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I've been lifting weights at home for over 1 and a half years now, i do it by watching youtube videos. i keep on increasing weights too after some weeks. at the moment i use a 5 kg ankle weight each leg and resistance band and also use a 7.5 kg dumbbell. I've noticed since the time i've started doing weights, i've been experiencing a variety of different lower body problems, which could be probably owing to the fact that my posture is wrong. At the moment, i feel like my left and right side of tailbone pains and also recently i'm having the right lower abdomen spasms every few hours. Do you think this problem could be due to lifting weights wrong? I do an exercise where i lift 7.5 kg dumbbell in the form of side leg raises lying down.

Hi, in 2019 I was diagnosed with the begining of posterior vitreous detachment in both eyes. My power in both eyes is -2.25. The symptoms was floaters in both eyes. Along with that I have mild opthalmic migraine triggered by stress. As it's been more than 2 years since the diagnosis and the fact that I was unable to get a checkup done in last year due to intermittent lockdown which is still prevailing in my state, am I still at risk of any retinal abnormalities? I read somewhere for patients with PVD traction on retina due to the process of detachment is the only risk for which annual check up is mandatory. I also read the process of PVD gets completed in few months and then risk of traction is minimal. Is that true, it's been more than two years, my floaters have not significantly increased and I do not know whether any flashes happened as I don't recognise them. Am I still at any risk? Just in a lot of stress due to my anxiety.

I bought a mineral water in train and started reusing the bottle unaware of the fact the chemical leaches from the bottle i used the bottle for 60 days however the water in the bottle was always left at room temperature never more than that only on 2 3 occasion out of 60 days  i left it sunlight that too for 30 minute maximum i used to replace the water after every 2 or 3 days I used to drink maximum 2 litre a day because it was winter time after releasing its health hazard after 60 days i threw the bottle .i am scared about the chemical leaching will it cause cancer necessarily??

I lost my mom almost 3 months ago to covid. Later on I found that I might have infected her and my father...I am having the guilt that why I survived and not my mom...I still cannot believe the fact that she is no more...And I miss her badly...everytimen ithink that I should have done. This..That..Could have ..Should have...Reliving those days again and again...Every morning i wake up and feel like I am having bad dream...Have heavy chest and stomach pain...Early morning thinking about this...there is no happiness , motivation in my life...barely incan concentrate....there is not a single day I weep for hours....How do I overcome this...? Feels like my life is stuck forever

I'm married to my mom's, younger brother's son. My mom is married to someone who is not a blood relation. His dad is also married to someone who is not a blood relation. I'm mom's second child. And he is his dad's second child. My blood group is O Positive and his blood group is B Positive. Both of us are healthy and we are not in any medication. We are thinking of planning for a baby. I would like to know whether this will have any effect in pregnancy? I hear many people say that there are chances of genetic disorders. Are there any precautions to take to avoid issues if any? This will be very helpful for me to know the facts in detail.

Ever since I don't exactly remember I have lost the will to live to carry on with daily activities.I feel lost. Crying makes me okay but lately I don't feel like crying as well. I was the girl who was so happy and satisfied with everything I had in life but there seems nothing.. I am physically unattractive and my nature is toxic that's what I get to hear from people and there is jo one who ever loved me. Worthy of mention is the fact that I was sexually assaulted when I was very young by two men for three years.. that kind of mentally drains me everytime I think about it. My relationship with my parents and sibling is broken dismantled. Neither do I have any friends at all. Is me continuing my life not worth it.

I'm having running nose and it goes off after I take either medicine/nasal spray. But again comes after 3-4 days. I had tested positive for Covid on 19th Mar'21(had symptoms of running nose, then only fever, body pain and head ache), where took antiviral drug(fabiflu 200mg) and other antibiotics for 5-10days per doctors advice. I was diagnosed as mild covid and got back well in 2-3wks. This running nose started again from 11th Apr'21 onwards. Fyi, atleast in last 7 days I didn't even go outside(in fact on one in my home went outside) but still got today and it's still there even after taking the nasal spray. Pls suggest next steps.

Hello everyone. I am Satbir Singh. I have a son who is around eighteen months old. His name is Angad, so the thing with my son is that he started teething when he was merely 2 months old and since then he becomes easily diarrhetic. This problem has existed since he was 2 months and is continued to this date. The symptoms include dysentry and major dehydration. These problems recur every 1-2 months and last for atleast a week everytime which is very difficult for a kid so small. As a matter of fact he is still suffering from the same pattern again. He has been hospitalised twice for the very same condition. We have gone to a lot of doctors for help but nothing seems to be helping so a prescription or any solution would be a great help. Thank you.

Hello. Filariasis, also endemic to india, is a highly physically compromising disease. India isn't going to achieve its goal of total eradication by 2020. It had been and is being propagated that mass drug administration (MDA) programme has to be undertaken to achieve the goal of total eradication. In light of these facts and as the proverb goes-"prevention is better than cure", is it a good idea to get oneself tested for the parasite? We have a garden and hence a lot of mosquitoes are present at our place. One or two and sometimes more than two bite onto me, inspite of meshing the house. I am 28 and I live with my parents. Though everyone is of sound health, I am as concerned for mine as I am for theirs. So, I wanted to take an opinion regarding the idea of getting tested. What do you suggest? What are the intervals at which one should get tested? (assuming that the report comes negative in the first test).