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Active tuberculosis with cough, weight loss, fever, and perhaps night sweats, must be treated immediately. This type of tuberculosis can often be seen on a chest x-ray. Taking tuberculosis medicines as prescribed for the entire time they are ordered will cure tuberculosis, and prevent spreading tuberculosis to children in the home or to a newborn. Children and infants are at a high risk, and tuberculosis infection for them can cause brain damage or death. During pregnancy, a slightly different regimen of drugs is used which is not likely to affect the baby. Side effects from the medicines are monitored carefully during the entire treatment.

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I’ m sure all of us ever consumed antibiotics, but how to get or to prescribed rational antibiotics ? Prophylactic antibiotics are used to prevent infection from contamination of a wound. They should not begiven to prevent other postoperative infections (e.g.chest infection).

Audit has shown that, not only are the wrong antibiotics often chosen, but, more importantly, the timing is often incorrect. Case–control studies have failed to show conclusively that one antibiotic is superior for prophylaxis. The choice of antibiotic depends on the likely pathogens that occur at various sites. Antibiotics should be given intravenously at induction of anaesthetic to facilitate high concentrations in the operation site at the time when contamination occurs. A number of well-controlled trials have advised single-dose prophylaxis over multiple doses.

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In my country, many older people consumed corticosteroids. Its really a god’s drug, but do they know it can induced osteoporosis. Many postmenopausal women and older men receiving corticosteroids are probably at the greatest risk of rapid bone loss and consequent vertebral fracture and should be strongly considered for preventive measures. In younger individuals receiving corticosteroids, the decision to use osteoporosis prevention is less straightforward and will depend upon a number of factors including baseline BMD, anticipated dose and duration of corticosteroids and other risk factors. Based upon available evidence the rank order of choice for prophylaxis would be a bisphosphonate followed by an active vitamin D metabolite or HRT.

Although calcium alone appears unable to prevent rapid bone loss in patients starting corticosteroids, it should be considered in those patients with normal BMD values. If an active vitamin D metabolite is used, calcium supplementation should be avoided unless dietary calcium intake is low. The evidence for hormone replacement is limited, but HRT should be considered if hypogonadism is present. Addition of a bisphosphonate in postmenopausal patients already taking estrogen replacement therapy may enhance the bone density response. In patients receiving chronic low dose corticosteroids, treatment with calcium and vitamin D may help to prevent further bone loss.

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Antibiotics are among the most powerful and important medicines known. When used properly they can save lives, but used improperly, they can actually harm your child. Antibiotics should not be used to treat viral infections.

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For me, this is the first time I ever heard about this terms : Computer vision syndrome (CVS). Based on Wikipedia CVS is a temporary condition resulting from focusing the eyes on a computer display for protracted, uninterrupted periods of time. Some symptoms of CVS include headaches, blurred vision, neck pain, fatigue, eye strain, dry, irritated eyes, and difficulty refocusing the eyes. These symptoms can be further aggravated by improper lighting conditions (ie. bright overhead lighting or glare) or air moving past the eyes (e.g. overhead vents, direct air from a fan). CVS has not been proven to cause any permanent damage to the eye.

These problems are more noticeable with computer tasks than other near work because letters on the screen are formed by tiny dots called pixels, rather than a solid image. This causes the eye to work a bit harder to keep the images in focus.

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The human body was designed to keep gastric acid in the stomach where it belongs. Its function is to sterilize and digest what we eat and drink. Stomach acid is mainly composed of hydrochloric acid which is a very powerful corrosive agent. Acid reflux symptoms include; heartburn, chest pain, regurgitation of hydrochloric acid and difficulty swallowing. Other problems can be a lack of sleep, nausea, labored breathing and abdominal pain.

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I think you should know about aspirin before you use it to lower your risk of heart attack or stroke. Aspirin. It’s often thought of as one of those harmless over-the-counter drugs that you’ve relied on for years to fight pain, swelling, headache and fever. Now you’re hearing that it can also lower your risk of a heart attack, some kinds of strokes and other very specific heart and blood vessel diseases. Then why not use an aspirin a day? No need to bother your health profession-al with questions about something so simple, right? Wrong. Although aspirin may seem like a quick and easy solution to any fears you might have, it’s not as simple as you think. If you’re using aspirin to lower your chance of a heart attack or clot-related stroke and you haven’t talked with a health professional about it, read on. The information here could help you avoid risks and stay healthy.

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There are so many tools for you to check your blood sugar at home. But, today I found this tools on my clinic and make me want to tell you about this things. When the body no longer produces insulin, or has a reduced sensitivity to it, diabetes is the result. Much of this burden may be reduced or eliminated by early detection and improved self-care. The Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) conclusively demonstrated that improved control of blood sugar delayed or prevented many of these complications at least 50% better than with poorly-controlled subjects. This good control is enabled by frequent, consistent and accurate self-testing of blood glucose to optimizetherapy.

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Aspirin is an anti-inflammatory drug, a form of salicylate that has been used in various forms since ancient times for relief of pain or fever.

Aspirin is also a “hidden ingredient” found in many non-prescription medicines. Commonly used, aspirin is available without a prescription; yet it can be dangerous when taken in large amounts all at once or in smaller amounts over several days. Aspirin is not recommended for children because salicylate use in children with viral illnesses has been linked to Reye’s syndrome. Incorrect or excessive use of aspirin can cause an upset stomach, easy bruising, and prolonged bleeding. Aspirin overdose, either deliberate or accidental, can cause rapid breathing, ringing in the ears, hearing loss, sweating, confusion, seizures, coma and death.

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In 2000, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ap-proved 160 medications and medical devices, many that have pediatric indications. I want to discuss these medications that have clinical importance to the general pediatrician.

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