Answered by staff at Eastern Idaho Public Health Many diseases are caused by tiny germs called bacteria or viruses. The germs are so tiny you can’t even see them. Vaccines work with the body’s natural defenses to safely develop immunity to a specific disease. They protect you by giving you a version of the germ…
In a nut shell, it comes down to the nurses that we have available. The nurses we have posses a lot of necessary skills. Managing ventilators, multiple IV’s, etc. Some have additional skills such as being able to manage dialysis. We have a nurse to patient ratio that we try to maintain to allow the…
Answered by Alan Jensen, Registered Pharmacist The reason you were prescribed an antibiotic is because your body has been infected by bacteria that are making you sick. The antibiotic is a drug that kills the bacteria that are making you sick. Normally antibiotics are prescribed to last 7 to 10 days. Usually this is enough…
Question Answered by Tamara Cox, RN, Eastern Idaho Public Health Department Continued from last week Vitamin C: Vitamin C is a popular treatment for the common cold, whether by orange juice or in tablet form. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), vitamin C is considered “possibly effective” for treat the common cold, but is ineffective…
Question Answered by Tamara Cox, RN, Eastern Idaho Public Health Department Is it feed a cold and starve a fever, or is it starve a cold and feed a fever? In the past, that was the main concern when dealing with the dreaded cold. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) there are over 200 different…
