The Nurse Lady » Prevention http://www.thenurselady.com Tips and stories from a health professional. Mon, 06 Jun 2011 20:01:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Belly Piercing http://www.thenurselady.com/2007/87/ http://www.thenurselady.com/2007/87/#comments Sun, 07 Oct 2007 11:38:53 +0000 The Nurse Lady http://www.thenurselady.com/2007/87/ Chyna wrote:
i got my belly pierced on july 31st (7 1/2 weeks).I clean my piercing
with spectro jel every evening in the shower,and i noticed a redness in the
center of the piercing and i used sea salt to give it a salt cleaning one night
and now the pus and blood started pouring out of the bump…is it infected do
you recommend a doctor???or should i take it out?????? Please help
Dear Chyna,
If you want to save the piercing I suggest you go to the doctors. If not, you can take the ring out, continue soaking, and most likely it will heal. If you start running a temperature or the site becomes more inflamed go to the doctor.
Nurselady

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I’m worried that I might get diabetes. It runs in my family. I’m only in my 30s but could you tell me some basic tips for preventing the onset of diabetes? Are things I can do for my diet or exercises i can do?

Dear Joy,
Yes, Joy, there are things that you can do to help prevent diabetes. Avoid eating a lot of simple carbohydrates such as cakes, cookies, white bread, white pasta, white rice, and simple sugars like candy, soda. Eat a lot of fruits and vegetables and whole grain foods like wheat bread, oatmeal, brown rice, and wheat pasta. Exercise is another important key to fighting diabetes. Try to find activities that you enjoy like running, playing tennis, roller blading, dancing, anything to keep you in tip top shape. Have regular physicals with your physician including blood work to check your blood glucose. I recently read an article that eating cinnamon on a regular basis helps lower blood glucose, so add some to your oatmeal or whole wheat toast.

Hope this has been helpful. Wiishing you the best of health.
Nurselady

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