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Conjunctivitis and Blocked Tear Ducts
There are a number of forms of conjunctivitis including infectious (viral and bacterial), allergic and chemical. The most common form of conjunctivitis in infectious. The conjunctiva is a thin tissue that is composed of many blood vessels and covers the white of the eye. When there is an infection in the conjunctiva, the blood vessels dilate and the eye appears red. In addition, there is often a discharge that can be pustular or watery.
Maintaining Strong Bones: The real story behind Calcium and Vitamin D
Keeping our bones strong and healthy is a big part of preventive health care for women. After all, osteoporotic fractures are a major cause of disability among postmenopausal women. Many women don’t realize that it is never too early in life to ensure that the bones remain strong. In fact, the younger we start building healthy bones, the better. Our bones become stronger and denser from the time of birth, until the age of 30. This is when we reach our “peak bone density”. During puberty, 50% of a woman’s bone calcium is laid down. From the age of 30 until menopause, the bone mass decreases, although very slowly. After menopause, if a woman is not taking hormones, the bone loss becomes more pronounced and she can run the risk of becoming ostoporotic.
Understanding Infant GERD and Infant Colic
Most young infants eat and sleep, pass normal regular bowel movements, and cry only when they are hungry or need a fresh diaper. There are, however, many infants who cry for a large part of the day and night. They scream in pain after feedings, before bowel movements, or even right in the middle of a good sleep. These babies can be thriving and healthy, but the crying is a real problem. The infant is tired and miserable, the parents are frustrated and exhausted, and the siblings are annoyed and resent the amount of attention they lose to this screamer. Over the years this problem was called infant colic. The general impression was that it had no cause, no treatment, and it went away by about three months of age.
Newborn Stooling Patterns
During the first few days after birth, there is no pattern to the frequency of how much a baby will or will not have bowel movements. The bowel movements may be a sticky consistency and either yellow, green or even black.
After a few days, babies will usually have at least four bowel movements per day. Less than this, even if there is good urine output, can be a sign that a baby is not getting enough nutrition, and therefore a physician should see the baby as soon as possible.