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Flushing

(Science: clinical sign) transient redness of the face and neck caused by cutaneous vasodilation due to a variety of causes, such as drugs, alcohol, and carcinoid tumours. It does not include blushing.


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Use of diuretics

... help remove ethanol from the blood - it's being converted in the liver and lost across the respiratory membranes as well, and additional "flushing" would add to that, but how much-? And isn't ethanol itself somewhat diuretic? Using one drug to counteract the effects of another can ...

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by Darby
Fri Apr 03, 2009 3:22 pm
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Use of diuretics
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Views: 430

Use of diuretics

... last night of an awful situation I had a couple years back where I had drunk far too much alcohol.. then I thought: surely there's a better way of flushing it (without radical medical procedures like stomach pumping) out of the body than just "waiting it out" whilst someone is in such ...

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by drunkard
Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:41 pm
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Use of diuretics
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Views: 430

The Fiber Disease

... disease despite treatment. Overall, mortality is 40%. Cutaneous Manifestations: Severe urticaria has been reported with pulmonary melioidosis. Flushing and cyanosis may develop during septicemia. No cutaneous lesion, however, is specific or diagnostic of melioidosis, nor is any likely to be ...

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by Skytroll
Mon Sep 04, 2006 4:01 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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memory in babies

One of my first memories is of flushing my mom's jewelry down the toilet ... lol. This was around age 2. P.S. sorry to get off topic!

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by Jondice
Mon Apr 24, 2006 5:12 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: memory in babies
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Views: 1652

Periods

... cycle, her ischial callosities (butt cheeks) get swollen with blood, turning bright red. In most mammals, similar evidences occur in swelling or flushing of the females reproductive organs, particularly the vulva in many species, and are accompanied by varying behavioral patterns caused by increased ...

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by AstusAleator
Mon Jan 30, 2006 8:32 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Periods
Replies: 61
Views: 7608
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