What does alcohol do to your brain?🍸🍸🍸

We always know alcohol is harm for the brain and memory, but what does alcohol actually do to your brain? This time, we will discuss about it. 1. Gray matter is decreasingAn article published in the American Journal of Psychiatry (AJP) studied the effects of alcohol consumption on brain growth and development in adolescents aged 12-21. They tracked the brains of...

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Use body signals to alert for diabetes complications👴👵

Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disorder based on genetics and the environment, which can cause damage to capillaries, large blood vessels, eyes, feet, heart, brain and other organs. The patient will produce some corresponding symptoms due to persistent hyperglycemia. If doctors and patients can recognize these changes early and intervene in time. It can effectively delay...

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The impact of COVID-19 pneumonia on children may be seriously underestimated👪👪👪

Long-term symptoms of COVID-19 refer to a series of symptoms appearing after infection with COVID-19, including organ inflammation, shortness of breath, fatigue, behavior changes and so on. Studies have shown that about 30% of people infected with the COVID-19 will have long-term symptoms, even though most people can recover quickly. A recent study in the United...

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The COVID-19 epidemic is far from over😷😷😷

Recently, the counter-attack of COVID-19 epidemic will cause schools to be forced to close and classes to be suspended. People received the COVID-19 vaccine will still face a new round of infection. When the hospital is overwhelmed again, office workers will also weigh whether they need to continue working at home. Scientists believe that before the end of COVID-19...

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Do the season and temperature affect blood pressure??⛄⛄⛄

Blood pressure is affected by many factors, including season and temperature. A study has found that the average blood pressure in winter is 12/6mmHg (systolic/diastolic  blood pressure) higher than the average blood pressure in summer. For every 1°C decreases in temperature, the systolic blood pressure rises by 1.3mmHg and diastolic blood pressure rises by 0.6mmHg. In...

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Can all drugs be taking by breaking or chewing❓❓❓

In clinical, most patients only care about the usage, dosage and side effects of drugs. In fact, except these aspects, some drugs also need special notices, especially for children or the elderly who have difficulty swallowing. For example, whether the drugs can be crushed to take, whether the capsule shell can be opened and mixed drug powder with water...

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The knowledge of Povidone-iodine for using disinfect wound👀

Povidone-iodine is the most common sterilizer in clinical practice. Its bactericidal effect is excellent and it has almost no irritation to the skin and mucous membranes. It is also painless when patients are using it, so it is a common self-prepared medicine in many families. However, not all wounds are suitable for sterilize with povidone-iodine....

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Inventory of various new discoveries of metformin😎😎😎

Metformin is an anti-diabetic drug and a classic oral hypoglycemic agent. Since its inception in 1957, it has been used clinically for more than 60 years. It is currently one of the most widely used oral hypoglycemic drugs in the world. Even though there are many new hypoglycemic drugs, metformin is still the primary drug for type 2 diabetes.Metformin was born in 1929...

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The recommended use of probiotics treat gastrointestinal diseases😈😈😈

There are many products content probiotics in the supermarket. You can easy to buy products to supplement probiotics. Those products always claim that is good for both people with/without gastrointestinal diseases.Probiotics are active microorganisms that can produce health benefits when consumed in sufficient quantities. As an effective method to change the intestinal...

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Some advices prevent the recurrence of peptic ulcer disease👍👍👍

The gastric juice (gastric acid, pepsin) makes the mucosal tissue loss and  shedding in the gastrointestinal tract which is covered by the juice. It call Peptic Ulcer Disease.  That mucosal ulcers always occur in the stomach or duodenum (gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer). The causes and treatments of them are similar. It is about one-tenth of the population...

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Some knowledge about scar removal products 😍😍😍

Scar is the appearance and pathological changes of normal skin tissue caused by various traumas, such as after burns, surgery, skin inflammation (such as folliculitis, acne.). It is an unavoidable product in the process of human wound repair. Scars influences the appearance of the patient and easily influences the patient's psychology. There are many methods (such...

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Is the COVID-19 drug better than vaccine??? 😲😲😲

On October 1st, Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics reported the results from their COVID-19 drug Molnupiravir from phase 3 study in patients with mild to moderate COVID-19. In their study, the risk of hospitalization or death are reduced by about 50%. Only 7.3% patients who got Molnupiravir were either hospitalized or died during the research. And the placebo group is 14.1%. The Molnupiravir group is no one dead and the placebo group is reported...

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Can we smoke when taking medicines???💣💣💣

 Smoking (Most drugs)For most drugs, we should not smoke at least 30 minutes before and after taking the drug. For some drugs, such as aminophylline, the dosages need to be adjusted after you quit smoking.In flue-cured cigarettes, The amount of tar is about 11mg. Some substances in tar can induce the drug-metabolizing enzymes in liver, such as CYP1A1, CYP1A2, CYP2E1. It will promote the metabolism of drugs (For example, it increases...

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Should we avoid to drink alcohol/tea/milk when taking medicine??💣💣💣

Not only the oral drugs have food contraindications, but also injections and transdermal absorption preparations. The drugs enter the gastrointestinal tract through oral administration. They can interact with food in the gastrointestinal tract. The drugs enter the blood through veins and muscles, they also interact with the chemical components of food, beverages, tobacco and alcohol in the blood.1. Alcohol (All drugs)For all drug, alcohol is forbidden...

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How to take the stomach medicines???😵😵😵

Use the medicine to treat gastric disease, the time of taking is very important!!!There are many kinds of medicines for treating gastric diseases. Due to different pharmacological effects and dosage forms, the time of taking each kind of medicine is very important.1. Promoting gastric motility drugs    Such as Mosapride and Domperidone tablets should be taken 15-30 minutes before meals. Trimebutine can be taken before or...

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Follow the doctor's advice and use sleeping pills scientifically😷😷😷

To treat insomnia, we should follow the doctor's advice and use sleeping pills scientifically.Using the hypnotic drugs requires detailed analysis and evaluation by doctors. The patients with insomnia should not use the hypnotic drugs by themselves without the prescriptions. They should have a comprehensive treatment method under the guidance of doctors and pharmacists.The hypnotic drugs should start with a small dose and the dose should...

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Highly processed foods will harm memory in the elderly~~👴👵

A new research found that after only four weeks of a highly processed food diet , the brains of aging rats have a strong inflammatory response, accompanied by behavioral signs of memory loss.In the study, the diet mimics ready-to-eat product, which are usually packaged for a long time and have a long shelf life (such as potato chips and other snacks), frozen food...

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What functions do the electrolytes do in the body (Part 3.) ?😤

Finally, here is the last part about the electrolutes. ChlorineCl- is one of the most important anions in the extracellular fluid, which can regulating the osmotic pressure and acid-base balance of the cell body.Chlorine is mainly came from sodium chloride in the food. Therefore, the change of chlorine in the body is basically equaled to the sodium. However, there is an opposite relationship between the level of chlorine and the...

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What functions do the electrolytes do in the body (Part 2.) ?😤

This time will talk about the other important electrolytes in the body: SodiumNa+ is the main cation in the extracellular fluid, and it plays a vital role in maintaining many important physiological activities in the body, such as maintaining the osmotic pressure of the extracellular fluid. Adult normal serum sodium is 135.0-145.0 mmol/L. Changing the concentration of Na+ in the extracellular fluid may caused by changes in...

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What functions do the electrolytes do in the body (Part 1.) ?😤

Electrolytes have the ability to maintain the osmotic pressure of body fluids the normal distribution of body fluids. There are composed of various anions and cations. Potassium, sodium, and chlorine are the three important electrolytes that are most relevant to the diseases and are most closely connected to the patient's life. Firstly, let's talk about potassium and the others will talk in the next two issue.PotassiumPotassium is the most important...

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Why some doctors prescribe levothyroxine tablets to the hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism patient?😨😨😨

Do you see the doctor do that? Do you feel confused? Let's see why the doctor do it~~LevothyroxineIt is a thyroid medicine that can substitute hormone normally produced by the thyroid gland to regulate the body's metabolism and energy. So, it is easy to understand why the doctor prescribes it to the hypothyroidism patient. It will supply the patient enough material to transform into thyroxine.But why the hyperthyroidism patient is also...

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What should you do if you forget to take your oral diabetes drug??😨😨

It is very common to see that the patient forget to take his diabetes drug. But what should you do if you forget to take it? Today will talk about that and how the medicine taken.MetforminGeneral and sustained-release dosage form are taken during or after meal. Enteric-coated dosage form is taken before meals.If you forget to take the medicine, take it as soon as possible. If the time is close to the next dose, do not take it and must not double...

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