Night Owl Chatterboxes - Part LVI

• rlsh07

  6 Jun 08, 22:25

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  
  nothing much.. in fact e GPs at polyclinic thought it's something else till I said abt eczema

  did they refer you to the skin centre or something?

• sbst275

  6 Jun 08, 22:25

  Originally posted by rlsh07:

  there is no known cause of it is it? so is it getting better now?

  
  there's no known cause, but rather there are possible causes for eczema i.e. sweat, dirt

  apply cream it does help at times

• rlsh07

  6 Jun 08, 22:27

  Originally posted by 16/f/lonely:

  
  It's a STD.

  Kidding.

  
  dun try to bluff mi hor! mi reading wiki now regarding

  Eczema

• sbst275

  6 Jun 08, 22:27

  Originally posted by rlsh07:

  did they refer you to the skin centre or something?

  
  nah... they always say next time, continue will refer... end up still nothing.. but tis time round think really got to go on to NSC tat side

• Kuali Baba

  6 Jun 08, 22:28

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  
  nothing much.. in fact e GPs at polyclinic thought it's something else till I said abt eczema

  I'm surprised that they could miss that. "I believe in statistics," House once said.

• rlsh07

  6 Jun 08, 22:28

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  
  nah... they always say next time, continue will refer... end up still nothing.. but tis time round think really got to go on to NSC tat side

  i have you have to though. better go see the skin consultant at NSC. i suppose they would be more experienced regarding this

• sbst275

  6 Jun 08, 22:29

  anyway as far as I know, ppl w/ eczema usually will outgrow them in adult age... looks like I'm e minority

• 16/f/lonely

  6 Jun 08, 22:30

  Originally posted by Kuali Baba:

  I'm surprised that they could miss that. "I believe in statistics," House once said.

  
  Well. I kena HFMD back in my chiong sua days and the bloody MO said I kena flu bug.

  I knew I was right when I saw spots appearing on my palms and feet and more spectacularly, when my buddy booked-out......into hospital.

• Meia Gisborn

  6 Jun 08, 22:31

  Originally posted by Kuali Baba:

  I'm surprised that they could miss that. "I believe in statistics," House once said.

  
  Same here. I sometimes wonder about the quality of healthcare in SG...

• sbst275

  6 Jun 08, 22:31

  sometimes the medical officers are just useless

• rlsh07

  6 Jun 08, 22:31

  read this in wiki

  "Oatmeal is a common remedy to relieve itching, and can be applied topically as a cream or, as a colloid, in the bath. It is also part of many commercially available products intended for eczema treatment."

• rlsh07

  6 Jun 08, 22:32

  Originally posted by 16/f/lonely:

  
  Well. I kena HFMD back in my chiong sua days and the bloody MO said I kena flu bug.

  I knew I was right when I saw spots appearing on my palms and feet and more spectacularly, when my buddy booked-out......into hospital.

  wat is HFMD>?

• av98m

  6 Jun 08, 22:33

  Originally posted by rlsh07:

  wat is HFMD>?

  
  hand foot mouth disease

• 16/f/lonely

  6 Jun 08, 22:33

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  sometimes the medical officers are just useless

  
  Hanor hanor.

  I had a 41deg fever when I got to the medical centre, so I didn't protest.

• sbst275

  6 Jun 08, 22:33

  Originally posted by rlsh07:

  read this in wiki

  "Oatmeal is a common remedy to relieve itching, and can be applied topically as a cream or, as a colloid, in the bath. It is also part of many commercially available products intended for eczema treatment."

  
  oatmeal lotion... ever used before

  actually there's one more... but as always, it may not work on you

• sbst275

  6 Jun 08, 22:34

  Originally posted by 16/f/lonely:

  
  Hanor hanor.

  I had a 41deg fever when I got to the medical centre, so I didn't protest.

  
  did they know you kena HMFD later on?

• rlsh07

  6 Jun 08, 22:34

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  
  oatmeal lotion... ever used before

  actually there's one more... but as always, it may not work on you

  does it really wrk?

• sbst275

  6 Jun 08, 22:35

  Originally posted by rlsh07:

  does it really wrk?

  
  tat time it did

  but so time later, cos of sweat and heat it came back again

• 16/f/lonely

  6 Jun 08, 22:36

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  
  did they know you kena HMFD later on?

  
  I don't think the info went beyond my bunk mates.

  They didn't think that much since only my buddy was affected.

   

• sbst275

  6 Jun 08, 22:37

  sometimes they take chances

  I remembered one had eczema but place him on PES B say not serious... not long into field camp, kena eczema for tat downgraded

  They do not even understand tat eczema can just flare up any moment due to change in env

• rlsh07

  6 Jun 08, 22:37

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  
  tat time it did

  but so time later, cos of sweat and heat it came back again

  it's kind of like a temporaily cure or something like that right?

• sbst275

  6 Jun 08, 22:38

  Originally posted by 16/f/lonely:

  
  I don't think the info went beyond my bunk mates.

  They didn't think that much since only my buddy was affected.

   

  
  it's contagious for goodness sake

• sbst275

  6 Jun 08, 22:39

  Originally posted by rlsh07:

  it's kind of like a temporaily cure or something like that right?

  
  there's no way you can cure it totally

   

• 16/f/lonely

  6 Jun 08, 22:39

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  
  it's contagious for goodness sake

  
  I went to the MO on the day we were booking out.

• sbst275

  6 Jun 08, 22:40

  Originally posted by 16/f/lonely:

  
  I went to the MO on the day we were booking out.

  
  I see