Month: January 2012

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Questions that doctors are unwilling to answer.

Many people who seek medical treatment have had such experiences: I took pains to register, queue up, Until facing the doctor, Doctors are reluctant to answer many of the questions raised, Even you’re welcome to say, is disdain to answer. Of course, this cannot rule out some reasons for doctors’ accomplishment and professional accomplishment, but from my personal experience and that of my colleagues around me, the fundamental reason lies in these questions themselves. So what kind of questions do professionals not want to answer or even disdain to answer? This article makes a summary of these issues, welcome to take the corresponding seats. First, the problem of violating common sense. There are some questions that cannot be answered from Read More …

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The Century Legend of Aspirin (1)

[If I are going to be on a desert island and choose to carry some medicine with me, then she may be the first thing to think about-aspirin)] -Professor John A. Baron, Dartmouth School of Medicine Doubts about one’s life experience In other words, the current rapid upgrading of drugs, It has almost reached a dazzling level. Even some doctors are likely not to know the latest development of some drugs in their relevant specialties. It can be said that there are talented people in the country, The waves behind the Yangtze River push forward the waves before. However, among the numerous and constantly changing drugs, there is such an effective exception. Although she has gone through a hundred years Read More …

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What you should know about floss (1)

In foreign countries, children have been reminded by their parents or dentists to floss once a day in addition to brushing their teeth twice since they were young, because they know that flossing is as important to maintaining oral hygiene as brushing their teeth. 1. Why is floss so important? In fact, if you just brush your teeth, Some toothbrushes can accumulate a lot of harmful bacteria in places that cannot be reached by toothbrushes and adjacent surfaces of teeth. In particular, a small amount of food residue impacted between teeth and gums cannot be completely cleaned. But if you don’t clean up these foods, It is easy to cause bacteria to breed. Over time, these bacteria will form plaque Read More …

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The Century Legend of Aspirin (2)

Before the above < < Aspirin’s Life Experience Doubts > > A good [heart] medicine Almost everyone has experienced such headache, and many people may have taken aspirin and its similar drugs. Why can aspirin relieve pain? This has to start with the relevant mechanism of pain. In fact, although people have mastered a lot of knowledge about pain so far, However, the mechanism of pain has not been fully clarified. According to the current human understanding of pain, When pain occurs, Locally, some pain-causing chemical factors such as bradykinin will be produced and released. Prostaglandins are also produced and released. Bradykinins can cause pain by acting on pain receptors. Prostaglandins can increase the sensitivity of pain receptors to pain-causing Read More …

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Why do ambulances always arrive late at the time of first aid?

Recently, in a number of first aid-related incidents, the parties complained about the delay in the arrival of the ambulance. Incident 1: In Shanghai, drunks called 120. After the ambulance arrived, a group of drinkers thought the ambulance arrived too late and beat the emergency personnel with plank bricks and sticks. Incident 2: In Shenzhen, a young man suddenly twitched and suffered cardiac arrest at a subway station. The ambulance drove out within one minute after receiving the call for help and arrived at the scene in 12 minutes. The rescue lasted for about half an hour. Finally, the rescue was ineffective and he died! Family members questioned the arrival of the 120 ambulance too late. Incident 3: Doctor 120 Read More …

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A successful rescue of amniotic fluid embolism requires what.

A week after the death of Xiangtan parturient due to amniotic fluid embolism, a parturient in Shanghai also suffered amniotic fluid embolism, but recovered from the rescue of more than 40 medical workers for more than 10 hours in a row. We learned from Sun Jing, vice president of Shanghai First Maternal and Infant Health Hospital, that the parturient has been extubated and can communicate with doctors. Of course, Xiangtan’s parturients are not as lucky as Shanghai’s parturients, but I hope everyone can understand that there is almost no rescue, medical personnel do not do their best, and whether they succeed or not is sometimes beyond the control of doctors. So, a successful amniotic fluid embolism rescue needs what? To Read More …

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The Century Legend of Aspirin (3)

Before the above < < Aspirin is a thoughtful [good] drug > > The sword has two edges While people marvel at the various effects of aspirin, it should also be noted that many researchers have said: [But it is a double-edged sword.] As we already know, Aspirin plays an antipyretic and analgesic role because it can inhibit the production of prostaglandins. Her role in protecting the heart is also related to this. Because certain types of prostaglandins can bond particles in the blood to each other, Thrombosis occurs. If this thrombosis occurs in the heart, then myocardial infarction will occur. Aspirin can reduce the chance of thrombosis by inhibiting the production of prostaglandins, thus playing its corresponding protective role. Read More …

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Is it possible to have a baby and die? Should how have a safe baby?

Rare amniotic fluid embolism, Can always be brought to the public’s field of vision by one or two news. Each is thrilling, No wonder the girls around me all say [it’s terrible to have children] [what if I dare not have children]. According to the statistics of the World Health Organization (WHO), About 800 women worldwide die every day from complications related to pregnancy or childbirth. In 2013, 289,000 women died during and after pregnancy and childbirth. The figure sounds terrible, but there is another sentence: [Almost all these deaths occurred in low-resource areas, and most of them could have been prevented.] What interventions are effective? I. Delaying the Age of First Birth Adolescent girls face a greater risk of Read More …

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How to Use Drugs Correctly

I often receive complaints from everyone. What else can [family medication] do besides checking the instructions? You may not know whether this App is used in what. I’ll give you a detailed explanation today, just once. Even if you think it is an advertisement, please watch it patiently. It will be useful to you. Judging from everyone’s usual questions, the following questions are the most concerned: How to use medicine for cold and fever? Which medicines cannot be taken at the same time? Which medicines cannot be taken by pregnant women? Which medicines cannot be used by children and the elderly? What if the old man has hypertension and diabetes but always forgets to take medicine? Which drugs are unsafe? Read More …

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The Century Legend of Aspirin (4)

Before the above < < aspirin sword has double edges > > Old trees and new flowers When Felix Hoffman synthesized aspirin in those days, he never imagined that people had discovered so many effects of aspirin today. In addition to the aforementioned anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and analgesic effects, and prevention of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, scientists have recently turned their attention to the anti-cancer research of aspirin. Previous readers have learned that aspirin inhibits the synthesis of prostaglandins, Prostaglandins are converted from arachidonic acid under the catalysis of cyclooxygenases (Cox-1 and Cox-2). Aspirin inhibits the synthesis of prostaglandins by inhibiting cyclooxygenases to exert its many effects. Inhibitors of Cox-2 can promote tumor apoptosis. Reduce mitosis and angiogenesis of tumor cells, Read More …