At two years old, developmental milestones are directed at behaviors that can display a range of cognitive and physical accomplishments. At 2 years old, your child should be able to walk up the stairs, scribble, run, kick a ball, join in during family mealtimes and other activities. At two years old, developmental milestones are directed at behaviors that can display...
What Relieves Nausea Fast? 10 Tips
Not all types of nausea result in vomiting, but vomiting is often preceded by nausea. Nausea is the feeling that you are soon going to throw up! Your salivary secretions increase, you feel heaviness in your chest and throat, and you feel like throwing up. We all feel uncomfortable when we are sick, and nausea goes a notch higher in...
What Triggers Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS)?
What is ankylosing spondylitis? The exact cause of ankylosing spondylitis is not known. A combination of age, sex, and genetic and environmental factors may increase the risk of ankylosing spondylitis. Ankylosing spondylitis (AS), also called Bechterew disease, is a chronic inflammatory disease. Ankylosing spondylitis affects the joints of the body, especially the small joints of the spine and the pelvic...
Who Needs Mechanical Ventilation (Breathing Machine)?
What is mechanical ventilation? People with the most severe lung symptoms from COVID-19 coronavirus disease need mechanical ventilation to stay alive. Experts fear a shortage of breathing machines in the U.S., considering the pandemic. Mechanical ventilation is a treatment to help a person breathe when they find it difficult or are unable to breathe on their own. A mechanical ventilator...
Why Is an Escharotomy Performed?
Why is an escharotomy performed? Escharotomy is performed to restore blood supply, to relieve pressure or to improve lung function. An escharotomy is generally performed: To restore perfusion (blood supply) To relieve pressure (pressure greater than 30 mmHg) To correct lung function It is most effective when performed before the onset of lactic acidosis. What is escharotomy? An escharotomy is...
What Should I Expect at 5 Weeks Pregnant? 13 Changes
The fifth week of pregnancy is usually the time when you have just discovered that you are pregnant. The fifth week of pregnancy is usually the time when you have just discovered that you are pregnant. This is the time when you have missed your periods, and you take a urine pregnancy test that turns out to be positive. You...
COVID-19 (Coronavirus, 2019-nCoV) Test, Symptoms, Vaccine, Treatment, Prevention
Facts you should know about COVID-19 (2019 novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, Wuhan coronavirus) Readers Comments 1 Share Your Story Infection with COVID-19 causes respiratory problems. COVID-19 is a new disease caused by a newly identified and named type of single-stranded, positive-sense RNA coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2 that likely jumped from infecting only animal species to infecting humans that, in turn, developed person-to-person...
Where Do Bed Bugs Hide on Your Body?
Bedbugs cannot live on your body. Bed bugs cannot live on your body. They may prefer to live near their host, not on them. Bed bugs gravitate toward people who remain inactive (e.g. sleeping) long enough to provide a blood meal. As per research, they may stay or hide 5-20 feet away to feed blood. Once the blood-feeding is complete, bed...
Why Is a Transbronchial Biopsy Performed?
What is a transbronchial biopsy? A transbronchial biopsy takes a small lung tissue sample for further lung analysis. A transbronchial biopsy is a procedure that examines the lungs. In a transbronchial biopsy, the doctor passes a flexible telescope called a bronchoscope through the nose or mouth to cut a small piece of the lung tissue for further lung analysis. The procedure...
Abraxane (paclitaxel) for Breast Cancer: Side Effects & Warnings
What is Abraxane, and how does it work? Abraxane is a prescription medicine used to treat: advanced breast cancer in people who have already received certain other medicines for their cancer. advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), in combination with carboplatin in people who cannot be treated with surgery or radiation. advanced pancreatic cancer, when used in combination with gemcitabine...