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- Learn what medical and psychiatric emergency conditions are and how to get the immediate medical attention they require.Learn what medical and psychiatric emergency conditions are and how to get the immediate medical attention they require.
- The NICU is a high-tech nursery for babies with serious medical needs. Learn more about what to expect there and the support staff you'll work with.The NICU is a high-tech nursery for babies with serious medical needs. Learn more about what to expect there and the support staff you'll work with.
- Health Article description.Learn what steps to take in an acute mental health crisis, including who to contact, when to access care, and the options for care.
- Health Article description.Keeping contacts clean and safe The following tips can help you keep your contacts clean and safe. This will help keep your eyes healthy and your vision as clear as possible. Carefully follow the cleaning instructions for your lenses. Keep your lenses and all supplies very clean. Always wash and rinse your hands...
- Health Article description.After a stroke, keep in mind that you are the most important person in your own recovery. You need to have a major say in the decisions about your care. This may be hard for you, and you may sometimes feel like sitting back and letting others take...
- Health Article description.Checking a person's feet and keeping them clean and soft can help prevent cracks and infection in the skin. This is especially important for people who have diabetes. Keeping toenails trimmed—and polished if that's what the person likes—also helps the person. If the person you care for has diabetes or has foot problems...
- Health Article description.As you age, you may have concerns about how to manage health problems. Most people would like to stay in their homes with help from someone they know, like a family member or friend. But this isn't always possible. For many reasons, people may not have a family member or friend who can provide care. This is where...
- Depression is a common mental health condition that's treatable. Visit Kaiser Permanente & learn about the different services available to help you feel better.Depression is a common mental health condition that's treatable. Visit Kaiser Permanente & learn about the different services available to help you feel better.
- Baby emergency? Trust your maternal instincts; if something doesn't feel right or your baby doesn't look right, don't delay. Call us right away!Baby emergency? Trust your maternal instincts; if something doesn't feel right or your baby doesn't look right, don't delay. Call us right away!
- There are different levels & symptoms of depression. Visit Kaiser Permanente to learn more about treatment options for different levels of depression.There are different levels & symptoms of depression. Visit Kaiser Permanente to learn more about treatment options for different levels of depression.
- Health Article description.Briefly discusses feelings of anger, hostility, and violence. Offers interactive tool to help decide when to seek care. Also offers tips on how to manage feelings of anger or hostility and avoid violence.
- Health Article description.Learn how you can care for yourself after a traumatic event.
- Health Article description.A doctor's main focus is to help you get better, not to save you money. But if you speak up, your doctor may be able to help with both. Don't expect your doctor to know the exact cost of a drug or test or treatment. There are so many things that...
- Health Article description.Briefly discusses types of poisonings and related symptoms. Offers interactive tool to help decide when to seek care. Also offers first aid steps as well as calling Poison Control.
- Health Article description.It's common to have a lot of questions if you're thinking about hospice. Knowing more may help.
- Health Article description.Skin wounds, including animal or human bites, need thorough cleaning to reduce the risk of infection and scarring and to promote healing. You may be able to do this yourself for minor wounds. You'll have to stop any bleeding, clean the wound, and...
- Health Article description.Offers tips for preventing carpal tunnel syndrome, including changing wrist and hand movements and using workstation ergonomics. Includes a few wrist stretches.
- Health Article description.As we get older, our skin gets thinner and drier, so it is easier to damage. The chance of skin damage is higher for people who can't move much, or who spend most of their time in bed or in a wheelchair. The skin can develop rashes and sores, especially pressure injuries (also called pressure sores). These injuries are...
- Health Article description.A urinary catheter is a flexible plastic tube that's used to drain urine from the bladder when a person can't urinate. The catheter is placed into the bladder by inserting it through the urethra. The urethra is the opening that carries urine from the bladder to the outside of the body. When the catheter is in the...
- Health Article description.You can make the most of your office visit by having this form with you when you talk with your doctor. Your blood sugar log. A list of all your medicines, vitamins, supplements, and herbal remedies. Other test results, if available. Your questions.
- Health Article description.Many people hesitate to get help for mental health problems. It can be hard to take that first step. Here are some common barriers and ideas for other ways that you might think about them. Maybe you'll see yourself in one of these.Reasons people...
- Health Article description.Guides through decision to stop kidney dialysis for kidney failure. Covers key factors in decision. Covers benefits and risks. Discusses what happens after dialysis is stopped. Offers interactive tool to help you make your decision.
- Health Article description.Looks at the importance of good dental health habits. Suggests when and how to brush and floss.
- Health Article description.Covers basic information about a pill (medication) abortion.
- Health Article description.Most blisters heal on their own. Home treatment may help decrease pain, prevent infection, and help heal large or broken blisters. Bandage small blisters. A small, unbroken blister about the size of a pea, even a blood blister, will usually heal on its own. Use a loose bandage to protect it. Avoid the activity that...
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