 
You mean an Intravenous. An IV, as it's often called, is a device that feeds
medicines or fluids directly into a patients veins. A person's body is able to
absorb the fluids and medicines much faster from an IV than by taking them into
the mouth. The IV is a clear plastic bag hung on a pole containing fluid or
medicine. Plastic tubes connect the bag to a needle that is placed into a vein
(in the wrist or hand) so that the fluid or medicine goes directly into the
blood stream.
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| SCABIES -
Is a skin
 infection that
occurs when a tiny almost invisible insect (called a mite) burrows into your
skin. Your skin will feel very itchy, especially at night, and you will have
thin squiggly lines on your skin that look like they were drawn by a pencil.
Your doctor will give you a special cream to get rid of the mites & stop
the itching.
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| SHOCK -
If you are in shock, something big has happened to
you and you don't really understand what and why. It could have happened in an
accident where you had a big cut and lost a lot of blood. You will have to see
a doctor immediately if you are suffering from shock. You may feel cold when it
is hot; you may feel hot, when it is cold or you may be disoriented (confused)
and not know who or where you are.
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