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Facts on Rabies

Rabies is passed to humans from animals. It can be a life-threatening condition.

In this article:

What is rabies?

Symptoms

Causes

Diagnosis

Effect on your life

Treatment

How Chemist Online can help

Advice & Support

What is rabies?
Rabies is an infection of the central nervous system. If you are bitten by a dog (or another animal) with rabies, the rabies infection is transmitted through the animal’s saliva into your body. However, it is possible to become infected in other ways (please see Causes section below).

Symptoms
The rabies infection causes swelling of the brain and a range of symptoms:

Fever

Splitting headaches

Hallucinations and delusions

‘Frothing’ at the mouth

Rolling eyes

Manic behaviour

Paralysis

Coma

Raging thirst

Insomnia

Anxiety

Irritability which can develop into high levels of agitation

Symptoms may not become apparent until a full year after infection.

Note: Many people who become infected with the rabies virus develop depressive illness. Please see contact details for the Depression Alliance in the Advice & Support section at the foot of this article.

Causes
Rabies is mainly caused by animal bites. Most cases of rabies in the UK have been caused by the victim having been bitten by a dog or bat whilst on holiday abroad or while working overseas. These incidents aside, the UK is recognised by the World Health Organisation as being a rabies-free territory.

Rabies can not only be contracted through an animal bite. You can get rabies through an annual licking your open wound (or any area of broken skin) or even through your eyeball. It then goes on to infect your brain and spinal chord.

Diagnosis
A confirmed diagnosis of rabies is usually gained through studying the results of a saliva, spinal fluid, or blood test.

Effect on your life
Rabies can cause encephalitis and even death. This is why it is essential to seek medical treatment urgently if you think you may be infected with the rabies virus.

Treatment
Although most cases of rabies prove fatal, if the infection can be treated in time it is possible to cure the condition.

Treatment is an anti-rabies vaccine.

How Chemist Online can help
Through this website we have a range of treatments available to buy which can help ease headaches – an associated symptom of rabies.

From Chemist Online you can also buy a range of sleeping aids which help promote a good night’s sleep.

www.chemistonline.co.uk

Advice & Support
Health Protection Agency
Website: www.hpa.org.uk

Depression Alliance
Tel: 0845 123 23 20
Website: www.depressionalliance.org

This information and advice is not intended to replace the advice of your GP or chemist. Chemist Online is also not responsible or liable for any diagnosis made by a user based upon the content of the Chemist Online website. Chemist Online is also not liable for the contents of any external internet sites listed, nor does it endorse any commercial product or service mentioned or advised on any of the sites.

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The Rise and Endless Possibilities of Motion Capture

Technological advancements and innovations has changed the way how people live. Today, even the difference between 3D and reality is often hard to tell. Just like how the characters and jaw dropping visual effects in films makes people amazed – wherein most of the times it is quiet hard to distinguish the difference between 3D generated shots and camera captured real life shots.

Motion capture or MoCap is the process of recording the movement of objects or people. It is the movement of a real-life actor captured and transferred into a virtual character. In today’s world of digital innovation, motion capture has been widely part of animation and films. Some of the well-known examples are the character Gollum in the movie “The Lord of the Rings” and Andy Serkis in “Rise of the Planet of Apes” where the character movements were tracked using the motion capture technology.

The motion capture has become a fundamental part of the modern computer animation studios. MoCap helps significantly speeding the production timeline. MoCap became also popular not only in the world of animation and films but also in other scopes of media such as television, advertisement, architectural, video game industry, healthcare and many more. The great advantage of motion capture is the realistic results of the movement. You can easily recognize men’s vs female’s movements without even seeing the actor performing in the MoCap suit.

Pixelhunters offers Motion Capture services where we can bring life to your virtual characters for a very short time. One of the MoCap’s project we created was for the Pixelhunters’ short movie “LIFE” www.pixelhunters.com/life. The use of motion capture in this project made the entire animation process a lot easier and faster, at same time achieving realistic feeling of the character movement. Besides, the process of capturing was fun for the entire team.

Other projects that we used the technology was for “The Zombies” – a game trailer with cartoon zombies. Another exciting experience was capturing a salsa dancer for a game project. It would have been extremely difficult and time consuming to animate via the traditional animation process such complex motion.

Pixelhunters has one of the most innovative inertial motion capture systems on the market today. (XSENS). It allows capturing movements with no cameras for tracking or limitation of a physical space. The actor can be running and the motion data will be collected properly.

Besides the obvious advantages of speeding the animation process, Pixelhunters’ motion capture allows to make shows and events, where virtual characters can communicate with the audience in real time, providing a unique and unforgettable experience.

Have a project that requires a lot of character animation? Or have an event where your mascot needs to perform in real-time in front of the public? Feel free to contact us at [email protected] or +97143606009 and let’s innovate!

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Ayurvedic Supplements To Reduce Blood Pressure In A Safe Manner

High blood pressure is silent killer and it becomes harmful when it becomes severe and uncontrolled. Some signs and symptoms include dizzy spells, headache, nosebleeds and many more. The risk of this disease increases with age because arterial walls lose the elasticity and cause the problems. There are various factors that contribute to high blood pressure include stress, excessive salt consumption, insulin resistance, low calcium, potassium, magnesium diet, excessive alcohol consumption, obesity, overweight and medications.

High blood pressure is also termed as hypertension. BP is the quantity of force exerted against walls of arteries as blood flows through them. If anyone has high blood pressure it signifies that walls of arteries are getting BP constantly. There are several natural supplements to reduce blood pressure which hardly have any side effects and are very useful.

Omega-3 fatty acids: Omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA are vital for complete cardiovascular health. And, research has shown that consumption of omega-3s lower blood pressure naturally. Squid, krill and cold-water fish, are the most plentiful sources of omega-3 fatty acids.

Olive oil: It is famous for its cardiovascular benefits. It has a substance called as oleuropein that has been shown to improve immune system and lower BP naturally. Benolea is a particular patented olive leaf extract which is standardized for oleuropein and clinically shown to reduce the enzyme which causes blood vessels to constrict.

Grape seeds: These have compounds known as polyphenols which offer several health benefits comprising the ability to reduce BP naturally. Special grape seed extract, known as MegaNatural BP, assists relax smooth muscle tissues in blood vessels. Consume products which have MegaNatural BP, and utilize as directed.

Ayurvedic Stresx capsules: Stresx capsules help to lower hypertension which makes it the best high blood pressure herbal solution. These capsules have a mixture of special components extracted from plants which are in their crude form. This makes sure that one is not going to face any kind of unsafe impact, despite how long he or she takes ayurvedic capsules to deal with hypertension or high BP. Stresx capsules are a vast success in lowering BP to its standard readings. This is the perfect natural supplements to reduce blood pressure in a safe manner. It contains herbal, pure and safe ingredients that never bring side effects and safe to use.

Balance3 is a Chinese herbal cure which has numerous herbs chrysanthemum flower, all-heal flower, water fairy flower, honeysuckle flower, and pagoda tree flower which work together to enlarge blood vessels and enhance blood flow.

Fresh Ginger: This act as an anti-inflammatory agent and potent blood thinner and helps reduce BP. You can consume it in any form like ginger tea or ginger root. You can chop the ginger and boil it in water for few minutes. Drink it whenever you feel problems associated with blood pressure.

So these are some natural ways to overcome with the problem of hypertension. Stay happy, stay fit.

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