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		<title>CONFLICTS BETWEEN SUFFERER, CARER AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some carers report reluctance on the part of GPs to deal with the acute conditions that can occur in someone with dementia. These acute-on-chronic crises can be very frightening and yet the problem is seen in the light of the underlying dementia, i.e. the person has one &#8216;untreatable&#8217; condition which leads to the assumption that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="_mcePaste">Some carers report reluctance on the part of GPs to deal with the acute conditions that can occur in someone with dementia. These acute-on-chronic crises can be very frightening and yet the problem is seen in the light of the underlying dementia, i.e. the person has one &#8216;untreatable&#8217; condition which leads to the assumption that all other things occurring are untreatable. Nothing could be more wrong -acute illnesses resolve in the confused elderly as in other people. What is wrong is to allow an already confused person to become even more disorientated and upset through ignorance. In difficult cases it is often possible to ask the GP to arrange for a home visit by a specialist (geriatrician or psychogeriatrician). This allows for a thorough airing of views and anxieties, lets the specialist see the sufferer in their own home, lets them meet the carer and listen to them and hopefully also allows the specialist to meet the GP at the patient&#8217;s home and discuss the case.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Respite breaks and holiday breaks are initially arranged through the GP, who then contacts the relevant organization. Obviously as much notice as possible should be given. Admission to hospital for whatever reason is usually based on the decision of the GP. Some elderly people are extremely reluctant to consider hospitalization and need great reassurance; the GP will know of any other schemes that may be available to keep an elderly person at home and yet give them the care they need. Some areas have &#8216;hospital at home&#8217; schemes, with intensive nursing hours provided; on other occasions the local day hospital may be appropriate. Problems do arise when either the person himself or a carer feels that they should be in hospital but the GP disagrees. This can usually be talked through and a solution agreeable to both parties arrived at, but should there be any medical change in the person&#8217;s condition then the GP should be called back.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Good GPs are worth their weight in gold; bad ones can mean misery to a frail old person and their carers. Their gate-keeping role is a very powerful one indeed.</div>
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		<title>M.R.S.A.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Methacillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureous is a sign that mankind is losing ground in the war against bacteria. Every time antibiotics are used, low numbers of resistant bacteria survive. Over time human bodies frequently exposed to antibiotic therapy become populated by drug resistant strains of micro organism. These bacteria actively engage in anti-human tactics. Many species [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="_mcePaste">Methacillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureous is a sign that mankind is losing ground in the war against bacteria. Every time antibiotics are used, low numbers of resistant bacteria survive. Over time human bodies frequently exposed to antibiotic therapy become populated by drug resistant strains of micro organism. These bacteria actively engage in anti-human tactics. Many species share genetic information needed to resist antibiotics between themselves and other species. It is unlikely that laboratory scientists can stay ahead of this process for very much longer.</div>
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<div id="_mcePaste">Drug resistant strains of Staphylococcus that live on the skin are transmitted by bodily contact. Now as never before, there is no excuse for lack of personal hygiene. A bath or shower each day is a necessity; not a luxury. Where possible make use of medicated soaps and shampoo. If bacteria have been held at bay in the latter part of the 20th Century it is because a clean population had access to good nutrition and a reticulated water supply clearly separated from the sewerage system.</div>
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		<title>CHILD’S DISORDERS: COATED TONGUE, EAR DISCHARGE AND &#8216;BAT&#8217; EARS (PROTRUDING EARS)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 07:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COATED TONGUE The commonest cause for a uniformly coated tongue in a child is simply drinking milk. Children may have a coated tongue at any time, but it is more common when they are ill and have a fever. Encourage your child to drink plenty of clear fluids. EAR DISCHARGE If your child has a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">COATED TONGUE<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">The commonest cause for a uniformly coated tongue in a child is simply drinking milk. Children may have a coated tongue at any time, but it is more common when they are ill and have a fever. Encourage your child to drink plenty of clear fluids.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">EAR DISCHARGE<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">&#8216;BAT&#8217; EARS (PROTRUDING EARS)<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Some children are born with ears that stick out noticeably. If your child feels self-conscious about this, or is teased at school, straightforward surgery can improve the appearance of the ears. A small piece of cartilage is removed from behind the ears under a general anaesthetic, and this allows the ear to sit flat against the side of the head.<br />
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		<title>NEWBORN’S APPEARRENCE: MOUTH, EARS AND CHEST</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 06:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mouth Most children are born without any teeth. If your child does have a tooth at birth, check with your dentist to make sure it is a normal tooth with a root structure and not just an extra tooth which can dislodge and be breathed in accidentally. The tongue in newborn babies has a very [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Mouth<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Most children are born without any teeth. If your child does have a tooth at birth, check with your dentist to make sure it is a normal tooth with a root structure and not just an extra tooth which can dislodge and be breathed in accidentally.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">The tongue in newborn babies has a very short band connecting it to the floor of the mouth. This usually stretches over time, and is not a cause for concern.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">The ears of a newborn baby often look a little squashed. The cartilage hardens after about a month and the ears begin to take on their normal shape.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Chest<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Newborn babies sometimes have enlarged breasts at birth due to the influence of the mother&#8217;s hormones inside the womb. This can occur in both male and female babies, and may last for several month. Occasionally a few drops or milk will tie secreted. If one breast becomes reddened or tender, check with your doctor in case it is a sign of infection.<br />
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		<title>SEXUALITY, ILLNESS, AND HEALTH: FEELING GOOD AND HAVING NO HEALTH PROBLEMS NOW</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 13:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You have to actually feel good to really feel anything. HUSBAND Not a problem in the world. Both spouses young and in perfect mental and physical health. Never a physical symptom of illness, always feeling energetic, well nourished, and well exercised. Two people glowing with health; hale, hardy, and feeling good every moment of every [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">You have to actually feel good to really feel anything.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">HUSBAND<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Feeling good and having no health problems now. All people get sick sometimes. There would be no wellness without illness, for illness is as natural a part of living as health. Sickness comes with being human and can directly affect your sexuality. Sexual intimacy can also help in your recovery from illness. Understanding the impact of illness on sex and sex on illness before we are ill can be effective preventive medicine, so even if you have no noticeable health problems now, the material to follow can be of help to you and perhaps to someone you know if óoö share this knowledge.<br />
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		<title>THE JOY OF PERFECT HEALTH: DETOXIFICATION AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 09:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now, let us go back to the list of alternative medical treatments, given earlier in this book. When we read the list for the first time, the various healing methods appeared to have nothing in common. In the process of reading this book we found that the key to perfect health is detoxification of the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Now, let us go back to the list of alternative medical treatments, given earlier in this book. When we read the list for the first time, the various healing methods appeared to have nothing in common.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">In the process of reading this book we found that the key to perfect health is detoxification of the body and purification of the mind.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">They form the missing link, that unifies all successful healing methods, possibly including also those which have not yet been discovered.<br />
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		<title>IRIDOLOGY – GENERAL INFORMATION</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 09:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, the Journal of the American Medical Association reported an experiment where a panel of three iridologists and three eye doctors were shown a series of colored photographs of the irises of healthy people and those suffering from kidney disease. When the results were analysed, JAMA reported &#8220;. . .no value in iridology as a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Recently, the Journal of the American Medical Association reported an experiment where a panel of three iridologists and three eye doctors were shown a series of colored photographs of the irises of healthy people and those suffering from kidney disease.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">When the results were analysed, JAMA reported &#8220;. . .no value in iridology as a screening technique for detecting or diagnosing kidney disease.&#8221;<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Orthodox, that is scientific medicine, will need to look closely to discover the reasons why many people have abandoned or distrust medicine and its practitioners.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">We live in a scientific world and more people are trained in science, at least to the secondary school level.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">The scientific method means that no proposition can be accepted unless it is capable of proof.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Yet we are aware of the &#8220;placebo&#8221; effect, where any treatment can achieve an improvement in symptoms in a significant number of cases.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Medicine remains an art as well as a science and its best practitioners are expert in both.<br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">At the moment, alternative medicine is all art with little science. But if it works for you and does no harm, then who can complain?<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">We who practise orthodox medicine are just as willing to accept the benefits of the &#8220;placebo&#8221; effect of our treatment.<br />
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		<title>APPENDICITIS &#8211; CONCLUSION</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 07:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where there is some doubt, the surgeon may make an incision in the mid line so that if another condition is found it can be easily dealt with through such an opening. If the appendix is acutely inflamed, the surgeon will remove it and disturb the rest of the abdomen as little as possible. In [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Where there is some doubt, the surgeon may make an incision in the mid line so that if another condition is found it can be easily dealt with through such an opening.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">If the appendix is acutely inflamed, the surgeon will remove it and disturb the rest of the abdomen as little as possible.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">In this way, he is least likely to spread infection or cause adhesions. If the appendix does not appear inflamed, he will still remove it, to save a further operation should it later become inflamed, and then will inspect the rest of the abdominal organs to find the cause of the patient&#8217;s symptoms.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">If the condition is acute appendicitis, the laxative may stimulate strong contractions of the bowel and lead to early perforation of the appendix.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">This common condition of an acutely inflamed appendix may be the easiest or the hardest diagnosis to make and appendicectomy may be the easiest or the hardest of operations to perform.<br />
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		<title>SKIN PROBLEMS: VITILIGO</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[About 1-2 percent of the population exhibits a failure of pigmentation in patches of the skin which, as a consequence, appear unnaturally white. While in a few cases, the lack of pigmentation is generalized, the white patches are usually only a few inches across and occur on the parts of the body that are most [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">About 1-2 percent of the population exhibits a failure of pigmentation in patches of the skin which, as a consequence, appear unnaturally white. While in a few cases, the lack of pigmentation is generalized, the white patches are usually only a few inches across and occur on the parts of the body that are most exposed. The face (especially around the mouth and eyes), neck, chest, armpits, elbows, and knees are most affected.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Treatment, which, the American Family Physician (33#5:137) reports, is often unsatisfactory, includes repeated exposure to ultraviolet light after the patient has been given psoralen, a drug that sensitizes skin and makes it more reactive to sunlight. Before this, however, the eyes must be examined by an expert since the retina may also be involved in this pigment disturbance and could be injured by the psoralen-light reaction. Some parts of the skin may pigment more deeply and permanently than others in response to treatment. Skin that does not darken can be hidden with cosmetics or, alternatively, the surrounding skin can be lightened with<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">It is essential that anyone with patches of de-pigmented skin be seen by a dermatologist, since there are other conditions, including some types of poisoning and serious infection, that resemble vitiligo but that urgently need very different treatment. Moreover, anyone with vitiligo should undergo very careful medical examination, because in some cases there is an associated major illness, such as an autoimmunity (in which the tissues attack themselves), diabetes, thyroid disease pernicious anemia, myasthenia gravis, or melanoma. The relationship with melanoma is intriguing since a melanoma is a cancer of pigment-producing skin cells. However, having vitiligo does not mean that one is likely to develop a melanoma; the reverse is true and about 20 percent of melanoma patients also have vitiligo. Furthermore, the occurrence of vitiligo in someone who has had a melanoma removed sometimes heralds the development of recurrent melanoma tumors elsewhere in the body (i.e: in the liver).<br />
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		<title>CHILDREN’S HEALTH: HERPES SIMPLEX</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Symptoms Oral herpes: multiple painful ulcers of mouth membranes or eyeballs, painful, red, swollen gums, swollen lymph nodes in neck, fever, fever blisters near the lips. Genital herpes: painful ulcers and blisters on genitals. Home care For oral herpes give aspirin or paracetamol to relieve pain, and have the child eat bland foods. An older [...]]]></description>
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Oral herpes: multiple painful ulcers of mouth membranes or eyeballs, painful, red, swollen gums, swollen lymph nodes in neck, fever, fever blisters near the lips.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Genital herpes: painful ulcers and blisters on genitals.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Home care<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">For oral herpes give aspirin or paracetamol to relieve pain, and have the child eat bland foods.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">An older child can rinse the mouth with a mild salt solution or be treated with triamcinolone or local anesthetic ointments.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Apply antibiotic ointment to fever blisters to prevent cracking and lessen the possibility of further infection.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">      For genital herpes, warm soaks help relieve inflammation and pain.<br />
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<p><a href="http://www.medrx-one.me/order_cheap_543_detrol_rx_pills.php" title="Detrol ( Tolterodine Tartrate )"><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Precautions<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">-    In the case of herpes of the eyeball, consult an eye doctor promptly.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">-    If a baby contracts herpes, get prompt medical attention.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">-    Keep adults or children with herpes isolated from babies.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">-    A pregnant woman with genital herpes can infect her child as the infant passes through the birth canal during delivery.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Herpes simplex is a highly contagious disease caused by herpesvirus hominis types 1 and 2. It is commonly known as canker sores (when it occurs in the mouth) or fever blisters (when it appears near the mouth). The infection is transmitted by direct contact with an infected person.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">The type 1 infection (oral herpes) is common before the age of four but can occur at any age. Once contracted, the virus continues to live in the body for months or years, sometimes for the person&#8217;s lifetime. When the person&#8217;s resistance is lowered, (for instance by fever, sunburn, exhaustion, or emotional stress), the &#8220;sleeping&#8221; virus is reactivated.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Infection with the type 2 virus is genital herpes and, like oral herpes, it is contagious and often recurrent. It is usually transmitted sexually when the lesions (blisters) are present. A baby born to a mother with genital herpes can contract the disease while passing through the birth canal during delivery. In this case there is a 50 percent chance that the infant will be severely damaged or die.<br />
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