Archive for the ‘General health’ Category
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CHILD’S HEALTH/SKIN DISORDERS: SCABIES CAUSE
This is an itchy and highly contagious skin rash that is caused by a tiny insect, or mite, called Sarcoptes scabei. It is relatively common.
Cause
Female scabies mites burrow under the surface layer of the skin, forming small tunnels in which they lay their eggs. The mites can only live for 2-3 days outside the human [...]
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BABY FEEDING/CARE OF YOUR BREASTS: CLOTHING
All women should examine their own breasts every month to check for any changes, such as lumps or tenderness. This is just as important if you are breastfeeding. If you are not sure of the correct technique for breast self-examination, talk to your doctor, who will be able to show you how to do it.
Most [...]
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YOUR MARITAL HEALTH/GETTING FIXED UP SEXUALLY: THE POSTURE OF THE FUTURE
You have learned about a new sexual system. You know that there is no reason to limit yourself to the old views of sex that emphasized penetration, thrusting, orgasm, timing, energy release, and ejaculation. To learn more about this, you may want to try a posture that emphasizes the new sexual system, one that stresses [...]
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SUPER MARITAL SEX: COURTING SEXUAL PROBLEMS
We just learned to do it that way. He stimulated me through my slacks. Now, it takes rough and long stimulation for me to come. I just got used to it that way.
WIFE
An important part of learning about the sexual problems brought to my clinic was to have the couples describe their typical premarital sexual [...]
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SLEEP – INTRODUCTION
It’s something we all do — men and women, rich and poor, the happy and the sad.
Some regard it as a pleasure, others a chore, and a few, perhaps many, do it badly.
We need it as much as we need food and drink, yet sleep is something we know little about.
When we drop off to [...]
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DIET AND OBESITY – DIET-STATE OF MIND
I believe that dieting is a state of mind. Unless a person develops the right attitudes about dieting and weight loss, her efforts are doomed to failure.
Crash diets are of little use. Many people do lose weight at the start, but within weeks or months are right back where they started.
A good reducing diet should [...]
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IMMUNISATION – FIRST INJECTION
When people moved interstate, this often caused confusion if children were in the midst of an immunisation program and some didn’t complete their full course.
Triple antigen vaccine immunises against tetanus, diphtheria and whooping cough or pertussis. It is now recommended that the first injection be given at two months of age, which is earlier than [...]
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CALCIUM SUPPLEMENTS
Although bone meal (ground animal bones) would seem to be the most logical source of calcium for keeping our bones healthy and strong, it contains significant quantities of lead. This is understandable, the U.S. Pharmacist (8#3:27) comments, since lead in the soft tissues is poisonous and the body combats this danger by storing it away [...]
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SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME
Symptoms: None
Home care: Parents should observe general guidelines for baby care as set by maternal and child care nurses or pediatricians.
Precautions: Unfortunately there are no known ways to prevent SIDS. It is totally unpredictable.
Apparent life threatening event
Apparent Life Threatening Event (ALTE) is defined as cessation of breathing for 20 seconds or more, and where [...]
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PREVENTION OF SUFFOCATION AND CHOKING
Suffocation
• Don’t use a pillow with a very young baby (under a year), unless it is a specially made baby pillow that cannot suffocate the child.
• Keep polythene bags and record sleeves away from young children and babies.
• Take doors off disused refrigerators.
• [...]