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July 6, 2004:
Summer
Health Tips
Interview
with Patricia Carroll, R.N.author of the book,What
Nurses Know And Doctors Don't Have Time To Tell You
Mike
Carruthers:
Now
that it's summer there are certain precautions you might want
to take, like preventing bee stings.
Patricia
Carroll:
To prevent bee stings, number one is you don't want
to pretend you're a flower.
Registered
nurse Pat Carroll author of the book
What Nurses Know And Doctors Don't Have Time To Tell You.
Bees
tend to be very near sited and they are attracted by color and
scent. So if you're wearing a shirt that's the color of a flower
and you've got on perfume or aftershave you can't blame a bee
for stopping by. So you want to make sure you use non-scented
products and dress in neutral colors.
If you do
get stung by a bee or a wasp......
The first
tip is to get the stinger out if it's left behind. And you want
to scrap it away with something like a credit card or an ID.
And then apply something cold to the area. You may not have
ice, one thing I like to recommend is taking a soft drink can
slipping it in a sock and that gives you an instant cold pack
if you're out at a picnic.
And if you
get one of those summertime headaches
You can
choose aspirin or acetaminophen. And research has shown that
if you add caffeine you can improve the efficacy of that drug
by forty percent. Some of the drugs that are sold over the counter
have caffeine in the pills but a swig of coffee and two aspirin
will give you the best pain relief.
Tomorrow
tips to help your allergy symptoms you may not have heard before,
I'm Mike Carruthers and that's Something You Should Know.
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