Generic Metaglip

HOW TO SURVIVE YOUR DOCTOR: MOTION SICKNESS AND MUMPS

Motion Sickness
Motion sickness is part of the body’s adaptation to any form of locomotion that does not involve the feet. For some reason when mankind enters the world of vehicular transportation the inner ears balance centre loses its rapport with coordinating information from the eyes. Nausea, vertigo and vomiting are the inevitable results.
Medicinal management of vertigo reintroduces the sedating antihistamines. At the cost of drowsiness this blunderbuss family of drugs abolishes - nausea, vertigo and vomiting. Non sedating drugs like Hyoscine – SCOP (B2) - suppress motion sickness and they are available over the counter as patches in transdermal delivery systems. Side effects include blurred vision and a dry mouth.

Mumps
The routine injection of children with the Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccines at 12 months of age means that the Mumps is another infectious viral disease on the way out. A person infected with Mumps suffers with painful swelling and inflammation of the salivary glands. Other exocrine glands can also be affected. In men inflammation of the testicles can lead to infertility. Treatment is symptomatic: Paracetamol and a scrotal support suffice even if pain in the testes is unbearable.

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GENERAL HEALTH

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