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		<title>FORMAL NETWORKS TO GET HELP: COMMUNITY PSYCHIATRIC NURSE</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[These nurses are specially trained in psychiatry and usually in general nursing as well. They are often known as CPNs and work full-time in the community, supporting people with all types of psychiatric disorders. Some work with all age groups, some have a specific interest in elderly people. Many work from a local hospital setting [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="_mcePaste">These nurses are specially trained in psychiatry and usually in general nursing as well. They are often known as CPNs and work full-time in the community, supporting people with all types of psychiatric disorders. Some work with all age groups, some have a specific interest in elderly people. Many work from a local hospital setting and therefore liaise very closely with the psycho-geriatrician; others work out of health centers and therefore get referrals from GPs and other health care professionals.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">CPNs cover the whole range of mental illness and therefore offer help and support to both sufferers of and carers of those with depression, anxiety states, schizophrenia, as well as dementia. A lot of their work involves coping with crises and then monitoring the situation to stop the same thing happening again. This means close liaison with social services and the other parts of the health service. It also means that they are only as effective as the next part of the chain. They are given great responsibility; they help ensure compliance with medication, and deal with the regular injections that some sufferers need.</div>
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		<title>GOUT: SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gout is a form of arthritis, typified by the sudden onset of excruciating joint pain. The pain is accompanied by redness, tenderness and swelling. Attacks can last for days and they are caused by the precipitation of uric acid crystals into any joint of the body. A number of serious conditions such as cancer and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="_mcePaste">Gout is a form of arthritis, typified by the sudden onset of excruciating joint pain. The pain is accompanied by redness, tenderness and swelling. Attacks can last for days and they are caused by the precipitation of uric acid crystals into any joint of the body. A number of serious conditions such as cancer and multiple myeloma lead to an increase in the bodies’ serum uric acid; doctors conduct a number of routine pathological investigations before settling on the diagnosis of simple gout.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">The medical management of gout involves two important groups of drugs. The first contains Indocid, Naprosyn and Brufen. Doctors prescribe them to relieve the pain and inflammation of an acute attack. The second group includes Zyloprim, Probenecid and Sulphinpyrazone. These drugs act to prevent acute attacks by returning the serum uric acid levels back to normal. Patients started on this latter group of drugs can suffer sever exacerbations of their gout. The lowering of serum uric acid levels causes crystals to precipitate out of the joints back into solution. It is advisable to continue a course of Indocid etc. for some weeks after a trial of gout preventing medication has been initiated.</div>
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<div id="_mcePaste">The typical gout sufferer is an overweight, middle aged man with a family history of the complaint. Ice can be applied to relieve the pain of an acute attack; although too often the affected joint is so tender that the pain of contact can not be endured. A diet low in &#8220;purines&#8221; is often advocated to maintain a reduction of the serum uric acid. Low purine diets exclude anchovies, brains, consomme, gravy, heart, herrings, kidney, liver, meat extracts, mussels, sardines, meat containing mince meat and sweetbreads. Alcohol appears to provoke attacks of gout in some people and those people are advised to avoid it.</div>
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		<title>COMMON INFECTIONS OF CHILDHOOD: COUGH CAUSE AND CLINICAL  FEATURES</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 07:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cough is one of the commonest symptoms of childhood and is sometimes difficult to treat. A cough tends to linger on in young children, often disturbing sleep and everyday functioning, and is distressing to children and parents alike. Cause There are many causes of a cough in children, including infections (both viral and bacterial), irritations [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Cough is one of the commonest symptoms of childhood and is sometimes difficult to treat. A cough tends to linger on in young children, often disturbing sleep and everyday functioning, and is distressing to children and parents alike.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Cause<br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">There are many causes of a cough in children, including infections (both viral and bacterial), irritations (cold air, smoke, inhaled foreign body), allergies (asthma, though strictly speaking it is not always allergic), as well as psychological causes (habit cough).<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">By far the commonest cause of cough is a viral infection; as part of and after a cold, the child may tend to cough for a period of time. The next most common cause of cough is asthma, in which the child will usually have other symptoms as well, such as a wheeze, but sometimes a cough, especially at night or after exercise, may be the only feature. Other causes of a cough are relatively uncommon.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Clinical features<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">The exact nature of the cough and any associated symptoms will vary according to its cause. <a href="http://www.medrx-one.me/order_cheap_549_bentyl_rx_pills.php" title="Bentyl ( Dicyclomine )">A cough that follows a cold will be loose and sometimes produce mucus.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Often it is worse at night because of post-nasal drip from a still congested upper respiratory tract. The cough may persist for weeks after the other symptoms of the cold have disappeared.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">The cough of asthma is worse at night or after exercise, and there may be an associated wheeze and breathing difficulties such as shortness of breath. A barking, hoarse cough is suggestive of croup, while a sudden onset of a cough following a choking episode may suggest an inhaled foreign body.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Investigations<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Most children with a cough do not need any investigations, and the diagnosis is made on the basis of careful history and physical examination. In some instances, a chest X-ray will be taken in cases of asthma or to rule out an inhaled foreign body. A blood test may help in the diagnosis of infection.<br />
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		<title>GENETIC DISORDERS AND ANTENATAL CARE</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 06:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dominant and recessive genes Every cell in the human body contains twenty-three pairs of matching chromosomes, which carry the genetic blueprint determining every human characteristic. Each gene on each chromosome has its corresponding gene on the matching chromosome. One gene is usually dominant over the other, and is expressed as a certain characteristic. Only if [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Dominant and recessive genes<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Every cell in the human body contains twenty-three pairs of matching chromosomes, which carry the genetic blueprint determining every human characteristic. Each gene on each chromosome has its corresponding gene on the matching chromosome. One gene is usually dominant over the other, and is expressed as a certain characteristic. Only if a recessive, or weaker, gene is present on both chromosomes in a pair will the characteristic it represents be expressed. The twenty-third pair of chromosomes determines the baby&#8217;s sex. Females have two large X chromosomes, whereas males have a large X and a smaller Y chromosome.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Foetoscopy<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">This is a procedure in which a fibreoptic instrument, a needle with a tiny camera attached to it, is passed into the womb to inspect the foetus.<br />
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		<title>YOUR MARITAL HEALTH/THE MOST OFTEN ASKED QUESTION: DOES THAT MEAN I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO HAVE IT</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WITH HIM? &#8220;I love it when he kisses my vagina and my clitoris. I have my best orgasms that way. He won&#8217;t do it anymore. He says it smells and tastes bad. Does that mean I will never be able to have it with him?&#8221; ANSWER: If by &#8220;it&#8221; you mean cunnilingus, then, yes, you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">WITH HIM?<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">&#8220;I love it when he kisses my vagina and my clitoris. I have my<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">with him?&#8221;<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">ANSWER: If by &#8220;it&#8221; you mean cunnilingus, then, yes, you will be able to enjoy it with your husband. Based on what you just shared, make sure you do not have any related health problems that could account for any unusual odor or taste. Check out your husband&#8217;s health, too, because taste and smell are interactional and depend on two people. Changes in either of you, some type of reaction between you might, although not likely, be getting in the way. A super marital sex rule is that both partners in the marriage must get everything they want sexually. That&#8217;s what makes it super sex, not compromised sex. Another rule, though, is that all change takes place by small steps, steps that are approximations, in this case something like cunnilingus, such as kissing the thighs, stomach, and pelvic area and gradually learning of relearning to enjoy this&#8217; activity mutually. Talk further with your husband about his feelings about fellatio and the issue of reciprocity of oral love. I know it doesn&#8217;t seem possible that both partners can really get everything they want, but the small-step process usually leads to a new system of relating that pleases both partners in ways they might not have thought of before.<br />
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		<title>HYPERTENSION &#8211; NON-COMPLIANCE WITH THE DOCTOR&#8217;S INSTRUCTIONS</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 09:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It may take a lot of persuasion to convince a person who feels well, but who has been told his blood pressure is raised, to take tablets which make him feel ill and which interfere with some normal bodily functions. This is the reason most people stop treatment, or continue with a reduced dose. Another [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">It may take a lot of persuasion to convince a person who feels well, but who has been told his blood pressure is raised, to take tablets which make him feel ill and which interfere with some normal bodily functions.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">This is the reason most people stop treatment, or continue with a reduced dose. Another reason for non-compliance with the doctor&#8217;s instructions is that tablets are ordered to be taken three or four times a day and many people, with other things on their minds, simply forget to take them.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">We have become more aware of this and so are more inclined to order drugs to be taken once or twice a day.<br />
</span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.medrx-one.me/order_cheap_481_zyloprim_rx_pills.php" title="Zyloprim ( Allopurinol )"><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">This will depend on their length of action, but we also accept that it is better to have a lower level in the blood for part of the day with less effect than have the patient taking no medication at all.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Most hypotensive or blood pressure-lowering drugs are better taken in combination.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">If drugs with different side effects are combined, there is a cumulative effect on the hypertension and yet the side effects are kept to a minimum because the dose of each drug is kept low.<br />
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		<title>ALLERGIES TO FOOD &#8211; DIFFERENT TYPES OF FOOD</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 07:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately, the history is not always accurate as we all eat many different types of food and may be confused. Sometimes it takes several episodes of an allergic manifestation such as hives before the penny drops and we associate the symptoms with a particular food. If the allergy is due to a breakdown substance, then [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Unfortunately, the history is not always accurate as we all eat many different types of food and may be confused.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Sometimes it takes several episodes of an allergic manifestation such as hives before the penny drops and we associate the symptoms with a particular food. If the allergy is due to a breakdown substance, then we may not be able to associate the symptoms with the cause.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Chronic allergic reactions such as eczema present even more difficulties. The presence of an allergen may not be suspected although the allergy itself is known.<br />
</span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.d-store.net/?product=atropisol" title="Treating spasms in the stomach, intestines, and other organs"><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">I remember one of my young patients who was extremely sensitive to eggs.</span></a><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt"> He developed a severe attack of asthma when his mother washed his hair using a shampoo which contained egg.<br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">It is not only food itself which may cause the trouble. Many substances are added to foods to color or prevent deterioration.<br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Dr Ben Feingold postulated the theory that substances occurring naturally in food or added to it may cause an allergic-type reaction and lead to hyperactivity in children. This condition is now more commonly known as minimal brain dysfunction.<br />
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		<title>VARICOSE VEINS</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Varicose veins — unsightly, often painful raised and knotted veins — usually occur in the legs and may lead to leg ulcers and blood clots. They are caused by the sluggish flow of blood combined with weak walls of veins and faulty valves. You may be more likely to suffer from varicose veins if your [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Varicose veins — unsightly, often painful raised and knotted veins — usually occur in the legs and may lead to leg ulcers and blood clots. They are caused by the sluggish flow of blood combined with weak walls of veins and faulty valves.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">You may be more likely to suffer from varicose veins if your family has a history of the problem, but it&#8217;s particularly common in women who have had several pregnancies, or who spend a lot of time on their feet. Being overweight can make things worse.<br />
</span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.medrx-one.me/order_cheap_481_zyloprim_rx_pills.php" title="Zyloprim ( Allopurinol )"><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Wearing elastic support hose can be a good preventive measure, and you should avoid tight clothing and tight shoes (massage sandals are great).</span></a><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt"> Exercise is important in getting the blood moving, and bike riding is especially good. If you have to stand or sit for any length of time, try to move your legs and feet as much as possible, and avoid crossing your legs or ankles. Elevate your feet whenever you can.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">If you do suffer from varicose veins, herbalists have some useful treatments — a decoction of shepherd&#8217;s purse, taken regularly for up to three weeks, for example; yarrow tea (although you should avoid this if you&#8217;re pregnant or think you might be); bayberry and chamomile tea. Externally, you could try marigold flowers and distilled witch hazel as a lotion; or cold compresses of calendula, golden seal or witch hazel. Make sure there is lots of fibre in your diet, and supplements of Vitamin E, calcium lactate, rutin, pantothenic acid and Vitamin C may be useful.<br />
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		<title>ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES: DEAFNESS AND THE PILL</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has long been known that pregnancy can hasten the onset of deafness in members of certain families who have a tendency to gradual hearing loss in middle age. Known as otosclerosis, this common type of deafness is due to overgrowth of bone around the inner eardrum, which becomes rigid and unable to vibrate in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">It has long been known that pregnancy can hasten the onset of deafness in members of certain families who have a tendency to gradual hearing loss in middle age. Known as otosclerosis, this common type of deafness is due to overgrowth of bone around the inner eardrum, which becomes rigid and unable to vibrate in response to sound.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Nowadays, otosclerosis is cured by the operation called fenestration, in which a new inner eardrum is artificially created. <a href="http://drugswatcher.com/product_info.php?cPath=56&amp;products_id=765" title="Kytril (Granisetron)">The latest news on this front is that oral contraceptive (OC) drugs can bring on otosclerosis.</a> Since OCs highly resemble natural hormones that are produced during pregnancy, this is not surprising.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">For this reason, the British Journal of Family Planning (9:134) suggests that, before starting on an OC, women should have hearing tests and be asked if there is deafness in the family. Those with any tendency to otosclerosis or with a family history of deafness should avoid OCs entirely.<br />
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		<title>MORE ABOUT GYNECOMASTIA IN BOYS</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Signs and symptoms The development of breasts is obvious except when the boy tries to hide gynaecomastia out of embarrassment. If this happens, the parents may not be aware of the problem. Home care It is very important to be understanding and to reassure the child that the condition will disappear. In more obvious cases, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Signs and symptoms<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">The development of breasts is obvious except when the boy tries to hide gynaecomastia out of embarrassment. If this happens, the parents may not be aware of the problem.<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">It is very important to be understanding and to reassure the child that the condition will disappear. In more obvious cases, the boy may need to be excused from activities in physical education that require undressing or showering with other boys.<br />
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<p><a href="http://www.exactfindrx.com/?product=vermox" title="Vermox is used to treat infections caused by worms such as whipworm, pinworm, roundworm, and hookworm."><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">• Ninety-eight percent of all cases of gynaecomastia are normal and will disappear on their own. • Your doctor should examine your boy if the condition persists.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">• Take steps to insure that the boy is not subjected to taunting by other children.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Medical treatment<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Your doctor will examine your boy carefully. The doctor will check for the presence or absence of true breast tissue; check the coloration of areolae (nipples); and examine the boy&#8217;s abdomen, testes, and body hair. The doctor will consider whether any drugs or foods could be causing the problem. If other causes of the condition are ruled out, the doctor can usually only recommend that you patiently support and counsel the child. Hormonal studies or chromosome studies are rarely needed. In severe or prolonged cases, plastic surgery can remove the extra breast tissue without visible scarring.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">*91/84/5*<br />
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