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Health
A truly healthy person has a sound body and mind that is free of disease and infirmity. Healthy living includes taking the steps needed to optimize one's chances of surviving and thriving, like eating a healthy diet and exercising regularly. Questions relating to all aspects of health and living a healthy life are welcome here!
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Do you have to pull the skin back on an uncircumsized penis?
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You may pull the skin back of an uncircumsized penis (called the foreskin) in your hygiene routine (in order to clean the glans during the shower) or during certain sexual activities. Otherwise, it is not mandatory...
What is the function of riboflavin?
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Riboflavin (vitamin B2) has many functions, including:
- Helping your body produce energy
- Assisting in the metabolism of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins.
- Assisting with normal cell function and growth and normal tissue respiration
- Helping folate and vitamin B6 undergo the chemical changes that make them available for your body
- Acting as an antioxidant, potentially helping to prevent cancer and slow cholesterol buildup by controlling the proliferation of harmful free radicals
- Preventing visual disorders, especially cateracts
- Helping with the proper formation of red blood cells
- Helping to produce antibodies
Like thiamine, riboflavin plays a critical role in your body's energy production. In your body's energy production pathways, riboflavin typically takes the form of flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) or flavin mononucleotide (FMN). When riboflavin is converted into these FAD and FMN forms, it can attach to protein enzymes and allow oxygen-based energy production to occur. Proteins with FAD or FMN attached to them are often referred to as flavoproteins. Flavoproteins are found throughout your body, and particularly in locations where oxygen-based energy production is constantly needed such as your heart and skeletal muscle. One of FAD's many important roles is to serve as a cofactor for an enzyme (MTHFR) that is involved in the breakdown metabolism of homocysteine. High levels of homocysteine are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease.
Your body's use of oxygen, while critical for energy production and overall metabolic activity, brings with it a constant risk. Oxygen-containing molecules can be highly reactive, and can damage many structures in your body, including cell membranes, blood vessel linings, and joint tissue. Glutathione is a small, protein-like molecule that is responsible for helping prevent this oxygen-based damage. Like many antioxidant molecules, glutathione must be constantly recycled, and riboflavin allows this recycling to take place.
Riboflavin plays an important role in maintaining supplies of its fellow B vitamins. One of ways your body creates niacin (vitamin B3) is by converting the amino acid tryptophan. This conversion process is accomplished with the help of an enzyme called kynurenine mono-oxygenase, and riboflavin (in its FAD form) is required for this enzyme to function.
Why is advocacy considered a health skill?
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I suppose because from a patient's point of view, one must know how to ask questions and make decisions. Many people go along with doctor's orders without considering second opinions or stopping to think if the recommended course of action is suitable for them. It is highly recommended that if you have a serious health issue, that you take an advocate with you to important appointments so that someone else can digest the information, ask questions and stand up for you. This is especially important if you are in an emotional state- upon receiving very bad news/diagnoses, many people go into an altered state of mind. Advocacy means someone else is there to listen and tells the doctors your wishes if you are unable to.
How do you stop Trichotillomania?
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1. will power
2. counseling/therapy
3. medication
4. any combination of these
if you don't think you can successfully stop pulling on your own, or have tried and failed many times before, you should definitely consult a mental health professional. for medication you will need to see a psychiatrist. i recommend therapy and meds at the same time.
Why do you suffer from dehydration?
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The chemical balance between your brain to blood transplant needs to adhere with water. But if it does not, dehydration occurs. Dehydration is a condition of where the person of experience accounts to the loss of oxygen, which makes it hard to breath. In simpler terms a person dehydrates from the lack of water entering the system.
What are the physical disorders associated with frequent computer use?
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im not really informed that much on physical disorders but being in front of a computer a lot can worsen your vision and cause headaches. if you type alot i heard it can eventually cause carpal tunnel
Are you tested for STIs at the same time as STDs?
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usually---std and sti are the same thing...sti is the correct revised terminology.
Why are infants susceptible to significant losses in total body water?
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Why are infants susceptible to significant losses in total body water ?
Can fibroids kill you?
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no they cannot, with good treatment and rest the person diagnosed will be fine although there might be a constant case of vomiting and pain.
Can a ten year old boy ejectulate Im asking as he woke up during the night and came out and told me that his pants were wet they were he then went to the toilet and emptied his rather full bladder?
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Yes he can.
What are the largest types of third party payers in American health care?
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Government, insurance companies & employers.
Is encephalopathy a type of traumatic brain injury and can it be caused by a car accident?
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falls and automobile accidents
If you break down the word into it's components, the word literally means 'disease of the brain". It is not specific. For example; encepalitis means infammation of the brain (Itis = inflammation of). Hydrocephalic means fluid on the brain (hydro =water). Patho means disease of. For example: a pathogen is something which causes disease (like bacteria, viruses etc) A pathologist is someone who studies diseases and illnesses and so on.........
What means immunisation?
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Immunization, or immunisation, is the process by which an individual's immune system becomes fortified against an agent. In other words getting vaccinated or receiving a vaccine.
