Month: April 2020

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Is the bigger the baby’s head, the smarter it is?

As the saying goes [big head is smart, small head is smart], the bigger the baby’s head is, the smarter it is. Is this statement really scientific? First, how to measure The size of the baby’s head is generally measured by head circumference. Head circumference refers to the maximum length around the head. Generally, it is measured by a soft ruler. The baby takes the standing position, sitting position or supine position. The soft ruler is fixed at 0 o’clock on the upper edge of the eyebrow arch on one side of the head. The length of the head circumference is determined by clinging to the scalp (too much hair will push it away) and returning to 0 o’clock around Read More …

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What should we do when Ebola strikes?

According to Phoenix Satellite TV, a woman who returned to Hong Kong from an earlier visit to Kenya, Africa, developed fever, dizziness and vomiting after returning to Hong Kong on Monday. She was treated in isolation at Queen Elizabeth Hospital and is currently in stable condition. First, is what Ebola virus? The information given on the WHO website is as follows: 1. Ebola virus disease (EVD; Formerly known as Ebola viral hemorrhagic fever) is a serious and often fatal human disease. 2. The case fatality rate of the Ebola virus disease epidemic is as high as 90%. 3. The Ebola virus disease outbreak is predominantly occurring in remote villages close to tropical rain forests in Central and West Africa. 4. Read More …

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Antipyretics also have side effects? An article teaches you to use antipyretics safely.

Cold and fever are always indispensable in life, and people are used to treating them with antipyretics. Because aspirin is too irritating to the stomach, most antipyretics on the market are paracetamol, and most of the ingredients are acetaminophen. No matter whether you have a cold, fever, headache or arthralgia, you can ask it to help you treat it. Just take a few pills and you can immediately get rid of the pain on your body. It really makes you feel particularly kind. Acetaminophen, an antipyretic, is generally displayed on the over-the-counter shelves of each pharmacy. It is also very convenient to purchase. It does not need prescription or what restrictions, and can be purchased in large quantities at one Read More …

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The Fool about Hypertension

Of all the patients who cheats love to fool, hypertension is not the most, then no disease will be. One of the reasons is that the number of hypertension patients is huge and is gradually increasing. The second reason is that hypertension is a high-risk factor for many worrying diseases, such as heart disease and cerebrovascular disease. In order to recognize the deception about hypertension, we need to know at least some common sense about hypertension. Common Sense about Hypertension Hypertension is divided into primary hypertension and secondary hypertension. Essential hypertension refers to a syndrome with or without multiple cardiovascular risk factors with elevated blood pressure as its main clinical manifestation. Secondary hypertension refers to elevated blood pressure caused by Read More …

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How is it safest to take birth control pills?

It is easy to turn into the corner pharmacy to buy a box of contraceptives, but it is not that simple to start taking contraceptives. Any responsible man cannot turn a blind eye to women’s worries about contraceptives. So, how should contraceptives be taken safest? First, short-term, long-term and urgent, which one do you eat? 1. Short-acting contraceptives The success rate is 99%, and the medicine needs to be taken regularly. If one tablet is missed, one tablet needs to be taken within 12 hours. Common commodities include: deoxygestenethinylestradiol tablets, levonorgestrel ethinylestradiol tablets, drospirone ethinylestradiol tablets, compound norethindrone, compound megestrol, compound levonorgestrel tablets, etc. How to take it: the instructions will be clearly written, starting from the day of menstruation, Read More …

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Can diabetics eat fruit?

As an extremely harmful and deceptive pseudoscientific conclusion, [diabetic patients cannot eat fruits] is widely circulated in the society. I once received a representative diabetic patient who has not touched fruits for more than ten years. His logical deduction is very simple: cannot eat sweets + fruits are very sweet and cannot eat fruits. The poor ten years or so are personal tragedies and dereliction of duty in diabetes health education. In the Internet era, the high-speed dissemination of information is a double-edged sword. As a doctor, one must use this sword well to make and transmit scientific voices. Glycemic index (GI) Assuming that we organized all the food to take an examination, The test question is the ability of Read More …

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Medical drama, which was full of mistakes in those years,

In recent years, medical TV plays have become very popular, In the United States, Dr. House, Grey’s Anatomy, Japan’s “White Giant Tower” and others have been sought after by drama fans all over the world. Domestic medical TV plays such as “Heart Skill” and “Doctor’s Benevolence” have also been launched. The so-called [watching the scene of bustle outside the door, Looking at the doorway in the door], ordinary audiences are fond of talking about the rich plot and tense first aid environment in medical dramas. However, doctors have discovered various medical mistakes in these dramas due to their professional sensitivity. To this end, the Clove Garden Survey invited doctors to participate in the survey on medical drama to see what Read More …

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How poisonous are hospital elevator buttons

How do you press the elevator in the hospital? With the key? Any substitute you can find on your hands? With your elbows? Or do you press with your fingers as usual? Some people may say that you are melodramatic, but such melodramatic feelings do make sense. How poisonous are hospital elevators? Let’s look at a research report published in Open Medicine. This study mainly investigated the elevator buttons of three large municipal hospitals in Canada, and found that many colonized bacteria on the buttons are a variety of microorganisms symbiotic on the surface of human skin. According to the study, The sources of hospital acquired infection are diversified, and the transmission routes that can be involved include doctors’ white Read More …

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Dermatologist’s advice: Keep away from powder for skin wounds

The skin is the largest organ of the human body, The total area can reach 1.2-2 square meters, Tilting is the size of a single bed. The thickness is usually 0.5-4.0 mm, excluding the skin of the subcutaneous fat layer, which depends on the degree of fat and thinness. The total weight of these skins accounts for about 16% of the human body weight. On the surface is the epidermis, and below is the dermis, which forms our body’s first line of defense. Since our skin is probably the most vulnerable part in the outermost layer, and once the skin is damaged, there will be four problems: infection, hemorrhage, pain and scar. Correctly handling these four problems is the best Read More …

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How should diabetics eat?

There are many misunderstandings about diabetes diet, and endocrinologists have not done less work to clarify and refute the rumor. However, the source of the rumor is quite related to doctors. If you ask the doctors at that time the same question in different years: [Should diabetes patients eat scientifically in how? We will hear completely different answers. At the end of the 18th century, John Rollo, a British doctor, first discovered: When diabetics eat bread, grains, fruits and other foods, their urine sugar increases, while when they eat meat foods, their urine sugar decreases relatively. Later, he advocated a far-reaching low carbohydrate diet, high fat and high protein diet. To this day, erroneous views such as “diabetics cannot eat Read More …