What health issues do you have?

Ohhh this question is so up my alley. Only recently I went to the doctor for a whole bunch of health issues. They are not something I was born with though.

I have the worst sinus all year round. I am allergic to just about everything and my nostrills are blocked pretty much 90% of the time.

Another problem that is up and coming for me is severe back pains which my doctor tells me I shouldn’t be having at this age. I’m pretty worried about this… I work out and try and stay in shape so that later on in life I don’t have problems with my health :(

@sarahhhhh Ah I’m so sorry sarah! I don’t know about the others but back pain can be caused by scoliosis. My best friend has it and she had to get a surgery done it depends on how severe it is

Whoa. Scary. I’ll look into it though, thank you

@sarahhhhh My Dr put me on a corticosteroid nasal spray a few years ago for the allergies. I really wasn’t thrilled with the idea, but it really helped with the allergies.

well I get the worst period cramps. Trust me no one gets them like I do.
It starts of with a little pain in the stomach and my legs start feeling weird, then my cramps start and it feels as if a bunch of wild dogs are chewing down on inner lining and then finally to finish it of I get a horrible pain in my spine because of which I cant even stand up straight.

But this only happens on the first day.

@sophiesword I’m a guy so I’m not supposed to know this stuff, but fish oil supplements are supposed to help with the cramps.

Really?
I’ll try that, your a life saver @Adirondackwannabe !!

@sophiesword I wouldn’t go that far but thanks. :) You have to take them for awhile but it really seems to work.

I think everyone knows about my chronic condition. I talk about it way too much as it is. It’s a brain chemistry disorder.

You can hardly read an answer of mine here on Fluther without hearing me bitch about it at least a little bit (sorry for that, really) but I’ll be a broken record anyway and tell you about all my various aches and pains. Aren’t you glad you asked?

I had ulcerative colitis starting at age 14, which is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the colon as though it were a virus. This causes the colon to bleed and not function properly. It’s very painful and debilitating, as I get anemic pretty quickly (which makes me very tired and unenergetic) and I don’t absorb your food properly and so I lose weight (I’m way too skinny). I lived with the disease for four years before deciding to have my colon surgically removed last January, which is a cure, albeit an imperfect one as the surgery is risky and your body never functions quite right again. But my life is so much better now and I wish I’d had the surgery ages ago.

And I’m susceptible to kidney stones. I’ve gotten maybe six or so since I was fifteen. They hurt but they’re not really a big deal. I haven’t gotten one in a long time.

Arthritis, high blood pressure, Barrett’s eosophagus, high cholesterol, osteopenia. But, hey, I still pee okay.

Lurve @Mariah

I am on daily medication for Thyroid malfunction, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, and restricted diet for pre-diabetes. I take calcium supplements and occasional medication for air borne allergies.

Right now, my biggest health concern is that I don’t get enough exercise.

I have a very mild case of Hirschprung’s and am overweight a bit.

I’m not born with anything particular, not that I know of anyways. However, I’ve been smoking since I was 14 and I’m a heavy drinker, and so these two things are definitely giving me some health issues.
My family does have a history of extremely bad eyesight though. I on the other hand, have escaped that curse. EVERYONE in my family wears glasses or contacts, ecxept me.

I’ve had shingles now for 20 years. It first appeared when I was 20. I usually get 2 or 3 outbreaks a year, most often on my arm but sometimes on my chest. Getting an outbreak can be very painful, and the itching is terrible.

@Adirondackwannabe I’ve tried that.. it was effective initially but after a few weeks it just stopped working on me.

Nothing serious yet (thankfully) but I expect to have a bad back in the future. My mother, aunt, and grandmother all have had back problems, and I can sort of feel it coming on already.

What about you, @QueenOfNowhere? You’ve hinted a few times at something going on. Of course if you don’t want to talk about it that’s fine too.