Articles for tag: 48 Hours, Altitude Sickness, Difficulty Breathing

Aspen – Adapting to the Altitude

Aspen is more than a place for winter sports, it is a place where you can also have a lot of fun off the slopes. You can experience the fascinating nightlife and make new friends from all the around world because here all the skiers are comrades, no matter of their lodges or the social ...

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Methadone Uses and Side Effects

Many Heroin Addicts and other opioid addicts are very familiar with a drug called Methadone. Methadone becomes an important part of their lives, in order to fight the addiction to Heroin and other opioid drugs. WHAT IS METHADONE? Methadone is a synthetic opioid, that is used medically as an analgesic (a group of drugs used ...

What is Systemic Poison Ivy?

Previously published on Factoidz.com Systemic poison ivy results from an extreme allergic reaction to the urushiol oil from the poison ivy plant. Normally, reactions to poison ivy result in rashes on the skin in a restricted area. The place where the oil touched the skin will normally rash up and then blister up before it ...

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Why Babies Wheeze

First, let me say, if your baby is having trouble breathing, call 911. Don’t take chances and don’t “wait and see”. This article is not to diagnose your child’s condition, it is simply a listing of some of the things that can cause a baby to wheeze. There are several things that can cause a ...

What’s the Best Home Treatment for Croup?

The onset of cooler weather brings along with it the risk of respiratory infections for both children and adults. One of the most common respiratory illnesses encountered in young children is croup. Croup, otherwise known by the somewhat difficult-to-pronounce name of laryngotracheobronchitis, is usually caused by a virus and results a characteristic cough that has ...

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Symptoms of Mammary Cancer in Cats

If your cat is Siamese, ten years or older, or wasn’t spayed before her first heat, she may be at risk for breast cancer, otherwise known in animals as mammary cancer. It is important that a tumor in the breast tissue be detected early on for the greatest chance of survival. But how can you ...

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Can Chest Pain Be Only Symptom of Arrhythmia?

Chest pain has many causes, and one of them is arrhythmia, which means an abnormal rhythm of the heart. To find out if chest pain can be the only symptom, however, of a heart arrhythmia, I consulted with Peter R. Kowey, MD, FACC, Professor of Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, Jefferson Medical College; Chief, Division of ...

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Side Effects of Copaxone (Glatiramer)

Copaxone, also known by the generic name glatiramer acetate, is a brand name prescription drug that treats certain cases of multiple sclerosis. Copaxone is used to prevent or reduce the frequency of relapses of multiple sclerosis. The side effects of Copaxone or glatiramer acetate include anxiety, back pain, chest pain, and joint pain. Multiple sclerosis ...