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A breast biopsy is a procedure in which part or all of a suspicious breast growth is removed and examined, usually for the presence of cancer. The growth sample is suctioned out through a needle or cut out using a surgical procedure. The sample is then examined and evaluated under a microscope by a pathologist to identify non-cancerous (benign) or cancerous (malignant) tissue.

Words used to refer to the abnormal area or growth before and after diagnosis may include lump, mass, lesion, and tumor.

Risks associated with a breast biopsy include:

• Bruising and swelling of the breast
• Infection or bleeding at the biopsy site
• Altered breast appearance, depending on how much tissue was removed and how the breast heals
• Additional surgery or other treatment, depending on biopsy results

Contact your doctor if you develop a fever, if the biopsy site becomes red or warm, or if you have unusual drainage from the biopsy site. These signs of infection may require prompt treatment.

Total body water = intracellular space + intravascular space + interstitial space

Dehydration occurs when the amount of water leaving the body is greater than the amount being taken in. The body is very dynamic and always changing. This is especially true with water in the body. We lose water routinely when we:

• breathe,
• as humidified air leaves the body,
• when we sweat to cool the body, and
• when we urinate or have a bowel movement to rid the body of waste products.

In a normal day, a person has to drink a significant amount of water to replace this routine loss.

If intravascular (within the blood vessels) water is lost, the body can compensate somewhat by shifting water from cells into the blood vessels, but this is a very short-term solution. Signs and symptoms of dehydration will occur quickly if the water is not replenished.

The body is able to monitor the amount of fluid it needs to function. The thirst mechanism signals the body to drink water when the body is dry. As well, hormones like anti-diuretic hormone (ADH) work with the kidney to limit the amount of water lost in the urine when the body needs to conserve water.

What causes dehydration?

Dehydration occurs because there is too much water lost, not enough water taken in, or most often a combination of the two.

• Diarrhea: Diarrhea is the most common reason a person loses excess water. A significant amount of water can be lost with each bowel movement. Worldwide, more than four million children die each year because of dehydration from diarrhea.
• Vomiting: Vomiting can also be a cause of fluid loss; as well, it makes it difficult to replace water by drinking it.
• Sweat: The body can lose significant amounts of water when it tries to cool itself by sweating. Whether the body is hot because of the environment (for example, working in a warm environment), intense exercising in a hot environment, or because a fever is present due to an infection, the body uses a significant amount of water in the form of sweat to cool itself. Depending upon weather conditions, a brisk walk will generate up to 16 ounces of sweat (a pound of water).
• Diabetes: In people with diabetes, elevated blood sugar levels cause sugar to spill into the urine and water then follows. Significant dehydration can occur. For this reason, frequent urination and excessive thirst are among the symptoms of diabetes.
• Burns: Burn victims become dehydrated because water seeps into the damaged skin. Other inflammatory diseases of the skin are also associated with fluid loss.
• Inability to drink fluids: The inability to drink adequately is the other potential cause of dehydration. Whether it is the lack of availability of water or the lack of strength to drink adequate amounts, this, coupled with routine or extraordinary water losses, can compound the degree of dehydration.

Treat dehydration at home!

Dehydration occurs over time. If it can be recognized in its earliest stages, and if its cause can be addressed, then home treatment may be adequate.

Steps a person can take at home to prevent severe dehydration include:

• Patients with vomiting and diarrhea can try to alter their diet and use medications to control symptoms to minimize water loss.
• Acetaminophen or ibuprofen may be used to control fever.
• Fluid replacements may be attempted by replacing fluid by mouth with frequent small amounts of clear fluids (see clear fluids information in previous section).

If the patient becomes confused or lethargic; if there is persistent, uncontrolled fever, vomiting, or diarrhea; or if there are any other specific concerns, then medical care should be accessed.

EMS or 911 should be activated for any patient with altered mental status – confusion, lethargy, or coma.

It also contains unriched dry milk, cacao, hydrogenised soy butter, maltodekstrin, kalium phosphate, mono and di glycerydes, lecithin and natural vanilla aromatizator. Big concentration of organic calcium and rationally proportional balance of calcium and phosphorus, as already mentioned, helps to gain high rate of microelement assimilation. The daily dose of calcium should be approximately from 800 to 1500 mg. The resource of calcium in kidney must be permanently supplemented because that everyday human being loses up to700 mg of calcium with urine and excrements.

The spectrum of bio-calcium application is very wide (because of the lack of calcium 200 various diseases and pathologic states may appear) and the following applications are the most important.

Indications :

1. Osteoporosis of any origin.
2. Auto-immune diseases, hypo-immune and allergic states
3. Infertility, menopause, the disorders of menstrual cycle and genital bleeding
4. Oncologic diseases (multiple myaloma, bone cancroid tumour, metastasis in bones with attendant pathologic fractures, breast cancer,cancroid tumours in women genital, etc.)
5. Heart and vessels diseases (disorders in the rhythm, hypertonia, angina pectoris and atherosclerosis).
6. Nervous system diseases.
7. Rheumatics, Bechtere’s disease, arthritis, arthrosis.
8. Diabetes, thyroid diseases and dental decay.

Considering the recommendations of Chinese medicine calcium should be applied at 5 – 7 p. m. when the activity of kidney is maximum. The recommended dosage: dissolve 1/2-1 part of the packet in the water not heater than 40 degrees of Celsius (in the presence of higher temperature the denaturalization of protein may occur), and after mixing drink 10-15 min. before the meal. The powder may be spread into yoghurt or curd. It is unadvisable to pour it to tea or coffee, because that caffeine blocks the assimilation of calcium. Apply it for 14 days in spring when the cumulation of alimentary resource is being proceeded.

This bio-calcium is not recommended for children up to 12 years. There is 400 mg of calcium in one pack.

TIANSHI PRODUCTS TESTIMONIAL By  ”John Hellerman” – Nutritionist