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WCDT: 2631-2635 (Feb 03 - 07 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread

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Is it cold in here?:
>date drug

Reminds me of a friend who was stuck on an airplane next to a loud drunk. He wasn't the sort who gets pleasure being around loud drunks. When his fellow passenger wanted to know if what he'd heard about American women was true, my friend said absolutely, but that they are so demanding that anyone expecting to get together with one must take the "special pink American aphrodisiac" and with a kindly-looking smile offered the drunk some of his own stash of Benadryl.

Quiet flight thereafter.

ZoeB:
Shingles is no worse than having a branding iron (or similar hot object) applied to the affected area.
Usually only minor nerve damage when the quiescent virus that colonises the nerve goes on a rampage.

Rarely, it hits the face and optic nerve. That's doubleplus ungood. A friend of mine is blind in one eye from that.

Herpes Zoster though can be zonked with a not-so-new-antiviral drug, aciclovir (eg Zovirax). Apply within 24 hrs of first symptoms to stop nearly all the damage. After 24 hrs though the effect is more limited, though still useful up to 72 hrs after symptoms start.

It's very rare to get more than 3 recurrences. I've had 2, the second considerably less severe than the first. It was really interesting the second time, I could trace the nerve pathways and dendrites to the skin by the damage, very localised, almost like a welt from a lash.

Now getting back to Marigold...


--- Quote ---Stress is one of the known triggers of hives, an outbreak of raised, red spots (or welts) on the skin that often itch. Hives are usually indicative of an allergic reaction, but they can also occur as a result of sun or cold exposure, infections, excessive perspiration, and emotional stress. It is not known exactly why stress may precipitate an outbreak of hives, but it is likely related to the known effects of stress on the immune system. The medical term for hives is urticaria.
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There are a number of ways to ease the symptoms of hives, including taking over-the-counter antihistamines...
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http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=79117

I was a bit nonplussed at the "Benadryl" comment. But this explains it:

--- Quote ---In the United States and Canada, Benadryl products contain the first-generation antihistamine diphenhydramine. In the United Kingdom, Benadryl products contain either the second-generation non-sedating antihistamine acrivastine (marketed as Benadryl Allergy Relief, with a suggested efficacy duration of eight hours) or the long acting antihistamine cetirizine (marketed as Benadryl One a Day Relief). Benadryl products are marketed in Australia and New Zealand by Johnson & Johnson Pacific. They are marketed as cough medicines and do not contain any antihistamine. Each 5 mL of Benadryl Chesty Cough & Nasal Congestion contains 100 mg of Guaifenesin (an expectorant) and 30 mg of pseudoephedrine hydrochloride as the active ingredients
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So some UK "Benadryl One a Day Relief" is best, but Australian "Benadryl Chesty Cough & Nasal Congestion" would be useless, as well as containing pseudoephedrine hydrochloride, a restricted substance in both Australia and the US as it's a common precursor to Methamphetamine. The US version would not be as good as the UK one, but still effective... though possibly with some side effects.

UPDATE - just seen the comic. Ah. Yes. Side effects like that. Oopsie.

aldonius:

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--- Quote from: Pilchard123 on 05 Feb 2014, 10:03 ---I know someone that's had chickenpox six times - twice while I've known him - so it doesn't give a guaranteed immunity.
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Wow, that's impressive. My older sister got chickenpox twice, she seems to have a slight immunity defect reguarding it. Unsurprisingly, it's been the first disease her son got, at a very early age, even though she breastfed him.
I got it as a kid, myself (from my sister), and I had shingles about ten years ago, and there's something I'd like to mention about shingles: IT HURTS! Like, sand tilefish venom level of pain.

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In my native Danish, shingles is called helvedesild. Litteral translation: hellfire.

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Que a drunken demon stating "I've shingled you out for shome hellfire!"  :evil:

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That would be a Bilingual Bonus (standard warning: TVTropes), then?

ZoeB:

--- Quote from: cesariojpn on 05 Feb 2014, 21:39 ---Okay, dumb question that isn't implying anything: Is Momo considered a "competent witness" in a court of law?

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Probably depends on the jurisdiction, if the QCverse is anything like this one. For example, Australia (which is otherwise a pretty civilised place), doesn't allow Intersex people to marry.

Barmymoo:
I stand corrected - something has gone wrong with the date already!

I was a bit confused too, all I could think of was Benadryl cold and flu remedy, and I didn't see how that would help with red spots.

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