There are some words that doctors have always wanted to say to everyone.
However, there are too many patients and too few doctors, so they have no time to talk in detail every time they see a doctor.
Today, Dr. Clove sorted out 30 pieces of medical knowledge that doctors only know. Knowing is to earn!
Internal Medicine
1. When taking blood pressure, it is best to measure both left and right hands.
Usually the higher one prevails.
Of course, one measurement is not enough, it is necessary to measure several times more.
2. Combing your hair 100 times a day does not [strengthen your brain]
Learning a musical instrument, learning a language, learning a new craft… These are more good for the brain.
However, combing your hair 100 times is also good, after all, it will be stronger to use that hand.
3. A glass of red wine a day will not really improve your heart.
Rat experiments show that resveratrol in red wine may be beneficial to the heart.
However, if the animal intake is converted into human, it is equivalent to drinking about 1,000 litres of red wine every day.
Who can drink it?
4. Diabetes is not caused by eating too much sugar.
There are many causes of diabetes, such as congenital genetic factors and acquired environmental factors, which are not necessarily related to eating sugar.
5. There are many kinds of anemia, but no matter which kind, eating donkey-hide gelatin, red dates and brown sugar is useless.
Iron deficiency, vitamin B12 deficiency and folic acid deficiency, heavy metals (lead), heredity… These common causes of anemia cannot be solved by eating them.
6. There is no anti-alcoholism medicine, and [liver-protecting medicine] cannot relieve alcoholism.
The rate of alcohol metabolism mainly depends on the activities of related enzymes. At present, there is no drug that can significantly increase the activities of these enzymes.
Even drugs and health care products under the banner of “liver protection” cannot be done.
7. Snoring is not a good night’s sleep
Snoring is a sound caused by poor breathing. Severe snoring may lead to [sleep apnea], which is dangerous but treatable.
Surgical
8. Just remember 5 words after scalding and stop smearing things.
These five words are:
- Flush (cold water/tap water flush, do not use ice water); To take off (clothes from the burns); Soak (soak continuously in cold water); Cover (cover with clean gauze or towel); To send (to a hospital).
Toothpaste, soy sauce, lard and flour, which have been circulating in the Jianghu for a long time, are all unreliable.
9. Nothing but salt can be sprinkled on the wound.
Sprinkling and smearing things on the surface of the wound after injury may cause secondary infection, increase the difficulty for doctors to clean up the wound, and increase the probability of scar hyperplasia, which is simply [multi-poison at one stroke].
10. It is normal to defecate 3 times a day to 3 times a week.
As long as the appearance of poop is normal, don’t worry about the number of times.
11. No matter whether there are high-risk factors or not, people over 50 should have an colonoscopy.
Remember to remind your parents.
12. Patients with fractures are not suitable for drinking bone soup.
Because the most supplement is not calcium, but fat. Originally, people broke their bones and were unable to move. Wouldn’t eating fat increase their burden?
If you want to supplement calcium, eat more dark green vegetables, bean products and milk.
13. Eating [hair] does not affect wound healing.
The real factors that affect wound healing are: age, hyperglycemia, infection, local blood circulation, smoking…
All kinds of [taboos], not eating will hinder the wound healing.
14. Keep your knees strong and do one action every day-squat against the wall.
Obstetrics and Gynecology
15. Taking short-acting contraceptives has more advantages and less disadvantages.
Short-acting contraceptives can relieve dysmenorrhea and reduce acne … can be said to be [very good and powerful].
As long as there are no contraindications, it is safe to eat under the guidance of a doctor.
16. Cervical erosion is not a disease
Seeing doctors treating cervical erosion, it is best to turn around and run away, because [cervical erosion] is not a disease, and most cases are normal physiological changes.
17. Sex during pregnancy
As long as you are a healthy pregnant woman and there are no high-risk factors for pregnancy, you can have normal sex during pregnancy.
18. There is no saying of “protecting adults or children”
The relationship between the mother and the baby is, of course, [one loss, one loss, one glory, one glory].
Therefore, there is no choice, leave it to the doctor.
19. Traditional [confinement] is harmful
Postpartum mothers do need nursing, but never do not wash their hair, bathe, brush their teeth, get out of bed or go out…
Pediatrics
20. Babies within 6 months do not need to drink extra water, and babies under 1 year old do not need to eat salt.
Because it’s in both breast milk and infant formula.
The child is also afraid of the heat and does not need to be wrapped in three layers inside and three layers outside.
There is a kind of cold, called grandparents grandparents think you are cold; There is a [disease] called [obsessive-compulsive disorder in dressing].
22. The baby has a cold and fever. Do not wipe the bath with alcohol or [cover your sweat]
The baby’s skin is delicate, and alcohol bath may cause alcoholism.
Sweating is the result of antipyretic, not the cause of antipyretic. If you cover it too tightly, the heat is bad and dehydrated, the child will be even worse.
Department of Stomatology
23. To deal with molars, you need a pair of braces instead of insecticides.
There are many and complicated reasons for molars. Even if you don’t understand them for a while, it is always right to wear customized braces to protect your teeth first.
24. An 80-year-old can also have 20 healthy teeth.
Yes, don’t think [old-fashioned] is fate any more, as long as you see the dentist regularly and stick to protecting your teeth.
Dermatology
25. Hotels are not contagious
Sexual contact is the main route of transmission.
26. No matter how much collagen you eat, you can’t beautify yourself.
Eat it and it becomes amino acid, which cannot be directly turned into collagen on the skin. It is useless to apply it on the face, because the skin cannot absorb this macromolecular substance (protein).
Eat well and drink more water, which is the basis for skin improvement.
27. Sunscreen can not only prevent blackening, but also reduce skin cancer.
Ultraviolet rays in sunlight may cause malignant skin tumors, so don’t bask too hard.
Department of Five Officials
28. Turn off the lights and play with your mobile phone, watch TV, read e-books… It is more harmful to your eyes.
Now that the light is turned off, sleep at ease.
29. Don’t swallow rice if you get stuck with fish bones.
Try to cough up, clip it out, or see a doctor if you can’t.
Oncology Department
30. Vaccination can also prevent cancer
Some viral infections are clearly related to related cancers, such as hepatitis B virus infection and liver cancer, and human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and cervical cancer.
Therefore, timely vaccination can significantly reduce the chance of liver cancer and cervical cancer.