What diseases can you get from cutting yourself with a rusty knife?

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This is a question from a growing nurse. I've always wondered if you really can get a disease from a rusty knife or any rust and what kind of diseases you can get.
staph aureus and staph epidermidis are commonly found on the skin and are responsible for
most infected wounds. methicillin resistant staph aureus (MRSA) is becoming a serious
problem. tetanus (clostridium tetani) is also a possibility but is usually not a problem with superficial
cuts that bleed a lot. infected wounds not treated properly can become gangrenous (clostridium
perfringens). clostridium bacteria are anaerobic which means that require a lack of oxygen to
grow. poor circulation or elevating an infected foot may lead to gangrene due to the lack of oxygen
in the infected area. if a person touches the cut with unclean hands, e. coli could infect the wound.  (+ info)

what effect does a posterior placenta with a baby in longitudinal lie will have during labor?

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At 32 weeks, the baby is said to be lying longitudinally while the placenta is at a posterior position, is it ok?
longitudinal means the baby is lying vertically in the uterus which is great
and posterior placenta means the placenta is attached toward the back wall of your uterus which again is fine.


I don't see any problems from this, seems completely normal to me and you shouldn't have any problems delivering the baby!

Good luck  (+ info)

How do they get the placenta out when at home in a birthing pool?

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Hi all,
I am having a home birth in a pool. I was wondering if anyone could tell me how the midwife gets the placenta out? I know in hospital they give you an injection but what happens when your at home?
Please no time wasters or witty answers, prefer honest knowledgeable answers, thanks in advance. Katy
I had a water birth with my second child. It was in hospital though.

What I can tell you is that you are not required to have the syntometrin(?) injection to make he placenta come away quickly.

I was given the choice of this but I would have had to get out of the birthing pool to have it. I chose not to and I stayed in the pool until it came away naturally. This took about 10 - 15 minutes. I had another contraction (though nowhere near like the ones during labour) and it just came away.

The midwife does not pull it out as someone so gracefully wrote further up the page.

Dont be put of by the time it takes to come away as you will be so caught up in seeing the new baby that you wont even think about it.

I wish you all the luck in the world and hope you find giving birth in the water as fantastic experience as I did.  (+ info)

How do hospitals in general dispose of our placenta slash umbilical cords?

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When I had given birth to my daughter not too long ago my MIL had taken a picture of my placenta/umbilical cord because I requested, but I was curious to how hospitals in general dispose of our placenta/umbilical cords? Does anybody know? Thanks
It's incinerated along with other hospital waste.  (+ info)

How were these diseases prevented or cured in the 1600 to early 1700s?

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Measles
Smallpox
Chickenpox
Malaria

How were some of these diseases dealt with in the 1600s? If there was no cure or anything to prevent the diseases to happen can you explain why and what resulted in these situations? Thanks!
Inoculation was sometimes used to prevent smallpox but basically either you lived or you died. Most survived chickenpox & measles but there were those who died or were left scarred or with damage to the vision or nervous system. Malaria was a disease of the tropics and is found in parts of Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Central and South America, Hispaniola, and Oceania. Mostly people died.

The 1600s were in the 17th century & the 1700s were in the 18th century. Do some online research.  (+ info)

What are some diseases similar to tuberculosis and could be mistaken as Tuberculosis?

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So I am researching tuberculosis, and I have to answer the question:

If it isn't your exact disease, what else could it be?

So essentially I have to find diseases with the same signs and symptoms, ones that may act in the same way or cause your body to look the same way as tuberculosis.

I then have to talk about how they are similar and why. Any help would be great. Thanks.
So other mycobacterium would look the same on stains:
Mycobacterium bovis
Mycobacterium kansasii
and other mycobacteria

Other bacteria can cause similar lung disease (but look different on stain and culture):
Nocardia
Rhodococcus equii
and other bacteria
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What kinds of diseases can you get from using a public restroom?

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I've always heard that you can catch diseases from sitting on public toilets but no one has ever told me what kind you can get.
So I'm curious what kind of diseases have people gotten from using public restrooms?
You'd have a better chance of being hit by lightning. It's almost impossible to catch any kind of disease from a toilet, for the following reasons:
1. Infections don't live long outside the body...they need a host. Toilet seats are bad hosts.
2. They need warm wet areas to live.
3. Most infections enter the body through breaks in the skin or openings...
4. Even though your anus is an opening the intestines is a hostile enviroment for infection
5. You don't sit there long enough

You CAN get skin infections...I got one. They're not deadly, just annoying.  (+ info)

What different types of heart diseases do they have?

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I'm 23 & I saw a heart doctor yesterday, & so far, he told me that it doesn't look like I have heart disease from the EKG & ultrasound, but he has to run a stress test on a treadmill to see how I handle it. I get chest pains very easily simply just from walking the 1st 2 minutes. I know I'm overweight & I'm trying to lose it. But how can I if every time I try to exercise, I get chest pains? My Dr. said I'm too young for heart disease, & my PCP told me my cholesterol is a little high but not enough to be put on medication.

What kinds of heart diseases do they have? I hope I don't have it, & I'm trying to do my best to prevent it.
I have angina and wear a nitro patch..Ask about daily aspirin..
A coated childrens asprin takes the chest pain away quickly. you dont need a prescription for spray nitro.The side efects not pleasant :; pounding head etc.  (+ info)

What is the nutrition information for human placenta?

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My husband and I are thinking about eating it when we get home for dinner. We were wondering how many grams of fat it has because if it a lot we are going to pass out on this chance. I want to keep the placenta-eating tradition going because my mom ate mine, and her mom ate hers.. etc.

Also, any good flavorings for it? Pepper, garlic? Thanks.
Gross!! I was someone do this on TV and it was just disgusting. Really. You'd be better off eating McDonalds for a month.  (+ info)

What are the risks for having another placenta abrubtion in subsequent pregnancies?

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I am 40 years old and pregnant with my 7th child. My last pregnancy
resulted in a placenta abruption at 40 weeks with an emergency c-section. There was no damage to my uterus and i delivered a healthy baby boy. I am concerned if i am at high risk for this happening again because of the previous abruption, my age, and multiple pregnacies. Is it wise to continue with this pregnancy or are the risks too great?
Well you are already pregnant so its too late to think about that! I am halfway through my 24th week of pregnancy and I have had Placenta Abruption since week 22 and have been on bed rest since. My Placenta Abruption resulted from a Placenta Previa that I had since 15 weeks. Once you have Placenta Abruption you are at a 20-25% more risk of getting it again and because of that I will never be getting pregnant again. I will never put a child at risk like this again. I highly suggest since you have had problems and are over the age where pregnancy is healthy and wise that you don't have anymore pregnancies after this one. Good luck!  (+ info)

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