Lactose intolerance can be a clinical diagnosis if the hallmark symptoms of nausea, bloating, abdominal pain, flatulence, and diarrhea after ingesting dairy products disappear after cutting lactose out of the diet or taking lactase enzyme replacements (such as Lactaid). For definitive testing, your primary care physician can perform a breath test to measure your body… Continue reading I think I’m lactose intolerant. How do I know for sure?
Month: August 2010
My daughter is 15 months and is due for her vaccines I just found out I am pregnant again. I read that some vaccines are live viruses and some vaccines are just the proteins. Is there any danger to me and the new baby with my daughter’s vaccines?
There is no increased risk to healthy pregnant women in contact with recently vaccinated healthy individuals save for two exception. Firstly, with the varicella vaccine (chicken pox), there is a very small chance that the vaccinated individual develops a rash which can potentially be transmitted to people who never had chicken pox. Secondly, the FDA… Continue reading My daughter is 15 months and is due for her vaccines I just found out I am pregnant again. I read that some vaccines are live viruses and some vaccines are just the proteins. Is there any danger to me and the new baby with my daughter’s vaccines?
How much sleep does my child need?
Sleep experts believe different age groups need different amounts of sleep; the 6-8 hours of sleep you get each night may be too little for your son. Because your son falls in the preschool age group, he should be getting 11-13 hours of sleep. Sleep is especially important for growing children because the hypothalamus and… Continue reading How much sleep does my child need?
Hypothetically speaking, should a person with active tuberculosis be treated while pregnant or should treatment be delayed until after pregnancy?
Treatment should be initiated immediately on any patient suspected of having active tuberculosis regardless of pregnancy status. In fact, the dangers of having active tuberculosis far outweigh any potential side effects of the medications. Therefore, triple drug therapy with isoniazide, rifampin, and ethambutol should be initiated and continued for nine months.
What’s the difference between albendazole and mebendazole?
Both drugs are antiparasitics used to treat helminths (worm-type parasites). Mebendazole is mainly sequestered in the gut lumen (95% is secreted in the feces) and is excellent at killing parasites that are only in the intestinal tract such as: pinworms whipworms hookworms roundworms Albendazole on the other hand is readily absorbed into the systemic circulation… Continue reading What’s the difference between albendazole and mebendazole?