Most women spend the first few weeks after the arrival of a new human being taking care of their newborn baby.

The medical professional understands hyposalivation as the insufficient secretion of saliva. The oral mucosa becomes reddened by this phenomenon, it hurts and is sometimes inflamed. Therapeutic methods such as the administration of

A bruise (medically: contusion) is the injury to tissue or organs caused by blunt trauma such as a shock, kick or impact. Depending on the strength of the tissue damage, a distinction is made between

The mare's milk (milk from female horses) serves the foals as natural food in the first few months, but it is occasionally also offered as food for humans.

A pinworm infestation in humans is called oxyuriasis. The pinworms hatch and mature in the intestine. The female worms reach full maturity around two weeks after fertilization and lay several thousand eggs outside of the anus

Trifluoperazine is a neuroleptic. Due to its chemical and pharmacological properties, it is assigned to the phenothiazine class of active ingredients. In Germany, Austria and Switzerland, however, trifluoperazine is less common

After the birth of a child, women, but also men, can suffer from psychological disorders and even psychosis. The best known postpartum mood crisis is postpartum depression. Treatment takes place on an outpatient or inpatient basis by means of self-help

The hawthorn is found almost exclusively in the northern hemisphere. Its many hundreds of genera grow in the temperate climates of Europe, Asia and North America.

The trichina is a very small nematode that is barely visible to the naked eye. The male is only about 1.5, the female 3 to 4 millimeters long. In total, trichinae infestation is estimated at around 40 million people around the world

Newborn sepsis is a bacterial infection in the newborn child that occurs in 0.1 to 0.8 percent of all newborns. This occurs especially when the immune system, as in premature babies, is not yet complete

Food chemists have found that the combination of 50 percent carbohydrates and 35 percent fat stimulates the desire for snacking and gluttony. Transferred to chocolate, that could be an explanation for a once

Catecholamines are biogenic amines and play an important role as neurotransmitters and hormones. The best-known substances from this group are the stress hormones adrenaline and noradrenaline. If the adrenal medulla is underfunction, there is an undersupply