A 7-week-old who sleeps a lot is usually doing exactly what a 7-week-old is supposed to do. At this age, babies commonly sleep around 14 to 17 hours across a 24-hour period, and much of that is still split between day and night. The real question is not how many hours your baby logs, but … Read more
“Deep veins” is a term you may have heard during a leg ultrasound or in a conversation about circulation, and it refers to the large blood vessels that run deep inside your limbs, carrying most of the blood back to your heart. They sit beneath the muscle and fascia, far below the surface veins you … Read more
Salmonella Enteritidis is one of the most common types of Salmonella bacteria that cause foodborne illness in people. You get it by eating food contaminated with the bacteria — most often undercooked eggs or poultry — or by touching contaminated surfaces and then putting your hands near your mouth. It is not spread through the … Read more
Vaginal discharge changes color for many reasons, and yellow is one of the most misunderstood. A pale yellow tint can be entirely normal, especially near the end of a menstrual cycle or when discharge dries on underwear. But a bright yellow, greenish-yellow, or foul-smelling discharge is more often a sign of infection that needs medical … Read more
Heat does not make hair grow faster. No well-controlled human study has shown that warming the scalp increases hair growth, and the idea that heat “stimulates” follicles into producing more hair is not supported by clinical evidence. What heat can do is improve how a topical treatment penetrates the skin and make hair easier to … Read more
Green iguanas are strict herbivores. In the wild they eat leaves, flowers, and fruit, and they eat almost nothing else. A pet green iguana needs a diet built mostly from dark leafy greens and other vegetables, with fruit kept to a small part of the total. Protein from animal sources does not belong in their … Read more
A healing wound changes in predictable ways. The edges draw together, the redness fades, and new pink tissue fills the gap. An infected wound moves in the other direction — redness spreads, pain increases, and fluid turns cloudy or yellow. Knowing which direction yours is heading is the single most useful skill in wound care. … Read more
No single doctor treats Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. EDS is a group of inherited connective tissue disorders that affect skin, joints, blood vessels, and other organs, so care usually involves several specialists working together. The doctor who leads that team depends on which type of EDS you have and which body systems are affected. For most people, … Read more
Vitamin B12 is taken sublingually because the tissue under the tongue is thin and packed with small blood vessels, so a tablet or liquid placed there can be absorbed directly into the bloodstream instead of passing through the stomach and intestine. That route matters because B12 absorption in the gut depends on a chain of … Read more
If you can’t poop, the first thing to do is stop straining. Straining is the most common way people make constipation worse and the most common way they injure themselves trying to fix it. Instead, drink water, take a short walk, and give yourself unhurried time on the toilet with your feet supported. If nothing … Read more