Safe and Natural Healing from the Time-Tested Tools of Chinese Medicine (A) Information comes from the book:How Can Chinese Medicine Help My Diabetes? PMPH, 2007 Copyright © PMPH www.pmph.com ISBN:978-7-117-09215-9/R-9216…
How Can Chinese Medicine Help My Diabetes? (A) Xiao-li Li Ph.D. TCM Carl Stimson L.Ac. HERBAL MEDICINE At first you may find the making of your decoction troublesome, and/or have…
The Child with Frequent, Severe, or Unusual Infections: Congenital Immunodeficiency Syndromes Overview It is impossible to pass through life without acquiring a large number of infections. Most of these infections…
Infections Complicating Chronic Diseases Certain chronic diseases of children are associated with a higher than expected frequency of infectious complications. Some of these patients are immunocompromised hosts (ICH) and their…
Exposure Problems In the patient who presents with symptoms consistent with an infectious process, an exposure history is one of the most important pieces of information to elicit. Many infectious…
HIV Infection and AIDS Introduction This chapter will discuss several aspects of HIV infection and AIDS, including maternal-infant transmission, diagnostic tests, treatments, and prognosis. Detailed information about management of these…
Perinatal Syndromes This chapter is divided into the following sections: Prenatal infections (alphabetized by disease) Exposures during pregnancy Chronic congenital infection (“TORCH syndrome”) Neonatal sepsis and meningitis Miscellaneous neonatal infections…
Cardiovascular Syndromes Inflammatory processes involving the heart are usually classified as pericarditis, myocarditis, or endocarditis, including valvulitis. When all three of these processes are present, the inflammation is called “pancarditis.”…
Skin and Soft-Tissue Syndromes Skin infections should be distinguished from exanthems, which are rashes associated with a generalized febrile disease and are discussed in Chapter 11. A primary skin infection…
Orthopedic Syndromes Orthopedic (bone and joint) infections can be classified into syndromes according to the anatomic area involved and the rate of onset. Acute arthritis can be defined as a…
