Dr. Ashley Alker

So, you know, drink that, you know, recommended eight glasses of water a day.

And if you're, you know, over consuming water for any reason, like running a marathon, consider water that contains electrolytes.

Other little tidbits, never ignore chest pain and always go straight to an emergency department.

Chest pain and stroke symptoms are just not things we mess around with.

You just always want to get checked and always want to make sure that it's not a heart attack.

Because if it's a heart attack, it's something that we can help with and fix these days.

But if you wait too long, there's no turning back.

That tissue dies generally around 90-minute mark.

The tissue starts having irreversible damage.

But if you get in there quickly, we can pop those arteries back open.

And cardiologists have amazing...

Yes, definitely.

One of the more common things that we don't think about are these over-the-counter medications.

So the number one cause of acute liver failure in the United States is Tylenol.

That causes most acute liver failure.

And Tylenol overdoses, so taking an inappropriate amount of Tylenol.

If you take appropriate amounts of Tylenol, as recommended, in the setting of having a normal liver, et cetera,

then fine, no issue.

But you should never take more than four grams in a day.

And children need weight-based Tylenol dosing as recommended on the bottle.