necessary to try several treatments before finding the one that helps best. Corticosteroid cream or ointment that you can apply to your skin for outbreaks is a common treatment. You can get it as an injection or as a pill. Other medical treatments that may be used are: UV lighting treatments‚ draining the large blisters‚ antihistamines‚ various anti-itch creams‚ and immune-suppressing ointment‚ such as Protopic and Elidel. Protopic and Elidel are rare treatments. You may also be prescribed antibiotics
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(HRT) patches and nicotine patches. Topical Topical medications come in the form of creams and gels and are applied directly to the skin surface usually to treat skin conditions. Instillation Instillation medications come in the form of drops or ointments and can be instilled via the eyes‚ nose or ears. Drops can be used for ear or eye infections. Nose sprays are used for treating for example hay fever. Intravenous Intravenous medication enters directly into the veins and
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Propolis: The Ancient Healer Did you know that honey isn’t the only thing that bees make? Bees also produce a compound called propolis from the sap on needle-leaved trees or evergreens. When they combine the sap with their own discharges and beeswax‚ they create a sticky and greenish-brown product that is used as a coating to build their hives. This is called propolis. Many ancient civilizations used propolis for its medical properties. Assyrians put it on tumors and wounds to prevent infection and
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sick or injured person until full medical treatment is available FOR CUTS OR OPEN WOUNDS 1. Stop the Bleeding Apply direct pressure on the area. 2. Clean and Protect Clean the area with warm water and gentle soap. Apply an antibiotic ointment to reduce chance of infection. Put a sterile bandage on the area. SPRAIN 1.Rest the injuried limb 2. Ice the area 3.Compress area with bandage 4. Elevate the injured limb above your heart MINOR BURNS Act quickly to reduce further injury to the
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In addition to these temporary dietary changes: Lysine supplements (e.g. 1‚000 mg taken three times a day) may help to shorten the duration of cold sores. Lysine ointment - a pilot study by the Southern California University looked at the effectiveness of a lysine-containing ointment in 30 people. Researchers found that the ointment produced full resolution in 40% of participants by the third day and in 87 percent by the end of the sixth day. No adverse effects were
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Pronunciation Guide for English In the English writing system‚ many of the graphemes (letters and letter groups) have more than one possible pronunciation. Sometimes‚ specific sequences of letters can alert the reader to the possible pronunciation required; for example‚ note the letter sequences shown as ‘hollow letters’ in this guide as in ‘watch’‚ ‘salt’ and ‘city’ - indicating that‚ in these words with these letter patterns‚ letter a is usually code for the /o/ sound and letter c is always
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Introduction to Different Dosage Form Dosage form is a mixture of active drug component and nondrug component‚ depending on the type of administration it is of several types. Besides that‚ it is also a completed forms of pharmaceutical preparation in which prescribed doses of medications are included. They are solid‚ liquid and semisolid dosage forms. Common dosage forms include pill‚ tablet or capsule‚ drink or syrup‚ (e.g.‚ via oral ingestion or freebase smoking)‚ and natural or herbal form
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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games is a dystopian novel that depicts what life would be like in future day America if a dictator was to be in power. The hunger games is a competition in where 24 tributes from the 12 districts of panem are forced to fight in an arena to the death until one sole remaining victor remains. That victor is crowned and then gets to live the rest of his or her life in peace and wealth in victor’s village. On the day of the 74th reaping‚ Katniss Everdeen
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Penile Zipper Entrapment‚ Pediatric Penis skin trapped in a zipper is a common injury for young boys. It happens more often among boys who are not circumcised or are not wearing underwear. Sometimes the penis pulls away from the zipper‚ causing a skin tear or bruise. Other times the penis gets stuck inside the zipper (entrapment). If your child’s penis gets trapped in a zipper‚ do not try to remove it yourself. It must be removed by a health care provider. Before freeing your child’s penis‚ your
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Chapter 1 3. Describe the three medical uses for drugs and give examples. Preventive Use – prevents diseases‚ conditions: Example - Birth control Diagnostic Use – drugs used by themselves or with radiologic procedures to provide evidence of illness: Example - Radiopaque contrast dyes used during x-ray procedures. Therapeutic Use – Control‚ improve‚ or cure symptoms of a disease: Example – Insulin‚ Antibiotics. 4. Give the meaning of and describe the linguistic origin of the symbol Rx
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