Disorientation (not knowing where one is and not knowing the correct time/date/month etc.) is now being described as a very early feature of the condition. Being so closely linked with memory this is not so surprising. Usually it is the more distant things that go first, like the current year or year of one’s birth. [...]
Ophthalmologists once were placed firmly at the top of the eye care “ladder,” many rungs above optometrists, dispensing opticians, and all others in the vision field, members of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology (the study of the ears, nose, and throat) were told at their October 1976 annual meeting. But because eye surgeons [...]
Home care is the most widespread alternative to nursing-home care, a spectrum of services involving everything from round-the-clock skilled nursing to a few hours’ help each week with housekeeping, laundry, and meals. Because of advances in technology, today even people who genuinely need twenty-four-hour skilled nursing can get this type of intensive care in their [...]
Toddlers By the time children are 1-2 years of age, their sleep patterns tend to be geared to household routines. Most will be awake for lengthy periods during the day, and have a nap in the afternoon, though some may still need two naps a day. Sometimes they will be very tired and not relaxed [...]
Stop the bleeding, always use direct pressure … “Put your thumb on it.” IF MINOR: Clean the wound with clean, running water, follow up by cleaning with an antiseptic solution, then apply an antiseptic dressing — mercurochrome or acriflavine are useful. Use a clean dressing to cover the wound — a band aid or a [...]
Tonsillitis is a common infection of childhood but is seen less often in adults. During the teens, a sore throat may be due to tonsillitis or it may be due to glandular fever or infectious mononucleosis. In the early stages, it may be difficult to tell the difference between them but later the typical greyish-white [...]
Normally when specimens of tissue are examined by the pathologist to determine their nature, he sets the tissue in paraffin for about 24 hours before making thin sections to examine under a microscope. In the technique of frozen section, the piece of tissue removed is frozen by carbon dioxide snow (what we know as “dry [...]
Along the course of the intestinal tract, a large number of interesting events take place. As you know, digestion commences when saliva is pumped into the mouth. More juices, mainly acid and certain chemicals, are injected into the stomach. Further along, other chemicals called enzymes are pumped into the intestinal passageways also. All these are [...]
Activity Gradually more control of muscular movements is gained. When lying on the back the baby is able to keep the head in the mid position, and is able to rotate the head in many directions, while sitting or while lying down. If a baby so desires, he is able to keep his head erect [...]
A number of marine organisms are poisonous to humans. These can be divided into those which are poisonous when eaten and those which are venomous, either stinging or injecting poison. Ciguatera poisoning is caused by eating fish which have consumed toxic algae which colonise damaged coral reefs. Herbivorous fish graze on the algae, which is [...]