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Antibiotics May Not Aid Sinus Infections

Here's a good article-I've been telling people this for years!


Antibiotics May Not Aid Sinus Infections

By LINDSEY TANNER
AP Medical Writer


CHICAGO (AP) -- Just in time for runny nose season, new research suggests routine sinus infections aren't really helped by antibiotics and other medicine that's often prescribed.

In the British study, people suffering from facial pain and a runny nose with greenish or yellowish mucous generally imp...

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Question : Medical Profession, i.e. Nursing

Hello Everyone,

As some of you may have read, I had to give up my beloved job as a Locomotive Engineer due to having the PM and the electromagnetic fields of the locomotive.

I am now in search of a new profession. I have been interested in the field of Nursing for a while.

Question:

Does anyone know if there are any limitations working as a Nurse with a PM?

Thank you for your time.

Take care,
Casey Jo

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Defective Devices

Many of us feel like we may be walking around with a disaster waiting to happen in our chests. The following excerpts from an article on defective devices will not help those feelings but it is something very real that we have to consider. The article was of great interest to me because it tells me many things about what my recourse may be in the event I get a defective device as my replacement pacemaker, which will probably be in 2008.

From the Austin American Statesman - “The ca...

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chat

hi it is 10:10 here at night i am going to chat if anyone wishes to chat maureen i got kicked off and could not post or go to message or anything. must be my computer sorry susan

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chat

hi it is 10:10 here at night i am going to chat if anyone wishes to chat maureen

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coffee and stress

Hope one of you can answer this for me. Because of a severely enlarged atria and a failed ablation, I was given a AV node ablation. Before that, I had been in afib almost continually for several months and my heart rate would go from thirties to 140. My question is this. I do not feel it because my upper heart is blocked and the lead from the pacemaker goes directly to the ventricle (the atri nowl is always in afib). Will coffee and stress cause more problems to my heart now that I have my pm.?...

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Magnesium

Hi all,
I am a relative mewby-Mar 07.
I don't post much stuff myself ,but I enjoy reading all the replies from the regulars to help all the people who are unsure and worried about whats to come.It's great that you continue to help out others, many years on :-)

I have done a bit of reading about Magnesium, and from what I read it is a fairly important for electical cunduction in muscles,including the heart.
Has anybody had any experiences with Magnesium and electrolyte l...

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Fun? for the day!

Here we go again. Just got home from a short trip to Longs drug store. I am certain it has happened to most of you, but I call it the Joys of a Pacemaker. You guessed it. As I went out the door the alarm sounded loud & clear, and the young man came running after me with everyone nearby turning to see "who stole something"...I don't even carry a purse anymore...just pockets. As I tried to explain that it was just a pacemaker, the young man looked with a big question mark in his eyes. Here is this...

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ICD/PM testing

Would anyone be interested in the formation of a group to provide independent testing of ICD's and PM's at cost only. Its an idea thats in its infancy but might clear up some questions for us about recalls and such that manufacturers aren't always honest with us about. BEST TO EVERYONE
papaknight

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Longest Implant Time? I'm up to 21 yrs now..

hi all, just found this group, although a little late really! I've had a pacemaker for a long time, certainly the longest at the hospital in London I have my check-ups and I was wondering if anyone knew the current 'record' for the longest implant?

I had my Siemens pacemaker (St Jude bought Siemens Medical years ago) implanted in April 1986 when I was 11 years old for Bradycardia. I've been fit and healthy ever since, its used regularly (I can feel it) and I have been for regular chec...

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How Doctors Think

There is a good book out called "How Doctors Think" by Jerome-Groopman,MD. It really gives insight into the process used by busy and incompetent doctors. The author is chief of experimental medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and teaches at Harvard Medical School. One of the interesting points he makes is that most doctors have your diagnosis figured out in the first few minutes in the office. After that it makes little difference what you say as far as making any differen...

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Medication

Hello i have a couple of ? i went to the ep on the 28th and he put me on theophlline to get my heart rate up has anyone had this drug before and also I am an EMT and would like to know if anyone in the medical field has had a pacemaker put in and did it effect the job they do?

Michelle

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navigator interference

Good Evening Friends,
I love this club! I find myself visiting at least twice a day even though I have a very busy life...it's great to have a pm family!
Hopefully, someone can answer this question. We have a car that is less than one year old. The car has a pretty extensive navigation system.
This has given us problems since day one. They fix it and then it goes off again.
Does anyone know if a pacemaker could interfer with the new car navigation systems?
Many thank...

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travelingreids

Please go into chat

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Pacemaker Popped...?

Hello,

I am new here. I had my pacemaker implanted in Aug. This morning I swear I heard it make a pop like sound. It seems like it is tilted now and one side feels closer to the skin.

Has anyone heard or had a similar situation?

Thank you,
CJ

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cardiomyopathy ?

just looking for others who have this and we could talk , i have had cardiomyopthathy all my life and now have a icd .

thanks talk soon...

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Sicko

Okay, club members. Question for you. Have any of you seen Michael Moore's movie, Sicko? I am not asking because I want to start some big political debate or get people going at each other--I just want to start a conversation. (If you don't know about this movie, it speaks about the dysfunctional healthcare system in the US compared to universal healthcare systems elsewhere in the world.) I, for one, believe this is a people issue and not a democrat-republican, liberal-conservative, or wha...

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I'm going to be an Auntie soon!

So this has nothing to do with my heart at all but I had enough energy today to take the two hour drive to come await my sister to have her baby. God sure is blessing me with enough energy to sit and wait but I am ready for he baby to just come.
A quick update for those of you that told me to look into state options I did not qulaify for any help for insurance and still can not seem to fine any insurance company that will cover me. I have been having a lot of spasms through out my body an...

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pacemakers and general anaesthetic

i am due to have a small gynacological operation next week with a light general anaesthetic. i have had anaesthetics in the past but not since i had a pacemaker . can anyone tell me if there are any more risks involved or anything else i might need to know. the consultant told me the aneasetist might want to keep me in overnight cas of the pm even though it is only a day case op but i dont see what difference a having a pm makes.im my husbanda main carer and dont really want to stay in just cas...

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~~~~Lawchick and T-shirts~~~~~

Hi People's!!
I hope I am not speaking out of place here... I can see where "lawchick" is coming from with the Tshirt idea... but it was so well put by Jessie (see her comment) this is not a profit making club/site and it relys on the good will of its members and the support given by them to admin/Blake.. who tirelessly keeps it all together for us to enjoy.
Having said that I hope it does not put lawchick of from being an active member and enjoying the club to it's fullest extent.....

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I wouldn't be alive if it wasn't for pacemakers. I've had mine for 35+ years. I was fainting all of the time and had flat-lined also. I feel very blessed to live in this time of technology.