Smileband Health issues

Introduction

As Internet access and literacy increases, pornography has become highly accessible, cheap and diverse. Online pornography use is common in the USA, with nearly 9 out of 10 men and 1 out of 3 women aged 18–26 reporting accessing pornography online.1 In June 2013, legal pornographic websites received more UK-based traffic than social networks, shopping, news and media, email, finance, gaming and travel websites.2 For example, popular pornography website ‘pornhub’ received 79 billion video views in 2014.3

Increased access to pornography online has been accompanied by rising concerns that it negatively impacts health and well-being, particularly with regard to young people. These concerns include that viewing any sexually explicit material erodes morals and that specific types of pornography, such as that depicting violence against women, leads to increased violence against women in real life. Even in the case of non-violent pornography, there is anxiety that people view pornography as ‘real’ rather than fantasy and that this negatively influences attitudes and real-life sexual behaviour, particularly when people's sexual experience is limited such as in adolescence.4 Other concerns include the scarcity of condom use in pornography (both for diminishing condom use as a social norm and for the risks to the health of performers), impacts on body image (including trends in pubic hair removal and labiaplasty), and the harms of pornography addiction.   Despite the myriad of fears about online pornography, questions remain over its actual harm. Do viewers really imitate pornography in their own lives and does this negatively influence their health and well-being? Does watching violence in pornography lead to misogyny and gender-based violence? Are young people at greater risk of the negative effects of viewing pornography (if they exist) than older adults? In this paper, we explore the most commonly cited concerns over online pornography by. 

Smileband General News

Bettie Bee may only be 11-days-old, but she has quickly become an internet sensation with her three eyes, two mouths and two noses. The two-faced kitten was born on December 12, along with two other kittens who are normal, and is defeating the odds of survival after a veterinarian initially suggested to put her down. 

Bettie Bee has been thriving since the day she was born, her anonymous rescuer, who has experience in nursing special needs cats, told Daily Mail Australia on Saturday. 'She is amazing and unique and also she was so feisty, she seemed to have a strong will to live,' her carer said.

'You cannot put a kitten to sleep who is so full of life, not sickly...I wanted to give her a chance.' 

With both of the young kitten's mouths leading to her stomach, Bettie Bee is fed by a tube every two-and-a-half hours. 

'So far she is doing really well, progressing like any normal kitten,' her carer said. 

'It's not much different than caring for any other kitten I have raised, other than tube feeding.'

Two-faced cats, known as Janus cats, are extremely rare and usually die at a young age, but the tabby-coloured kitten is showing promising signs of growth. The little kitten's middle eye has even 'opened early' but Bettie Bee's other two eyes are still closed. 

With a two part name to reflect her two faces, the South African tabby cat has become a global superstar, with thousands of people following the Bettie Bee's progress on her Facebook. 

While it is still too early to tell if Bettie Bee will live as long as the famous Janus cat, Frankenlouie, who lived until he was 15-years-old, her carer hopes she will follow in his footsteps.  

Smileband Health issues

Tumors and inflammations can occur behind the eye. They often push the eye forward causing a bulging of the eye called proptosis. The most common causes of proptosis are thyroid eye disease and lymphoid tumors (lymphoma and atypical lymphoid hyperplasia).

Other tumors include vascular tumors (e.g. hemangiomas, lymphangioma, hemangiopericytoma), lacrimal gland tumors (e.g. dacryoadenitis, benign mixed tumor, sarcoidosis and adenoid cystic carcinoma), and growths that extend from the sinuses into the orbit (e.g. squamous carcinoma, mucocele). Metastatic cancer can also come from other parts of the body to form an orbital tumor. Lastly, an orbit tumor can also be caused by inflammation (e.g. pseudotumor, sarcoidosis) or infection (abscess).

Symptoms

Most patients with orbital tumors notice a bulging of the eyeball or double vision (diplopia). Infections, inflammations and certain orbital cancers can also cause pain. Less commonly, orbital tumors may be an incidental finding on CT or MRI of the head, sinuses and orbit.

Diagnosis

Though CT, MRI’s and ultrasound can help in determining the probable diagnosis, most orbital tumors are diagnosed by a surgical biopsy called an orbitotomy (anterior or lateral). A specimen is sent to an ophthalmic pathologist who helps determine the exact diagnosis.

Treatments

When possible, orbital tumors are totally removed. If they cannot be removed or if removal will cause too much damage to other important structures around the eye, a piece of tumor may be removed and sent for evaluation by an eye-pathologist. Occasionally an orbital tumor is too big or involves the sinuses and requires more extensive surgery with bone-flaps.

If tumors cannot be removed during surgery, most orbital tumors can be treated with external beam radiation therapy. Certain rare orbital tumors require removal of the eye and orbital contents. In certain cases orbital radiotherapy may be used to treat any residual tumor (in an effort to spare vision and the eye).

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Trauma, infection, skin disease, and even simply bearing weight on the feet can cause changes on the skin of the feet, including the toes and heel.

Corns and calluses are an area of thickened skin caused by friction and pressure. Juvenile plantar dermatosis occurs in children on the sole of the front part of the foot and on the toes.

Foot infections include warts; the common disease athlete's foot (tinea pedis), which is caused by a foot fungus that thrives in warm, humid conditions; and a bacterial infection called pitted keratolysis, which is also associated with warm, damp feet. Hand-foot-and-mouth disease is a viral infection causing blisters of not only the feet but also the palms and mouth. Information on toenail fungus can be found on our Nails information page.

Skin diseases that affect the foot include dyshidrotic eczema, which is associated with tiny, itchy blisters of the palms, fingers, instep of the foot, or the toes. These blisters then turn into peeling, cracking, or crusting areas. Gout is a form of arthritis, which is the inflammation of a joint. Gout most commonly affects the big toe joint, and it typically starts as an acute attack with severe pain and swelling in the joint.

Click any of the images below to see self-care information and pictures of foot fungus, foot infections, and other foot injuries.

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What is Diphenhydramine Overdose?

• Diphenhydramine is an antihistamine that relieves allergy and insomnia
• Diphenhydramine Overdose is the accidental or intentional intake of the drug in dosage higher than the prescribed values
• The condition is diagnosed based upon the clinical history, combination of signs and symptoms, and additional tests (that may include, in some cases, radiological studies and laboratory tests)

Diphenhydramine Overdose may be also referred to as the following:

• Benadryl Overdose
• Nytol Overdose
• Sominex Overdose

What are the Causes of Diphenhydramine Overdose?

• Diphenhydramine Overdose is caused by the intake of diphenhydramine containing drug in dosage higher than normally prescribed
• This intake could be accidental, or in some cases intentional, to bring self-harm
• The drug may be sold as Tylenol PM, Benadryl, Nytol and Sominex among others

Note: The drug can interact with other prescribed or non-prescribed medications in the body. Such interactions may enhance the therapeutic effects of the drug or other medications being taken, resulting in undesired side effects (such as an overdose).

What are the Signs and Symptoms of Diphenhydramine Overdose?

The signs and symptoms of Diphenhydramine Overdose can vary from one individual to another. It may be mild in some and severe in others. Several systems of the body, such as the digestive system, nervous system, vascular system, respiratory system, skin and ENT may be affected.

The signs and symptoms of Diphenhydramine Overdose include:

• Intense drowsiness, restlessness, nausea
• Hallucinations, delirium, anxiety
• Difficulty speaking
• Increased heart rate
• Lack of muscle coordination; difficulty walking
• Dry mouth and eyes
• Impaired memory
• Flushed and dry skin
• Urination difficulties
• Blurry vision; dilated pupils
• Ringing in the ears
• Seizures

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What are HIV and AIDS?

HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus. HIV is the virus which, when untreated, results in an AIDS diagnosis, or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. The virus attacks the body’s immune system, especially white blood cells called T-cells. Your immune system is what fights against infections to keep your body healthy and T-cells play a key role in keeping a person protected from infections. If your immune system is weakened, it can’t protect your body and you can easily get sick.

Who gets HIV/AIDS?

Anyone who has unprotected sex (without a condom) and/or shares needles or injection drug equipment with an infected person is at risk for getting the HIV virus. Also, babies can be born with the virus if their mother is infected. In the past, people also got infected from unscreened blood transfusions, but today donated blood is screened more efficiently.

Does everyone who has HIV get AIDS?

Not all people with HIV get AIDS. However, if a person’s T-cell numbers drop and the amount of virus in the blood stream rises (viral load), the immune system can become too weak to fight off infections, and they are considered to have AIDS. It is then possible to get sick with diseases that do not usually affect other people. One of these diseases is Kaposi Sarcoma (KS), a rare type of skin cancer. Another is a type of pneumonia called Pneumocystis Pneumonia (PCP). These diseases can be treated and a person’s T-cells and viral load can return to healthier levels with the right types of medication, although the AIDS diagnosis stays with them even when healthy.   

What are the symptoms of HIV/AIDS?

Some people may get an illness within 6 weeks of HIV infection. This early period in the infection may come with some of the following symptoms:

• Fever
• Headache
• Swollen glands
• Tiredness
• Aching joints and muscles
• Sore throat

Since these symptoms are similar to the flu, HIV may go unnoticed. Therefore, it is important to tell your health care provider if you don’t use condoms during sex and/or if you share needles. That’s a good reason to get tested for HIV!

When HIV progresses to AIDS, a person may have any of the following symptoms:

• Fever lasting longer than 1 month
• Weight loss
• Extreme tiredness
• Diarrhea for longer than 1 month
• Swollen lymph glands
• Unclear thinking
• No sense of balance

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Pubic lice are super common.  

Millions of people get infected with pubic lice every year. They are tiny insects that look like tiny versions of the crabs you see at the beach. They live on the skin and coarse hairs that are around your genitals, and they feed on your blood. Pubic lice spread really easily during sexual contact.

Public lice symptoms include pretty intense itching. But even though pubic lice can be uncomfortable, they don’t cause any serious health problems. It’s usually easy to get rid of them with over-the-counter medicines.

Getting pubic lice doesn’t mean you’re dirty — it has nothing to do with hygiene or cleanliness. Anybody can get pubic lice if they have close, personal contact with someone who has them. About 3 million people in the U.S. get pubic lice every year.

How do you get pubic lice (crabs)?

Crabs are usually spread through sex, because they like to live in pubic hair. Pubic lice move easily from one person’s hairs to another person’s hairs when their genitals touch or are very close to each other.  

Most people get crabs during sex, but sometimes they’re spread through other kinds of close, personal contact. You can get pubic lice where other types of coarse hair — like eyelashes, eyebrows, chest hair, armpits, beards, and mustaches — touch places on someone’s body where crabs are. Sometimes pubic lice are spread by using an infected person’s clothes, towels, or bed.

Crabs don’t spread through quick, casual touching, like handshakes or hugs. And it’s really, really rare to get crabs from a toilet seat — crabs don’t live very long when they’re away from a human body, and they can’t hang onto smooth surfaces.

Even though crabs are into hair, they usually don’t like to hang out in the hair on top of your head. Pubic lice are different than head lice, and you usually don’t get crabs in the hair on your head. Head lice usually don’t show up in the pubic area, either.