Exposure to staph infections may be hard for you to avoid, and the prevalence of hard to treat methicillin-resistant staph aureus, or MRSA, makes reducing your risk increasingly important. However, even MRSA is treatable during pregnancy. Staph bacteria is prevalent in places such as locker rooms, gyms and hospitals.
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A rumbling stomach can be an irksome issue -- and downright embarrassing in certain situations. The most well-known cause of a rumbling stomach is hunger. But your stomach -- along with your intestines -- can make these noises at any time, even if you just ate a hearty meal.
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Toddlers with a mild to moderate fever often experience sleep disturbances. Fevers can cause your child to have both nightmares and night terrors, but the latter are slightly more common in children around ages 4 or 5 years than in toddlers.
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Vitamin D-3 is a form of vitamin D known as cholecalciferol. If you consume too much vitamin D-3 from supplements over time, you may develop high levels of calcium in your blood. Although this does not directly lead to dizziness, hypercalcemia can cause dehydration, resulting in dizziness.
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Yellow skin -- also referred to as jaundice -- is the result of too much bilirubin. According to the National Institutes of Health, bilirubin is a yellow chemical found in hemoglobin -- the substance responsible for carrying oxygen to your red blood cells.
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Hypercalcemia is an excessive level of calcium in the blood and can be the result of various medical conditions such as primary hyperparathyroidism, kidney failure, cancer, excess vitamin D levels and too much calcium in the diet or from supplements.
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The inability to walk as far and as long as you'd like to can be frustrating and even depressing. It may also be a sign your body is giving you to alert you of a health problem. Two causes of leg weakness after walking a short distance may be spinal stenosis or peripheral artery disease, especially as you age.
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Fiber is an important part of the diet and can help you maintain digestive health, as well as reduce the risk of heart disease. Although breastfeeding women need to follow a healthy diet, fiber has little effect on the nutrients in breast milk.
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There is no "antidote" for a cold or flu virus -- there are only compounds that can help your body's natural defense system fight if off, and those that can soothe symptoms.
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During exercise your body's system for regulating temperature is kicked up into high gear. Heat production by the body can cause your internal temperature to rise up to as high as 104 degrees Fahrenheit, which can lead to potentially fatal complications.
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Dietary acids affect your body's buffering capability, which may cause a calcium loss from your bones to counteract the acidity. Also, stomach acids from frequent vomiting or acidic drinks will dissolve enamel and affect the calcium in your teeth. Bones can remodel and grow new bone, while teeth cannot.
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Wisdom teeth, also called third molars, appear in the late teen and early adult years. When they grow improperly, cause crowding or don’t emerge and become trapped within the jaw, removal may be recommended.
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Many individuals take a daily multivitamin to make up for nutritional lapses in their diets. While health experts generally agree that the best source of nutrients is whole food, MayoClinic.
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High levels of cortisol put a strain on your body's health. It is normal for cortisol levels to rise during times of acute stress, but it is abnormal for these levels to remain high. Prolonged elevated levels of this steroid hormone affect immune function, metabolic pathways for use of energy and chronic disease risk.
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Any break in the skin is considered to be a wound, whether it occurs as the result of cutting yourself accidentally or from a surgical procedure. A wound can be a clean cut from a surgical incision or a jagged-edged laceration.
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The vastus medialis oblique muscle, more commonly called the VMO, sits above your knee on the inner front part of your thigh. While usually associated with assisting in leg extension, the results of a 2007 study published in "Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise"
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Post-pill amenorrhea is a condition where a woman does not get a menstrual period after going off birth control pills. This typically isn't a cause for alarm, and usually occurs because the body needs time to adjust back to its natural hormonal levels.
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Triglyceride levels rise and fall depending on how much fat the body stores. Doctors are generally more concerned about high levels of triglyceride, described as a blood level of 150 mg/dL or higher, than they are about low triglyceride levels. Michael Miller, M.D.
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Bad breath, medically known as halitosis, is a condition that can result from postnasal drip. When you have postnasal drip, the glands in your nose and throat produce a thick mucus that can lead to bad breath.
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Some but not all studies have reported that certain dairy products can trigger headaches or migraines.
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