Mosquito Borne Illness in Texas Increase
Mosquito Borne Illness in Texas Increase We all know that vectors are those organisms, which are usually insects, which transmit a disease or disease causing parasite. For the longest time, we mostly had to worry about ticks, as they were the most common vectors in the U.S. However, recent reports from The U.S Centers for […]
Emergency Care for Urgent Situations: Throat Pain
Emergency Care for Urgent Situations: Throat Pain Throat pain and sore throat is something that all of us have experienced at one time or the other, especially as part of the symptoms of cold or flu. You may also have strained your throat muscles due to talking loudly or yelling for long periods of time […]
Emergency Care for Urgent Situations: Sprains
Emergency Care for Urgent Situations: Sprains Bones play an important role in our body, but they need to be connected together, especially in the joints so as to allow us to be able to move and make use of the various joints in the body. This is where the ligaments come in as not only […]
Emergency Care for Urgent Situations: Sports Injuries
Emergency Care for Urgent Situations: Sports Injuries The common phrase, “accidents happen” has never been more true than when it comes to sports and especially contact sports such as soccer, football, hockey among others. While sports can be fun to participate in as well as providing other benefits such as helping promote good qualities such […]
Emergency Care for Urgent Situations: Skin Rashes
Emergency Care for Urgent Situations: Skin Rashes When you have a skin rash, there is a noticeable change in the texture or color of your skin causing your skin to become irritated or swollen and hence becoming visibly red, itchy or raised and bumpy. Chances are that most of us have had a rash at […]
Emergency Care for Urgent Situations: Sinus Infections
Emergency Care for Urgent Situations: Sinus Infections With winter just around the corner at the end of the year, you should prepare for more than just giving out gifts as this is the season where getting sick is common. Sinus infections, also known as sinusitis, is one of the sicknesses that are prevalent during the […]
Emergency Care for Urgent Situations: Seizures
Emergency Care for Urgent Situations: Seizures A seizure occurs when there is abnormal electrical activity in the brain. There are different types of seizures and while there are those that may come and go nearly without being noticed, there are those, in severe cases, that may lead to convulsions where one’s body shakes violently and […]
Emergency Care for Urgent Situations: Pneumonia
Emergency Care for Urgent Situations: Pneumonia Pneumonia is an infection in one or both lungs and is mostly caused by bacteria, viruses as well as fungi or parasites in less common situations. It is a lower respiratory infection of the lungs. It causes the inflammation of the air sacs in your lungs, called alveoli, which […]
Emergency Care for Urgent Situations: Mosquito Borne Illness
Emergency Care for Urgent Situations: Mosquito Borne Illness For such small animals, mosquitos do cause lots of havoc and devastation, with mosquito borne illnesses, especially malaria, being among the leading causes of hospitalizations and fatalities in the world. It is worth noting that only female mosquitos bite humans. This is because the human blood serves […]
Emergency Care for Urgent Situations: Migraines
Emergency Care for Urgent Situations: Migraines Migraines are usually a moderate or severe headache that is felt as a throbbing or pulsing pain, usually on one side of the head. Most cases a migraine is accompanied by an extreme sensitivity to light as well as nausea and vomiting in other circumstances. Migraines can be debilitating […]