What are crabs? You'll know you have crabs if you see a louse or lice, are itchy, or see spots of blood or black lice feces in your pubic area. Pubic lice, often called crabs, are a type of small insect that prefers to live in the coarse hair found in the pubic area. They …
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How Do You Know If You Have a Kidney Infection?
What is a kidney infection? You'll know you have a kidney infection if you have discomfort or pain when urinating, frequent urination, high fever and chills, lower torso pain, nausea and vomiting, and/or blood in urine. Your kidneys remove waste and excess fluids from your body, but sometimes they can get infected. Kidney infection, or pyelonephritis, is a type of …
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Head lice are small wingless insects that are light brown or grey in color and present on the scalp. Head lice are small wingless insects that are light brown or grey in color and present on the scalp. They feed on the blood of the scalp and derive nutrition. Children are more commonly affected by an infestation with head lice …
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Dark spot treatment Dark spots are caused due to excess production of melanin (the dark-colored pigment present in the skin). Getting rid of dark spots may take time; particularly if the spot is a few shades darker than your skin color, it would take six to 12 months to fade. If the spot lies deep in your skin, fading may …
Read More »How can you tell if your child has down syndrome?
What is Down syndrome? Down syndrome affects many families every year. How Down syndrome may display in each child can depend on individual factors, including what type of Down syndrome the child has. People with Down syndrome have an extra chromosome, or extra genes. People are generally born with 46 chromosomes, but babies born with Down syndrome will have one …
Read More »How Can I Make My Face Glow Naturally? 15 Skincare Tips
Skincare tips 15 Natural face skincare tips to make your skin glow. Each of us secretly desires a glowing face. It is not surprising that the market is flooded with cosmetics claiming to make your skin glow. Healthy and glowing skin is not an overnight effect but a result of daily persistent efforts. Here are a few simple lifestyle steps …
Read More »Veltin Gel (clindamycin phosphate and tretinoin) Acne Medication
What is Veltin, and how does it work? Veltin Gel is prescription medicine used on the skin to treat acne in people 12 years and older. It is not known if Veltin Gel is safe and effective in children younger than 12 years. Do not use Veltin Gel if you have: Crohn's disease ulcerative colitis had inflammation of the colon …
Read More »Trikafta (elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor) for Cystic Fibrosis: Side Effects & Dosage
What is Trikafta, and how does it work? Trikafta is a prescription medicine used for the treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF) in people aged 12 years and older who have at least one copy of the F508del mutation in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene. Talk to your doctor to learn if you have an indicated CF gene …
Read More »Multaq (dronedarone): Medication to Prevent Atrial Fibrillation Hospitalization
What is Multaq, and how does it work? Multaq is a prescription medicine used to lower the chance that you will need to go into the hospital for atrial fibrillation. It is meant for people who have had certain types of atrial fibrillation (paroxysmal or persistent AF) in the past, but are now in normal rhythm. It is not known …
Read More »Lupaneta Pack (leuprolide acetate/norethindrone acetate) for Endometriosis Pain
What is Lupaneta Pack, and how does it work? Lupaneta Pack contains 2 different prescription medicines: leuprolide acetate for depot suspension is a medicine injected into your muscle and used to treat pain due to endometriosis. norethindrone acetate tablets is a medicine taken by mouth and used to help lower the side effect of bone thinning that is caused by …
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