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Technology / What should I do if my baby swallowed computer parts?

« on: 15/11/2014 06:27:36 »

Hi,

My one year old son just swallowed the broken part from a lenovo computer.
this small part is near the start botton up left. I should not have let him play the laptop anymore this the joint between screen and keyboard looked already broken. but he saw the small broken part first and might eat it.
we directly went to Doctor. she said since it was so small it will pass throug and asked us to observe if he behaves unusual. 

my concern is the part itself. it looks metal first but actually plastic painted metal brown color. is it poisonous paint or the plastic is poisonous as well?

any answers will be appreciated.

a guilty mom

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Physiology & Medicine / How does weaning affect infant digestion?

« on: 27/03/2014 00:49:06 »

When an infant is introduced to solids first times, there might be digest problems like constipation.

Is that normal? by NORMAL I do not mean that most babies have that these days only because of the certain feeding pattern of the parents in the modern society. I mean NORMAL biology wise.

Does the ability of digestion need to be "trained" and then gets mature, and will it never outgrow its in-mature by itself?

Or does the digestion problem mean it is too early for solids and there will be the time when they are ready for solids?

Thanks.

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Physiology & Medicine / Until when is exclusive breastfeeding adequate for an infant?

« on: 27/03/2014 00:32:58 »

Hello,

According to World Health Organization, it is recommended that infants have breast milk only in the first 6 months.

However, if an infant has no interest in solid food, until when is breastfeeding-only enough for its health development?

Thank you.
Polaris

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Physiology & Medicine / Swallow saliva into the wrong pipe?

« on: 23/03/2014 03:53:10 »

Hello,

I was half asleep as I breastfed my baby and suddenly felt like swallowing the saliva into the airpipe and as a reflex I got up quickly and coughed for a few seconds. Since my baby was crying I lie back down to feed him before I coughed anything up with bad feeling(something there?) still in the airpipe.  And now after a few hours I feel its there (or I thought so much so that I feel its still there) and regret it since I held back the natural reflex in order not to disturb his drinking. Can that cause infection of the air pipe or lung in the long run?
Or will it eventually still be coughed out?

Thank you!

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Physiology & Medicine / High tight should varicose vein stockings be?

« on: 05/05/2013 16:42:20 »

Hello,
my husband has Varicose veins on his left leg above the knee, since 2 years.  but this supporting sock that the doctor gave is too tight for him, i saw red spot at the backside of the knee because the sock goes down with time and clamped the skin. he said without the sock he feels nothing, but with the sock he feels so painful. so he gave up the sock and would like to get it removed in winter, but im worried, without the sock, will this thing go worse? is this kind of extreme tightness meaningful? or he could try a bigger size?
thank you for your patience.

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Physiology & Medicine / Is there a list of things you should and should not do when pregnant?

« on: 03/06/2012 07:32:39 »

Hi,

I have noticed something different between pregnant women in China and in Germany. For instance, in China,they wear a special vest in order not to get radiation from computers (if one works in a office) some even walk on the street with such vests, which i never saw anywhere in Germany or Sweden (perhaps they wear them at home). Is that scientific proven that one must do that or its better to do that?

And I searched Chinese websites about pregancy, what to eat what not to eat, (eating lots of stuff that only exist on chinese lunch table, like pigeons which i found #&$*#($&#$*(&&$@!@!!!! what to do and not to dos. but in a non chinese website, there is nothing like that. im confused what is really scientifically right, or better for a pregnant woman. (Im Chinese who work and live in germany)

 is there such a list?

thanks!

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Physiology & Medicine / Is it safe for someone with hypertension to travel at high speed by train?

« on: 17/05/2012 17:30:49 »

Hi!

i want to take my grandma to Beijing from Shanghai for a visit.
she suffers high blood pressure, i dont know if its a good idea for her to sit in a fast train (like 250km/h-300km/h). So I'm writing here to seek for help and or answer!

anybody knows or have any idea how i can solve this problem and take her there?

thank you in advance!!
Polaris

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Technology / A question about current situation: A Chinese student studying in Sweden

« on: 22/02/2010 06:41:04 »

Hi scientists,

I'm a Chinese student born in Shanghai, studying international trade for my bachelor's before. and Now I'm study economic growth for my master's here in Sweden. I like technology and I want to be a trade consultant or something for the european companies who have/want to cooperate with chinese ones since i know the language and culture and more or less the chinese market. I'd like to know how much likely it's possible and where i could start looking? I know its a british forum but any suggestions for sweden or UK or elsewhere europe would be appreciated. I like to stay here in the west very much.

Many thanks.
Polaris

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General Science / A strange dream when something was dragging me from waking up!

« on: 11/01/2010 20:40:46 »

for many times I had that dream, when I realized it was a dream, it was not true at that moment, but still I couldn't wake up, although I so much wanted to! It was like something was dragging me. It feels so horrible and scary. My mom said it was ghost hunting... But any other explains?

thank you.

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Physiology & Medicine / Does dust mite allergy have a permanent cure?

« on: 14/11/2008 02:47:18 »

My friend developed this allergy for nearly 2 decades. The doctors gave him some medicine to temporarily relieve the symptom but it has a side effect that makes his eyes really dry. A better medicine is something steroid, but he cannot use it for a long period but only like 2 weeks but then again eyes get red.

Is there a permanent way to cure this? to solve this problem? (well,allergy isnt supposed to be cured.)

I would appreciate it if you could answer me!

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General Science / Why do I feel like I've done this before, even though I haven't?

« on: 18/07/2008 22:59:16 »

have you ever experienced this? like,when you are in a situation that you feel you've already been there,but in fact you never were there. like when you have dinner with some guy,you feel you already did that before,but in fact you guys just met yesterday!

i dont think its "beforelife", but what is it?



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