Postpartum psychosis is a rare, severe, and dangerous form of postpartum depression. It can suddenly occur within the first 3 weeks after childbirth. If you have postpartum psychosis, you may feel detached from your baby and other people. And you may have hallucinations involving smell, touch, sight, or hearing. You may...

What is postpartum? The days and weeks after your baby is born are called the postpartum period. After childbirth, your body will start to heal and go through many changes as it recovers. Some of these changes happen over several weeks. So rest whenever you can, ask for help from friends and family, and eat well. What...

Infants: Lay your infant on his or her back with the head and upper body flat. Hold him or her steady with one hand. Repeat gentle clapping with a cupped hand on the front of the chest in the nipple area and just below it on both sides. Keep clapping for 3 to 5 minutes. To prevent the chance of reflux, do not tip your...

Infants: Lean the child forward about 30 degrees. You can do this by leaning back and holding the child steady against your chest. Repeat gentle clapping with a cupped hand between the spine and shoulder blade on each side of the upper back. Keep clapping for 3 to 5 minutes. Toddlers and older: Have the child lean...

By the end of a pregnancy, a fetus is typically positioned head-down (vertex), ready to pass head first through the birth canal. Sometimes a fetus is in a bottom-down, or breech, position as the due date approaches. Postural management is a way of attempting to turn a fetus from a breech to a vertex position by lying or...

As severe ankylosing spondylitis advances: The head moves forward and the neck becomes stiff. The upper back curves forward (kyphosis). The normal curve in the low back flattens. The hips may become stiff and not straighten completely. People often keep their knees bent a little to make up for the changed curves in...

How to Use It The best way to obtain extra potassium is to eat several pieces of fruit per day, as well as liberal amounts of vegetables. The amount of potassium found in the diet ranges from about 2.5 grams to about 5.8 grams per day. The amount allowed in supplements—99 mg per tablet or capsule—is very low...

Discusses test to check level of potassium (K) in urine. Includes info on what affects potassium levels in the body such as kidney function, blood pH, and hormones. Explains how and why test is done. Covers what results mean.

Potassium is a mineral that is found naturally in foods and is necessary for the normal function of your heart, muscles, and nerves. Potassium bicarbonate is used to treat or prevent low potassium (hypokalemia). Potassium bicarbonate may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.

This medicine is used for the following purposes: low potassium levels, potassium replacement. Brand Name(s): Effer-K, Klor-Con/EF. Generic Name: Potassium Bicarbonate.

Potassium is a mineral that is needed for several functions of your body, especially the beating of your heart. Potassium chloride is used to prevent or to treat low blood levels of potassium (hypokalemia). Potassium levels can be low as a result of a disease or from taking certain medicines, or after a prolonged...

This medicine is used for the following purposes: low potassium levels, potassium replacement. Brand Name(s): Klor-Con. Generic Name: Potassium Chloride.

This medicine is used for the following purposes: low potassium levels, potassium replacement. Brand Name(s): Klor-Con. Generic Name: Potassium Chloride.

This medicine is used for the following purposes: low potassium levels, potassium replacement. Brand Name(s): Klor-Con. Generic Name: Potassium Chloride.