False. At the very least, wet hair alone is not a trigger for a cold. Only when cold viruses have settled in the mucous membranes of the nose and throat can wet hair promote the onset of a cold because it cools the body. By the way, the same is true for cold feet. Blood … Most Famous Health Fallacies Part 2
There are a number of aspects that need to be illuminated in order to evaluate biometric methods. They concern not only the methods themselves, but legal and economic aspects are also important. No biometric method offers absolute recognition security. On the one hand, this is due to the method per se – the matching of … Biometric Methods: Discussion Points
In order for procedures to be used for personal identification, various requirements must be met: The characteristics may only occur in one person (uniqueness), should occur in as many people as possible (universality), should not change or change only slightly over a period of time (constancy), should be as technically simple as possible (measurability), should … Biometrics: License Plate and Identification
The medical history (history of the patient) represents an important component in the diagnosis of hyperthermia. Family history What is the general health of your relatives? Social anamnesis Current medical history/systemic medical history (somatic and psychological complaints). What symptoms have you noticed? How long have the symptoms been present? Do you currently have in the … Overheating (Hyperthermia): Medical History
Environmental factors, and in particular the long-term effects of continuous exposure, are an exogenous factor of increasing importance in the pathogenesis of aging and a number of serious medical conditions, usually with fatal outcomes. These include, in particular, tumor diseases, neurodegenerative diseases and possibly autoimmune diseases.In particular, toxic exposure to the food chain and the … Environmental Factors
Soil used for agriculture is seriously contaminated mainly by pesticides and fertilizers, environmental pollutants, heavy metals, sulfuric and nitric acids from acid rain, but also by pollution as well as waste. As a result, pathogenic (disease-causing) substances such as nitrates from fertilizers, pesticides and persistent hydrocarbons enter food and thus the human body through the … Environmental Factors: Soil
2nd order laboratory parameters – depending on the results of the history, physical examination and obligatory laboratory parameters – for differential diagnostic clarification. Small blood count Inflammatory parameters – CRP (C-reactive protein) or PCT (procalcitonin). Electrolytes – sodium, potassium, magnesium. Fasting glucose (fasting blood sugar) Blood gas analysis (BGA) Renal parameters – urea, creatinine. Coagulation … Overheating (Hyperthermia): Test and Diagnosis
Therapeutic target Reduction of body temperature Therapy recommendations Classical fever: see below Fever. For sunstroke: stay in a cool place and cooling by cool packs, etc. is usually sufficient. Application of cool infusions In heat exhaustion or heat collapse – physiological saline solution. For heat stroke: Anticonvulsants (anticonvulsants) and mannitol infusion/osmosteril 20%. Oxygen administration If … Overheating (Hyperthermia): Drug Therapy
Optional medical device diagnostics – depending on the results of the history, physical examination, laboratory diagnostics, and obligatory medical device diagnostics – for differential diagnostic workup Computed tomography/magnetic resonance imaging of the skull (cranial CT or.cCT/cranial MRI or cMRI) – for further diagnosis in cases of unclear disturbance of consciousness.
The following symptoms and complaints may indicate hyperthermia: Overheating of the body, but with a normal set point. Harbingers of heat exhaustion are vigorous redness of the skin, high perspiration with dry mucous membranes and severe headache. The following symptoms and complaints may indicate heat exhaustion: Short-lasting loss of consciousness, which is often announced by … Overheating (Hyperthermia): Symptoms, Complaints, Signs
Specific treatment of hyperthermia depending on the cause (diagnosis). General measures Immediately make an emergency call! (Call number 112) Affected person to a shady cool place bring Undress person Cool with cold towels / cool packs; if necessary, rub skin with alcohol (faster cooling); if necessary, take a shower. Limited alcohol consumption (men: max. 25 … Overheating (Hyperthermia): Therapy
To study in Rome, professionally in London and for retirement in southern Spain – thousands of Germans are regularly drawn abroad for longer or even forever. Around 135,000 students completed the 2012/13 academic year at a foreign university. Between 2009 and 2013 alone, 710,000 Germans turned their backs on their homeland to live in another … Living Abroad: What Will Happen to My Health Insurance?
