- 21. Protect Yourself and Your Beloved Ones
- (Shanghai Health)
- Flu Shot in Shanghai China Flu season is just around the corner so it is time for you and your family to start thinking about getting your annual flu shot. At Sinoaid, we provide you and your family ...
- 22. Whooping cough
- (Whooping cough)
- ... in its early stages can be difficult because the signs and symptoms resemble those of other common respiratory illnesses, such as a cold, the flu or bronchitis. Sometimes, doctors can diagnose whooping ...
- 23. Men Health - Get Health Screening in Shanghai
- (Health Check-ups Shanghai)
- ... when you live in Shanghai. Immunizations in Shanghai Get a flu shot every year. If you are 65 or older, get a pneumonia shot. Depending on health problems, you may need a pneumonia shot at a ...
- 24. Women Health - Health Screenings in Shanghai
- (Health Check-ups Shanghai)
- ... a flu shot every year. If you are 65 or older, get a pneumonia shot. Depending on health problems, you may need a pneumonia shot at a younger age or need shots to prevent diseases like whooping cough ...
- 25. Things to do before the health check-ups in Shanghai
- (Health Check-ups Shanghai)
- ... provider know. Family history might influence your risk of developing heart disease, stroke, diabetes, or cancer. Your Medical provider in Shanghai will assess your risk of disease based on your family ...
- 26. Heart Disease
- (Heart Disease)
- ... arrhythmia is an abnormal heartbeat. Your heart may beat too quickly, too slowly, or irregularly if you have an arrhythmia. Heart arrhythmia symptoms can include: A fluttering in your chest A racing ...
- 27. Diabetes
- (Diabetes)
- ... alcohol, stress and — for women — fluctuations in hormone levels. In addition to daily blood sugar monitoring, your doctor may recommend regular A1C testing to measure your average blood sugar level ...
- 28. COPD
- (COPD)
- ... flu or pneumonia. Plus, any respiratory infection can make it much more difficult to breathe and produce further irreversible damage to the lung tissue. High blood pressure. COPD may cause high blood ...
- 29. Spinal cord injury
- (Spinal cord injury )
- ... cord. Additional damage usually occurs over days or weeks because of bleeding, swelling, inflammation and fluid accumulation in and around your spinal cord. A nontraumatic spinal cord injury may be caused ...
- 30. Osteoporosis
- (Osteoporosis)
- ... reflux Cancer Transplant rejection Lifestyle choices Some bad habits can increase your risk of osteoporosis. Examples include: Sedentary lifestyle. People who spend a lot of time sitting ...
- 31. Alcohol: The Most Popular Choice
- (Substance Abuse)
- ... the steering wheel of a car while under the influence, or when an intoxicated young woman accepts a bar acquaintance’s offer to continue partying back at his apartment. ...
- 32. Registering Your Child for School
- (School)
- ... or DT (diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus), four polio vaccines, and three to four Haemophilus influenzae B conjugate vaccines. He may have also been immunized against hepatitis B and chicken pox. All these ...
- 33. Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
- (Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome)
- ... to be involved with developing OHSS are: Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), which stimulates the formation of multiple fluid-filled cysts (follicles) on the ovaries Luteinizing hormone (LH), which ...
- 34. Hunter syndrome
- (Hunter syndrome)
- ... and the fluid that lubricates your joints. When this enzyme isn't working properly, undigested glycosaminoglycans collect in the cells, blood and connective tissues, causing permanent and progressive ...
- 35. Ear infection (middle ear)
- (Ear infection (middle ear))
- ... ear. Children are more likely than adults to get ear infections. Ear infections are often painful because of inflammation and buildup of fluids in the middle ear. Because ear infections often clear ...
- 36. Delivery: What About the Pain?
- (Delivery and Beyond)
- ... a spinal block. This is a single injection into the fluid surrounding the spinal cord. Spinal blocks are very quick and easy to perform and generally make you even more numb than an epidural block. Pain ...
- 37. Chemical burns: First aid
- (First Aid Manual)
- ... age 2, children and teenagers recovering from chickenpox or flu-like symptoms should never take aspirin. Talk to your doctor if you have concerns. Get a tetanus shot. All burns are susceptible to tetanus. ...
- 38. Burns: First aid
- (First Aid Manual)
- ... by conducting heat away from the skin. Don't put ice on the burn.Cool the burn. Cover the burn with a sterile gauze bandage. Don't use fluffy cotton, or other material that may get lint in the wound. ...
- 39. Bird flu (avian influenza)
- (Bird flu (avian influenza))
- Bird flu is caused by a type of influenza virus that rarely infects humans. But when bird flu does strike humans, it's often deadly. More than half the people who become infected with bird flu die of ...
- 40. Atopic dermatitis (eczema)
- (Atopic dermatitis (eczema))
- ... may be severe, especially at night Small, raised bumps, which may leak fluid and crust over when scratched Thickened, cracked or scaly skin Raw, sensitive skin from scratching Though the patches ...