd been hit by lightning. The pain was so nauseating I had to lie on the floor for 10 minutes. Thank Bog the s.o. was there to help de-knot me...

[ChoralScholar]

83. fingernail hypertrophy

I have to chew the ends off of them every few days so they don't get too long.

[Zookeeper]

84. Have you tried an OTC ear wax remover?

It may be something as simple as an ear canal clogged with wax.

[benny05]

90. Sorry about that...

my malady is nasal passages...

[KitchenWitch]

93. Deviated septum!

:banghead:

Yes, I did it to myself, back in the day.

[Hugin]

100. *snort* Yep...

Itth a bummer.

*honk*

[Manifestor_of_Light]

109. I had a nose job to fix that

Many years ago, by an ear nose and throat guy who did plastic surgery on noses and ears ONLY.

[NC_Nurse]

95. Candling...

gets all the wax out. Simple to do and cheap. the candles are sold at GNC and health food stores.

[youthere]

104. I'd go with the ear thing..

especially when there is fluid involved and you can hear it go "whoosh whoosh whoosh".

[Coventina]

105. Skin tags...gross and painful

Just within the last year or so I've been sprouting them all over my body.

It's misery I tell ya!

[Pacifist Patriot]

110. Mouth ulcers!

But I totally sympathize with the ear plugging up. If my right ear doesn't start feeling better soon I'm tempted to go to the doctor this week. And I really try to avoid that.

I get bouts of mouth ulcers. Haven't had one in eons and now I'm on over a week of about the worst breakout I've ever had. Wondering if it's connected to the ear thing. (Not really, but it is a PITA that they are both on the right side of my head. Bending over is a rush of pain.)

[riderinthestorm]

111. Athlete's foot and dry skin cracks.

As soon as one of us clears up their own particular case of athlete's foot, someone else in the family is infected and we all go around the block again. It's maddening, especially when hit at 3 am with unbearable itching!

And this time of year is hell on feet and hands with the dry skin. Constant cracks that are so painful!

[dropkickpa]

112. I used to get very reisitant athlete's foot

And I found that #1 best thing to get rid of it (better than any of the prescription stuff my derm RX'd) is to wipe down the entire bottom of my foot with tea tree oil (on a cotton ball) 3 times a day and let it air dry. A case that had gone on for 6 weeks was gone in about a week!!! I also use tea tree oil on any cracks I get on my hands, just to keep them from getting infected (I'm allergic to polymyxin and bacitracin, so no triple antibiotic ointment for me).

[Rosemary2205]

113. Ingrown toenails......

yikes.

[alarimer]

114. when I am just about to fall asleep and I twitch myself awake

I am not sure what it is but it isn't painful, just a sudden jerking (usually involving my legs) and then I'm awake again.