Excessive Crying in Adults: Causes & Solutions
Are you an adult who cries too much? Are you an adult who cries excessively? Just how abnormal is it for an adult to be prone to excessive crying episodes? There are different kinds of crying, [...]
What Specific Height Does No Woman Want?
Based on postings on a web site for tall women, there is one specific height in particular that tall women hate to high heaven. You’d think that really tall women would hate being really tall. This [...]
Six Very Tall Women Explain Why They Love High Heels
Tall women and high heels go as wonderful together as do chocolate chip cookies and milk. Believe it or not, some tall women who love wearing high heels used to hate high heels. And then [...]
Why Wearing Shoe Lifts Doesn’t Mean You’re Insecure or Vain
Wearing shoe lifts to look taller doesn't mean you're any more insecure than if you wore fake fingernails, clipped in a hair extension, or if you're a man, put on some cologne or a hair [...]
5 Smart Dating Tips for Tall Women
First of all, ask yourself what kind of shoes you’d wear with that dynamite outfit if you were shorter. Then, go buy yourself those shoes and wear them, even if you’re 6-2. That’s dating tip [...]
Is 5’9 Small for a Man? What Height Is Short for Men?
Many men are 5’9, and if this describes you, maybe you’ve wondered if you’re actually short, or just average, for a man. This is a fascinating topic, because 5’9 is a “limbo” height: It’s often [...]
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening if You Don’t Have Symptoms?
Should people who are symptom-free still be screened for an abdominal aortic aneurysm if they have risk factors such as being a man over age 70 or a smoker with high blood pressure? Whom should [...]
Why Cyberbullied Kids Keep Visiting Bully’s Facebook Page
Is there a logical reason why a teen or adolescent, who gets bullied online, would keep returning to the scene of the crime, the Facebook page of the perpetrator? “Cyberbullied kids might continue to visit [...]
Does Rock Climbing Make Your Hands Bigger?
A study from the University of Tennessee investigated whether or not rock climbing put the athletes at a higher risk for developing osteoarthritis. “According to a 2006 study, rock climbers can develop increased bone thickness,” [...]
Why People Drive to the Gym to Use a Treadmill
There's a lot of logic behind driving to the gym to use a treadmill. I just can't believe that anyone would ask why a person would drive to a gym (instead of walk) and then [...]
Is Pedaling Backwards on Elliptical Machine Bad for Knees?
Pedaling backwards on an elliptical machine may be just what the doctor ordered for your knees; there's no need to think that this might harm your knee joints in any way. The research was presented [...]
Benefits of Backwards Pedaling on an Elliptical Machine
The forward direction of pedaling on the elliptical trainer recruits a different pattern of muscles than does going backwards. Try it and you’ll feel the difference. With elliptical backwards pedaling, your upper body is facing [...]
Elderly Parent Refuses to Go to ER: How to Make Them
Here is how to make a stubborn elderly parent go to the emergency room. Have you ever heard of a case in which an elderly person died because their medical treatment was delayed, because family [...]
Workplace Bullying Leads to Depression
Workplace bullying is a serious problem that can lead to a depressing low mood and/or insomnia. The recipient depends on their job for income -- which throws a real huge kink in the chain. A [...]
Schiff’s MegaRed Krill Oil Capsules Contain Sorbitol: Not Natural
If you’re eager to buy Schiff’s “MegaRed” krill oil capsules, you may want to know that they contain sorbitol—a synthetic version. When I first saw the TV commercials for Schiff’s MegaRed krill oil capsules, I [...]
Hydralazine (Apresoline): Is 300 Mg Daily an Overdose?
Here’s the scoop on accidentally taking 300 mg a day of hydralazine (Apresoline) instead of the prescribed 30 mg a day. My mother’s cardiac nurse made a mistake which resulted in the pharmacist preparing her [...]
Liver Disease Answers: Body Odor, Urine Color, ALT, AST
Below are links to articles about liver disease that answer questions that perhaps you've been struggling to find answers for with extensive online searches--which either turned up nothing or vague, overly-broad information. So I asked [...]
What Happens to Brain if Brain Dead Person Stays on Ventilator?
Find out from a doctor whether or not the brain really turns to mush if a brain dead person is kept on a ventilator. “No, the brain cells do not turn to mush, any more than [...]
What Can a Brain Dead Body Do While on a Ventilator?
An internal medicine doctor explains what life-like processes continue occurring while a brain dead body is on a ventilator. A person is declared brain dead, but the family insists on keeping that person on a [...]
Brain Dead on Ventilator: Can Hair & Nails Grow?
An internal medicine doctor answers the question of hair and nail growth in a legally dead (brain) body. A person who has been declared brain dead, but is “breathing” due to a ventilator, and being [...]
MICROSCOPIC COLITIS: DIARRHEA, JOINT ACHES, OTHER SYMPTOMS
Did you know that microscopic colitis can cause joint aches? The exact mechanism is not clearly known, but have you noticed that often, either in the days (or weeks) preceding a microscopic colitis flare...you have [...]
Can a Class 2 Heart Murmur Go Away on Its Own?
Have you been diagnosed with a class II heart murmur and are scared? In June 2011 a cardiologist told me I had a class II heart murmur on inspiration (inhaling). It was not something he [...]
Peripheral Neuropathy Misdiagnosis: Doctors Miss Disease
Just because doctors haven’t mentioned peripheral neuropathy as the cause of your pain, doesn’t mean you can’t have it. “Peripheral neuropathy” means disease of the nerves of the peripheral nervous system, and I know at [...]
Parkinson’s: What Cardio Exercise Intensity Works Best?
Find out what a study says about the best cardio intensity level for Parkinson’s patients. Will those with Parkinson’s disease benefit more from low intensity cardio exercise or higher? Researchers at the University of Maryland [...]
Causes of Nausea When Working Out in Well-Fed Athletes
There are several possible causes of nausea that occurs when you work out. Are you troubled by the onset of nausea every time, or almost every time, you put in a good hard workout? And [...]
About this Site
Knowledge Is Power Founded in 2012, Scarysymptoms.com has established itself as a leader for providing visitors in-depth information about their symptoms -- not the template information of most other medical sites, but information straight from [...]
Golfer’s Elbow: How to Do Shoulder Shrugs if You Can’t Grip
There’s actually a way to do the shoulder shrug exercise against heavy resistance if you can’t grip due to golfer’s elbow. Golfer’s elbow has the potential to make gripping hurt, since the medial epicondyle tendon [...]
IBS: Age, Stool Changes, Colon Cancer, Pain
Here is a sampling of IBS articles: Can IBS ever lead to colon cancer or even colon polyps? Many with irritable bowel syndrome wonder if this disorder can ever pave the way to colon cancer. [...]
Poops: Green, Skinny, Pebbly, Colon Cancer
Here is a sampling of articles on bowel movements. Do thin narrow stools usually mean colon cancer? How often have you read that thin stools (“pencil-like” or “ribbon-like”) can signal colon cancer? National Cancer [...]
The Mouth: Many Symptoms, Causes and Remedies
Cotton in your mouth? There’s a big difference between thirst and “dry mouth.” You can have a true case of dry mouth and not feel the least bit thirsty. The difference in how being "parched" [...]
MY SYMPTOMS & CONDITIONS
I have had the following symptoms and conditions. (no particular order) Changing mole Seborrheic keratosis Seborrheic dermatitis Finger pain/cramp (annular flexor pulley injury) Shoulder pain (rotator cuff injury) Biceps tendonitis Low back pain (soft tissue [...]
Tongue Problems? Here’s What’s Wrong.
Here is a sampling of tongue symptom articles: Is your tongue twitching? How scary is THAT? Do you find yourself spending huge amounts of time inspecting your tongue in the mirror? Is your family wondering why [...]
Feet: Pain, Burning, Causes & Solutions
Here is a sample of information about plantar fasciitis as well as burning pain in the feet not caused by this condition. Help! Toe cramp! Dang, a toe cramps SURE HURTS! What causes this and what [...]
DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS & PULMONARY EMBOLISM QUESTIONS ANSWERED
Here Are Some Great Blood Clot (DVT) and Pulmonary Embolism (PE) Articles. The vast majority of pulmonary emboli originate from a deep vein thrombosis. A piece of the DVT may break off and get into [...]
HEADACHES: Brain Tumor, Aneurysm, Sinus, Hematoma & More
Here Are Headache Related Articles Brain tumor headache vs. normal headache. Are you one of these types who, every time you get a headache, you fear it’s a brain tumor? Can a benign headache actually [...]
Heartbeat Problems: Thumping, Fluttering, Racing, Pounding Pulse, Etc.
Feeling your heart racing, skipping, pounding, thumping, jumping can be so scary. Even after doctor after doctor tells you "you're fine" and that "nothing is wrong," feeling a lot of things going on with your [...]
Chest Pain’s Many Causes & Which Mean Heart Trouble
Here is a sampling of chest pain articles. If doctor says your chest pain is from acid reflux or GERD, how do you know he’s not misdiagnosing an imminent heart attack? This happened to my [...]
Tongue Problems: Twitching, Stiffness, Soreness
This muscle (yes, the tongue is a muscle) has caused unspeakable anxiety in many men and women -- -- to the point where they’ll spend huge amounts of time every day examining their tongue in [...]
Mouth Symptoms and What They Mean
Mouth symptoms can have tons of causes, and yes, some include cancer. The mouth can experience a wide range of issues, some benign and others potentially life-threatening. While many people worry about oral cancer, particularly [...]
Causes of Diarrhea Include Cancer and Benign Conditions
Diarrhea has so many causes including parasitic worms living inside your intestines. Ewwww! But that's highly preferable to cancer, right? Should you fear cancer every time you have diarrhea? Below are links to information about [...]
