dengue fever
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If possible, catch some rest, drink plenty of fluids and eat something light for your meals.
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take blood test check your platelet level count..Originally posted by starblue:yah, i took panadol before i went to sleep, if not how to sleep? my bones are wrestling each other and my muscles are screaming at me...
i just hope it isnt dengue lah... i got my tuitions and exams loh.. damn.. why i always get sick during this time of the year?
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Starblue.. why procrastinate seeing a doc? I mean the feeling of having a fever sucks. Unless ur reason is tt u do not wish to be reliant on antibiotics n tt u want ur body to build a natural resistance to the virus. Anyway, do take care n not over exert urself.
And drink lotsa water. It helps, really. N avoid Strepsils. Personally, it worsens my throat infection. It is only meant for sore throat. -
i just dun like doctors. and dun ask why.Originally posted by Gackt247:Starblue.. why procrastinate seeing a doc? I mean the feeling of having a fever sucks. Unless ur reason is tt u do not wish to be reliant on antibiotics n tt u want ur body to build a natural resistance to the virus. Anyway, do take care n not over exert urself.
And drink lotsa water. It helps, really.
anyway, i'm feeling much better now, although the sore throat has now transformed into a bad cough. -_-" -
Stay away from heaty stuff hohoho.Originally posted by starblue:i just dun like doctors. and dun ask why.
anyway, i'm feeling much better now, although the sore throat has now transformed into a bad cough. -_-"
Potato chips and cookies are for me.
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Really.. tried Pi Pa Gao b4?Originally posted by starblue:i just dun like doctors. and dun ask why.
anyway, i'm feeling much better now, although the sore throat has now transformed into a bad cough. -_-" -
Yes yes.. rub salt some more..Originally posted by seow:Stay away from heaty stuff hohoho.
Potato chips and cookies are for me. -
damn.. the cough really bad.. i think soon enough i will be coughing bits and pieces of my alveoli out...
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Originally posted by starblue:
damn.. the cough really bad.. i think soon enough i will be coughing bits and pieces of my alveoli out...
So powerful? -
yah. in fact i think i might have dislocated the smallest bone in my mother's middle ear with my coughing...Originally posted by renorenal: So powerful? -
The stapes...Originally posted by starblue:yah. in fact i think i might have dislocated the smallest bone in my mother's middle ear with my coughing... -
-_-" do u have to flaunt your medical knowledge? u study medicine is it? how old are u?Originally posted by renorenal:The stapes... -
This is very common rite? We learnt it when we were younger, the longest bone is the thigh bone which is the femur, the smallest bone is the stapes...Originally posted by starblue:-_-" do u have to flaunt your medical knowledge? u study medicine is it? how old are u? -
Wah.. too cheam.. can only apply my paramedicial skills.
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-_-""" wad causes cough ah???
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I know the answer, but scared after say already you say i flaunting medical knowledge somemoreOriginally posted by starblue:-_-""" wad causes cough ah??? -
nvm... this time i asked for it.Originally posted by renorenal:I know the answer, but scared after say already you say i flaunting medical knowledge somemore 
u study medicine de ah??how old are you? -
thought you dun like doctors?Originally posted by starblue:nvm... this time i asked for it. u study medicine de ah??how old are you?
anywa i think cough caused by the protection mechanisms of the GIT or something dunno right or not, renorenal give lecture okz? -
Originally posted by starblue:nvm... this time i asked for it. u study medicine de ah??how old are you?
not so fast!
my sister got doctor fetish, so book him already.
doctors make the best husbands.
a lot of money,
but no time to guard wife from fooling around -
this is a crazy idea.Originally posted by starblue:yah, i took panadol before i went to sleep, if not how to sleep? my bones are wrestling each other and my muscles are screaming at me...
i just hope it isnt dengue lah... i got my tuitions and exams loh.. damn.. why i always get sick during this time of the year?
but if you desperate enough, try it.
form full-day study groups with your tutees at 24/7 Mcdonals
you study your thing, they got question then ask you.
must see doctor to rule out dengue and also get MC for special considering in your grades -
Okay... here goes...
Cough is a defensive mechanism which involves a cycle of deep inspiration followed by an abrupt explosive expiration of air.
Prior to understanding anything further, the respiratory tract are full of defensive structures that helps prevents and filters foreign bodies or particulates from the air that we breathe in. One of such is the coughing mechanism, the other familiar principle, is the sneezing reflex. Much like the gastrointestinal tract where there is acid in the stomach and alkali in the intestines to neutralize the necessary bacteria that attempts to breach our immune system.
The difference between the cough and the sneeze reflex (aside from having different nerve endings) is that cough is more for the clearance of foreign bodies that have reached the lower respiratory tract whereas sneeze is more for the clearance of the upper respiratory tract (explaining why we can sneeze with our mouth shut, but we cannot cough it out with our mouth shut).
There are two types of cough, the dry cough and the wet cough.
Dry cough - no phlegm is produced, one have the urge to continue coughing as they can FEEL something in their throat - the FEEL mechanism is that the tumor or the obstruction is encroaching towards the nerve endings that is responsible for the coughing mechanism.
Usually indicates heatiness, obstruction in the airways or tumor.
Wet cough - phlegm is produced, and there are many colors, drs usually ask what color to indicate what kind of problem it is, if it is green (bacterial infection), yellow (allergy, or infection), red (blood) and white (mucus).
These usually indicates upper respiratory tract infection (URTI), commonly the flu, and lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI), commonly pneumonia, lung abscess, bronchiectasis or asthma (not an infection, more of an allergy).
In summary, since coughing is a defensive mechanism for your body in an attempt to get something out that is stuck in your throat, most doctors would not advocate treatment by giving cough suppressants, unless it is a dry cough (by means that there is no point coughing, since you won't be able to cough up the tumor) OR after abdominal surgery (the act of coughing, which reinforces the abdominal musculature might open up the stitches)
And since the above explanation related to you, tells you of the nerve endings that are responsible for initiating cough, these cough suppressants will enter the brain through the blood brain barrier and enter a certain structure called the cough center in the brain. It will suppress the cough center and increases the threshold for coughing. Since the sleep center is also nearby the cough center, and given that most cough drugs will stimulate the sleep center, this explains why we often feel drowsy after taking these cough mixture and given the advice not to operate machineries or drive after taking the medicine.
I hope the above explanation helps. I have long left med school, so my explanation would not be that book based anymore, so sorry if you find the text quite not by the book -
This is what I meant, for those guys who are too bored to read the text, or are confused... See, the black rounded dots are the cough receptors or nerve endings... There is a cough center in the brain if you look carefully...
The glossopharyngeal nerve, trigeminal nerve and the vagus nerve are cranial nerves that serves the motor and sensory portion of the head and the neck. The phrenic nerve (coming from C3, C4 and C5) is crucial in supplying the diaphragm (which helps us breathe)... If you sever that nerve, it's a bye bye, explaining why in paramedics, you have to stabilize the neck if you see an injured motorist lying on the roadside (the nerve is C3, 4 and 5) which is located behind your neck, which explains some movies why they crack their own necks and straight away fall down dead... -
Oh my.. tt's an extremely thorough explanation.
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hmm...i go try it out on my biochem lecturer laterOriginally posted by renorenal:
This is what I meant, for those guys who are too bored to read the text, or are confused... See, the black rounded dots are the cough receptors or nerve endings... There is a cough center in the brain if you look carefully...
The glossopharyngeal nerve, trigeminal nerve and the vagus nerve are cranial nerves that serves the motor and sensory portion of the head and the neck. The phrenic nerve (coming from C3, C4 and C5) is crucial in supplying the diaphragm (which helps us breathe)... If you sever that nerve, it's a bye bye, explaining why in paramedics, you have to stabilize the neck if you see an injured motorist lying on the roadside (the nerve is C3, 4 and 5) which is located behind your neck, which explains some movies why they crack their own necks and straight away fall down dead... -
