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Last Updated: 8 years ago• Featured Tip
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Bed Sores are commonly seen in persons who are immobilised and stay in bed or wheel chair for a long time. They do not change their position often and this results in damage to the skin and the underlying tissues because of the constant pressure on skin for a long duration. Bed Sores are also known as pressure sores or Decubitus Ulcers. When a person lies on bed for a long time due to medical conditions like paralysis, spinal problems and several others, the skin is constantly pressed between th...more
Last Updated: 10 years ago• Featured Tip
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Alternative Medicine Specialist•Ernakulam
Interesting facts about Penis
You can break your penis
There is no "penis bone" but you can break your penis. It's called penile fracture. When it happens, there's an audible pop or snap. Then the penis turns black and blue and there's terrible pain. Penile fracture is rare, and it typically happens to younger men because their erections tend to be quite rigid.
Here's how to avoid penile fracture: don't use your penis too roughly. A common way that penile fracture hap...more
You can break your penis
There is no "penis bone" but you can break your penis. It's called penile fracture. When it happens, there's an audible pop or snap. Then the penis turns black and blue and there's terrible pain. Penile fracture is rare, and it typically happens to younger men because their erections tend to be quite rigid.
Here's how to avoid penile fracture: don't use your penis too roughly. A common way that penile fracture hap...more
Last Updated: 7 years ago• Featured Tip
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Colour plays a unique role in daily life. There is color everywhere. Our day starts with bright yellow rays of the sun, trees welcome the day with vibrant green light. There is color everywhere from the dress we wear to the place we live in. Why not our meals be colourfull. A rainbow meal plate not only looks beautiful but also keeps you healthy. Every color carries a specific vibration with it and that will affect our systems (especially endocrine system). In this article, we will discuss in de...more
Last Updated: 8 years ago• Featured Tip
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Asthma is a chronic respiratory condition. In asthma, the airway routes of the lungs get swollen. This causes irritation and gives rise to swelling inside these routes. For some people, a chilly climate comes with its own share of troubles and pain. Individuals who are sensitive to chilly temperatures are significantly influenced by this season. Various climate extremes and changing temperatures affect their health. For those who are hypersensitive to dust, their condition tends to rise during c...more
Last Updated: 5 years ago• Featured Tip
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Anybody said that life is colorless without colors. That is the color that you have a smile. You are happy. Happiness is filled in your life. Some colors make you happy, make some sad. Some colors give you comfort and peace, some encourage you to move forward.Have you ever thought that why you choose the color that is closest to you? because it reflects your personality.
There are some such colors today that will tell your personality. Introduce your personality to you.
Black: if your co...more
There are some such colors today that will tell your personality. Introduce your personality to you.
Black: if your co...more
Last Updated: 7 years ago• Featured Tip
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General Physician•Kurnool
For most people, the screen of a cell phone is the first thing they see in the morning and the last thing they see before going to bed. Nobody can deny the fact that living without a cell phone today is extremely difficult but must we be so glued to them? Staring into a phone or tablet screen, before going to sleep affects your sleep as well as impacts your health. Here's how:
It is harder to fall asleep - We feel sleepy when the brain releases a hormone called melatonin, which is contr...more
It is harder to fall asleep - We feel sleepy when the brain releases a hormone called melatonin, which is contr...more
Last Updated: 7 years ago• Featured Tip
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Psychologist•Coimbatore
Panic attacks can debilitate a person greatly. The panic or anxiety attacks can be extremely powerful and intense, whereby a person starts hallucinating. The level of hallucination can vary depending on the severity of the attack. Such people often hallucinate about something bad or catastrophic striking them. They lose self composure. In extreme cases, they cut themselves off from the outside world and recoil into their safe zone (Agoraphobia).
Panic attacks, should, by no means,...more
Panic attacks, should, by no means,...more
Last Updated: 10 years ago• Featured Tip
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Your Newborn's Skin and Rashes
A newborn's skin is prone to rashes of all sorts. Fortunately, most of these rashes are harmless and go away on their own.
Common Rashes in Newborns
Pink pimples ('neonatal acne') are sometimes thought to be caused by exposure in the womb to maternal hormones. No treatment is needed, just time. They can last for weeks or even months on a baby's skin.
Erythema toxicum is another common newborn rash. It looks like red blotches with ill-...more
A newborn's skin is prone to rashes of all sorts. Fortunately, most of these rashes are harmless and go away on their own.
Common Rashes in Newborns
Pink pimples ('neonatal acne') are sometimes thought to be caused by exposure in the womb to maternal hormones. No treatment is needed, just time. They can last for weeks or even months on a baby's skin.
Erythema toxicum is another common newborn rash. It looks like red blotches with ill-...more
Last Updated: 6 years ago• Featured Tip
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Psychiatrist•Bangalore
Benzodiazepines are a family of molecules, some of which are used as sleep-inducing medications, while others are used as tranquilizers.
Benzodiazepines bind to a specific site on a neuron s receptor for GABA, a neurotransmitter that counteracts the brain s wakefulness mechanisms. Thus benzodiazepines promote sleep by augmenting this natural process.
The same gabaergic receptor also has binding sites that can be used both by barbiturates (a class of drugs once commonly used as slee...more
Benzodiazepines bind to a specific site on a neuron s receptor for GABA, a neurotransmitter that counteracts the brain s wakefulness mechanisms. Thus benzodiazepines promote sleep by augmenting this natural process.
The same gabaergic receptor also has binding sites that can be used both by barbiturates (a class of drugs once commonly used as slee...more
Last Updated: 6 years ago• Featured Tip
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Merkel cell carcinoma refers to cancer of the skin. It is a very rare type of cancer and it looks like a reddish-blue toned nodule. It usually shows up on the face or neck or the head.
The Merkel cells are distributed in your skin s top layer, close to the nerve endings that are responsible for receiving the sensation of touch. If a mutation happens in these cells and they begin to grow and spread abnormally, a person gets Merkel cell carcinoma.
This cancer has a tendency to sp...more
The Merkel cells are distributed in your skin s top layer, close to the nerve endings that are responsible for receiving the sensation of touch. If a mutation happens in these cells and they begin to grow and spread abnormally, a person gets Merkel cell carcinoma.
This cancer has a tendency to sp...more
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