Monday, August 23, 2010

My dog has what I think is candida (spelled right?) What can I do about this?

Shes terribly itchy all the time, she has skin and fur discoloration, and she smells like a dead fish when she gets hot. She burps a lot too, though that might be cause shes a dog...


She has no health problems, no stress in her life, and for the last three months I have been feeding her "wolf king" grain free food (she dosent like the grain free foods much, and wolf king smells like oregano or something, I dont reccomend it -and neither does she!) She has no fleas, and any allergens that might have been around have been taken care of - unless she's alergic to people I guess.


None of this has helped.


The stupid Vet has been giving her prednisone and antibiotics since she was a puppy. I almost punched him in the eye when I found out about this, because shes not sick, nor has she ever been! He said it was "good preventative maintenace"


I assume that she has candida, since she has all the symptoms and has been on steroids and antibiotics for two years.


What do I do?

My dog has what I think is candida (spelled right?) What can I do about this?
I recommend an allergy test, that is the only way to rule them out or know exactly what bothers her. Food allergies account for only ten percent of them. So, switching food often helps little to not at all. Most are environmental...weeds, grasses, trees, house dust/mites, etc. Plus, dogs often have multiple allergies. One of mine has nearly thirty and the only sign is yeast ear infections. There are three things you can do to treat them. The best thing is reducing/eliminating exposure to the allergen(s), steroid drugs (prednisone, for example...but none are good/safe long term) or hyposensitization (builds a tolerance to the allergen). The allergy test isn't cheap ($250), but it saves so much time, effort and money in the long run and helps the dog much quicker than trial and error. Good luck, with whatever you decide.





ETA: If you have the test done: You get a booklet when test results come back, lots of helpful information. Along w/them, you get a print out of safe foods...for that particular dog. Pay close attention to the list though, b/c one brand of dry might be safe, but that same brand's canned might not be...depends on the ingredients. For instance, my dog can have Nature's Recipe 'easy-to-digest chicken meal, rice and barley' DRY, but not the Nature's Recipe 'easy-to-digest chicken meal, rice and barley' CANNED...because the canned contains potatos and carrots, both of which he's allergic too. It's natural to assume if a brand is safe, all of that brand's products are...but it's not true.





ETA: I forgot, has the vet tried anti-fungal pills, like Ketoconazole? You might want to check into that too.
Reply:Wow. What the heck kind of vet are you going to? Yeah, a yeast infection sounds about right with that many antibiotics going around in her system.


Well, obviously, take her off of the antibiotics. Also, I would find a new vet as there is probably now some sort of skin treatment she needs. Give her a good bath and possibly a little bit of yogurt to encourage her good bacteria (not too much or you'll make her sick to her stomach).


Good luck with that. I would let whatever new vet you find know about what this vet has been doing. There are regulations for how many steroids they should be prescribing and unneccasary antibiotics can make a dog very ill.
Reply:Achidophilis [sp?] I give it when I give anitbitoics to my little ones. Male and Female. Depending on the size, I would poke a pin into the capsule and put a two drops on a snack 2 times a day. They were approx. 6 lbs.
Reply:Hey bud


this seems like really bad allergies. With all respect, even the best food from the bag is crap.


Prednisone and antibiotics will not help and can only hurt the dog.


Research BARF. It works miracles.


All the best


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Getting "shitpoints" for trying to be helpful sucks :)))


If your knowledge is so superior, please let it ring out :)))
Reply:Sounds like she has skin mites. Its actually a type of mange. She needs to have a skin scrape done, and the doctor can give her the right antibiotic. She doesnt need any steriods. My dog just got over this and sounds the same, she might start to loose her fur too. But it will grow back and the smell will go away.
Reply:You must bring the poor dog to a different vet.
Reply:Well find a new viet first! I 've never heard of Wolf King foods though. So can't comment on the ingredients. Sounds nasty though.


What kind of dog is she. If she's having recurring skin infections than your right it's probably an allergy of some kind. The vet should have done specific allergy testing on her to see what exactly she's allergic too. Not just pump her full of steroids and antibiotics. Sounds lazy to me.


First find a new vet, then get her on some kind of really good food. Have you looked at Candie?


I've had my Golden's on this for over a year now and I tell ya not skin issues here any more. Not one hot spot this summer either. I'm very pleased and very happy with their appearance and their over all health.


Dan non makes a yogurt now for getting the stomach and intestines back to normal balance. I'd pick some up and feed it to her just a bit at a time but geezer the poor girl!





Do you live near any Veterinary School Colleges?? If you do than I'd get her there for a look over.


They do have specialists for skin issues.


Friday, August 20, 2010

Can I use mederma on my chin to get rid of tweezing scars??

so,i tweezed hair out of my chin and now i have discoloration, my skin is fair/light and i have dark hair!! but if i use mederma will i start to get ingrown hairs, im also waiting for them to grow so i will start waxing instead. i hate this!!!!!!!!! plz help!

Can I use mederma on my chin to get rid of tweezing scars??
you can use mederma.. but i would suggest a creme called Ambi even and clear that you can get at walmart for like 5 bucks. it is amazing. my skin looks like porcelain.
Reply:Jeeez.........What'd you use to tweeze, a pair of pliers????


Why does my penis feel this way?

My penis hurts, like a sore kinda hurt, and its weird cuz there is not discharge, it doesnt hurt when i touch or rub on it, it doesnt hurt when i pee, there no blood, it looks just the same there is no discoloration, or skin changes. it just hurts like when im sitting down or laying down, and it feels like it might be by the head underneath, and i havent had sex in a long time, so its not an std. and its not a real bad pain, but its an annoying one, because you guys know that is a sensitive area. have any of you guys gone through this before?

Why does my penis feel this way?
since you mention that you haven't had sex in a long time, i'm presuming you've had this pain for the same amount of time. pain is indicative that something is wrong. you should not have to endure pain for any length of time, short or long.


you need to see a UROLIGST asap. this doctor specializes in care for the genitalia of men and women.


it's better to be safe than sorry. seek help immediately.
Reply:Go to the doctor
Reply:just because you havent had sex in a long time doesnt mean its not an std...definetely go see a doctor
Reply:You masturbate too much.
Reply:Well yes actually. I don't know if its from the same reason. I was having sex a lot and a girl came crashing down on me when she was on top. It hurt....I gave it 36 hours of recovery time.

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Is there any cure for vitiligo?

Is there any effective treatment for vitiligo-discoloration of skin? if so can anyone please explain it? Thanks.

Is there any cure for vitiligo?
There doesnt seem to be a cure for vitiligo but there are some treatments out there you could look at. If you are sick and tired of using skin stains, cosmetics, and loads of sun screen, then there are surgical and medical therapies that you could look into. They all don't seem to be an easy road to take and are rather time consuming but trying is the best step towards taking care of Vitiligo.





Here are the medical therapies:





*Topical Steroid Therapy - Steroids may be helpful in returning the color to white patches, particularly if started early in the disease. You apply the cream for 3 months and you should start seeing results. This is by far the simplest and safest treatment.





*Psoralen Photochemotherapy - This comes in pill form and skin cream. You take the pill, apply the cream and sit under a special UV lamp in the doc's office. This method is the most beneficial treatment for vitiligo available in the USA. The down side is that it has some serious side effects and you should really avoid lots of sunlight.





*Oral Psoralen Photochemotherapy - This is for patients with more than 20% affected skin and when the topical therapy doesnt work. For oral PUVA therapy, the patient takes a dose of psoralen by mouth about 2 hours before exposure to the UVA light or sunlight. The doctor adjusts the dose of light until the skin areas being treated become pink. Treatments are usually given two or three times a week, but never 2 days in a row.





*Depigmentation - This is pretty much a "I GIVE UP, YOU CRAZY VITILIGO!!" If you can't beat 'em, join 'em! This just means that you fade the rest of your skin pigment away to match the rest of the already white areas. This is pretty much only for people with over 50% affected skin patches.





Now here are some surgical therapies:


*Skin Grafts - You know what that means. Yup! Cut away at your normal skin toned skin and put it in the area needed. This is expensive, dangerous and you always have to watch out for infections!! GROAN! why can't it every be easy??





*Skin Grafts Using Blisters - VERY INTERESTING METHOD!! In this procedure, the doctor creates blisters on the patient's pigmented skin by using heat, suction, or freezing cold. The tops of the blisters are then cut out and transplanted to a depigmented skin area. Wow, huh? How that even works? I have no idea.





*Tattooing - This one sounds the best out of all of these. You have a rockin cool tat and then mask the Vitiligo!





Good luck and I hope things work out for you!
Reply:Going naked














Talia Berman 01/07/2005





On a map, Mar Bella looks like any of the other beaches adorning Barcelona's waterfront. But, in contrast to the boardwalks of Barceloneta or Bogatell, the entrance to Mar Bella is a relatively secluded sandy path that opens onto a narrow stretch of sand, which widens as it moves away from the city. Only past this point do hundreds of bare tops and bottoms become visible. This is Barcelona's nude beach.





The beach is mostly populated by men, and the occasional women often have male companions. Apart from this demographic glitch, the vibe is no different from that of other beaches in the city: picnics, music, and entrepreneurs shouting, Cerveza, cola, Fanta, agua, fria! The most noticeable thing is not the nudity but the attitude; a complete lack of self-consciousness. There is no sense of overt exhibitionism, and people adopt standard beach postures and pastimes. They fly kites. Play paddle ball. Wade, swim, put on sun block and work on their tans.





In fact, these days naturism (the standard term for the philosophy and practice of public nudity) is common in Spain and downright popular in Catalunya, said Marcel.li Alsina, president of the Club Catala de Naturisme (CCN), a not-for-profit organisation founded in 1977 to promote and defend naturism in Catalunya. They seem to be doing a pretty good job of it: Catalunya has 40 nude beaches, three nude camping sites, and a host of periodic events such as a monthly naturist night at a discotheque in Cornella de Llobregat. "Last June, the first nudist cruise of the Mediterranean departed from the Barcelona harbour."





Things were not always so easy for would-be naturists in Spain. The penal code dating from the Franco era prohibited acts of public indecency, and showing a bare bum to the world was definitely a no-no. When Franco's government began to promote tourism in the late Sixties and Seventies, Spaniards were shocked when female tourists from other European destinations wore bikinis on Spanish beaches. An exception was made for tourists, but Spanish women were not allowed, initially, to follow suit.





These days, however, the Spanish Federation of Naturism (FEN) claims no laws prohibit naturism in any public places, including city streets and plazas. A look at FEN's literature suggests that the police may not agree, however, as the organisation distributes a pamphlet with detailed trilingual instructions explaining how nudists should respond to authorities that try to get them to dress. "In the case of them asking you to get dressed you can refuse but do not shout, threaten or do anything similar," the pamphlet warns. "If they opt to detain you, you must allow them to do so without resistance."





Advice about what to do in such dire situations might seem to imply that authorities do not, even yet, have a totally relaxed attitude toward practitioners of naturism, but practising naturists do not seem at all concerned. In fact, Manel Vilajosana, director of El Templo del Sol, a naturist camping ground in Tarragona, sounded quite positive about the behaviour of the authorities. "They are already very far from the times of repression of the Franco regime," he assured. "The current government has endeavoured to advance and enhance our civil liberties in Spain. The Spanish law is one of the most tolerant in Europe with respect to naturism."








On Mar Bella, nude bather Jordi Corominas, a computer technician, said he never felt discriminated against for going nude, but like the great majority of visitors to the beach he has never tried to test his nudism rights in other public places.





So why are there separate beaches at all? Not all people who swim in bathing suits mind having nudists around. "I don't see a reason why nudists shouldn't be allowed at conventional beaches," said human resources manager, Miriea Morela, who always wears a bathing suit when she goes to the beach. "I don't know why people might be uncomfortable around nudists, or not want their children to see them. I don't understand how people can want to prevent children from seeing people nude. It is hypocritical - children can see violence and blood and guns on television, but they can't see naked bodies?"





The most likely reason for the separation, according to Morela, is for the sake of naturalists. "The nudists might feel uncomfortable being around people wearing clothes."





There isn't one universally agreed-upon definition of 'naturism.' The common thread, of course, involves not wearing any clothes, but parties differ in their choice of emphasis.





FEN links naturism with what it sees as a 'right' to be nude, and one that has been historically repressed much like certain other civil rights. FEN's pamphlet warns naturists that asserting their rights to nudity may be onerous. "It is very hard because you need to be prepared to go through the situation in the same way as the women's libbers had to, to achieve their rights."





Alsina from CCN speaks conceptually of the link between naturism and nature: "Nudity is healthy, comfortable, pleasant, and gives a great sensation of freedom. Naturists maintain that all bodies are beautiful in all their shapes, forms, sizes, colours, and ages. Naturists enjoy nature, and nudity in nature just extends this relationship. Naturism promotes health by its complete contact of the body with natural elements: sun, water, air, and land. To be a naturist is the simplest way to be human."





For El Templo del Sol's Vilajosana, today's naturism is a response to the repression of the past. "At El Templo del Sol, we have discarded the systematic and dogmatic nudism of the past century (and with it the obsession of nudity in every time and place) that today is obsolete. Our motto is, 'Naturissimo: to be nude, if I want, but I will always respect the choices of others.'"





Of course, not all those who go nude call themselves 'naturists.' "I wouldn't consider myself a naturist," said Jodri Corominas. "I don't belong to any clubs or associations or anything like that. I come here [Mar Bella] a few times a month in the summer because I prefer not to wear a swimsuit."





But, it is not always that simple. Of course, public beaches are public, nude or not, so don't hesitate to bare it on Mar Bella, for example. The naturist clubs can be quite exclusive, however. In order to visit El Templo del Sol, which includes swimming pools, access to a public beach, restaurant, bars, supermarket, private shower, spa area, and - oddly for naturists - washing machines and dryers, you have to be a member of a nudist association recognised by the INF. The CCN is recognised by the FEN, which is in turn recognised by the INF, so those with CCN memberships don't give them up easily.





These restrictions are clearly intended to send the message that only dedicated naturists need apply, but the rules and "recommendations" don't end once you've gained entrance to a club. At El Templo del Sol, nudism is allowed everywhere, recommended at the beach, and obligatory in the swimming pools. There is some respite for the squeamish who visit Manel Vilajosana's naturist campground: "Nudity is not obligatory in the service areas (restaurant, supermarket, reception) for obvious reasons of comfort























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Reply:No, my friend live with that and famous rich people with vitaligo live together with this problem, Sorry. Don't lay own self with miracles medicines.


People with vitiligo can't going naked on sun, them skin is very sensitive.
Reply:Hello,





No there isn't a cure at present, only some treatments.





Sorry
Reply:Melanin is the pigment of layer lying below the cuticle, which provides colour. The layer has developed to protect or filter the sun-rays enter into the body. Hence it is the barrier between sunlight and inner tissues. As like the other body tissues it is builded by protein, carbohydrates, vitamins, fatty acids etc. It has the capacity to darken and lighten the colour in relation to the level radiation in that temoral region (tropical, temperate, etc.), it has the metaboloic process as like other cells of our body. Vitiligo is hte desease caused by poor nutrition, which led in-sufficient nutrition including vitamins which altered or check the metabolic process of the cells. Vitiligo is a common social and health problem all over the world. In tropical copuntries where the block people are distributed, it creates lots of social problem beause the colour variation is distinguishable from the other parts of the body. In the cold countries it is common and hence they taking sun bath to increase the metabolic activities of the pigments and the cells. Vitiligo is a curable health problem, but it will take few months time. What I told were science. How the problem will be solved?





Take melanocil (tablet), one or two based on your body weight during morning and afternoon. After 20 minutes, you show the vitiligo patch to the sun light and heat it in the sunlight, which induce the cell and slowly cover the hole area, it take few months. Spme oilments are there it may create blister in the body, hence you mixed it with some other buffer oinments (no cosmetic creams) and show to the sun light, it develops melanin pigment in the area more than raw tablets. You can use UV lamp instead of sunlight. Eat vitamin A tablets, inject vitamin A, vitamin B12, vitamin K, use natural food to support the treatment (goat liver, carrot etc). Take worm tablets such wormiban(monthly once night time), because in most cases mal nutrition has caused by worms in the intestine. Avoid the food containing tomato. It is a very common and simple curable problem, based on the size, age and location, I could estimate the curable time. Since it is a common to 5% of total population of the world you contact any skin specialists and act as per their directions. If you need further clarifications and counciling, I recomend you to contact me at whaleindia_2000@yahoo.com
Reply:Current treatment options for vitiligo include medical, surgical, and other treatments. Most treatments are aimed at restoring color to the white patches of skin.





Medical treatments include:





Medicines (such as steroid creams) that you put on the skin


Medicines that you take by mouth


A treatment that uses medicine plus ultraviolet A (UVA) light (PUVA)


Removing the color from other areas so they match the white patches.


Surgical treatments include:





Skin grafts from a person's own tissues. The doctor takes skin from one area of a patient's body and attaches it to another area. This is sometimes used for people with small patches of vitiligo.


Tattooing small areas of skin.
Reply:Vitiligo is an autoimmune disorder. It means that the defense cells in your body start regarding the colour producing cell (melanocytes) as foreign and start destrying it. The cause is not known. Therefore there is no effective cure for vitiligo. Yes it can be treated. But it can relapse anytime inspite of effective treatment.





Treatment could either be medical, surgical, camouflage





Medical line includes steroids either oral or for applications, some immune reponse modifying drugs, Psoralens and UVA therapy, UVB therapy, Excimer laser.





Surgical line includes punch grafting, split thickness grafting or melanocyte transfer.





Camoflaging with powders and creams which blend with the surrounding skin colour. Earlier tattooing was an option for treatment of vitiligo. But its not done these days as the colour changes and looks really ugly and fake.





You could meet your dermatologist and discuss the options for you.


I have beauty marks, but i'm male?

I was told this is really rare, is that true? They are all over my forearms, arms and legs and body. There are a few on my face aswell, and one above my lip like cindy crawford.





They are not bumpy, you cant feel them, just a discoloration my skin is white, they are brown. Iv'e had them my whole life.


I don't know of any other men who have them. Why is this?

I have beauty marks, but i'm male?
i have them too..


its weird because i never noticed them before especially near my wrist,fingers,upper arm


and quite fair few near my downstairs region!!


aswell top of my eyebrow..





its like fullstop lol
Reply:so have i no big deal.
Reply:They're called moles or birthmarks and most everyone has them.
Reply:if you don't know any other males who have them than I think you just don't know many males. It is not at all a gender related thing. And many if not most people have them somewhere on their body.
Reply:They are like moles I think.
Reply:They are moles, most people (men and women alike) have some on their body. Some people have one or two, others have many. They are just an area of skin that is darker due to large amounts of melanin in those cells.


What are these brown spots under my feet?

I don't know what they are. They just appeared in January. Its like a discoloration of skin under my feet. I have moles, but these are bigger and not as dark. Any ideas?

What are these brown spots under my feet?
www.google.com has a great deal of information that you could use to find your answers , while yahoo answer is more likely to be better for people's opinions.. thanks.


Why do some pimples hurt?

Like yesterday I felt this unmistakable aching on the area of my chin. I waited until lunch to look in the bathroom mirror.


Once again, i was cursed with a fast appearing pimple.


It was one of those subcutaneous domes without a visible head and no discoloration of skin.


Leaning forward towards the mirror I took it firmly between the tips of my opposing fingers and squeezed, sending waves of pain through my face.


I was rewarded with an audible PPLLLlllllllllpp and a spray of white-ish cheesy looking crud that splattered the mirror.


I rearranged my grip and squeezed again to empty it and the filth that it produced changed into a gray, more fluid product mixed with blood.





Although it hurt to pop, the relief from the soreness that it had caused was worth it.





Why do these pimples hurt so much? Why is some of the pus firm and some of it fluid?


Should I have cleaned the mirror off before I left?

Why do some pimples hurt?
EWWWWWWWW! You left the crap on the mirror?!! That's nasty and rude. But I totally know what you are talking about. I hate those kinds.........
Reply:Pimples are lesions that occur when the skin’s pores are obstructed or infected.A few may be more painful that others due to infection.Helpful solutions for pimples at http://solutionsforpimples.blogspot.com/

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