NHT News. Vol. 3 No. 8 Nov 2007

by | Newsletter Archives

I’ve been seeing a lot of gall bladder challenges this month (it’s the season with all the high-fat foods.) Let’s review the signs/symptoms of a gall bladder imbalance: Anorexia or bulimia, Belching. Bloating, Chest pain, Constipation, Dizziness, Enlarged abdomen, Gas and indigestion, Hiccoughs, Intestinal pain, Loose bowels, Nausea even at the thought of eating high fat foods, Nightmares, Pain on the right side of the lower rib cage, Pain under the right scapula (shoulder blade), and Skipping heart beats. In veterinary school, they taught us that the gallbladder is known as the “great masquerader”

DAMNIT Scheme for Diagnosis

by | Basics of Health

This is a diagnosis scheme taught to us in our veterinary radiology class. We’d stand in front of X-ray viewing boxes for hours looking at radiographs saying “DAMNIT, what could this be?. . .D is for degenerative, disorders, developmental”. . .duh. . .until our eyes blurred or we just didn’t care anymore! The DAMNIT Scheme for diagnosis. Of course I’ve added a few extra terms you don’t need when looking at radiographs, but you get the general idea. It covers a lot of ground.