Physical Health | Top 5 Killer Quora Answers On Wellness
Quora is a question and answer website where questions are asked, answered, followed and edited by internet users, either factually or in the form of opinions. It is an online community of people providing answers to different question. Quora site is quite similar to Yahoo! The mission of Quora is to share and grow the world’s knowledge. A vast amount of the knowledge that would be valuable to many people is currently only available to a few.
Quora has only one version of each question. It doesn’t have a left wing version or a right wing version, a western version and an eastern version. Quora brings people together from different worlds to learn from each other.
There are some killer questions and answers on health from Quora and five(5) of them are:
COULD MY CELL PHONE KILL ME?
ANS. It seems very unlikely but if you use your mobile phone a lot, consider getting an earpiece or putting your caller on speaker so you can hold the phone away from your head.
The biggest study yet, in which Danish researchers tracked 420,000 cell phone users for up to 21 years found no cancer risk but much of the data was collected when cell phones were more of a novelty than a primary form of communication.
In a smaller recent Israeli study of 1,726 people, heavy cell phone use raised the risk for salivary gland tumors 50 percent on the side on which the subjects usually held the phone (though the risk is vanishingly small).
The biggest threat, however has nothing to do with cancer: Driving while talking on a cell phone puts you in the same league as a drunk driver. You’re four to five times most likely to have an accident.
WILL VITAMIN D SAVE MY LIFE? SHOULD I REALLY BE TAKING IT FOUR TIMES THE RECOMMENDED DAILY DOSE?
ANS.
A growing body of evidence strongly suggests that vitamin D in high doses not only helps keep bones strong but also reduces the risk of colon, ovarian and breast cancers, and diseases such as diabetes and multiple sclerosis.
And many of us don’t get enough because of lack of exposure to sunlight (the sun triggers D’s production in the skin) or diets that omit good sources(fatty fish such as salmon, mackerel, tuna, fortified milk and cereal).
While the official daily dose for people age 51 to 70 is 400IUs, most experts agree that they should aim for 800 to 1,000 IU’s of supplemental D a day.
But if you’re under 50 and you consume the recommended 200 IUs(the equivalent of two glasses of milk daily) and get 10 to 15 minutes of sun exposure without sunscreen a day, a 400IU supplement should be fine.
IS IT TRUE THAT 48 HOURS AFTER STARTING ANTIBIOTICS I CAN’T INFECT SOMEONE ELSE?
ANS.
Yes, in most cases, and provide you really had a bacterial infection, like strep throat, and not a viral one against which antibiotics are useless, says Schaffner. But the bug may come back if you quit the drugs early or half way; also, if you fail to complete the full prescription, the leftover bacteria could develop antibiotic resistance and the drugs might not work next time.
WHEN SHOULD I SEE A DOCTOR ABOUT…
…A BACKACHE?
See a physician immediately if the back pain keeps you from sleeping; you also have numbness in your leg, foot, groin or rectal area; you also have fever, chills, nausea, vomiting, stomachache, weakness or sweating; you’ve also lost control of urination or bowel movements; you’ve been in a car crash or other accident; you have a history of cancer.
Otherwise, try over-the-counter pain relievers, alternating heating pads with ice packs, and a day or two of rest followed by gentle exercise for two to three weeks before making an appointment.
…A HEARTBURN?
You’ll want to call after two weeks of a burning sensation in the middle of your chest or abdomen or sooner, if you have other signs of gastro esophageal reflux disease such as dry cough or trouble swallowing despite using an over-the-counter antacid or reflux medicine.
…A FEVER?
Go to the emergency room if you also feel faint confused spending time outdoors in hot weather. Call your doctor right away if you have one or more of the following: a fever above 103 degrees, bloody diarrhea, a red rash or red streaks.
If after two days of an over-the-counter fever reducer like aspirin or ibuprofen doesn’t bring your temperature, it is time for professional help.
… A SORETHROAT?
See a doctor immediately if you have difficulty swallowing or breathing; tender or swollen lymph glands in your neck; a persistent cough. Call after three days if also have body aches and headaches.
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WILL STARING AT A COMPUTER ALL DAY MAKE ME BLIND?
ANS.
No. A marathon computer session is like a long hike.
“if you walk long enough, you legs will be tired, but that doesn’t mean you have permanently damaged them,” says ophthalmologist John C. Hagan , a spokesperson for the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
Focusing on a computer screen-a fixed distance- will leave your eye muscles tired and stiff, he says, plus you tend to blink less.
The antidote: look up from the computer screen very often and focus on something 20 or more feet away, then blink briskly four to five times.
Quora is not really a reliable source of information when it comes to matters of the health but a good question about health can reliably get a wide range of responses, and that is nearly always interesting at least but unless people are prepared to offer references or links to other more reliable sources, much of the materials posted as answers and discussions can be hard to verify.
There is often no agreed definition of answers provided by Quora and it is always opposed by seemingly equally well established credible sources.
Although Quora may not be a reliable source but it is a good source as everyone has the right to live a healthy life and for this to happen, one needs to be well informed about the most advanced a well as affordable treatments and cures available for them.
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