How antibiotics work: when they are effective and useless
Some swallow antibiotics at the slightest coryza, others categorically refuse to take them even with severe pneumonia, considering them terribly harmful. Both that and other approach is absolutely wrong. Antibiotics…

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Rubella and pregnancy: what is the danger?
Despite the fact that rubella is a so-called childhood infection and children up to 8–9 years old are susceptible to it, adults also suffer from the disease. They, unlike children,…

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Reasons to seek advice from genetics
What does a geneticist do? Medical genetics is a part of human genetics that studies diseases and pathologies caused by heredity. A geneticist studies hereditary diseases and the conditions under…

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Is elevated temperature a dangerous signal?

Everybody came up with fever, and more than once. Most often it is associated with a cold or flu – the most common viral infections. But it happens that the temperature rises for other reasons, and sometimes, at first glance, for no reason at all. Why is this happening?

To answer this question, let us figure out why the temperature rises at all. Continue reading

What to do if your ear hurts

One of the most unpleasant and painful pains is rightly considered the ear pain. It can completely disrupt night sleep and significantly degrade the quality of life. Therefore, the first desire that arises in a person, faced with a painful symptom, as soon as possible to get rid of unpleasant sensations. And here most often serious mistakes are made. So what should you do if your ear hurts? And how to determine the causes of pathology? Continue reading

There is a question: is it possible to take a bath with a cold

In a person’s life there are many beliefs. Do not go ahead if the black cat crossed the road, do not show the wedding dress to the groom before the celebration, do not swim if you have a cold. It is completely incomprehensible who came up with such rules and when, but most people strictly follow them. And if someone violates such rules, then others immediately wait for “retribution”. So, let’s try to figure out whether you can take a bath with a cold. Is this a myth or truth? Continue reading

Differences of viral infection from bacterial
Acute respiratory diseases always appear inappropriate. Yesterday the body was full of strength, but today weakness, fever, runny nose just fell down. To find the right treatment, you need to…

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Otitis in a child: what to do
The kid has an earache. He complains or, if he still does not know how to speak, he cries, does not sleep well and does not eat well. Almost every…

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