Healthy Medical Answers

Pain after surgery to fuse discs anywhere in the spine is almost universal. Your muscles take a major hit, and you have to adjust to a new range of motion and...

Some people have diseases that baffle their doctors. Consider the following collection of complaints. Someone who suffers from a vasovagal response disorder might have an exaggerated response to having blood...

Swelling of the temple, and swelling of the face in general, is relatively common in children and relatively rare in adults. It is the kind of condition that can develop...

General overview The medical term given for smelling any odour which isn't present - whether it be smoke, dirt, cabbages, etc. - is phantosmia or olfactory hallucinations. The odours which are experienced vary from person to...

General overview Marijuana is a flowering plant which has been used for many years as a psychoactive drug. It contains, amongst many other chemicals, tetrahydrocannabinol or THC which elicits feelings of euphoria...

General overview Difficulty in swallowing food, and even liquids in severe cases, is called dysphagia. Dysphagia can at times also be associated with painful swallowing. The issue which causes this...

Some people can drink carbonated beverages and feel fine. Some people can drink carbonated beverages and feel awful. It doesn't really make any difference whether the soft drink has sugar...

General overview Mothballs are used to kill off larvae of moths so that they don't develop and therefore cause damage to clothes. Mothballs can contain one of two products, either...

General overview Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is the psychoactive chemical which is found in marijuana/cannabis. This plant has been used for many years for it's euphoric effects which it elicits, as well...

Bupropion The generic name for Wellbutrin is bupropion and it's an antidepressant medication which belong to the class of drugs known as the noradrenaline-dopamine reuptake inhibitors or NDRI's. The medical indication for...