Jan Angelo Maghinang
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Benefits of Being Poor. AI-Generated.
1. **Extended Lifespan Due to Nutritious Diet**: Being poor often means limited choices in food, which paradoxically can lead to a healthier diet. Without the financial ability to buy expensive meat products, sweets, and fatty foods, poor individuals often resort to eating fresh, nutritious foods available in their backyard. This diet, rich in vegetables and natural ingredients, can contribute to a longer and healthier life.
By Jan Angelo Maghinang2 years ago in Longevity
Using Pidro Powder Piperazine Salts as a Cat Dewormer. AI-Generated.
First, check the cat's condition: does it have any diseases, what type of worm does it have, is it underweight, geriatric, or have any renal diseases, or is it currently taking medications, tired, or weak? Isolate the cat with worms in a cage that is wide enough for it to move around to prevent contamination of the environment and other cats with worm eggs. Regularly treat the cage with diluted bleach and ensure the wastewater is drained properly.
By Jan Angelo Maghinang2 years ago in Petlife
Lessons learned about dental fillings
I'm going to start where I had my teeth scanned using a panoramic xray in PGH for wisdom tooth extraction. Cost amounted to two hundred pesos, and I only had to wait about thirty minutes for the hard copy result. Looking at the result in front of the light. It showed deep cavities behind my right second molar tooth. This is the time when i realized how important flossing is. I went home after to go to the clinic in another time. Before I could go ahead with the dental filling, I had my wisdom tooth to be extracted first. As it was causing on and off pain for many months. By the way, the total cost for my wisdom tooth extraction was three thousand pesos. Not including the cost of one week antibiotics. The three thousand pricing depends upon the angle of the tooth. Compared to other clinics around my town, it was the one cheapest I could find. I went back to my original dentist to proceed with the extraction. While I was sitting in the dentist chair, my mind was really overthinking if he would be able to pull the tooth without complications. I felt really dizzy after the successful extraction. So for a minute, he let me rest before going home. This where I understood why patients don't want to visit the dentist. Many weeks has passed after the extraction. I had the opportunity to go back to the dentist for the dental filling. While the wound from the extracted wisdom has already healed. Morning has come, I woke up early expecting I would be the first in line, but by the time I arrived the line was already long. Depending upon the complexity of the surgery of other patients, the average waiting time would be around two hours. Not to mention the dentist is experienced and fast. While waiting, I talked to other patients beside me to speed up the time. My turn came up after a few hours has passed. I sat on the chair, opened my mouth, and the procedure started. Whenever the dentist steps away, I try to close my mouth a little so I could rest. It's a relatively fast and short procedure. After the procedure, he recommended to avoid chewing on the side of the mouth where the dental fillling is located, and toothbrushing the treated tooth. He also added the filling will harden later. The type of dental filling he used was color white. After a year has passed, it so happen that I ate a popcorn carelessly on the side of the mouth where the dental filling is located. When I took a look in the mirror, the filling was lost. I think I swallowed it. This time I do not have the budget to replace it, and it was not covered by the one year warranty. I decided to let it pass for months where it started to hurt. Once again, I came back to see the dentist for consultation. Upon consulation, he recommended extraction of the tooth. I had to take a one week course of antibiotics for the pain before undergoing the actual procedure. A week passed, I came back to see the dentist. While the surgery is ongoing, he was pulling the tooth to test if I will feel pain. As there was pain he did not proceed with the extraction. Although I was not really sure if it was pain. Another set of stronger antibiotics was prescribed. He also suggested to see the Panoramic xray of my teeth. This is the moment where I realized I should have showed it to him before buying the stornger antibiotics. Which was quite expensive. After I finished another set of antibiotics, I came back to the dentist with my xray result. When he saw the result, he mentioned he cannot do extraction as the risk is too high. This a huge problem as root canal is pricy and the affected tooth will not last. I decided to look for advice to an another dentist. A dentist in a private clinic mentioned that he will do the extraction for two thousand pesos. Then another dentist in a goverment facility recommended dental filling. After going around town, I went back to my original dentist to tell try the dental filling. He applied a temporary filling to the tooth to test if it will react for 1 week. Three hundred pesos was charged for the temporary filling. After one week, I was relieved there was no pain in the tooth. I came back to the dentist to proceed with the dental filling. What a relief it was, because I would have to pay more for complex tooth extraction if there was pain. Gladly there wasn't any. In the clinic, he recommended a mercurial type of filling costing at five hundred pesos. Which.is cheaper compared to the white filling costing at eight hundred pesos. I think he used that type of filling because of its durability. As my mother's mercurial filling's lasted for decades. On the process of the procedure, he asked to bite if it's okay. I told him it's okay, but this was a mistake as I was sure I felt something. Nevertheless I let it be. Months has passed before a part of the tooth broke off causing the filling to become dislodged. This is not covered by the warranty so I had to pay again. I think the reason why it broke off because the tooth was weakened because of improper placement of the filling. You should not feel anything while your chewing foods. I was skeptical if a filling would work, nevertheless he applied it once again. Months has passed before the filling became dislodged again. Eating a sticky bread would have caused it. By that time, itnwas covered by warranty so I was glad I did not have to pay for anything. From now on I avoided chewing anything on the affected side of the mouth. Also, I avoided eating popcorn and sticky breads.
By Jan Angelo Maghinang2 years ago in Chapters
Lessons learned about dental fillings
I'm going to start where I had my teeth scanned using a panoramic xray in PGH for wisdom tooth extraction. Cost amounted to two hundred pesos, and I only had to wait about thirty minutes for the hard copy result. Looking at the result in front of the light. It showed deep cavities behind my right second molar tooth. This is the time when i realized how important flossing is. I went home after to go to the clinic in another time. Before I could go ahead with the dental filling, I had my wisdom tooth to be extracted first. As it was causing on and off pain for many months. By the way, the total cost for my wisdom tooth extraction was three thousand pesos. Not including the cost of one week antibiotics. The three thousand pricing depends upon the angle of the tooth. Compared to other clinics around my town, it was the one cheapest I could find. I went back to my original dentist to proceed with the extraction. While I was sitting in the dentist chair, my mind was really overthinking if he would be able to pull the tooth without complications. I felt really dizzy after the successful extraction. So for a minute, he let me rest before going home. This where I understood why patients don't want to visit the dentist. Many weeks has passed after the extraction. I had the opportunity to go back to the dentist for the dental filling. While the wound from the extracted wisdom has already healed. Morning has come, I woke up early expecting I would be the first in line, but by the time I arrived the line was already long. Depending upon the complexity of the surgery of other patients, the average waiting time would be around two hours. Not to mention the dentist is experienced and fast. While waiting, I talked to other patients beside me to speed up the time. My turn came up after a few hours has passed. I sat on the chair, opened my mouth, and the procedure started. Whenever the dentist steps away, I try to close my mouth a little so I could rest. It's a relatively fast and short procedure. After the procedure, he recommended to avoid chewing on the side of the mouth where the dental fillling is located, and toothbrushing the treated tooth. He also added the filling will harden later. The type of dental filling he used was color white. After a year has passed, it so happen that I ate a popcorn carelessly on the side of the mouth where the dental filling is located. When I took a look in the mirror, the filling was lost. I think I swallowed it. This time I do not have the budget to replace it, and it was not covered by the one year warranty. I decided to let it pass for months where it started to hurt. Once again, I came back to see the dentist for consultation. Upon consulation, he recommended extraction of the tooth. I had to take a one week course of antibiotics for the pain before undergoing the actual procedure. A week passed, I came back to see the dentist. While the surgery is ongoing, he was pulling the tooth to test if I will feel pain. As there was pain he did not proceed with the extraction. Although I was not really sure if it was pain. Another set of stronger antibiotics was prescribed. He also suggested to see the Panoramic xray of my teeth. This is the moment where I realized I should have showed it to him before buying the stornger antibiotics. Which was quite expensive. After I finished another set of antibiotics, I came back to the dentist with my xray result. When he saw the result, he mentioned he cannot do extraction as the risk is too high. This a huge problem as root canal is pricy and the affected tooth will not last. I decided to look for advice to an another dentist. A dentist in a private clinic mentioned that he will do the extraction for two thousand pesos. Then another dentist in a goverment facility recommended dental filling. After going around town, I went back to my original dentist to tell try the dental filling. He applied a temporary filling to the tooth to test if it will react for 1 week. Three hundred pesos was charged for the temporary filling. After one week, I was relieved there was no pain in the tooth. I came back to the dentist to proceed with the dental filling. What a relief it was, because I would have to pay more for complex tooth extraction if there was pain. Gladly there wasn't any. In the clinic, he recommended a mercurial type of filling costing at five hundred pesos. Which.is cheaper compared to the white filling costing at eight hundred pesos. I think he used that type of filling because of its durability. As my mother's mercurial filling's lasted for decades. On the process of the procedure, he asked to bite if it's okay. I told him it's okay, but this was a mistake as I was sure I felt something. Nevertheless I let it be. Months has passed before a part of the tooth broke off causing the filling to become dislodged. This is not covered by the warranty so I had to pay again. I think the reason why it broke off because the tooth was weakened because of improper placement of the filling. You should not feel anything while your chewing foods. I was skeptical if a filling would work, nevertheless he applied it once again. Months has passed before the filling became dislodged again. Eating a sticky bread would have caused it. By that time, itnwas covered by warranty so I was glad I did not have to pay for anything. From now on I avoided chewing anything on the affected side of the mouth. Also, I avoided eating popcorn and sticky breads.
By Jan Angelo Maghinang2 years ago in Chapters
How to take care of your cat
Feed them natural food, not commercial dry powdered foods. Although natural foods involve more preparation, it really doesn't with the right steps. You can prepare a lot of natural cat food and store it in the fridge or freezer. When storing it in the freezer, be sure to put it in separate containers. You can also mix a little bit of vinegar or wine if storing it in the fridge to make it last longer. Note that storing it longer will also decrease the nutrition, taste, texture, and aroma of the food. If the cats are not spoiled or native, they'll still eat it anyway. Only mix probiotics and vitamins when you're ready to give the food. You can search on Google for foods that aren't allowed for cats and foods that are appetizing to cats. I usually mix the food with allowed fruits and veggies. Not to add too much because they won't eat it. I also mix meat stock, rice, and some commercial cat food to save more money and increase nutrition, thereby preventing diseases and veterinary expenses. When I can't give them anything, I give them rice with soy sauce mixed with a little bit of malunggay. Cats have little kidneys, so don't give them soy sauce often, which is high in sodium. It said on Google that grinded pumpkin seeds can get rid of worms, but I haven't tested it. If youre planning to give it, though, be sure to test it first on one cat and a very small amount, then monitor for the cats behavioral changes. Same procedure when introducing other types of food. If effective, maintain the diet so the worms will be completely eradicated and nutrition levels maintained. Also, clean the cage with Clorox to remove the eggs on the surfaces so the worms won't come back to the cat.
By Jan Angelo Maghinang2 years ago in Petlife
