I'd always heard that avdoocas can cause vomiting and possibly heart failure yet there's an avocado dog food, AvoDerm, and people seem to rave about it. Maybe it's just the pit, or the skin, or the quantity? Or a certain variety? That's always puzzled me. I wouldn't be eager to buy dog food with a giant vomity avocado on the bag (or chocolate, or grapes, or a skull and crossbones .I hesitate to give them fruits and vegetables or any type of nut because it seems like the bad list keeps growing. I'd like to see a definitely safe list.

If you can get them to drink this, HONEY with hot water or hot tea stops the cough for a little while. This rlelay does work, and, it was even on yahoo news the other night. When I do this for myself, I use about a half of a coffee cup full of hot water or hot tea and a teaspoon of honey. For me, it usually stops the cough for two to three hours at a time.

Apr28Primary Issues Jill,Excellent thought rernidgag secondary headache related to infectious process. Certainly a headache following any infectious disease would raise the possibility of a secondary headache due to the same infection and/or complication of an infectious process. Formal ID consult was not obtained in this patient. She did however have no abnormal inflammatory markers, weight or appetite change, fever or chills, or other symptoms that would point towards a persistent infectious etiology. The thought process and approach here was to explore whether this headache was consistent with a primary headache disorder (which often can begin following a stressful event, surgery, or infection) or whether there was evidence suggesting a secondary etiology which certainly would include infection. In terms of infection it did not seem that she had any evidence of chronic meningitis, chronic encephalitis, tuberculosis, or debilitating infections such as tertiary syphilis and/or tertiary Lyme disease (notably can be very cryptic in presentation). In this setting it was felt most likely diarrheal illness was self-limiting and related to travel and certainly a common symptom in this locale. One would have to reexplore the possibility of infectious etiology or other underlying pathological process if patient failed treatment or developed evolving symptoms suggestive of chronic disease. Again thank you very much for this excellent input. Kent Dexter, MD