This is a great Interactive Ulcerative Colitis Tutorial. It is pretty basic info, but it is comprehensive and it is really easy to follow. Plus, there is a cool explanation how food goes through the digestive system.
Info from Medline Plus.
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Health Check
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Build a First Aid Kit
Please call your Doctor immediately if you are having chest pain, difficulty breathing, severe bleeding, sudden weakness or numbness, or if you think you have a medical emergency.
Be Prepared
Almost everyone will need to use a first aid kit at some time. Take the time to prepare a kit to have available for home and travel. First aid kits may be basic or comprehensive. What you need depends on your medical training and your distance from professional medical help. Ready-made first aid kits are commercially available from chain stores or outdoor retailers. But you can make a simple and inexpensive first aid kit yourself.
Home and Travel First Aid Kits
Home first aid kits are usually used for treating these types of minor traumatic injuries:
- Burns
- Cuts
- Abrasions (scrapes)
- Stings
- Splinters
- Sprains
- Strains
First aid kits for travel need to be more comprehensive because a drug store may or may not be accessible. In addition to personal medical items, the kit should contain items to help alleviate the common symptoms of viral respiratory infections such as these:
- Fever
- Nasal congestion
- Cough
- Sore throat
It should also contain items to treat these ailments:
- Cuts
- Mild pain
- Gastrointestinal problems
- Skin problems
- Allergies
How to Make a First Aid Kit
Try to keep your first aid kit small and simple. Stock it with multi-use items. Almost anything that provides good visibility of contents can be used for a household first aid kit.
- If your kit will be on the move, a water-resistant, drop-proof container is best.
- Inexpensive nylon bags, personal kits, fanny packs, or makeup cases serve very well.
- You do not need to spend a lot of money on a fancy "medical bag." Use resealable sandwich or oven bags to group and compartmentalize items.
- Put wound supplies in one bag and medications in another.
How to Use a First Aid Kit
Make sure you know how to properly use all of the items in your kit, especially the medications. Train others in your family to use the kit. You may be the one who needs first aid! Pack and use barrier items such as latex gloves to protect you from bodily fluids of others. Check the kit twice a year and replace expired medications. Find out the phone number of your regional poison control center at the American Association of Poison Control Centers Web site and keep the number with your kit.
Where to keep your first aid kit
- The best place to keep your first aid kit is in the kitchen. Most family activities take place here. The bathroom has too much humidity, which shortens the shelf life of items.
- The travel kit is for true trips away from home. Keep it in a suitcase or backpack or drybag, depending on the activity.
- A first aid kit for everyday use in the car should be just like the home first aid kit. For that matter, you could keep similar kits in your boat (inside a waterproof bag), travel trailer, mobile home, camper, cabin, vacation home, and wherever you spend time.
What to Put in Your Household Kit
You can buy all items for your first aid kits at a well-stocked drug store. Ask the pharmacist for help in selecting items.
Home kit: A household first aid kit should include these items:
- Adhesive tape
- Anesthetic spray (Bactine) or lotion (Calamine, Campho-Phenique) - For itching rashes and insect bites
- 4" x 4" sterile gauze pads - For covering and cleaning wounds, as a soft eye patch
- 2", 3", and 4" Ace bandages - For wrapping sprained or strained joints, for wrapping gauze on to wounds, for wrapping on splints
- Adhesive bandages (all sizes)
- Oral antihistamines - diphenhydramine (Benadryl causes drowsiness) or loratadine (Claritin doesn't cause drowsiness) - for allergic reactions, itching rashes. Avoid topical antihistamine creams because they may worsen the rash in some people.
- Exam gloves - For infection protection, and can be made into ice packs if filled with water and frozen
- Polysporin antibiotic cream - To apply to simple wounds
- Nonadhesive pads (Telfa) - For covering wounds and burns
- Pocket mask for CPR
- Resealable oven bag - As a container for contaminated articles, can become an ice pack
- Safety pins (large and small) - For splinter removal and for securing triangular bandage sling
- Scissors
- Triangular bandage - As a sling, towel, tourniquet
- Tweezers - For splinter or stinger or tick removal
What to Put in Your Travel Kit
Travel kit: A travel first aid kit may contain these items:
- Adhesive tape
- 4" x 4" sterile gauze pads
- Antacid - For indigestion
- Antidiarrheal (Imodium, Pepto-Bismol, for example)
- Antihistamine cream
- Antiseptic agent (small bottle liquid soap) - For cleaning wounds and hands
- Aspirin - For mild pain, heart attack
- Adhesive bandages (all sizes)
- Diphenhydramine (Benadryl) or loratadine (Claritin)- Oral antihistamine
- Book on first aid
- Cigarette lighter - To sterilize instruments and to be able to start a fire in the wilderness (to keep warm and to make smoke to signal for help, for examples)
- Cough medication
- Dental kit - For broken teeth, loss of crown or filling
- Exam gloves
- Small flashlight
- Ibuprofen (Advil is one brand name)
- Insect repellant
- Knife (small Swiss Army–type)
- Moleskin - To apply to blisters or hot spots
- Nasal spray decongestant - For nasal congestion from colds or allergies
- Nonadhesive wound pads (Telfa)
- Polysporin antibiotic ointment
- Oral decongestant
- Personal medications and items
- Phone card with at least 60 minutes of time (and not a close expiration date) plus at least 10 quarters for pay phones and a list of important people to reach in an emergency
- Plastic resealable bags (oven and sandwich)
- Pocket mask for CPR
- Safety pins (large and small)
- Scissors
- Sunscreen
- Thermometer
- Tweezers
WebMD Medical Reference from eMedicineHealth
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Friday, March 21, 2008
Bone Health Calculator
A review of scientific literature has confirmed only a small handful of nutrients are proven bone health builders. These include calcium, vitamin D, magnesium, Strontium, and vitamin K. Using the carefully researched USDA nutrient database for these nutrients, you can assess your diet as a predictor of bone health with this tool.
How do you use it? Just estimate yesterday's food and click the "view summary" button to see if you are meeting the recommended amounts of these key bone health nutrients (minus strontium, since there is no good dietary data available). Use this unique calculator often to optimize your bone health, and that of your loved ones.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Drug Database
Find a Drug
Search for prescription and over-the-counter medications by brand or generic name, or by condition: Start Search
Get information on over 30,000 Rx and OTC medications
Via: http://symptoms.webmd.com
Check Your Symptoms
Need information as you determine what to do about your symptoms? Get help figuring them out by answering a series of questions. To get started, click on male or female, regardless of age, then the part of the body that is troubling you. Use the Symptom Checker to select parts of the body where you are experiencing symptoms
ACHOO! Got the Symptoms of a Cold, or the Flu?
- Should You Call in Sick or Go to Work?
- Do You Know the Symptoms of a Cold?
- Flu Season Facts: 7 Tips to Help You Beat the Flu
- Cold & Flu Culprits: Avoid 15 Places Where Germs Lurk
Questions for Your Doctor
Going to see your doctor and want to know what questions to ask?
This tool does not provide medical advice It is intended for informational purposes only. It is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Never ignore professional medical advice in seeking treatment because of something you have read on the WebMD Site. If you think you may have a medical emergency, immediately call your doctor.
Via: http://symptoms.webmd.com
Via: http://symptoms.webmd.com
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