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Gripe water is a non-prescription product sold in many countries around the world to relieve colic and other gastrointestinal ailments and discomforts of infants.No evidence supports the efficacy of gripe water and one limited study in India questions whether the consumption of gripe water is related to vomiting in babies that already showed signs of colic. [1]
Syrup of ipecac (/ ˈ ɪ p ɪ k æ k /), or simply ipecac, is a drug that was once widely used as an expectorant (in low doses) and a rapid-acting emetic (in higher doses). It is obtained from the dried rhizome and roots of the ipecacuanha plant ( Carapichea ipecacuanha ), from which it derives its name.
It involves drinking water with modest amounts of sugar and salts, specifically sodium and potassium. [1] Oral rehydration therapy can also be given by a nasogastric tube. [1] Therapy can include the use of zinc supplements to reduce the duration of diarrhea in infants and children under the age of 5. [1]
The majority are due to defects of single genes that code for enzymes that facilitate conversion of various substances into others . In most of the disorders, problems arise due to accumulation of substances which are toxic or interfere with normal function, or due to the effects of reduced ability to synthesize essential compounds.
A combination drug (or fixed-dose combination; FDC) is a product that contains more than one active ingredient (e.g., one tablet, one capsule, or one syrup with multiple drugs). In naturopathy, dosages can take the form of decoctions and herbal teas, in addition to the more conventional methods mentioned above.
Projectile vomiting is vomiting that ejects the gastric contents with great force. [34] It is a classic symptom of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis , in which it typically follows feeding and can be so forceful that some material exits through the nose.
Moulded on the sides of this 5-inch tall glass bottle are the inscriptions MRS. WINSLOWS / SOOTHING SYRUP / CURTIS & PERKINS / PROPRIETORS. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup was a patent medicine supposedly compounded by Mrs. Charlotte N. Winslow, and first marketed by her son-in-law Jeremiah Curtis [1] and Benjamin A. Perkins of Bangor, Maine, United States [2] in 1845. [3]
One explanation for this behaviour is that it concentrates the fly's meal by the process of evaporation. The diet of the flesh fly is very high in water content. The fly regurgitates the liquid portion of the food, holds it while evaporation reduces the water content and the fly then swallows a much more concentrated meal without the water content.