Adult Health Issues

Pros: Not a one!
Cons: Outbreaks cause discomfort;require extra precautions during sex; pose risk to baby during vaginal childbirth.

I have been living with herpes for about 7 years now. It was the first and only STD I've ever had. Around the time I was diagnosed, I had noticed some small red sores around my genitals. I had assumed that perhaps they were irritations from shaving....

Pros: Elmiron is now available for relief from this baffling disease.
Cons: It takes two to three months for the Elmiron to provide relief.

I knew the Epinions purists wouldn't forgive me. I stole a spot, squatted if you will. I wanted to write about Interstital Cystitis, about the pain, about the embarrassment. But I wasnt able to find the right time, the proper moment, the exact place....

Pros: Trusting your doctor
Cons: Everyone makes mistakes

I am writing this to inform all the people out there with lumps. Are they what the doctors say they are?

In Dec. 1995, my husband went to our family doctors for a cold. He returned home, telling my the doctor had discovered a lump. It was...

Pros: A Second Opinion Could Save Your Life
Cons: None

I went to have a mole checked out at a little clinic and was told for months and months it was nothing. It looked odd to me, but I was told to just ignore it. I waited a long time and kept watching it grow and finally insisted on a biopsy. Needless to...

Pros: none
Cons: none

I just read on the National news that a jury awarded 3 smokers money for them being sick. I don't think that the cigarette manufactures should be held responsible. I am a pack a day smoker for the last 18 years. I have always known the dangers of...

Pros: Correct information
Cons: The trouble

The Pain: I have heard many awful things about doctors misdiagnosing Gallbladder disease. You have full blown attacks, end up going to the ER 15 times a year and getting sent home with "food poisoning", or "the flu". I had a bad experience myself. ...