Posts by nigerianboriqua

If you have any of these symptoms more than likely there is an infection:

-redness

-warmth at the site

-swelling

-pain

-scabbing or pussing

It could just be simple inflammation cause by irritation.  My advice... first, you might wanna go the the place where you got it pierced. They should know how to deal with these complications, if not... don't get another piercing there. If you think it is serious go to your primary care provider and get it assessed because inflammation that goes though the skin can get into the blood stream and inflammation in the abdomen can cause peritonitis or sepsis which isnt a good thing at all so the earlier you treat this the better. More than likely, if its just superficial the doc will prescribe you a topical or oral antibiotic. 

you are welcome... these are the type of questions they prepare us for in school. 

Exercise is always the best way to lose weight, when diet is used in conjunction with exercising the results are potentiated. Your diet should be governed by the type of exercises you do. For example, I am a long distance runner and I am also a male cheerleader which involves a lot of weight lifting. During running season I need the sustained source of energy to run our 13 mile races so my diet is low fat 50g of protein and I aim for 500g of carbs. During cheer season when I am weightlifting, I eat low fat 126g of protein and 300g of carbs. Carbs are good for things like cardio work outs and long extended exercises and protein is good for weight lifting and for building muscles. I try to keep my fat at 20% of my caloric intake.

Zyprexa does make you gain weight and a lot of people to to lose weight when they come off of it because of appetite suppression. I am a 22 year old college student as well and I can barely find time to eat a full breakfast lunch or dinner but what I discovered is that its good to carry around a lot of snacks with you. say fruits, veggies, protein bars, a bottle of boost plus or ensure plus. I set my alarm on my cell phone for 2 hours and I eat every 2 hours between meals. I will eat an orange, or I will eat an apple with peanut butter on it for the added fat and calories. I drink 3 bottles of boost plus or ensure a day. I find that since I am alway eating every 2 hours, my servings for lunch and dinner is smaller but I have gained more weight this way. I have gained 14 lbs in 2 weeks. I just like to add stuff t my food to increase the calories. Like yogurt with my fruits and veggies or cottage cheese with my fruits. I tend to not be hungry a lot but this averages about 3,300 cals this way and I dont feel over stuffed. Plus with this method its easy to eat anywhere you are because you can pull out a banana, apple, ensure, or protein bar in class or at the gym or in the mall. If every 2 hours is to much try 3 first. But this has definitely worked for me. Also, I increase my protein intake by making protein shakes. I actually invented my own recipe. You take a blender, add 1 bottle of ensure plus, 1 banana, a few strawberries, and a scoop of the powder protein shake mix. since i substituted the ensure for water or milk and added the banana and strawberries I increased the nutritional value. This is pretty filling and I tend to have this for breakfast and its a really fast meal. its about 550 cals depending on what protein formula you use. you have 2 of these twice a day and bam, 1/3 of your daily intake.

I just finished my Maternal-Newborn rotation last semester so I am going to give you what I tell my patients about dieting during lactation. This is a common question in women. First off, you want to make sure you are eating 300-500 cal more than you were eating when you were pregnant since you are lactating. Don't worry about adding on weight by adding these calories because most of it goes into your breast milk and provides nutrition for your infant. Carbohydrates should be 50% of your total calories (take your calories and multiply it by .5, once you get this number divide that by 4 since 1 gram of carb is 4 cals). Breast milk has carbs in it that is essential for newborn development. If you eat enough carbs, protein will be spared in metabolism which is good because it is needed for infant tissue development. Pregnancy and the postpartum period is the worst time to go on a diet if you are breast feeding because breast milk is essential for brain development. You body modifies these fats in a way that makes it essential for the brain, hence why breast fed babies have a higher IQ than formula fed infants during the first 6 months of life. Also, your breast milk is custom tailored to your infant. Your protein intake should be 1.1 times your weight in kg, thats roughly 66.22 kg so you should be getting at least 72.9 Gg of pro. A normal individuals protein intake is 0.8 x their weight in kg.

This is straight from my textbook: Protein 20% (at least 1.1 x wt in kilograms), fat limited to 30%, carbohydrates 50%. Also 8 to 10 glasses (8 oz) of fluids/day. Limit caffeine to less than 300mg/day. eat good sources of folic acid, iron, and vit C and avoid fish with high levels of mercury.

A lot of women differ in how they lose weight and their nutritional needs but this is just the standard information that we use when formulating a care plan for our labor and delivery and postpartum mothers. 

Depends on the patch you use. People who use patches that act on the pleasure center in the brain have more side effects, with wellbutrin. If you take the nicotine patch, you don't rally have as much side effects because you are getting the dose of nicotine you get when you smoke. what people fail to realize is that the nicotine patch wont help you quit if you keep it at the same does. If your prescriber slowly titrates the dose of the patch down, your body adjusts to it to the point that the does is so low you dont need the patch anymore... its the same principle as putting heroin addicts on methadone. 

How much do you initially weigh? A decrease in more than 10% body weight without trying isn't a good sign. Especially in such a short period of time. And it could be water weight. SOme times your retain water and sometimes you lose water. 10 glasses of water a day (depending on if you are using a standard cup which is 8 oz of a glass which can range from 10 to 16 oz) is roughly 2400 ml... that is roughly 5 lbs of water a day. If you arent losing as much water as you are drinking then it can be water weight. People with kidney problems do tend to fluctuate in weight do to water retention secondary to renal blood perfusion. If your kidneys aren't getting enough blood it thinks your blood status is inadequate and will retain water, once it gets the perfusion it needs to dumps water. Our kidneys is the main way we balance fluid and electrolyte status. I'd say subtract your initial weight from your new weight and divide that by your initial weight and multiply that by 100. that gives you your percentage gained or lost. if its 10% or more then you might want to consult your primary care provider. It could just be a dietary problem, maybe do to medications, or could be another underlying cause. Its always good to be on the safe side and double check with your MD 

ALSO: You want to make sure you weigh yourself at the same time each day because different things like fluid status, what we ate, out level of activity prior to weighing ourselves can effect our outcome. Morning weights are the most accurate especially when we get right out of bed after using the washroom for the first time in the morning because we have digested mostly all of the food in our body, we are close to our resting metabolic rate, and we have just dumped fluid from the body.

I think for the most part, your metabolism is genetic. Also, I don't think you can change your metabolism just by the amount of calories you eat. I am always told I have a fast metabolism. I am a 22 year old make, 5'10 and weigh 135-140 lbs on and off. I eat about 3,500 kcals a day on average. I did research on trying to slow my metabolism down. Basically I would fast for a while and eat a lot of calories and then fast for a while again. I would exercise a lot while I was fasting and become a couch potato while I was eating a lot. It worked for a while, 3 months to be exact. I went up to 150, but when I started back to my normal routine and eating habits after a while I went way down to 130... now I am back up to 138. I learned that you cant permanently alter your metabolism by diet and exercising. Also, being a Nursing major, I understand the intricate neuroendocrine system and the many hormones that play a role in metabolism... the major player being thyroid hormone.