Fever temperatures vary according to age and where you measure the temperature.189The most common areas for measurement are the mouth and rectum. However, you might also measure temperatures using an ear, forehead, or armpit. Oral temperatures will be about 1 degree Fahrenheit higher than skin te...
As the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to surge across Europe, many people are asking how best to protect themselves and others from the virus? As always, the first thing you should do is to follow government guidance and listen to the restrictions already in pla...
Call your healthcare provider right away if you have unexplained muscle pain or weakness, especially with fever; have muscle problems that do not go away even after your healthcare provider told you to stop taking CRESTOR; feel unusually tired; or have loss of appetite, upper belly pain, dark...
These z-scores ease also the interpretation of the results as they represent the relative variation of a category’s prevalence compared to its average: they take on values higher (lower) than zero when the original value is higher (lower) than the average. Other behavioral markers...
Contaminated formulas that contain germs like Cronobacter can be potentially fatal to infants. According to the CDC, early signs of Cronobacter infection in infants can include a fever, low energy and excessive crying. It can eventually cause meningitis, a condition in which the meninges, the linin...
Infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) may lead to acute or chronic hepatitis. HBV infections were previously much more frequent but there are still 240 million chronic HBV carriers today and ca. 620,000 die per year from the late sequelae liver cirrhosi
For example, at what degree of hepatic damage could the different antifungals still be used? What is the role of therapeutic azole drug monitoring in minimizing toxicity? Do substitutions within the same azole family have any impact on toxicity? Also, in the future, pharmacogenetic testing may ...
As challenging as it can be to train a puppy, a stubborn adult dog can be just as much of a headache. We will let you know all of the pros and cons of adopting an adult dog and how to choose the best dog for you and your family. Adopting a Purebred DogThere are dog owners who...
Mucosal eosinophilia is also commonly observed in drug-related and, to a lesser degree, in infectious esophagitis. All of these disorders display variable numbers of eosinophils in combination with intraepithelial lymphocytes and neutrophils, which tend to be present in higher numbers than eosinophils (...
Infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) may lead to acute or chronic hepatitis. HBV infections were previously much more frequent but there are still 240 million chronic HBV carriers today and ca. 620,000 die per year from the late sequelae liver cirrhosi