Month: February 2020

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Does a seven-month-old baby need salt? -Health Questions and Answers

The American Academy of Pediatrics has released two [wise choices] lists of 10 items, listing common unnecessary examinations and treatments in pediatrics. (1) Obvious viral infectious respiratory diseases (sinusitis, Pharyngitis, bronchitis) should not use antibacterial drugs. (2) Cough medicine and cold medicine should not be prescribed or recommended for respiratory diseases in children under 4 years old. (3) CT scan is not necessary for immediate evaluation of mild head trauma. According to the Clinical Observation/Pediatric Emergency Nursing Applied Research Network Standard (PECARN), To determine whether imaging examination is needed. (4) Neuroimaging is not necessary for simple thermal epilepsy (CT, MRI examination. (5) CT scans are not necessary in routine abdominal pain assessment. (6) Do not use large doses of dexamethasone Read More …

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The list of wise choices issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics

The American Academy of Pediatrics has released two [wise choices] lists of 10 items, listing common unnecessary examinations and treatments in pediatrics. (1) Obvious viral infectious respiratory diseases (sinusitis, Pharyngitis, bronchitis) should not use antibacterial drugs. (2) Cough medicine and cold medicine should not be prescribed or recommended for respiratory diseases in children under 4 years old. (3) CT scan is not necessary for immediate evaluation of mild head trauma. According to the Clinical Observation/Pediatric Emergency Nursing Applied Research Network Standard (PECARN), To determine whether imaging examination is needed. (4) Neuroimaging is not necessary for simple thermal epilepsy (CT, MRI examination. (5) CT scans are not necessary in routine abdominal pain assessment. (6) Do not use large doses of dexamethasone Read More …

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Are these pills still being taken with birth control pills? Have made a big mistake

I. Rifampicin It is a commonly used anti-tuberculosis drug, which can accelerate the metabolism of norethisterone and ethinylestradiol, the main components of oral contraceptives, reduce the concentration of drugs in blood, and may also cause partial shedding of endometrium to cause intravenous drip hemorrhage or inexhaustible leaching. At the same time, it can reduce the contraceptive effect and lead to contraceptive failure. II. Antibiotics Some people have observed 38 women who took contraceptives while using ampicillin, neomycin, tetracycline, compound sulfamethoxazole and chloramphenicol, resulting in contraceptive failure. It was found that the reason for its failure was that antibiotics inhibited intestinal bacteria and greatly reduced the amount of glucuronidase produced by antibiotics, thus affecting the absorption of contraceptives in intestinal tract Read More …

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7 Common Medication Errors

According to a recent survey by Lloyds Pharmacy, 46 percent of patients do not take their medicines correctly. [It is estimated that 10 percent of hospitalizations are due to incorrect medication,] said Sultan Dajeni, an expert at the Royal Institute of Medicine Experts such as Dr. Sandipp Barajan, a rheumatologist at the Stabash Hospital in the UK, Paul Litter, a professor at the Primary Health Care Research Department of the University of Southampton in the UK, Nitin Marcartier, a pharmacist at Lloyds Pharmacy in the UK, and Sunil Kochha, a pharmacist at the Pharmacist Information Network, summarized the seven most common mistakes in taking medicine. I. Tablets Break and Take The structure of dosage forms such as sustained-release tablets can Read More …

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Those medical black technologies from the future

1. Artificial pancreas In the near future, patients with type 1 diabetes may be able to inject insulin through smart phones. Researchers are developing a bionic pancreas-an insulin pump implanted under the skin. In combination with paired App and chips, the artificial pancreas can automatically detect blood sugar levels and regulate the release of insulin and glucagon. Researchers from Boston University and Massachusetts General Hospital hope that the research results will be approved by FDA and put into clinical use in 2017. 2. Smart Pills It won’t happen again that you forget to take your medicine. Scientists from Britain and the United States have developed a pill called Helius. The pill has a chip smaller than sand. After taking it, Read More …

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Why is gout easy to occur when seasons alternate?

Lao Zhang is a [senior] gout patient. He became acquainted with gout again in the spring of last year. Later, when he inquired, some of his patients around him also suffered from acute attacks of gout back and forth. This puzzled Lao Zhang a little. Can gout be contagious? In fact, gout is not contagious, but gout attacks also have certain seasonality, so what is the relationship between gout attacks and seasons? First of all, let’s recall that during the 24 hours of the day, gout attacks are more common in what? Why does gout often occur at night? Typical gout often occurs at night, and most of them can wake up at night due to pain. I believe that Read More …

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Buy Buy’s Guide: Chocolate Represents My Heart

When it comes to love, chocolate is definitely one of the spokesmen. It is said that chocolate has an aphrodisiac effect. It is said that chocolate is sweet and bitter and has the taste of [love]. It is said that chocolate can make people happy. It is said that… No matter what effect chocolate has, it is definitely an important prop to show love on Valentine’s Day, a special day full of small couples and killing single Wang (provided you have one …). Chocolate is good, but if you want to send out some chocolate sold all over the street, you still need to raise your posture, or if you want to satisfy your mouth with Ta’s (te) product (tiao) Read More …

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Gifts for New Year’s Day, don’t buy these 6 kinds of health products.

As the Chinese New Year is approaching, we Chinese people pay attention to reciprocity. Health care products are a kind of gift that can be brought to visit relatives, friends and elders. People all hope that health care products can be beneficial to the body, but in fact most health care products are not as magical as the merchants advertise. Here are only five typical ones to talk about. I hope you don’t spend too much money on them. Colla Corii Asini Many people think donkey-hide gelatin has many magical effects: enriching blood, stopping bleeding, nourishing yin, moistening dryness, caring skin, preventing miscarriage, resisting fatigue, resisting cancer… In fact, donkey-hide gelatin is boiled from donkey skin. The main component of Read More …

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There is a high incidence of accidents among children during the Spring Festival. These 10 points must be paid attention to.

I watched the Spring Festival coming. That’s really The sound of gongs and drums, firecrackers, red flags fluttering, a sea of people On this day of national celebration Everyone is busy saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new. The children also had a lot of fun But pay attention! The accident may be hidden in this hectic situation! ▼ As the Year of the Monkey approaches, I’ll give you a pair of [golden eyes] Teach you to see through risks Take your children to celebrate the New Year safely. Accident One Xiong Haizi is playing High [Pa] Hit your head Looking at the bulging bag on the baby’s head, What else can you do except feel distressed? In Read More …