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by James Hubbard, MD, MPH
When I was a teenager, I experienced my first seizure. Actually, I didn’t have one. I didn’t even see it, but it affected me.
I was at a lake outing. I noticed some people gathered around next to a car. Everyone was looking down at the same spot. I heard someone nearby say a woman just had a seizure. I didn’t exactly know what one was, but I knew it was bad. About the worst thing that could happen to someone, I surmised, outside of dying. And all I could think is, I’m glad I wasn’t there when it happened. I wouldn’t have had a clue what to do.
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by James Hubbard, MD, MPH
Chances are very good that you, a family member, or a friend will be affected by the ravages of diabetes. About 7 million in the U.S. alone don’t even know they have it. And yet, it is slowly and silently doing permanent damage to their sight, kidneys, heart, and circulation right now.
Another 79 million (yes, you read that right—about a third of us) will get the disease unless we take action now. That’s because about 79 million of us are thought to have prediabetes (the early stage which will develop into the full-blown disease in most people).
Many people want to know how to handle diabetes if they run out of medicine and can’t get any more. I’ve tried to answer that the best I can in past posts, but in truth, there are no perfect alternatives to your prescription meds.
So what about this? What if you could need less or no prescriptions meds? And for those of you at risk for diabetes, what if you found a way to never get it? In other words, the questions to ask are: How can I prevent diabetes? How can I make it better if I already have it?
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by James Hubbard, MD, MPH
Today’s post is a quick announcement about some new resources I hope will be helpful.
A year-and-a-half after this blog started—and 175 posts later—there’s a lot of information here. To make it easier to navigate, I’ve organized some of it in two new ways:
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by James Hubbard, MD, MPH
I used to be like one of those fainting goats. If I saw an accident or was in danger, my mind just shut off. Apparently, something inside me thought, if I ignore it, it’ll go away.
But that was before I got into medicine. Now I know that there’s a good possibility that if I don’t take charge right away, worse things will happen. If you’re reading this, you’re likely to someday be in this situation also.
But how to stay calm and take leadership? I have a few suggestions.
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by James Hubbard, MD, MPH
I wrote a post on how to treat pinworms a few months ago and have had so many comments and questions that I thought I’d answer some of the most common here. You’ll still need to read the older post. This just adds to it.
Here, I’ll address embarrassment, complications, vaginal pinworms, and why the pinworms can keep coming back.
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by James Hubbard, MD, MPH
I’m constantly amazed by the effect even the lowest dose of aspirin has on bleeding. I’ll be putting pressure on a cut, and the bleeding will just not be stopping. The person with the cut will have already told me they have no known bleeding disorders and haven’t taken any aspirin, and I’ll ask again.
“Well, I did take something a few days ago. It may have had aspirin in it.” Or, “Oh, I do take a baby aspirin.” Voila. I have my answer. I’ll just have to apply pressure for ten minutes instead of five, Or twenty minutes instead of ten. Aspirin doesn’t stay in the system that long, but its effect on bleeding does.
Here’s how.
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by James Hubbard, MD, MPH
These videos, courtesy YouTube users, demonstrate parts of the procedures I describe in “When Your Nose Won’t Stop Bleeding: Causes and Cures.”
by James Hubbard, MD, MPH
In my last post I wrote how to treat the vast majority of nose bleeds. But what do you do when these methods don’t work and you can’t get to a doctor?
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by James Hubbard, MD, MPH
I hope you never stop a nose bleed like they do in the movies. If you do, you just might bleed to death.
Here’s a typical scene: The hero has been punched in the face and his nose is bleeding pretty badly. He sits down, tilts his head back, and pinches the bridge of his nose or applies an ice pack to that area. Well, at least they get one thing right.
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by James Hubbard, MD, MPH
I love acronyms. They’re such great memory tricks. They saved me on many a test in medical school. And many of them I remember to this day. Needless to say, I use them when I can. RICE is one I use the most.
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