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How to treat heartburn and acid regurgitation? Can steamed bread be used as medicine?

When looking at the outpatient department, there are always patients who mention that every time stomach trouble breaks out, acid regurgitation is not timely to eat steamed bread, and then they feel much better. Can acid regurgitation be treated with steamed bread? In fact, acid regurgitation is not a disease, but a symptom, mainly caused by stomach inflammation. Although steamed bread can be used to relieve stomach acid regurgitation, it cannot cure stomach inflammation. Gastric Acid Secretion and Gastric Mucosal Protection In order to digest food, the stomach secretes a large amount of gastric acid and other necessary substances. We can imagine that the continuous secretion of gastric acid is like the enemy launching rockets against our city. The stomach Read More …

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Obesity is a disease in itself, according to the American Medical Association

In 2013, after a heated debate, the American Medical Association finally decided that [obesity itself is a disease]. The impact of obesity on health may be much more serious than we thought. Are you really [fat]? In life, We often distinguish fat from thin by weight, This method is simple but incorrect. Weight is affected by too many factors, Such as height, bone structure, muscle proportion, water content, etc. At present, Obesity in medical sense is defined by body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, etc. BMI is the square of weight (Kg) divided by height (m), BMI ≥ 25 is overweight, While ≥ 30 is obesity. This standard is actually particularly arbitrary. Simple as it is, It is only applicable Read More …

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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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The doctor opens an image examination. Why is it so open?

Who will not go to the hospital for a lifetime? When going to the hospital, doctors will often give you all kinds of imaging examinations, such as ultrasound, CT, MRI, etc. You may be puzzled in your heart. Why did you choose this kind of examination for me for so many kinds of examinations? Is it just that the more expensive the better? It is precisely because many people may have such doubts that the common sense I am talking about here is expected to be helpful to you. 一、影像学检查怎么选, 这儿先来一个简洁版, 不去细讲道理, 但求实用: Traumatic bone: rough X-ray film, closer CT, MRI can’t see clearly; Cervical spine and lumbar spine: the best MRI and the second CT; Brain and spinal cord: Read More …

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How to nurse premature babies after discharge?

Premature delivery of babies often caught parents off guard, Because of their immature development, Can’t adapt to the outside world alone, Need to stay in the hospital for a long time. After the mother gave birth to the baby, she could not accompany the child. It was indeed a torment. When the doctor told her that she could be discharged from the hospital, she could finally take the child home. She could always look at his face and watch him grow up. Her mood was naturally joyful and excited, but she also had a lot of anxiety and worry. It is normal for inexperienced novice parents to worry about delicate premature infants, especially those with gestational age less than 28 Read More …

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What is over-medicated. What is the cause of over-medication?

Excessive medical treatment is a worldwide problem. The content is very complicated and it is not easy to explain it clearly. However, the main body to discuss this problem can only be professional doctors. Layman patients do not even know what is [moderate medical treatment]. How can we discuss [excessive medical treatment]? To say that the problem is complicated, First of all, it is not clear how to define it. Analyzing from different angles, There can be different definitions. For example, from the perspective of the patient’s personal interests, If it exceeds the examination and treatment (including medication, surgery, etc.) given in the diagnosis and treatment scope of this disease, They are all over-medicated. From the perspective of medical resources, Read More …

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Disasters from Mouth: Foreign Bodies in Children’s Digestive Tract

A few days ago, there was a 2-year-old child who had fever, vomiting and swelling. He took a film and found a small foreign body in his stomach. Supposedly, such a small foreign body can basically be discharged by itself and is unlikely to cause intestinal obstruction, but the child has obvious intestinal obstruction and peritonitis. Then, an operation was performed, during which two intestinal perforations were found. Later, I found the small foreign body in my stomach and took it out. It turned out that a small magnet and a small iron bar were tightly sucked together. It turned out that the child took advantage of the parents’ inattention and ate a small magnet and a small iron bar Read More …

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When a doctor encounters a fever in his child (Part I)

A colleague said that every time the child had a fever, his wife asked him, “Did you bring the virus back from the hospital?” My mother-in-law asked: You are a pediatrician, and even your child’s fever cannot be cured. Another colleague said: My son has had a tummy all day. I said to drink more water at home to observe. My mother-in-law said: Do you want to go to the hospital to find an old doctor? Compared with my own experience, I also feel the difficulties of my colleagues. When her daughter was less than one year old, one day she suddenly developed a fever and her body temperature quickly jumped to more than 39 degrees. At ordinary times, she Read More …

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Why do you take chest radiographs with fever? Is it crazy for the hospital to think about money?

For many patients, this kind of situation is really not uncommon: [I just have a fever, and the doctors who went to the hospital prescribed chest radiographs and so on without saying a few words. The doctors now are really incompetent and dirty, and they must be trying to earn examination fees.] But is this really the case? Without gossip, since the question mentions fever and chest radiograph, let’s discuss them from these two aspects. First of all, patients who come to see a doctor because of fever will definitely give many physicians headaches. This does not mean that doctors are not up to standard. You know, this is the heartfelt words of the old professor of internal medicine. In Read More …

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Nine Most Easily Made Mistakes in Children’s Medication

A mother who does not know the common sense of parenting is really not a good mother. You are full of love, but if you give your child the wrong medicine, it is not worth forgiving. There are too many pits in the process of giving drugs to children. Let’s learn to jump the grid to avoid them. Drug abuse to prevent diseases Drugs are a double-edged sword, using symptomatic drugs is medicine, not symptomatic drugs is poison! Once there was a kindergarten in Xi’an that gave healthy children a batch of [virus spirit] (moroxydine hydrochloride), saying that the purpose of medication was to prevent virus infection. It was only after the incident came to light that everyone noticed that Read More …