Why the electric shock can save lives? When the patients face the incidence of serious arrhythmia, it is always the case that there is different degree of hemodynamic disorder. The most serious and most common situation is ventricular fibrillation, when the ventricular is without the whole
Although most people understand the importance of a yearly flu shot for people over the age of 65, many parents overlook the need for a flu shot for their children.
This is unfortunate, because most experts believe that flu epidemics begin and spread to adults from younger children.
This doesn’t mean that all children should get flu shots, but if your child is in one of the high risk groups mentioned below, or if he has contact with someone in a high risk group, then you should consider getting him a flu shot each year. Keep in mind that the flu shot is now being formally recommended for all children 6months to 18 years of age.
Influenza, known as the flu,” is a viral infection of the respiratory system that can be severe, or even life-threatening, for some people. With flu season starting soon in North America, and the optimum time for getting your flu shot between October and mid-November, many thyroid patients currently have questions regarding whether or not they should get a flu shot. Read More »
Should people with heart disease be particularly concerned about H1N1 influenza (also called swine flu)? And what precautions should they take to avoid problems with H1N1?
Influenza (flu) is caused by a viral infection that produces a host of very nasty symptoms — fever, muscle aches and pains, weakness, headache, watery eyes, sore throat, runny nose, and cough. While most of these symptoms are seen with many other viral infections, they tend to be worse much when you have actual influenza. So people with flu tend to be “sicker” than people with most other respiratory viral infections. In fact, the respiratory (lung) complications of flu lead to many of the 200,000 hospitalizations and 36,000 deaths caused each year in the United States by influenza viruses. Read More »
