Tag: Denial

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Truth: A five-year-old girl suffers from liver cancer. The main culprit is snacks?

Some days ago, it was reported that the oncology department of Chengdu First People’s Hospital admitted a cancer patient who was only 5 years old. According to her mother, the child was in good health at ordinary times and had no family history of liver cancer. She just loved snacks and liked instant noodles, ham sausage and cola from an early age. After receiving treatment in the hospital for half a year, the small patient died unfortunately. After the event, the rumor that “eating snacks will lead to liver cancer” spread among the crowd. In fact, doctors at that time explained in an interview with the media that snacks were not directly related to liver cancer: “There are many factors Read More …

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Truth, young children have their teeth cut off? No, this is mostly bottle caries!

I don’t know if any parents or friends have ever seen such news: [a three-year-old boy bit his classmate and was cut off four front teeth by the other grandmother]. The news said that a kindergarten child and his classmate had a fight because he bit the other party and was retaliated by the other party’s family and cut off four front teeth in his mouth. In order to prove the truth of the matter, the news also has a picture: The incident was really appalling. Therefore, many media reprinted it one after another. Netizens were shocked and made comments such as “What’s wrong with this society” and “Bad people are getting older”. Some even swore loudly that “the murderer Read More …

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Truth: Is Blood Donation Harmful to Health?

Due to the interests of too many people involved, blood donation without compensation has always been a sensitive topic. Every once in a while, I can always see the conscience of [old doctors] in my circle of friends or microblog, publicizing that blood donation is harmful to my health, or some [insiders] denounce blood stations for huge profits. I don’t want to repeat the online refutation of these rumors here. Today, I just want to tell you some other [truth] about blood donation calmly. Is blood donation good for health? In theory, blood donation may be beneficial to health, because blood loss can promote blood regeneration and reduce blood viscosity. However, in reality, there is not enough convincing research literature Read More …

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Is it really that easy to steal kidneys?

As a competent patient with advanced cell phone dependence, the little doctor brushed a microblog before going to bed. After N years, I actually saw another piece of news. The news reported that a migrant worker found his right kidney missing after trauma surgery! Between the lines of the report, it seems to be asking: Has this disappeared kidney been [stolen]? This reminds me of my mood when I first heard the rumor of stealing kidney before studying medicine: it was a shock, it was an anger, and it was full of justice. Now, I have not only studied medicine, but also plunged into the world of kidney transplantation, only to find that stealing kidney is not so easy. Where Read More …

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Mothers-to-be, do you really need to protect your baby?

Let’s tell a story first. My cousin’s child, who is far away in Canada, is pregnant. She is 48 days pregnant and has a small amount of bleeding. She is very nervous. She quickly contacted me, who is the director of obstetrics and gynecology in China, on WeChat to ask me [why what] [how to do it] [whether to use progesterone]. I wonder why she is so familiar with [progesterone] when she does not study medicine. I learned that it was used and taught to her by her little sisters when they were protecting their babies. Far water cannot save near fire. Whether to protect the fetus or not, of course, one must go to the hospital for examination first, Read More …

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Truth, Six Rumors about Pregnancy

When you are pregnant with a baby, you will hear many [suggestions] from people who have come before. You must have heard this: [with a boy’s belly pointed and a girl’s belly round] (of course, this is silly, you know, the ancients did not have ultrasound). However, not all [suggestions] about pregnancy are interesting. Some may cause unnecessary worries to pregnant mothers, while others may even affect the health of pregnant mothers and fetuses. Rumor 1: Don’t Take Influenza Vaccine Just the opposite. Influenza vaccines are very important. Some pregnant mothers may worry that they will catch the flu or that the vaccine will hurt their babies. In fact, flu vaccines do not cause flu, and there is no evidence Read More …

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You can’t smear anything when you burn! These five first aid actions must be remembered.

As the baby grows up, the range of activities is also getting wider and wider. TA is full of curiosity about the whole world and likes to touch here and there. The rich sense of touch increases TA’s understanding of the world, but at the same time, danger also lurks in it. Scalds are one of the common accidental injuries. Scalding is not only hot water, including steam, oil, porridge, even light bulbs and electric toys that have been on for a long time, which may burn the baby. Parents or other elders often feel extremely remorse and regret how they neglected it afterwards. Especially when seeing the baby’s scars, it is inevitable to [touch the scene]. In fact, there Read More …

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High cholesterol in animal viscera? Is that still edible?

For internal organs, many people are afraid and love them. To say fear is that they contain too much fat and cholesterol, and they are also afraid that they contain pollution. Love is said because I like their taste. Let’s put aside taste for the time being and only talk about nutrition to talk about [horrible] rumors about animal viscera. Do viscera really contain so much fat and cholesterol? Is it a rich place for heavy metals and toxic substances? Rumor 1: Viscera contains very high cholesterol, which is not conducive to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular health. The reason why most people are afraid of internal organs is that the liver is a high-fat and high-cholesterol food. Indeed, the liver of Read More …

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Beware of [Divine Medicine] Harming Mother: A Menopause Response Guide for Children

Since I communicated with my parents about menopause, they have a correct understanding of menopause and the tension between parents has eased a lot. However, my mother told me that it was all due to several menopause [magic drugs] introduced to her by her sisters. Hearing the word “magic medicine”, I couldn’t help seeing black at the moment. Even my mother began to believe in [magic medicine]? Are the climacteric [magic drugs] that are spreading wildly among friends really effective? Let’s discuss the so-called menopause [magic medicine] and the correct coping plan for menopause. Menopause [magic medicine] is risky, don’t believe it. I asked my mother to send the so-called “magic medicine” photo, and I was shocked just by looking Read More …

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Do you know all the four rumors of truth and tooth washing?

Tooth washing is a kind of health care and a kind of life attitude. Washing teeth means cleaning teeth. In the dental profession, it is called cleaning and treatment. It is both cleaning and treatment. The American people affectionately call it [Prophy]. That is to say, tooth washing is a kind of health care, which is a preventive measure to strengthen the body and prevent diseases without diseases. Moreover, tooth washing is an important treatment for gingivitis and periodontitis. At present, it is difficult to treat periodontitis with drugs at the medical level of human beings. Tooth washing is the first step to restore gingival health. The American people have a good sense of social security and personal health. They Read More …