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Water poisoning or water intoxication (hyperhydration)

Water poisoning

Water poisoning, it is also known as water intoxication or just cause of overhydration (though really hyperhydration is what causes poisoning or intoxication).

But beware, note that this factor is presented by consuming plenty of water per unit time, ie drink plenty of water and one not so much drink plenty of water throughout the day.

Obviously everyone is different and therefore may suffer a hyperhydration with smaller amounts drinks water at one compared to others.

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Vomiting and Diarrhea in KIDS

Vomiting and Diarrhea in KIDS

When a child has vomiting and diarrhea, loses a lot of water and minerals, in these cases it is necessary to stop feeding and replace water and salts lost.
Once vomiting and diarrhea completed and already begin to have an appetite, it will begin with a diet based on foods astringents.

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Yeast infections (vaginal): Causes, Symptoms & Treatments

Vaginal yeast infections

You’ve probably heard a lot about yeast infections in television commercials and magazines. Most women contract at least one yeast infection in their lifetime. Some women get many yeast infections. Women can get yeast infections at any age.

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8 tips to prevent cancer

8 tips to prevent cancer

In about 5% of cancers there is a hereditary component family and exposure to toxic agents at work may be behind 10% of the total. The remaining 80 to 90% would be related to lifestyle.

Personal habits represent the highest percentage in the frequency of cancer (among all can represent 50% of the factors related to its appearance). The cancer prevention tips that you can apply right now are:

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how to remove plaque and improve dental health?

How I can remove plaque and improve my oral health?

Plaque is the accumulation of food waste in the internal and external surfaces of the teeth. This oral disease can cause bad breath and may also develop other conditions the same condition such as the plaque  that develops when these food waste and calcined harden on the teeth causing bleeding and halitosis.

Although there is no definitive solution to prevent the development of plaque on your teeth, you can perform a number of home procedures to reduce the accumulation of these residues in the mouth and prevent the disease progresses.

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Living with heart attack

Living with heart attack

You need to use a few lines to describe this vital organ is the heart.

The heart is a pump that pushes blood through tubes called arteries (pulmonary artery and the aorta), as everyone knows, is located in the center of the chest, between the lungs and the tip of heart conditions normal is offset to the left and that is basically the heart resting on the left diaphragm. The arteries leaving the heart to serve the blood to other organs of our body. The pulmonary artery carries blood to the lungs for oxygen and then goes to the left ventricle, which leaves the aorta and this is coming out of all branches that target the entire body with oxygenated blood and clean so that all organs can function (brain, digestive system, muscles, liver, bones etc.)

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Tips for patients with irritable bowel syndrome

irritable bowel syndrome-IBS

IBS or irritable bowel syndrome is a chronic condition with a tendency to relapse characterized by the presence of abdominal pain or changes in bowel habits (diarrhea or constipation), which can be accompanied by a feeling of abdominal distention without that no organic cause that justifies it is demonstrated.

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Tips for anticoagulated patient

anticoagulated

The Anticoagulated:

Oral anticoagulants are indicated in the long-term prevention of thromboembolic disease, ie in all those clinical situations that they are associated with high incidence of thromboembolism and in cases in which the first symptom of the disease is thrombotic accident or embolic to prevent the second. They are also used in the short term after a first episode of DVT or pulmonary embolism.

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Tips to relieve gastroesophageal reflux disease

gastroesophageal reflux disease(gerd)

Gastroesophageal reflux disease describes the passage of contents from the stomach into the esophagus. Between the esophagus and the stomach there is a circular muscle called the lower esophageal sphincter which opens when the bolus to pass into the stomach and then closes to prevent acid secretions and stomach contents pass upward into the esophagus. When this sphincter tone has diminished or is opened too many times, then reflux symptoms begin to appear, the most characteristic burning sensation or burning that rises to the throat.

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