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I really think I really have to check for a shopping cart software if I’m planning to sell some goods here in clinic freak. I’m not a marketing student, but a BS in Nursing student. I can remember one of our clinical instructors while he was lecturing about alternative medicine. He said, if we can’t make it to graduation, we can actually have our own business which is also related to our course. Since we already know how to take vital signs (blood pressure, temperature, pulse and heart rate), apply therapeutic massage (accupressure), and know how to make herbal medicines such as Salabat, sambong dedoctions, and more, he says if we know how to put up a small clinic, we can actually earn through it. Of course, it was only a joke (for most of us, I think it is). But really, if somebody’s really bold and brave enough to start a business such as an alternative medicine clinic, I think it’ll be successful. Now I am beginning to think about the possibility of me being in that sort of business. hhmm,..this makes me excited! Watch out for the opening of my alternative med clinic! harhar..

I’d like to post a shopping cart software here in http://clinicfreak.blog.com because I think I might be good in endorsing products such as the Fuchingsung-N cream that I have mentioned in my previous post. Truly, I have nothing against the use of herbal medicine, because even in my Primary Health Care subjects, alternative medicine is a part of our lessons. I think it is even included in the board exam. I have a short list of herbal meds and products that are made available right now in the market.

1. Fuchingsung-N cream - good for skin allergies
2. Lifestyles Intra - they say it relieves asthma and other ailments
3. Goji Juice - effective in relieving various kinds of ailments
4. Ling Zhi coffee - healthy coffee
5. Reishi Gano  - food supplement
6. Ganocelium - food supplement
7. Spirulina - food supplement (my mom says it enhances metabolism)

If you want to order any of the above products, feel free to drop a comment.

For those of you who are suffering from skin allergies caused by eating chicken, shrimps, crabs, and got affected after being in contact with a (bad) fungi, try using FuchingSung-N cream manufactured and distributed by Shandong Medicines and Health Products imp. and exp. corporation. It is available at The Health Shop store at the NCCC Mall. I have used a skin allergy product recommended to me by a friend who’s a nurse but because it costs more than 300Php, I cannot seem to afford it anymore, most especially because my allergies comes every now and then. When I asked some of the ladies at church about what cream am I going to use, they told me to try and use this chinese product FUchingsung-N cream. It costs only 80Php per tube or 10g. After 3 consecutive days of using it, the skin allergies were gone, and every time I eat the foods that give me allergies, the allergies seem to be lesser in number every time. I guess the product’s really good.

According to its label, here are its actions and uses:

It is used in allergy skin disorders such as dermatitis, eczema, pruritus of skin, and mucosa psoriasis lupus, erythematodes, and its relapsing infections.

The main consitituent of Funchingsung-N cream is Fluocinonide - a synthetic corticosteroid for topical application in treatment of various skin disorders. Its advantages over other similar drugs lies in its decisive and rapid therapeutic effects. This preparation contains Fluocinonide 0.025% and Neomycin Sulfate 0.5%. In severe cases and for patients with whole body irritation, it is advisable to use other related drugs simultaneously. The cream is without irritation and rarely produces allergic reactions.

Application:

2 to 3 times daily applied on to the affected area, or on occlusive dressing may be used when necessary.

I hope I would get paid to blog by this company..and even if I am not, still I am willing to share this wonderful topical medication for it is really effective. Remember that I blogged about skin allergies?

Duodenal Ulcer is a classification of Peptic Ulcer. Ulcers are located in the duodenum that is acidic and extremely painful to most of the patients. The wikipedia says it is as much as 80% of the cases of peptic ulcer that is associated with H. Pylori (a spiral shaped bacterium that lives in an extremely acidic environment). Ulcers can also be worsened with the use of Aspirin and other NSAIDs (Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory drug) such as Ibuprofen and Mefenamic acid.

  Signs and Symptoms

 Abdominal pain, bloating and abdominal fullness, waterbrush (rush of saliva), nausea and vomiting, loss of apetite, weight loss, hematemesis (vomiting of blood), and melena. A history of hearturn, gastroesophageal reflux disease and use of certain forms of medications such as NSAIDs can lead into peptic ulcer.

Complications

Gastrointestinal bleeding–can be life threatening if not managed well.
Perforation — leads to peritonitis and pancreatitis.
Penetration — ulcer continues into adjacent organs such as the liver and pancreas.
Scarring and swelling due to ulcers causes narrowing of the duodenum which leads into extreme vomiting.
Pyloric Stenosis

Causes

Tobacco smoking, blood group, and spices are said to be minor causatives in the development of peptic ulcers.
The major causative factor is the chronic inflammation due to Helicobacter Pylori that colonizes (and settles) in the antral mucosa.  The immune system cannot seem to clear the infection at all. The bacterium invades the gastric mucosa that causes gastritis that results to the defect in gastrin production. The gastric acid secretion increases leading to the erosion of the mucosa that leads into ulcer.

Stress can cause Ulcers?

As we have learned, only 80% of the ulcer cases are said to be caused by the H. pylori bacteria. So what about the remaining 20% of the cases? According to research of the Academy of Behavioral Medicine, ulcers are not purely an infectious disease but rather, psychological factors do play a significant role in developing the disease. Since H. pylori thrives in an acidic environment and stress can develop a significant amount of acid in the stomach, therefore, stress can be associated with the development of ulcers in the gastric mucosa. Stress is considered to be a cofactor together with H. pylori in developing ulcers.

Diagnostic Tests

⌐ Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD), a form of endoscopy is carried out to patients suspected with peptic ulcers. By direct visual identification, the location of ulcer and its severity can be described. However, if no ulcerations can be found, other alternative tests can be used such as the following:

To test the presence of H. pylori:
⌐ Breath testing
⌐ Direct culture from EGD biopsy specimen
⌐ Direct detection of a urease activity in a biopsy specimen
⌐ Measurement of antibody levels in blood.

Treatment

For younger patients - antacids, H2 blockers, bismuth compounds
Patients who are taking NSAIDs are given Misoprostol to prevent ulcers.
When H. pylori is present, the combination of 2 antibiotics is good — Clarithromycin, Amoxicillin, Tetracycline, Metronidazole, and 1 proton pump inhibitor (Omeprazole).