For most people, the flu causes fever, chills, muscle pain, headaches, and respiratory infections. It can also cause gastrointestinal disturbances and prolonged fatigue. While these are the most common signs and symptoms of the influenza virus, you may experience unusual symptoms that may prompt you to visit an urgent care center. If you have the flu and experience any of the following, see a physician so that other, more serious, conditions can be ruled out.
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Remember the days when you would kiss each other good night and then turn in for a great night's sleep? Maybe those days are behind you because, even if you don't realize it yourself, you snore. Your children might even be teasing you in a good-natured way, and things might have gotten to the point that your spouse has given you a gentle ultimatum. That ultimatum might be for you to get help or one of you would be sleeping in another room.
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Cleft lip or cleft palate is a congenital defect of the lips, mouth, and/or roof of the mouth. Babies born with these deformities are often born to mothers in developing countries or to mothers who did not receive proper prenatal care. In a smaller percentage of cases, babies born with cleft lips and/or cleft palates are born to mothers who were substance abusers. However a baby attains this deformity, it is classified in one of four levels of severity, and there are different ways to address each level of deformity.
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Getting old often requires people to receive high-quality care from professionals who fully understand their needs. This situation gets more complex when the adult children of an elderly person with dementia don't quite have the cash necessary to pay for their treatment. Thankfully, elderly care centers often work with many types of governmental bodies to get the funding necessary for this type of care.
Elderly Individuals With Dementia Need High-Quality Care
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When you struggle with chronic back pain, you may wonder why most of your friends and acquaintances do not have this problem. Actually, back pain is a very common disorder, although some individuals only experience an acute episode once or twice and never have trouble with it again. Several risk factors for chronic back pain explain why some people are more susceptible than others. You can learn about strategies for managing and reducing the discomfort from a pain management therapist.
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