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31/10/2025

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Fruits Are Fantastic — But Let’s Talk About Balance 🍎🍍🍌

At Health Talk With nurse Magda, we love reminding you to fill your plate with fruits — they’re packed with vitamins, fiber, and antioxidants that keep your body happy and strong.

But here’s something many people don’t realize 👇

Even healthy foods can cause issues when combined the wrong way. Some fruit pairings may upset digestion or cause bloating, especially if your stomach is sensitive.

Here are a few combinations to be mindful of:
1. Citrus + Sweet Fruits (like orange + banana or papaya):
They digest at different rates and acidity levels, which can lead to gas or bloating.
2. Melons + Any Other Fruit:
Melons digest quickly, so when mixed with slower fruits, they can ferment in the stomach and cause discomfort.
3. Banana + Guava:
This combo may cause gas, headaches, or acidity in some people.
4. Orange + Carrot (especially as juice):
May trigger acid reflux or heartburn for sensitive tummies.
5. Pineapple + Milk/Yogurt:
The acidity of pineapple can cause milk to curdle, leading to indigestion.

💡 Remember: Everyone’s digestive system is different. If certain mixes leave you feeling uneasy, your body might be telling you to switch things up.

✅ Enjoy your fruits — just be mindful of how you mix them.
Your gut will thank you! 💙

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25/09/2025

🚨 Why Antibiotics Stop Working 🚨

Antibiotics are NOT detox drugs. They should only be taken when prescribed by a doctor.

But many people misuse them—just like popping paracetamol for every headache. Over time, this misuse leads to antibiotic resistance:
🔹 Common infections no longer respond to regular antibiotics.
🔹 Stronger, last-resort drugs like Meropenem are needed—yet they’re costly and hard to find.

💡 The solution?
✅ Don’t self-medicate.
✅ Don’t use antibiotics to “flush” your body.
✅ Always seek medical advice before use.

Protect your health. Protect antibiotics. 💙

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15/09/2025

Today is monday,

As you worry about diseases that medicine can cure, don’t forget the ones only YOU can heal:

• Lack of discipline
• Toxic relationships
• Negative mindset
• Procrastination
• Poor habits
• Ignorance
• Laziness

…and the list goes on.
Heal what medicine can’t reach.
Your health is more than just your body— it’s your lifestyle. 💙

10/09/2025

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Imagine an enemy that hides inside your body.

It doesn’t shout. It doesn’t warn. It creeps in silence… until the day it strikes.

Then suddenly, it hits hard:
Severe headache. Sudden dizziness. Blurred vision. Chest pain. Stroke.

By the time you realize it, your heart, brain, kidneys—even your life—are already on the line.
This is the deadly truth of high blood pressure.

They call it the Silent Killer because it destroys without mercy.
But you don’t have to be its victim.

Protect yourself starting today:

✅ Check your blood pressure regularly
✅ Cut down on salt, junk, and processed foods
✅ Eat fresh, natural meals
✅ Exercise—walk, run, move your body
✅ Keep your weight under control
✅ Quit smoking, limit alcohol
✅ Rest well and manage your stress

Hypertension doesn’t wait.
It strikes fast. It kills quietly.
But YOU have the power to stop it.

Guard your heart. Guard your life. ❤️

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31/08/2025

I was talking to a person today, we were discussing his health.

While reviewing his medication, I ask if he has ever had a stroke or a heart attack.

He says yes, I have had a stroke. He goes on to explain to me that on the day he had his stroke, he had woken up, putted around the house, went to sit down, got up to grab something and the lights went out.

He said he woke up in the hospital.

Prior to this day, he was an active young man, worked out, ran miles and ate well. He said he was surprised when he heard that his blood pressure on admission to the hospital was 220sbp.

He had done everything well, he didn't understand why he had a stroke.

I asked him, prior to his stroke, did he go for his annuals? Infact at any point in his life, had he even stepped into Walmart and check his BP with any of the machines there?

His response, No. He stated he didn't see the reason to, he was wasn't overweight, he ate right and exercised.

I had to teach him that, Hypertension in addition to Diabetes, and High Cholesterol doesn't really have symptoms, when you feel something, it's too late. In his case, he had a stroke.

I explained to him, this is why we tell people to go for physicals, yearly appointment with your Care provider be it a PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER OR A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT.

Note, no where did I mention a NURSE!! Nurses CANNOT diagnose or prescribe treatment! ( We will talk about this later.

Luckily for this young man, he was able to recover from the paralysis caused by the stroke but unfortunately, his body is not the same. He can't feel some part of his body.

Moral of this story, Go for your yearly checks.

31/08/2025

TIA "Transient Ischemic Attack" also called mini strokes.

It's a way that your body sends you a signal that you are going to have a stroke.

The symptoms are similiar to that of a major stroke, only that you don't have deficits.

Beware! A larger stroke is coming.

31/08/2025

🎙️ Help Me Choose the Next Topic for healthtalkwithNurseMagda!🩺

Hey friends,

It’s almost time for another health Talk, and this time, I want to hear from YOU! What health or lifestyle topic has been stuck in your mind lately? What do you wish you had more clarity about when it comes to staying healthy and thriving?

Here are a few ideas I’ve been toying with, but feel free to throw your own suggestions my way:

1️⃣ Balancing Work, Life, and Health: How to keep it together when life gets hectic.
2️⃣ Gut Health Made Simple: Why it matters and how to keep things moving (literally!).
3️⃣ Boosting Your Energy Without Caffeine Overload: Habits that actually work.
4️⃣ Weight Loss Without the Guilt: Let’s talk sustainable and realistic goals.
5️⃣ Staying Ahead with Preventative Health: What small steps today can make a big difference tomorrow?

Or maybe there’s something else you’ve been thinking about—mental health? Sleep? Staying active with a packed schedule? Whatever it is, drop it in the comments!

This is YOUR talk. Let’s make it real, relatable, and packed with practical takeaways you can actually use.

I’ll pick the top topic and announce it soon. Can’t wait to see what you come up with!

– Nurse Magda

29/08/2025

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29/08/2025

1. A friend once told me that he thought malaria was a milder form of typhoid 😂. That is wrong.

2. Malaria is caused by a protozoan called plasmodium. Plasmodium is transmitted by mosquito. Meaning you'll need to be bitten by mosquito for you to get malaria.

3. Typhoid on the other hand is caused by a bacteria called Salmonella. The bacteria is transmitted feco-orally, meaning it enters the body through the mouth by consuming the f***l matter of an infected person directly or indirectly. And it's leave the body the stool.

4. Following the above, it therefore means that if you think you have malaria, you should ask yourself "have I been bitten by a mosquito knowingly or unknowingly?" and if you think you have typhoid, the question to ask yourself is "I don chop s**t?"

5. Signs of malaria include fever, headache, muscle and joint pains, besides and vomiting, while in typhoid, since the bacteria resides in the intestines, symptoms are more of diarrhea, abdominal pains, a much higher fever that gets worse on each new day. The similarity of symptoms is what makes people to confuse the two.

6. One major reason why people think the two always go together is because of the testing methods for typhoid. The commonest and most widely used test for typhoid is the WIDAL TEST. And there lies the problem. Widal test does not test for the bacteria itself, rather it tests for the Antigens to the infection. The widal test is obsolete, old, archaic and is well known to be NEITHER SENSITIVE NOR SPECIFIC. the widal test has a major setback in that due to its nonspecificity, when someone has ONLY malaria, the typhoid test becomes significantly REACTIVE, dues to antigen cross reaction, giving rise to a false positive widal test result.

7. Due to point 6 above, a single widal test result is not enough to make a diagnosis of typhoid infection. To diagnose typhoid using widal, a second test must always be done atleast 48hrs after the first one. If truly there is typhoid infection, the titles are expected to increase atleast a 100folds. For example where you had 1/40 becomes 1/160 and where you had 1/80 becomes 1/320. It is the increase in tuture that must be use to draw a conclusion and not a single incident of a high tuture because a single incident could be due to malaria, remember the test is not specific. This is what people don't do, and even when they do it, they misinterpret it.

8. So what then is the best/a more appropriate test for typhoid? Remember the bacteria enters through the mouth and leaves through the stool. Therefore a stool culture for the bacteria itself is the most practical way to diagnose typhoid. (Blood and urine culture are also used, blood being more sensitive than stool).

9. A lot of people are not patient enough to go through this and even when the result says otherwise, they'll still believe they have typhoid and malaria. Ask them about their hygiene, they'll swear they've not defaulted in any way. How and when did the bacteria enter the body they don't know either.

10. Say NO to widal test for typhoid test, yes to stool culture. Say NO to typhoid and malaria. Say no to typhoid without gastrointestinal symptoms. Spend your money wisely.

11. I don talk my own.

By Dr. Neighbour Abasumoh

Culled from Dr Kozz Zantie 's wall #

29/08/2025

So, let’s do a lil education.
This post might be long or not, not sure I’d just keep typing until the ancestors say Magda stop.
The basic science of weightloss is basically managing your calorie intake, the practical part of it tho is abit more complex and tailored to different people.
That’s why you can have two people apply the same principles and one person looses weight faster than the other.

When it comes to weightloss using weightloss medications, surgery or even without help, the aim is the same; loose weight and be healthier.

There’s this erroneous belief that weightloss medications or surgeries are the easy way out or make it faster, WRONG!!!! They are just additional support you can use on your journey; emphasis on additional and the form less than 10percent of the work.

All these medications do is help curb your appetite, manage insulin resistance (because a lot of overweight people actually have insulin resistance).
Please google insulin resistance and how it affects the body as that one is another post entirely.

For surgeries, all they do is reduce your stomach size. NOTHING ELSE! Most times, for overweight people and for even others, your stomach has been stretched too much with years of eating.

The bulk of the hardwork still lies on the individual to use the gym, count calories and manage their macros per their needs otherwise you won’t loose weight.

Weightloss is a therapeutic process, some people would need help as stated above, some won’t and that’s why it is tailored to a person. It is one of the reasons I do not subscribe to coaches that have a one size fit all approach to it. It is beyond counting calories or intermittent fasting.

Example, a woman with PCOS most times has insulin resistance as well as high cortisol levels. It means you cannot do intermittent fasting everyday or eat very few calories or even spend hours in the gym; because if you do, you would spike your cortisol levels so high and you won’t loose any weight. It is considerably more difficult to loose weight with PCOS and other metabolic issues as every straight out of the book method would hold onto the weight.
That’s why some doctors recommend help after assessing your needs; this help could be either with medications or with surgery.
The follow up advise would be for you to workout, eat clean atleast 80percent of the time or it won’t work.

For those who opt for surgeries, the surgery just reduces your stomach type, makes you feel fuller quickly as your stomach which responds to stretch signals your brain quickly and you stop eating.
This can help you build a better relationship with food or help manage your nutrition goals; it is not a quick fix.

THE SURGERY DOSENT TAKE OUT ANY FAT TO DISCARD; it’s still lying in your body waiting for you to make the right choices.

If you decide you want to keep eating the way you did before the surgery or not even work out, your stomach would stretch back and this signal reduces. Think of it loosely a rubber band, if you keep stretching a rubber band that was made taut, it would expand till it looses its elasticity.

Everytime I see a weightloss post of a person who worked hard in the gym, some people try to downplay their effort with noise of its surgery as if there’s a surgery that would remove all your fat and throw away.
There’s absolutely none like that.
Additionally, if you don’t work out in the gym by lifting weights primarily, you would have excess loose skin.

There are tons of people who do surgery and like the weight back because they didn’t work hard enough.

The timeframe to loose weight with surgery and medications is practically the same with someone who dosent use help; the recommended way is loosing 1kg/week or slightly higher but nothing too egregious. Loosing up to 15kg a month is really pushing it and not even recommended by anybody including the surgeon or the Doctor who prescribed the weightloss medication.

All of these information are on the internet or even speaking to a qualified doctor.
Help yourself and the ignorance my people and appreciate people who work hard; it is a more mental battle than physical.

I’m forced to believe that people who s**t on peoples efforts to either do not have the discipline required or can’t even afford surgery; there’s no other way to explain the ignorance.

29/08/2025

Nurses!

There is a new branch of the field growing now. Its growth is expected to be exponential in the upcoming years.

Gone are the days where nurses are restricted to the bed side.

I've always said, give me a field and I will tell you what a nurse can do in that field.

If you are a nurse and you are interested in research, and data science, look into being a "nurse scientist"

Good luck!

29/08/2025

There's a difference between an Opthalmologist, Optician and Optometrist.

The only one above who is a physician(with a Medical degree ) is the opthalmologist.

The opthalmologist has an MBBS and post graduate training on Opthalmology, the rest don't.

Sadly, a couple of private eye clinics are run by quacks who masquerade as eye doctors

The opticians are technicians and have an OND and function to fix or fit lenses.

The optometrist has an OD (Doctor of optometry, a doctorate degree) function to make diagnosis of eye defects and refractive errors and appropriate lenses and can manage some.

The opthalmologist has an MBBS (bachelor in medicine and surgery) as a first degree, and specializes in Opthalmology as a specialist course and treats all diseases of the eyes including surgeries

This is not in anyway to discredit their functions or their role but if u have an eye pathology, demand to see an ophthalmologist

Written by Dr Kozz Zantie

Revised by NurseMagda

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