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Please describe your experience with food poisoning.

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Food poisoning is an illness caused by eating or drinking food or water contaminated with viruses, bacteria, toxins, parasites, or chemic...

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How can I gain weight ?

Iru27

Ever since I was a teenager I've had a fast metabolism and the fact that I did sports didn't help since I was always active. But now it b...

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Weight Loss

skinnyminnie

Hello, I am a 30 year old female. I am worried about my weight, I am approx. 5'5 1/2 and I weigh 120 lbs. About 9 months ago I had all ...

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What were the symptoms of your low potassium (hypokalemia)?

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Usually symptoms of low potassium are mild. At times the effects of low potassium can be vague. There may be more than one symptom involv...

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Eating match stick head is due to iron deficiency?

Ashley_29

Hi, I started eating match stick heads 3 months back. I used to consume 5-10 match stick heads a day. But in a month I had constant low B...

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Canker sore cure

boogaloo7783

I've had a large canker sore on the inside of my bottom lip for several years. Every week or so it will start very small, then grow very...

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