Blisters, which are medically a type of burn, should be left intact. Popping or deroofing a blister puts you at risk for infection, and, once it’s deroofed, you’ll have to spend more time and resources treating it like any other open wound. Instead, field medics carry a needle with...
Avoid reinforcing stereotypesabout trans people. Not all trans people are interested in medically transitioning, or in “passing.” They also aren’t fragile or in need of a savior. Gender is separate from sexual orientation. You can’t “tell” someone is trans. Privacy, surveillance, and nef...
just checking in or being there is the best thing for me. I don’t want to be thought of as broken or fragile (although I admit, sometimes I am). I am more than my disorder, but I can’t completely ignore it
Nausea and vomiting are symptoms of many conditions. Learn about causes, treatment, and when to be concerned.
The injury required to produce a bruise varies with age. Bruising occurs more easily in the elderly because their capillaries are more fragile than those of young people. While it may take quite a bit of force to cause a bruise in a young child, even minor bumps andscrapesmay cause extensi...
There may be a small possibility of increased surface blood vessels (telangiectasia), particularly if you have very thin skin,scleroderma,lupus, severe sun damage, taken long-termprednisone(Deltasone, Orasone, Prednicen-M,Liquid Pred), or other conditions where your skin is abnormally fragile and...