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...shopkeeper is about thirty but has teeth and gums stained dark red from years of chewing doma—beetlenut wrapped in a leaf and smeared with lime paste. (It is said to give a mild high but the one time I tried it, I got only nausea.) As she lays my purchases in front of me, I am feeling proud of myself for making this shopping trip by myself, excited to start blending in more when I walk through town. And then the shopkeeper says, “you know how to wear?” Uh?...
...stomach and produces digestive juices and enzymes. These don't normally become active until they're released into the small intestine. But if the pancreas becomes blocked they can activate within the gland, triggering what Smith calls a type of "auto-digestion" that causes severe pain and sometimes fever, nausea and raised blood pressure. A key part of early treatment is to ensure the patient eats and drinks nothing - often for two or three days - to allow the pancreas to rest. Nutrition in this period is delivered intravenously...
...drunk and endure a hangover for the sake of science. Half the tipplers were given an extract of the prickly pear cactus plant before their binges; the other half were given a placebo. The following morning, people who took the cactus extract suffered significantly less from nausea, dry mouth and loss of appetite than those who got placebos. The latter group also had 40% higher blood levels of C-reactive protein, a marker for inflammation, which may contribute to hangovers. Unfortunately, the remedy had no effect on other symptoms such as dizziness and headache...
...drunk and endure a hangover for the sake of science. Half the tipplers were given an extract of the prickly-pear cactus plant before their binges; the other half were given a placebo. the following morning, people who took the cactus extract suffered significantly less from nausea, dry mouth and loss of appetite than those who got placebos. The latter group also had 40% higher blood levels of creactive protein, a marker for inflammation, which may contribute to hangovers. Unfortunately, the remedy had no effect on other symptoms such as dizziness and headache. --By Sora Song
Heat-related problems can range from relatively mild dehydration and cramps to heat exhaustion (warning signs include fatigue, weakness, nausea and drenching sweats) to heatstroke (flushed and dry skin, headache, rapid pulse and a sudden loss of consciousness). Severe heatstroke can lead to a fever greater than 105F, delirium, seizures and coma; many cases are fatal...