Shark Bite Medical Treatment and Prevention
Medical Treatment
The treatment required will be tailored to the extent of the injury. If there is major injury and the patient has had significant bleeding, the initial medical care will be directed at stabilizing the ABCs (airway, breathing and circulation). Oxygen may be used, intravenous lines started with fluids and or blood transfusions required. If there is tissue loss or major wound, these may need to be cleaned or debrided (where dead tissue is cut away) in the operating room by a surgeon.
Honey May Be A Sweet Solution For Cough
A spoonful of sugar may make the medicine go down, but a new study suggests honey is even better.
With the recalls of pediatric cough medicines, parents are looking for alternative treatments for themselves and their children this winter. A small study published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine suggests that honey may be a sweet solution.
Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Effects
Alcoholism and alcohol abuse hurts more than the abusers and their families. It reaches into every aspect of society and has significant economic ramifications, as well.
Knowing Between Alcohol Abuse And Alcoholism
According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), alcoholism is “a disease that includes alcohol craving and continued drinking despite repeated alcohol-related problems, such as losing a job or getting into trouble with the law.” It includes the following symptoms:
Teen Mushrooms Abuse
Mushrooms
Mushrooms can be found in nature or grown in a laboratory. Naturally occurring chemicals such as psilocin and psilocybin in mushrooms create hallucinogens. They act on the central nervous system to change perception, mood and thinking. Effects are similar to LSD. Growing kits and information are easy to get through the Internet.
Teen Phencyclidine (PCP) Abuse
Phencyclidine (PCP)
PCP was first investigated in the 1950s as an anesthetic, but researchers found the side effects of confusion and delirium were too severe. Veterinary doctors started using it a decade later to anesthetize animals. When the government learned that people were abusing the drug, the drug manufacturing was stopped for good.
Teen Heroin Abuse
Heroin
This is an opiate drug also known as smack, junk, H, skag, brown sugar, dope, horse and skunk. Users can smoke it, snort it or inject it. Heroin is made from morphine, which is a naturally occurring substance from the Asian poppy plant. Studies show users are consuming more heroin than a decade ago. Heroin used to only be available as an injection. But heroin has become purer, allowing the drug to be smoked or inhaled. Because of this, use of heroin is increasing.
