Month: March 2012

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Tooth washing is not whitening

As an stomatologist, I often earnestly advise my relatives and friends to clean their teeth regularly. The so-called “tooth cleaning” is actually what people usually call “tooth cleaning”. However, every time we encounter some misunderstandings, we can see that everyone has a very big prejudice against tooth cleaning. In fact, tooth cleaning is very necessary for the vast majority of people, but there are too many wrong understandings. 1. Why do you want to clean your teeth? First of all, tooth cleaning is a deep cleaning of the oral cavity. Standardized brushing and gargling are also difficult to completely remove food residues and soft dirt. Inorganic salts in the oral cavity deposit in dental plaque and gradually form dental calculus. Read More …

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Placebos cannot cure diseases, and placebos may also [be harmful]

Placebo agent is already familiar to many people. Most of the understanding of placebo comes from [randomized double-blind controlled] experimental settings in medicine. Placebo and placebo effect have caused great discussion and controversy throughout the history of medicine, and have continued to this day. What are the characteristics of placebo effect? As a substance that should not produce any biological effects, it works through what? What factors can affect the placebo effect? Is placebo therapy clinically and ethically appropriate for patients? The history of placebo The word Placebo comes from Latin and its original meaning is [to make pleasure]. It first appeared in the Great Dictionary of New Medicine published in England in 1785 and has clearly pointed out that Read More …

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Pregnancy and childbirth: Pregnancy [Sex]

As the saying goes, people have three urgent needs: [Urgent urine, urgent excrement, urgent color], the first two urgent must be solved immediately, immediately and on the spot. In most cases, there is no need to pay attention to what venues, conditions and atmosphere. [Urgent color] is not as urgent as the first two urgent, but more attention can be paid to it. The more flowers, wine, concerts and other atmosphere that create romantic emotions, the better. However, there may not be any ceremony to pay attention to when it is really urgent. What do you mean [urgent]? [Urgent] Is to have the feeling to pay close attention to the implementation, can’t wait, wait for a long time to have Read More …

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Taking Children to See a Doctor in Japan

Editor’s Note: I believe many readers have had the experience of taking their children to see a doctor. Do you have endless complaints about the current medical system? If you like to seek novelty, please follow the author of this article to see the experience of seeing a doctor under the foreign medical system. After reading it, you think of what? When I immigrated to Japan a few years ago, my daughter was just over 2 years old, weak and sick, so I had the most experience of Japan’s health care system, and I still took my children to see a doctor. Because I have been a doctor in China, there are many interesting places to look at Japan’s children’s Read More …

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Is fatty liver caused by eating too much fat?

On more than one occasion, someone came to consult me with the [fatty liver] on the physical examination report, saying that he was not fat and ate very green. Why was there fatty liver? It is true that fatty liver is common in many people with obesity and metabolic problems. Some fatty liver may be related to intake, but fatty liver is not entirely caused by obesity and diet. There are many misunderstandings in this, which we will sort out today. Fatty liver does not mean eating too much fat. It is believed that [fatty liver equals excessive oil intake] is a common meaning. In fact, the word [fatty liver] is used to describe a pathological state of the liver, Read More …

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Right and wrong about metformin

Not long ago, the Endocrine Credit Association of the Chinese Medical Association organized a number of clinical experts and pharmaceutical experts to formulate and publish the “Consensus of Experts on Clinical Application of Metformin” to guide Chinese clinicians and patients to correctly understand and rationally use metformin. It is not common for an authoritative academic group, a group of top medical experts, to issue < < consensus > > for a single drug. Today’s free time, let’s also talk about metformin. Before the text, let’s dispel the doubts that some people, especially conspiracy theorists, may have: [Is there any what issue in recommending a medicine with such great fanfare? ] In fact, metformin is an old drug that has been Read More …

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Some Truth about Hepatitis B

First, hepatitis B what is not terrible at all! Hepatitis B is probably the most familiar and unfamiliar infectious disease in China. According to the results of the 2006 National Population Hepatitis B Seroepidemiological Survey, The carrying rate of hepatitis B virus in China is about 7.18%, That is to say, one in every 14 people will be a carrier of hepatitis B virus, However, most people know little about the transmission route of hepatitis B, For the onset process and disease outcome vague, blindly fear of hepatitis B and discrimination against hepatitis B virus carriers, even reached the degree of liver pale. This irrational attitude towards hepatitis B was once the mainstream view of the society, even in the Read More …

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Consensus and Misunderstanding of Hepatitis B (Part I)

China is called a “big country with hepatitis B”. Almost one in ten Chinese people has hepatitis B carriers. The health damage and social and economic burden caused by chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis and liver cancer caused by hepatitis B every year are amazing. No infectious disease in our country is more harmful than hepatitis B. In the case of no effective prescription to completely cure hepatitis B in clinical practice, it is particularly important to prevent hepatitis B infection. Since the 1980s, China has tried to vaccinate some areas with human blood-derived hepatitis B vaccine. However, human blood-derived hepatitis B vaccine comes from hepatitis B carriers, There are major shortcomings of insufficient yield and potential pathogenicity. In the early Read More …

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Consensus and Misunderstanding of Hepatitis B (Ⅱ)

Second, how to reduce the number of hepatitis B carriers In order to remove the label of “hepatitis B country”, it is necessary to reduce the hepatitis B carrying rate of the population. On the premise that the population base is basically stable, the hepatitis B carrying rate depends on the molecular part-the number of hepatitis B carriers. There are four ways to reduce the number of hepatitis B carriers: A. Reduce the number of new hepatitis B carriers in the newborn population; B. Reduce the number of new hepatitis B carriers in other populations; C. cure exist hepatitis B carriers; D. Natural death of hepatitis B carriers. Of the above four routes, route C seems impossible at present, and Read More …

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Blushing and sweating when talking to girls may be a disease that needs treatment.

I don’t know if you have ever met such a shy teenager. When he associates with people, he always blushes to the root of his neck. The more you tease him: Oh, my little face is as cute as a red apple! The more nervous he became until he was sweating profusely or his palms were soaked to the skin. He wiped his trouser legs awkwardly and could not speak with his head down. Sometimes we were embarrassed to embarrass him again and ended the conversation in a hurry to avoid his pain. Later, we just smiled and did not understand why he was so shy. I once had such a high school classmate, he was originally a handsome boy, Read More …