Take a Drink and Flea the Scene: The Scoop on Flea Bites
Flea bites are a common complaint of dog and cat lovers especially when they jump from the animal onto a human host. Fleas have three separate mouthparts. They inject saliva into their host. They will then have a blood meal and flea the scene, often time unnoticed by they unsuspecting human host. Fleas [...]
Love Bites: There Must Be Less Painful Ways To Show Me You Love Me
Love Bites – What are they? What kinds of ways can humans bite other one another?
The first thing that comes to mind when one thinks of love bites is the traditional teenage hickeys. Young love, fresh and new, experimenting, showing love, or marking territory “she is mine.” Whatever the case may be, a [...]
Wrist Sprains: Essential Information Below
Just like any other sprain, wrist sprains are an injury to the ligament. The wrist has several ligaments this means that the chance of a sprain is increased. The most commonly injured ligaments in the wrist are the collateral, dorsal, and volar ligaments. The most common method of injury is the extension or flexion of [...]
Bug Off! How to get Relief from Bug Bites
Bugs come in all shapes and sizes. The effects of bug bites and stings depend largely on the bug that has bitten or stung you and the intensity of the allergic reaction you have from those bug bites. People have allergic reactions to bug bites and stings because of the venom these insect inject [...]
Broken Foot Bones – It Hurts When I Walk!
Usually the first indication you have broken foot bones is when it hurts to walk. It’s amazing that more people don’t break the bones in their feet more often considering the heavy load they carry during a lifetime. It’s even more amazing when you learn a single human foot has 26 bones, and any of [...]
Pictures of Broken Bones – A Thousand Words
The old saying claims a picture is worth a thousand words and that’s true of pictures of broken bones. It’s easy to throw out words like femur and fibula, but if you can’t picture the bones then the words are virtually meaningless. Pictures of broken bones are also useful for showing the different kinds of [...]
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