Physiology question:
What would happen if the blood brain barrier were to suddenly become incompetent?
List the possible consequences for the patient.
Answer: toxic byproducts would be able to penetrate the brain. Bacteria & viruses also. Antibodies would also be able to penetrate and might cause demylination (there is some evidence that this occurs in MS)
I mean the snap-your-neck kind of hanging, not the strange-to-death type of hanging.
I've heard that decapitation is not an instant death because the human head supposedly stays alive a few seconds longer (which must make it a horrible death). So, is hanging really an instant thing?
Answer: It takes roughly .3 seconds to die if hung […]
I took Buspar for anxiety and Serzone (an SSRI) for depression. My symptoms are back and after 2 years of CBT I feel it's time for medication. Since I took Serzone when I was younger and it helped ALOT is it safe to say that it would work the same again 10+ years later? Would […]
Here’s the actual CDC page on the matter http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/spb/mnpag… which shows around 2000 some-odd reported cases for the various types of ebola.
and another, just for kicks http://www.crystalinks.com/ebola.html
I had thought that there were more [reported] cases than what is shown, but thanks for drawing my curiosity back to the ebola fever.
Cheers!
Answer: i think there […]
I’ve tonsillitis and for the first 24 hours I wasn't taking any medicine or painkillers and thought “Wow, this is strange, I'm not sweating like I usually do!”. After being advised to rotate between Ibuprofen and Paracetamol I found that as soon as I started taking Ibuprofen I was sweating like a beast like in […]
it depends on how they do it. In Europe where salaries are lower the government also covers medical education. Here I am in debt over 200k, and tuition keeps going up, as well as decreasing employer benefits and rising malpractice costs. Not to mention the eight years of earning potential I gave up. but no […]
I’ve a “few” questions; just bare with me[:
1. What's the ideal school in the Philadelphia area? I was thinking University of Penn.
2.How many years would it take to be one?
-How many years of college and how many years of other training, specify.
3.What’s the average yearly income?
4.How can I superior prepare?
5.Can you pretty much lay out […]
The mental cloudiness, slurred speech, pinpoint pupils. Is there anything that can mitigate or even eliminate these side effects?
Answer: Honestly, if he is in enough pain to be taking that much pain medicine, you do *NOT* want him coherent. The morphine doesnt kill the pain, just drugs him to the point that he doesnt […]
okay so my boyfriend was fingering me pretty hard, but when he took his hand away it was all bloody, im dont think it was my period, but im not sure
Answer: If you’re a virgin or haven’t had too much sex this can happen. It shouldn't bleed for days. It may bleed for 1 or […]
I'm doing a presentation in school, and I need to know how the first heart transplant in 1967 performed by Christiaan Barnard in South Africa affected the U.S. I need good detail for this. Thanks!
Answer: In the view of some experts, perhaps Dr. Barnard's most important medical contribution was his courage to proceed with […]