In an effort to procrastinate doing everything...okay, really simply to revise my material for next semester when I start working at hospitals (but the first one sounds less dorky D
...anyway...
In an effort to revise my material, I'm inviting each and every one of you to ask any questions you had on the human body (and mind). As long as it's medical, it can be pretty much anything- and I'll attempt to answer it as quickly as possible, hopefully off the top of my head.
If anybody gets a headache with fever + nausea and vomiting + photophobia + neck stiffness, or sudden loss of vision + jaw pain on movement, or the "worst thunderclap of a headache they ever got in their life", or a headache after getting a knock on the head and losing consciousness
That's just with fever and headache, instead of headache with fever... Hmm, my headaches seem to have blurry vision, jaw pains, nausea, neck pains........ I hate migraines..
what's the prob if your neck hurtin a lot everytime you move it?
Neck stiffnes, or if you have been sitting in the same position for too long, giving your neck myoses...
Hiccups won't go away? Try activities that will temporarily suspend your diaphragm, such as holding your breath, or drinking a jug of water. If your hiccup involves mainly a diaphragmatic reflex this should do the trick. If it doesn't, use more willpower. If that doesn't work, find something really engrossing to distract yourself.
Sometimes the reflex is idiopathic and doesn't go away. I remember one of the contestants in So You Think You Can Dance had been hiccuping for over a dozen years. On the other hand, I haven't had a persistent hiccup for about that long.
lol what, Pazx, you're still affected by that April Fool's joke? Let me get the drill, we'll need to perform a total crainiectomy to see if your brain has prematurely atrophied...
*caffeine rush* What?! My brain is perfectly fine! Stop jumping to conclusions- And what do you mean 'Still' affected?- It's the first of april-Stop jumping to conclusions....
Ahahahahhaaaaagagaag....
Hey-What are you doing with that drill-you know, we should catch up some time-now keep that drill away from me-AAAAGGGHHTHTHTHh!
*is locked in cell until caffeine wears off*
I actually did have too much caffeine today~ Can that cause anything bad?
Caffeine is a stimulant which acts centrally (i.e. in the brain): as with all stimulants, the main effects are- in the short term, overdose can cause cardiac arrythmias (-> arrest), and in the long term, your cortical plasticity is reduced, which means while you'll be buzzed while on caffeine, you'll find it harder to learn stuff later down the road if you have enough.
Oh, that's actually a really good question Ricador. The professional answer almost depends on who's paying you, these days.
When margarine came out, it was touted as, well, pretty much "butter lite". Also "oor man's butter". Some time after that, it was argued that margarine is not good for you because it has alarmingly high levels of metal ions in it which could result in toxic effects.
However, lately, the wisdom has flipped again- now butter is the evil one because of lipid and salt content! I don't know why at this point people give up on both altogether and switch to avocado...apart from the fact avocados are bloody expensive...but at least it actually lowers your cholesterol without poisoning you.
Excessive pain can trigger nausea. I'm assuming that this is to do with sympathetic nervous system pathways, as nociception (which gives rise to pain), and pain itself are physiological stresses.
I don't think that migraines can trigger vomiting by any other pathway.
