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This is one of those circumstances where medical marijuana can be more effective than prescription medication. If this is what you are thinking about, it would be worth a try. Eating it in baked goods takes a while to work and it spreads the dosage over several hours. Smoking can rapidly...

Its hard to say for certain what this is but chances are its some sort of allergy or eczema. You could apply a cortisone cream, an anti-itch lotion like Sarna, or combine them. Sometimes holding a cool, wet wash cloth provides temporary relief. An antihistamine like Zyrtec children's...

Hiking could make things worse if you get dehydrated, otherwise, hiking is good since exercise helps pass the stones. Passing a kidney stone is very painful for several hours while it moves into the bladder, so you might have to pitch a tent wherever you happen to be if you start to pass a...

You definitely have ringworm, but ringworm doesn't cause a gray-green color. It's possible that you also have a bacterial infection on top of the ringworm, so you should definitely see a doctor.

It's contagious as long as staph is present, and staph can stay on the skin long after the infection heals. Nearly all people have live staph germs on their skin, and it's nearly impossible to completely get rid of it - it is an extremely common bacteria. Staph is only a problem when it gets...

It's probably some type of ground squirrel such as the 13-lined grounds squirrel.