Well, the weather outside is frightful, and the fire inside is so delightful.

But as the holidays come around, we wanted to snow, snow, snow,

and we do have a wonderful time spending together with friends, family, all the wonderful food and preparation comes together for a joyous occasion.

And it's a festive time filled with celebration, but there are also some hidden health risks.

The most wonderful time of the year also can have some potential illnesses,

injuries, and even mental health challenges.

Fortunately for you, you're tuning into the med geeks podcast with your host

Dr Niket saunpal your friendly neighborhood internist and gastrointestinal

technologist and so what we're going to discuss today in this week's podcast are the

biggest health risks we face every single

holiday season and ways that you can counsel your patients to avoid falling

prey to those various things. So before we cue the music, thanks again for

joining me this week on the med geeks podcast,

and have a wonderful holiday seasons yourself.

Q the music, my man. Now before we get started with all of the various things you want to counsel your patients on,

remember we're now going to be providing notes for you regarding all of the things I teach you

about during these med geeks podcast.

So scroll down there into your favorite podcast app and there should be a link where you can get access to our notes and also great other products from med geeks.

Now when I mention the holiday season to you, what's the first thing that comes to mind? Is it egg nog? Not really. It's Christmas lights and these are a wonderful way to decorate your home.

But people are really getting up on ladders in the winter, cold, and hanging lights and hard to reach places, yeah, they're doing it.

And should they be doing it?

Probably not.

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