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Doctors in the UK may be on the cusp of finding a cure for HIV. A group of five universities has tentatively announced that early tests on the first of 50 patients to undergo a new treatment to try and completely cure the disease have found no virus in the man’s blood, raising hopes that the novel technique may have actually worked. It is important to stress that these are very early days, and only time will tell if it truly has been successful.

The new pioneering treatment involves three steps. The first is using current anti-retroviral drugs to prevent T-cells – the cells of the immune system that are infected by HIV – from spewing out millions more copies of the virus, and in effect keeping it boxed into the cells. Next, they infect the patients with a virus that boosts the immune system, giving it the enhanced ability to find and destroy the still-infected T-cells.

Finally, they gave the patient a second drug known as vorinostat that activates the dormant T-cells, forcing them to express HIV-associated proteins and flagging them up to the enhanced immune system which can then destroy them. This technique has been called the “kick and kill” strategy.

It is hoped that the new treatment will remove all traces of the virus from the body, including in those cells that contain it and lay dormant, often for years at a time. Because of this, however, it means that doctors will not be certain that this patient has truly been cured for a long time.

“It would be great if a cure has happened,” the 44-year-old patient told The Sunday Times. “My last blood test was a couple of weeks ago and there is no detectable virus. However, that could be the anti-retroviral therapies, so we have to wait to be sure.”

Only one person is known to have been cured of HIV. In 2007, the American Timothy Ray Brown underwent a full bone marrow transplant in Germany to treat him for leukaemia, using a donor who was immune to HIV. The stem cells transplanted rebuilt his immune system from the ground up, replacing his own cancerous cells with new ones resistant to HIV. Three years after the surgery, and despite no longer taking anti-retroviral drugs, doctors could find no trace of the virus in Brown’s blood, making him functionally cured of both diseases at once.

The difficulties associated with finding donors who are not only immune to HIV but also a match to the patient mean that replacing the immune system is not a viable option for standard treatment. But if doctors could work around this with other methods such as the one currently being trialed, it could potentially benefit the 37 million people around the world living with the virus. If it does work – and that is a big if – it will be years until it becomes available.
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know the health benefit and diseases transmitted through kissing
Kissing not only feels good, it's good for you. It relieves stress and releases epinephrine into your blood, making it pump faster, which may result in a reduction of LDL lipids. Kissing may even be a novel way to receive certain hormones, like testosterone:
"'Mucous membranes inside the mouth are permeable to hormones such as testosterone. Through open-mouth kissing, men introduced testosterone into a woman's mouth,' which 'is absorbed through the mucous membranes… and increases arousal and the likelihood that she will engage in reproductive behavior."1
Interestingly, Andréa Demirjian, author of Kissing: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about One of Life's Sweetest Pleasures, believes "a kiss a day really can keep the doctor away." And she recently shared eight reasons why with CNN

1.Reduce Your Blood Pressure
Kissing helps to dilate your blood vessels, which may help lower your blood pressure.

2.Relieve Cramps and Headaches
The blood-vessel-dilation effect described above also helps to relieve pain, particularly from headache or menstrual cramps.

3.Fight Cavities
When you kiss, saliva production increases in your mouth, and this helps to wash away plaque on your teeth that may lead to cavities. That said, cavity-causing bacteria can also be transmitted via a kiss, especially if the person you're kissing has poor oral habits. It's even been shown that cavity-causing bacteria can spread from a mother's kiss to her baby.3

4.Release Your Happy Hormones
Kissing prompts your brain to release a happy elixir of feel-good chemicals like serotonin, dopamine, and oxytocin. This isn't only important for your happiness, it also may also help to strengthen your relationship. As MSN reported:4
"'This [oxytocin] is the hormone of love, and the better the oxytocin levels, the more capacity for love,' explains psychotherapist Arthur Janov, Ph.D., author of 'The Biology of Love' and the director of the Primal Center in Santa Monica, Calif. 'We have found that those who cannot commit in a love relationship are low in oxytocin.'"
Interestingly, kissing activates the same areas in your brain linked to reward and addiction.5 According to the researchers who revealed this finding:6
"Kissing may have evolved as a way to stimulate brain systems associated with sex drive, romantic love, and attachment so that humans are triggered to seek a variety of potential mates, then focus attention on one for mating, and finally be able to tolerate that mate long enough to raise a child as a team."
Your lips are also densely packed with sensory neurons, which are stimulated by the touch of another's lips. This prompts the release of sebum, which is thought to play a role in bonding.7

5.Burn Calories
It's not going to replace your workout session… but a vigorous kiss may burn 8-16 calories. Not too shabby for a kiss.

6.Boost Your Self-Esteem
One study found that men who received a passionate kiss before they left for work earned more money.8 This suggests the kiss (and perhaps the happy home-life it suggests) makes people happier, boosts self-esteem and, ultimately, more productive at work.
7.Tone Your Facial Muscles
A vigorous kiss helps you shape up your neck and jawline by working out a number of facial muscles.

8.Check Out Your Partner's Compatibility
A kiss can be a powerful measure of your initial attraction to a person, so much so that the majority of men and women surveyed reporting that a first kiss could be a turn-off. Women, in particular, place more importance on kissing as a "mate assessment device" and as a means of "initiating, maintaining, and monitoring the current status of their relationship with a long-term partner.source

However, kissing can also be a very bad idea as it can be a means of spreading some infections like:
- Mononucleosis
This disease, usually caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), spreads through saliva and is often referred to as “mono” or “the kissing disease....
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Though most cats love to cuddle and can serve as a nurturing companion for years, a new study has found that people who come in contact with litter boxes may develop sudden rage, bipolar disorder or schizophrenia later in life.
Talk about information you can’t just shake off.

According to CBS, E. Fuller Torrey of the Stanley Medical Research Institute and Dr. Robert H. Yolken of Stanley Laboratory of Developmental Neurovirology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have been studying the link between infection with a parasite called ‘Toxoplasma gondii,’ found in cat feces, and schizophrenia for close to three decades.

Their most recent study, published in Schizophrenia Research, compared two previous studies that found a link between childhood cat ownership and the development of schizophrenia later in life with an unpublished survey on mental health from 1982, 10 years before any data on cat ownership and mental illness had been published.

After comparing the two prior studies to the survey, researchers were able to conclude that exposure to T. gondii can lead to ‘toxoplasmosis,’ a condition that, if contracted in childhood, makes one more prone to mental problems later in life.

“Cat ownership in childhood has now been reported in three studies to be significantly more common in families in which the child is later diagnosed with schizophrenia or another serious mental illness,” the authors reported in a press release.

And this isn’t the first time exposure to T. gondii has been linked to worrisome health issues, either.

Pregnant women have long been told to avoid cleaning their cat’s litter box, as toxoplasmosis has been shown to cause
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Ighoga898:
I didn't read ur write up. I'm only here to tell people dat it doesn't exist.

why do you think so

Cc Lalasticlala

Space is mysterious and beautiful, understand it more with this list of one hundred interesting facts about space, planets, moons and stars!

Mercury and Venus are the only two planets in our solar system that do not have any moons.

If a star passes too close to a black hole, it can be torn apart.

The hottest planet in our solar system is Venus. Most people often think that it would be Mercury, as it’s the closest planet to the sun. This is because Venus has a lot of gasses in its atmosphere, which causes the “Greenhouse Effect”.

The solar system is around 4.6 billion years old. Scientist estimate that it will probably last another 5000 million years

Enceladus, one of Saturn’s smaller moons, reflects some 90% of the sunlight, making it more reflective than snow!
highest mountain known to man is the Olympus Mons, which is located on Mars. It’s peak is 15 miles (25KM) high, making it nearly 3 times higher than Mt Everest.

Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) was the very first celestial object to be identified as being spiral.

A light year is the distance covered by light in a single year, this is equivalent to 5.88 trillion miles (9.5 trillion KM)!

The width of the Milky Way is around 100,000 light years.

The Sun is over 300,000 times larger than Earth.

Footprints and tire tracks left by astronauts on the moon will stay there forever as there is no wind to blow them away.

Because of lower gravity, a person who weighs 100kg on earth would only weigh 38kg on the surface of Mars.

Scientists believe there are 67 moons that orbit Jupiter, however only 53 of these have been named.

The Martian day is 24 hours 39 minutes and 35 seconds.

NASA’s Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) declared that they have found evidence of significant amounts of water on the Earth’s Moon.

Sun makes a full rotation once every 25-35 days.

Venus is the only planet that spins backwards relative to the other planets.

The force of gravity can sometimes cause comets to tear apart.
It is thanks to the Sun and our own moons gravity that we have high and low tides.

Pluto is smaller than the Earth’s moon!

According to mathematics, white holes are possible, although as of yet, we have found none.
Our moon is around 4.5 billion years old.

There are more volcanoes on Venus than any other planet within our solar system.
Uranus’ blue glow is down to the methane in its atmosphere, which filters out all the red light.

four planets in our solar system that are known as gas giants are Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus.
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Lalasticlala please Atleast something about health should make fP

1. HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is a virus that attacks cells of immune system and weakens its ability to defend against infections and diseases, and causes AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome).

2. HIV is transmitted in several ways including:

• Having unprotected, casual sexual intercourse

• Receiving infected blood during blood transfusion

• Sharing infected needles or other sharp objects

• From a mother to her baby during pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding.

3. HIV is the foremost infectious disease killer in the world.

4. India has the third largest population of HIV-infected individuals in the world, after South Africa and Nigeria.

5. About 33.4 million people are living with HIV worldwide (according to 2008 statistics), and an estimated 2.08 million people were living with HIV in India in 2011.

6. The first case of HIV in India was detected in Chennai in 1986.

7. About 0.116 million people were newly infected with HIV in India in 2011.

8. An estimated 1.7 million people died of HIV/AIDS in 2011.

9. Combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) prevents the HIV virus from multiplying in the body, and improves immunity.

10. Mother-to-child transmission of HIV is almost entirely preventable by ART.

11. Gay and bisexual men of all races around the world are the most radically affected by HIV.

12. The states of Andhra Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Karnataka, Tamilnadu and Maharashtra have the highest prevalence of HIV in India.

13. There are several ways to prevent HIV transmission such as:

• Practicing safe sex using condoms.

• Getting tested and treated for sexually transmitted infections

• Avoiding sharing needles and syringes

• Ensuring that all blood or blood products used in transfusion are tested for HIV.

Source: https://yakshub..com.ng/2016/09/what-you-need-to-know-about-hivaids.html?m=1

facts about epilepsy

Introduction:

Epilepsy is the most common neurological condition and most common serious brain disorder. Epilepsy is characterized by repeated seizure. A seizure is a concise disturbance in the electrical activity of the brain that causes temporary physical changes in movement, awareness, feelings, behavior, or other bodily functions.

Key facts:

1. Epilepsy can be caused by various different conditions that affect a person’s brain (e.g., stroke, brain tumor, central nervous system infection, head injury). Epilepsy cannot be transmitted from person to person.

2. Epilepsy can affect anyone, at any age and from any walk of life.

3. Epilepsy is most frequently diagnosed in infancy, childhood, adolescence and old age.

4. An estimated 65 million people worldwide currently live with epilepsy.

5. About 1 in every 100 people has epilepsy. Epilepsy affects about 2.3 million adults and 467,711 children 0-17 years of age in the United States.

6. It is commonly thought that epilepsy always involves convulsions (body muscle contract and relax uncontrollably). In fact there are around 40 different types of epilepsy and epilepsy syndromes.

7. Risk of epilepsy in developing countries is almost double that of developed countries.

8. 70% of the people gain full seizure control with treatment. Unfortunately, in developing countries, more than 80% of people with epilepsy may not receive the treatment they need.

9. Epilepsy is associated with an increased risk of death, which may be related to suicide, cardio-respiratory arrest, prolonged seizures, and brain diseases such as tumour or head injury.

10. Up to 5% of people have photosensitive epilepsy (seizure when exposed to flashing lights). Photosensitive epilepsy is more common in children and young people. It is less commonly diagnosed after the age of 20.

11. A person who has been seizure-free for a year can re-apply for their driving license, depending on the local rules.

12. Epilepsy can be prevented by reducing risks from things that damage the brain. Vaccines against certain infections, wearing protective head gear, using seat belts and child safety seats in automobiles all help to protect the brain.

13. Children with epilepsy often experience learning issues as a result of their seizures. These may create difficulty in acquiring new skills, poor working memory and lack in knowledge.

14. Epilepsy can be treated by daily medication. If seizures continue, surgery, a special diet or nerve stimulation may be tried.

15. Epilepsy is not contagious; it can be controllable by appropriate treatments.
Cc Lalasticlala
https://meddypost..com.ng/2016/09/facts-about-epilepsy.html?m=1

The third year of medical school is definitely an interesting one. You leave the classroom and enter the big bad world of medicine, and you quickly realize that much of what you’ve learned is for naught. You also realize that the medical student next to you could become your best friend, or the bane of your existence — or fall anywhere along that spectrum. Here is a list of the medical students you might encounter. This list is in no specific order, and in no way complete. And for the sake of simplicity, all of the medical students listed will be male. Sorry ladies.

1. The new best friend. It’s your first day on a new rotation, and you groan when you see the other students listed with you. You barely recognize any of the names. How could you have gone through two years of school together and never talked? You fear for the worst. But your fear quickly turns into unbridled joy. This mystery man is both a scholar and a gentleman. He laughs at all your jokes, and sneaks out of the hospital early with you. You both help each other whenever possible, and by the end of the rotation, you’re planning to grab drinks together after work. You wonder where this person has been your whole life. Sadly, like all things, this rotation will end. And your new best-friendship may end as well. But it was great while it lasted.
2. The Houdini. The Houdini is, for lack of a better word, a magician. His patients are always the easiest to take care of, his resident never makes him do scutwork, and he manages to leave an hour before the rest of you. He shows up late half the time, but no one ever seems to notice. In fact, the attendings love this medical student and praise him for his efficiency. As his companion, you find yourself envious — you wish you had his skill, but you know you’d be caught if you tried any of his stunts. You try to make yourself feel better by saying, “At least I’m getting more out of this rotation,” but deep down, you know that’s a lie.
3. The future _____. This medical student is really itching to go into the field in which you are currently rotating. They ask a ton of extra questions, beg the attending to go into detail on every disease, and try to follow the residents around as much as possible. They also have a never-ending optimism about them that quickly grows tiring. They may even ask for extra assignments, not realizing that all of the students will get extra work, not just them. And when the students are sitting around in their daily gripe-fest, complaining about their days, they’ll say something like “Oh c’mon guys- it’s actually pretty cool.” I’ll be honest, I’ve acted like this before. To a small extent. But c’mon guys- surgery is actually pretty cool.
4. The gunner. Now, the word gunner is frequently used in the medical student community. It is meant to describe a student who tries to advance himself at the expense of others. It is also used to portray those who study very hard by themselves, or basically any student who’s smart but kind of a jerk. The word is adaptable. On the floors, a gunner is the guy who looked up the vital signs for every patient on the service, and when you can’t remember your patients’, he says them out loud. He’s the guy who manages to scrub into all the cool surgeries, often by following around the attending physician non-stop. He’s the guy who refuses to go home when the residents dismiss everyone, and asks to do extra menial tasks. And when you ask him what books he’s using to study, he’ll proudly tell you how he “read Blueprints and First Aid and Kaplan and Pretest and I only did the UWorld questions twice, do you think that’s enough?” He’s basically begging for someone to trip him while he walks down the hallway. The only advantage of having a gunner on the team is that it unites the other medical students — it’s almost like how having a mean coach can pull a sports team together.
5. The med student from another school. Oftentimes, hospitals will be staffed by students from more than one school. It could be another local school in the area, or a foreign school that sends its kids back to the US for their clinical years. We often assume these “other” med students are lazy and less intelligent. I think we do this as a defense mechanism, mostly. I’ve noticed three distinct tiers of these “other” students. The first tier has the guys that you wish went to your school. You get along great, you help each other out, and you share stories about what each school is like. The second tier is just the “average” medical students. You still can’t remember their names, even though you’ve been together for 6 weeks on the same rotation. You don’t eat lunch together, and during lectures, one school sits in the front, one in the back. But there’s no animosity. The third tier is where the stereotype comes from. Like any medical school, some of the students will be lazier and less motivated than others. The difference is that in our heads, we magnify our experiences with the third tier students, and ignore all the first tier students we meet. No one ever said medical students were mature.
6. The actual best friend. Occasionally, the stars align, and you find that you’ve been paired on the same rotation with your best friend. You do a jumping high-five with them, as all best friends do, and get ready for your first day. And it’s great. You start having dreams about opening up a practice with them, maybe moving next door to each other so your kids can go to the same schools. But like living with your best friend in college, the little things start to bother you a bit. Like how he always shows up ten minutes later than you. Or how he never seems to study, but he knows all the answers when the Attendings love-vendor you. And why is he getting so close to the other medical students? They aren’t his best friend! The six weeks together ends, and you guys spend a week apart, regaining your sanity. Afterwards, you can start being friends again, but you realize that going out at night with someone is definitely not the same as spending 80 hours a week in a hospital together.


7. The vacationer. This person is quite similar to “The Houdini.” A pre-Houdini, if you will. He’s the guy who organized his schedule based solely on how little he would be able to work. He takes electives like radiology and dermatology, and you see pictures on Facebook of him partying it up in Vegas during the week. Meanwhile, you’re on some specialty surgery elective, and you just got home after a 14-hour day from the hospital. You take solace in the fact that “during residency, he’ll be in for a real shock when he sees how hard doctors have to work!” Then on Match Day, you find out that he’s matched emergency medicine in some cushy suburb. You realise he’s won the war.
Source: https://meddypost..com.ng/2016/09/7-types-of-student-you-meet-in-medical.html?m=1

7 Pediatric Hacks for Your ED
MAY 21, 2015
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7 Pediatric Hacks for Your EDHacks are all the rage! There is even a current television show dedicated to “life hacks”. While the following may not be as cool as cutting cake with dental floss or cooking a pizza on your dash board (these were actually on that show) what I have learned from my training and experience in Pediatric Emergency Medicine (and my own 5 children) is that there are some hacks that can make things much easier for you, the kid, and the parents. The hacks presented here range from treatment for common (and often benign) conditions to serious situations.

1. Intranasal (IN) Atomizers: I’m not really sure how we practiced without these before. While I think they are becoming more and more common in EDs across the country, there are still many departments slow to join the club on this one. It is amazing how useful it is in the child showing up with a long bone fracture to gain control of the pain. Get those x-rays BEFORE starting an IV [1]. IN Fentanyl can start that entire encounter off in a much more positive fashion. Avoid the child screaming about the IV stick, WHILE in pain from an acute fracture.

In case you didn’t know, there is also usefulness for IN route Midazolam in minor procedures that require “anxiolysis” (don’t call it sedation) along with local anesthesia (see next Hack) [2]. Think of it as a Pediatric “Margarita” (or 2). Many situations look better and friendlier with a Margarita…right (disclaimer…I am not an alcoholic…)?

It is also nice for seizure “lysis” when you don’t have IV access and may not want to do IM route [3].

Intranasal Atomizer

2. LET (Lidocaine Epinephrine Tetracaine) gel: We already know that this decreases the pain for subsequent local infiltration [4]. My experience is that it is even more effective than that! In many anxious kiddos with a simple facial laceration, I apply the following sequence: LET applied, 15 minutes elapses, then IN Midazolam dose, then another 15 minutes elapses to achieve maximal “anxiolysis” [5] combined with the now full 30 minutes of LET in the wound. Anecdotally, if you add a screen playing Frozen (or better yet a Child Life Specialist) or even an Ipad (with a protective cover being held by the parents), the “rodeo” factor (screaming, hollering, bucking, snorting, slobbering, etc.) of these repairs is significantly lessened. We often do not even have to locally infiltrate the wound if the LET has been allowed the full 30 minutes for the suture repair with the Midazolam on board. No sedation paperwork required…LET it go…LET it go…

3. Rapidly absorbing sutures for facial lacerations: If you have ever had to wrangle a 3-6 year old to take out barely visible 6.0 sutures from a well healed facial lac repair…you are going to want to change to absorbable (especially on the face). The face in children has amazing vascular and healing properties. The lac only needs to be “held together” for a short period of time. The parents also LOVE not having to return to the ED for suture removal [6].

4. Docusate sodium (Colace) for the constipated…EAR: So the non-toxic 4 year old has a fever and the parents want to know what the eardrums look like because 5 months ago with these same symptoms the child was diagnosed with a “Triple Ear Infection”!!! You look and…uhhh, this kid is a grade A earwax farmer. You also aren’t thrilled about the idea of holding this grumpy, febrile kid down trying to scrape the wax out with whatever ear spoon/loop you have available. For me, this usually ends with screaming, a bloody ear canal, and judgmental looks from parents. So how about while giving an appropriate dose of ibuprofen and allowing the child to defervesce, you put 1 ml (or what the canal can tolerate) of Colace (right out of the soft-gel) and cotton to keep it in; and then 15-20 minutes later have your excellent nurses irrigate with room temp water [7]. Occasionally my nurses will catch the chunks of ear wax in an emesis basin and show off their cerumen bounty. Then take a look in the ears! So much easier than another ear loop “rodeo”.

5. Popsicles: Okay don’t laugh…these really are the “fuel” of the Pediatric ED patient. We already know that oral rehydration is the way to go the vast majority of the time [8][9]. My hack here is that in many instances, a Popsicle goes over better (in the ED) than “drink this entire bottle of Pedialyte”. I like it because it slows them down from chugging right after the anti-emetic kicks in. Their stomach is in a bit of a fragile state, so pounding 6 ounces of anything is often tolerated poorly. But with a Popsicle, it’s colorful, sweet, cold, and you can’t chug it. It essentially forces the child to start out with “sip volumes” as we enter back on the road to oral rehydration.

Popsicles

6. Pediatric appropriate NIV (aka Hi-Flow NC or Peds Bi-pap/C-pap set up): Admittedly this category requires more EM research in the pediatric realm [10]. The reason I think it is so critical to share with you is the number of times I have used, seen, and heard this as a wonderful tool to prevent the dreaded intubation in the moderate to severe asthmatic or bronchiolytic. Research suggests that Pediatric EDs are using non-invasive ventilation as an asthma “intubation prevention” more than community EDs[11]. It also suggest that community EDs intubate asthmatics more commonly[12]. I realize this is due to a variety of factors including equipment availability, transport considerations, and respiratory therapy expertise. I would urge you to know what your ED’s capabilities are for non-invasive ventilation in children. If they are low or non-existent, consider investing in training and development for this modality in the pediatric population. It can be a wonderful bridge from significant presentation to recovery without having to face the dreaded intubation in the asthmatic (or bronchiolytic). Hi-Flow nasal cannula use also seems to be expanding its territory into the adult realm [13], so if you or your RT department don’t regularly use it, consider getting ahead of the curve, you will be thankful you did.

7. The Right Attitude: Really busy EM shifts can be a grind at times. Seeing multiple pediatric patients with the same “viral” something during the middle of winter amidst many “over-concerned” parents can be even more so (especially if it isn’t your “thing”). This, like many things in life, requires a paradigm shift in order not to grind yourself into burn-out. Whether it fits into what we think of as a classic “Emergency Physician” or not, a huge part of what we do is reassurance and education. It’s not quite as glamorous as that great intubation in the difficult airway, or that chest tube in the hemothorax, but it will always be a cornerstone of what we are as Emergency physicians. Before you go into yet another room of worried parents of the non-toxic, febrile child with a runny nose and cough I would ask you to pause. Remember, kids are the best patients! They rarely fake anything, and rarely try to “tough it out” at home until it’s too late. They are the most honest and sincere patients you will have during your shift. They have a paucity of vices (no smokers, drinkers, or drug seekers). Also think about the fact that these parents are very worried about the most important thing to them in their entire life. They are here for you and your team to evaluate and care for their child. That in and of itself is extremely cool. I will argue that if you keep these things and mind, your shift will be more joyful, fulfilling, and less exhausting. Oh yeah, and don’t forget to catch the actual sick ones.

Attitude

Hopefully you are already using some of these “hacks” or techniques in your department. Hopefully you learned something as well. Until next time, enjoy those kids!

References:
Schacherer NM et al Expedited Delivery of Pain Medication for Long-Bone Fractures Using an Intranasal Fentanyl Clinical Pathway Pediatric Emergency Care 2015 Apr 14. [Epub ahead of print] PMID:25875994
Lane RD et al Atomized intranasal midazolam use for minor procedures in the pediatric emergency department. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2008 May;24(5):300-3. PMID:18496113
Thakker A et al A randomized controlled trial of intranasal-midazolam versus intravenous-diazepam for acute childhood seizures. J Neurol. 2013 Feb;260(2):470-4. PMID:22983456
Singer AJ et al Pretreatment of lacerations with lidocaine, epinephrine, and tetracaine at triage: a randomized double-blind trial. Acad Emerg Med. 2000 Jul;7(7):751-6. PMID:10917323
Klein EJ et al A randomized clinical trial comparing oral, aerosolized intranasal, and aerosolized buccal midazolam. Ann Emerg Med. 2011 Oct;58(4):323-9. PMID:21689865
Luck R et al Comparison of cosmetic outcomes of absorbable versus nonabsorbable sutures in pediatric facial lacerations. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2013 Jun;29(6):691-5., PMID: 23714755
Singer AJ et al. Ceruminolytic effects of docusate sodium: a randomized, controlled trial Ann Emerg Med. 2000 Sep;36(3):228-32. PMID:10969225
Fonseca BK et al Enteral vs intravenous rehydration therapy for children with gastroenteritis: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2004;158(5):483. PMID 15123483
Spandorfer PR et al Oral versus intravenous rehydration of moderately dehydrated children: a randomized, controlled trial. Pediatrics. 2005;115(2):295. PMID: 15687435
Mayfield S et al High-flow nasal cannula therapy for respiratory support in children. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 Mar 7 PMID: 24604698
Source:https://meddypost..com.ng/2016/09/types-of-medical-student-you-get-to.html?m=1

DLondonboiy:
And your point is........

God is the only healer

Lalasticlala

The word “Physician” is not mentioned in the Bible

Neither the word Physician nor the word Doctor is used in the Bible. The word mistranslated as Physician is actually the word healer. It is the translators who have presumptuously – and wrongly – defined a Physician – a present-day Doctor - as a healer.

But the Bible, in the original, says something quite different.

Who claims to be our Healer?

God says, “I am the Lord who heals you.” Exodus 15:26

“I will take away sickness from among you. . .” Exodus 23:25,26

“He forgives all my sins and heals ALL my Diseases.” Psalm 103:3

“I will give you back your health again and heal your wounds.” Jeremiah 30:17

“The Lord will remove from you all sickness. . .” Deuteronomy 7:15

“My counsel shall stand, and I WILL do ALL my pleasure.: Isaiah 46:10

“Yes, I have spoken it. I will also bring it to Pass. I have purposed it. I will also do it.” Isaiah 46:11

“God cannot lie.” Titus 1:2

“I am the Lord: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass. Ezekiel 12:25

When Jesus was on earth, He NEVER referred anyone to a Physician

God needs no middle men. When Jesus was on earth, when someone came to Him for healing, He never referred the person to Luke, the “Physician.” Jesus healed the person directly and personally. And He healed him either with His Word – which we have today, in the form of the Bible – or He healed him with natural methods – clay, water, etc.

Jesus NEVER used drugs, although we know that some types of drugs were available in His time. When Jesus was on the Cross, He was offered a type of drug to ease His pain, but He refused it.

In the Bible, What was the consequence of seeking out anyone else except God for healing?

Asa, King of Israel sought out the physicians INSTEAD of depending on the Lord – and Asa DIED!

“And Asa, in the thirty-ninth year of his reign, was diseased in his feet (probably diabetes), until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought NOT to the Lord, but to the physicians (human “healers”)

“And Asa died . . . and rested with his fathers (ancestors).” 2 Chronicles 16:12,13

Ahaziah, King of Israel, and son of the wicked King Ahab (who was married to Jezebel), was ill and did not seek God, but sought the god of Ekron – sorcerers. And Ahaziah DIED!

“And Ahaziah was sick and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, inquire of Baalzebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover of this disease.

“But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the King of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is NOT a God in Israel, that you go to inquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron?

“Now, therefore, thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt NOT come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt SURELY DIE.” 2 Kings 1:2-4

God is our Healer and He doesn’t share that job with humanity. The consequence of seeking out anyone except the Lord for healing – is death!

But HOW Does God Heal?

Jesus certainly did miraculous healings when He was on earth, but there was always ONE requirement. The person wanting to be healed HAD TO BELIEVE. He or she had to believe that Jesus WOULD do what He had already PROMISED to do – and that is to heal ALL our diseases. (Psalm 103:3)

If a person BELIEVES in Jesus, then they will follow His ways, and not “man’s” (the doctors’) ways.

Jesus said, “If you LOVE Me, KEEP My Commandments.” John 14:15

Here is the way God heals ALL our diseases:

“Thou shalt therefore keep the Commandments, and the statutes (laws – including God’s Ten Natural Health Laws) and the judgments (decrees) that I command thee this day, to do them.

“Wherefore it shall come to pass, if you hearken to these judgments, and keep and do them, that the Lord your God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy that He swore unto your fathers:

“And He will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee; He will also bless the fruit of thy womb

The word “Physician” is not mentioned in the Bible

Neither the word Physician nor the word Doctor is used in the Bible. The word mistranslated as Physician is actually the word healer. It is the translators who have presumptuously – and wrongly – defined a Physician – a present-day Doctor - as a healer.

But the Bible, in the original, says something quite different.

Who claims to be our Healer?

God says, “I am the Lord who heals you.” Exodus 15:26

“I will take away sickness from among you. . .” Exodus 23:25,26

“He forgives all my sins and heals ALL my Diseases.” Psalm 103:3

“I will give you back your health again and heal your wounds.” Jeremiah 30:17

“The Lord will remove from you all sickness. . .” Deuteronomy 7:15

“My counsel shall stand, and I WILL do ALL my pleasure.: Isaiah 46:10

“Yes, I have spoken it. I will also bring it to Pass. I have purposed it. I will also do it.” Isaiah 46:11

“God cannot lie.” Titus 1:2

“I am the Lord: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass. Ezekiel 12:25

When Jesus was on earth, He NEVER referred anyone to a Physician

God needs no middle men. When Jesus was on earth, when someone came to Him for healing, He never referred the person to Luke, the “Physician.” Jesus healed the person directly and personally. And He healed him either with His Word – which we have today, in the form of the Bible – or He healed him with natural methods – clay, water, etc.

Jesus NEVER used drugs, although we know that some types of drugs were available in His time. When Jesus was on the Cross, He was offered a type of drug to ease His pain, but He refused it.

In the Bible, What was the consequence of seeking out anyone else except God for healing?

Asa, King of Israel sought out the physicians INSTEAD of depending on the Lord – and Asa DIED!

“And Asa, in the thirty-ninth year of his reign, was diseased in his feet (probably diabetes), until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought NOT to the Lord, but to the physicians (human “healers”)

“And Asa died . . . and rested with his fathers (ancestors).” 2 Chronicles 16:12,13

Ahaziah, King of Israel, and son of the wicked King Ahab (who was married to Jezebel), was ill and did not seek God, but sought the god of Ekron – sorcerers. And Ahaziah DIED!

“And Ahaziah was sick and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, inquire of Baalzebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover of this disease.

“But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the King of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is NOT a God in Israel, that you go to inquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron?

“Now, therefore, thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt NOT come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt SURELY DIE.” 2 Kings 1:2-4

God is our Healer and He doesn’t share that job with humanity. The consequence of seeking out anyone except the Lord for healing – is death!

But HOW Does God Heal?

Jesus certainly did miraculous healings when He was on earth, but there was always ONE requirement. The person wanting to be healed HAD TO BELIEVE. He or she had to believe that Jesus WOULD do what He had already PROMISED to do – and that is to heal ALL our diseases. (Psalm 103:3)

If a person BELIEVES in Jesus, then they will follow His ways, and not “man’s” (the doctors’) ways.

Jesus said, “If you LOVE Me, KEEP My Commandments.” John 14:15

Here is the way God heals ALL our diseases:

“Thou shalt therefore keep the Commandments, and the statutes (laws – including God’s Ten Natural Health Laws) and the judgments (decrees) that I command thee this day, to do them.

“Wherefore it shall come to pass, if you hearken to these judgments, and keep and do them, that the Lord your God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy that He swore unto your fathers:

“And He will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee; He will also bless the fruit of thy womb

1. Malaria: Malaria is leading cause of morbidity and mortality in our country, this disease is caused by plasmodium species whose vector is the anopheles mosquito; it is usually transmitted by mosquito bites.

Malaria can be prevented by eradicating mosquitoes or preventing bites, simple ways to do this include

 Keeping a clean environment; clear drainages and gutters

 Cut down grasses and clear swamps around your house

 Sleep under a mosquito net(preferably the treated ones)

 Spray your room with good insecticides twice weekly

 Window nets have been found to be helpful in preventing bites

 Mosquitoes are attracted by sweat, so it is essentially to take a bath before going to bed and making your bedroom cool

 See your physician once you notice this symptoms( fever, joints pain, headache, bitter taste in the mouth and fatigue)

2. Common cold or Flu: Common cold as the name depicts is everywhere, it is also known as nasopharyngitis or acute coryza is a viral infectious disease of the upper respiratory tract which affects the nose primarily causing sneezing, sore throat, cough and runny nose, it is usually self-resolving after about seven to ten days. The only possible ways to reduce the spread of the viruses are physical measures such as hand washing, reducing contact with anyone with symptoms and wearing of masks amongst health workers

3. HIV/AIDS: Human immunodeficiency virus is a slowly replicating retrovirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; an infectious disease in which progressive decline and failure of the human immune system leads to life threatening opportunistic infections and cancer.it can be prevented by the following practice

 Proper use of condom during sexual intercourse

 Proper screening of blood before transfusion

 Avoid sharing share objects

 Safe injection practices

 Proper circumcision of male children

 Post exposure prophylaxis to health workers and rape victims

4. Pelvic Inflammatory disease: This is a term for inflammation of the uterus, fallopian tubes and/or ovaries as it may progress and lead to infertility; it is usually caused by bacteria, fungal or parasites. route of spread is usually via sexual intercourse or via post abortal sepsis and intrauterine device insertion. If untreated it could lead to infertility or ectopic pregnancy. Below are ways to prevent PID

 Abstinence /proper human sexual behaviour

 Use of barrier methods such as condoms or diaphragm

 Avoid vaginal douching

 Good personal hygiene; never wear a panties twice

 Periodic pelvic examination and STI testing to screen for symptomless PID

 See a gynaecologist once you notice any abnormal vaginal discharge

 Treating partners to prevent reinfection or spread to other people

5. Hypertension: This is also known as high blood pressure and it simply means that the blood pressures in the arteries are elevated and this requires the heart to work harder than normal to circulate blood through the vessels. Blood pressure is summarised by two measures systolic(when the heart contracts) and diastolic( when the cardiac muscles are relaxed).High blood pressure is present when the pressure is 140/90mmHg and above, this is a major risk factor for stroke, heart failure, myocardial infarction and chronic kidney disease. This disease can be prevented by the following

 Maintain normal body weight for adults; body mass index of 20-25kg/m2

 Reduce dietary salt intake

 Engage in regular aerobic exercise daily

 Limit alcohol consumption

 Eat lots of fruits and vegetables

6. Acute diarrhoea: Diarrhoea is very common water and food-borne disease. Caused by a wide range of enteric organism, symptoms include passage of loose stools, fever, abdominal cramps and sometimes vomiting. The ways to prevent diarrhoea include

 Avoid consumption of uncovered foods such as fruits cut and exposed

 Drink only potable water

 Avoid eating foods sold by food vendors and bukas

 Wash your hands before eat
https://meddypost..com.ng/2016/09/top-8-common-diseases-in-west-africa.html?m=1

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