Stretch marks are called as such because they develop when your skin has stretched significantly in a short period of time. Common reasons for developing stretch marks are pregnancy, rapid weight gain and steroid usage.
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Listening to your baby's heartbeat makes the whole pregnancy experience more real, especially early on when you haven't yet begun to show. While it would be a wonderful way to bond, you cannot feel your unborn baby's heartbeat in your stomach or elsewhere in your body during pregnancy.
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Constipation can impact nearly everyone, including children, and coping with the discomfort is often stressful for a child.
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Taking supplements in addition to reducing your salt intake and increasing your consumption of foods rich in potassium and Omega-3 fatty acids will help reduce ankle swelling. Supplements are much more effective when used in conjunction with -- not instead of --- proper nutrition.
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The symptoms of heartburn occur when the lining of the esophagus is irritated by stomach acids that have backed up into it. A band of muscle at the bottom of the esophagus is called the lower esophageal sphincter, or LES. The LES opens to allow food into the stomach, and then closes.
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Colitis is the medical term that describes inflammation of the colon, or large intestine. Infectious colitis is inflammation of the colon caused by an infectious agent. These include bacteria, viruses and parasites.
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A sore and swollen throat, a medical condition called pharyngitis, is often accompanied by scratchiness, painful swallowing and swollen tonsils. Most sore throats do not indicate a serious condition and usually resolve on their own.
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Contact lenses must be handled with care and can only be exposed to the natural fluids in your eyes, eye drops specially designed for contact lenses, and contact solution, according to the Mayo Clinic.
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Hormones act on the body organs, affecting an array of functions. Water balance, metabolic rate, bone strength, growth and reproduction are but a few of the many functions influenced by the hormones of the human body.
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A food dehydrator is a kitchen appliance used for drying food. Dehydration is a method of food preservation, in which moisture is removed from the food. Drying food extends the shelf life of a food by decreasing growth of bacteria and minimizing spoilage.
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NyQuil can be used to treat the symptoms of a cold or the flu. Several varieties of the over-the-counter medication are available, each containing different combinations of medicines. A variety of symptoms may occur with a NyQuil overdose, depending on which type was taken and the amount.
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Bone cancer can affect any bone in the body. The tibia is the larger of the two long bones between the knee and ankle. A cancerous tumor is a body of tissue consisting of cells that have undergone genetic changes, causing them to grow in an uncontrolled way.
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Deep breathing relieves stress and anxiety due to its physiological effect on the nervous system. Breathing slowly and mindfully activates the hypothalamus, connected to the pituitary gland in the brain, to send out neurohormones that inhibit stress-producing hormones and trigger a relaxation response in the body.
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“Dry as a bone, red as a beet, hot as a hare, mad as a hatter, and blind as a bat” is an old saying that emergency room doctors used to describe patients who had taken excessive quantities of antihistamines.
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Amoxicillin is a common prescription antibiotic used to treat a bacterial infections, including Streptococci, E. coli, Staphylococcus, H. pylori, P. mirabilis, H. influenzae, N. gonorrhoeae and S. pneumoniae. It is also known by brand names such as Amoxil, Dispermox, Trimox, and Alphamox.
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Also known as 3-alpha-hydroxy-5-beta-pregned-20-one, pregnenolone is made in the body from cholesterol. Progesterone is a precursor to other steroid hormones. Some refer to DHEA as the "mother" hormone because it can be converted to estrogen or testosterone.
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Muscle tone is the amount of tension a specific muscle has, according to the Department of Occupational Therapy at Royal Children’s Hospital. Having low muscle tone will make it difficult to perform an activity or maintain proper posture. Hypotonia is a state in which the strength of the muscle is severely reduced.
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An auricular hematoma, more commonly known as cauliflower ear, occurs when the cartilage of the outer ear is damaged. Boxers and wrestlers are at particular risk for this injury, but any blow to the ear can result in damage and lead to cauliflower ear.
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Luteinizing hormone is a gonadotropin that stimulates the testes in men and the ovaries in women. Your anterior pituitary gland secretes this important hormone, which is vital to your reproductive health. LH is a large glycoprotein made up of alpha and beta subunits.
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There is an optimal daily intake (ODI) for every vitamin and mineral. For each person, this will vary based on age, gender, chronic medical conditions and the ability to absorb nutrients.
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