Dr. Kwaku Boakye Gyamfi

13/04/2026

💙 COLORECTAL CANCER AWARENESS

Colorectal cancer affects the colon or re**um and is the 3rd most common cancer worldwide, responsible for about 10% of all cancer cases. It is also the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths globally.

📈 The risk increases after age 50, but cases are rising among younger adults in some countries. Early stages often have few or no symptoms, which makes awareness and screening important.

*Possible warning signs include:*

🩸 blood in the stool
🥲 persistent abdominal pain or bloating
📉 unexplained weight loss
🥱 fatigue
💩 changes in bowel habits

*The good news? Many cases can be prevented or detected early.*

🥦 Eat more fruits and vegetables
🏃 Stay physically active
🚭 Avoid to***co
⚖️ Maintain a healthy weight
🍷 Avoid alcohol

If symptoms appear, talk to a health professional early. Detecting colorectal cancer early greatly improves survival.

Learn more ➡️

WHO fact sheet on colorectal cancer, including risk factors, symptoms, treatments and prevention.

10/04/2026

📱 Online bullying is real — and it can deeply affect children’s mental health.

🌧️ Cyberbullying doesn’t leave visible bruises, but the harm can last a long time.

Today, more than 30% of children worldwide say they have experienced online bullying, and many never tell anyone.

*Online bullying can include:*

⚠️ Threatening messages
⚠️ Sexual harassment
⚠️ Rumours or lies spread online
⚠️ Hurtful comments or exclusion

*Parents and caregivers play a key role in protecting children online. You can help by:*

✔️ Knowing which apps and platforms your child uses
✔️ Setting strong privacy and safety settings
✔️ Teaching children to think before they post or share
✔️ Helping them recognize harmful behaviour
✔️ Showing them how to block or report abuse
✔️ Encouraging them to support friends who may be targeted

❤️Most importantly, make sure your child knows they can always talk to you.

10/04/2026

💪Obesity is a complex health condition, not just a matter of willpower. It is also largely preventable and manageable with the right support.

*Prevention starts early:*

👶 During pregnancy: healthy weight gain supports long-term child health.

🍼 In infancy: exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months helps reduce future risk.

🏃 In childhood: encourage daily movement, balanced diet and good sleep habits.

*For adults, prevention includes:*

🧁 Limit fats and sugars
🥗 Eat more vegetables and fruit
🚰 Drink enough water
🚶‍♀️ Regular physical activity (any is better than none!)
📵 Limit screen time
🛌 Get enough sleep

Creating supportive communities where healthy choices are accessible and affordable is essential.

08/04/2026

Everything Parents Need to Know About Polio

What is polio?

Polio (poliomyelitis) is a life-threatening disease caused by the poliovirus.
The virus spreads from person to person and can infect the spinal cord, leading to paralysis — the inability to move parts of the body.

What are the symptoms of polio?

Most people infected with poliovirus (approximately 72 out of 100) do not develop any visible symptoms.
About one in four infected individuals may experience mild, flu-like symptoms such as:

Sore throat
Fever
Fatigue
Nausea
Headache
Stomach pain
These symptoms usually last for two to five days and resolve on their own.

A smaller proportion of people develop more severe symptoms that affect the brain and spinal cord, including:

Paraesthesia (a tingling sensation in the legs)
Meningitis (infection of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord), which occurs in about 1 in 25 infections
Paralysis or muscle weakness in the arms, legs, or both, which occurs in approximately 1 in 200 infections
Paralysis is the most serious consequence of polio, as it can lead to permanent disability or death. Between 2 and 10 out of every 100 people who develop paralysis from poliovirus infection die because the virus affects the muscles that control breathing.

Even children who appear to recover completely may later develop new muscle pain, weakness, or paralysis as adults. This condition is known as post-polio syndrome (PPS) — a complication that can occur decades after the initial infection.

It is important to note that “polio” refers to paralytic poliovirus infection; only individuals who develop paralysis are classified as polio cases.

How does poliovirus spread?

Poliovirus is highly contagious and spreads from person to person.
It lives in the throat and intestines of an infected person and infects only humans. The virus enters the body through the mouth.

13/09/2025

🌞🚧 Climate change is making heatwaves more intense and frequent, putting millions of workers at risk every day.

*Especially those in:*

🌽 Agriculture
🌆 Construction
🐡 Fishing

*High temperatures can cause serious health problems:*

🔹 Heatstroke
🔹 Dehydration
🔹 Kidney issues
🔹 Reduce productivity.

⚠️ It’s urgent that governments, companies, and communities act now.

The new WHO and WMO guidance offers *practical solutions:*

🔹 Create heat-health policies
🔹 Raise awareness
🔹 Involve workers in planning
🔹 Adopt safe, affordable technologies

✅ Protecting workers from extreme heat isn’t just about health—it’s an economic and social necessity.

Let’s work together to build resilient workplaces, safeguard livelihoods, and fight climate change’s impact.

💪🌍 Everyone deserves safe, healthy work conditions — no matter where they are.

13/09/2025

🍽️ In 2024, about 673 million people worldwide faced hunger — a small drop from previous years, but still far from ending global hunger.

🌏 Progress varies: some regions, like Latin America and Asia, see improvements, but Africa and Western Asia still have high hunger rates.

📈 Rising food costs and recent global crises have made it harder for many families to afford healthy food.

Despite some progress, more than 2.6 billion people still can’t access nutritious diets.

We all need to act!

*Governments, communities, and individuals can help by:*

🔹 Supporting fair food systems
🔹 Promoting social protection
🔹 Raising awareness about healthy eating
🔹 Investing in rural areas
🔹 Fighting food inflation

💙🤝 Let's work together to ensure no one is left behind.

Learn more ➡️

An estimated 8.2 percent of the global population, or about 673 million people, experienced hunger in 2024, according to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report published today by five United Nations specialized agencies.

11/09/2025

11/08/2025

NO PERIOD AT ALL?. It's called
Not because you’re on birth control or pregnant it just… doesn’t show up.
Your period is like a monthly report from your body. If it stops, your body is trying to tell you something.

☞ THERE ARE 2 MAIN TYPES OF AMENORRHEA
PRIMARY AMENORRHEA
This happens when a girl turns 15, but her first period hasn’t come yet.
It could be due to genetic, hormonal, or structural issues.
SECONDARY AMENORRHEA
This is when a woman who used to get periods suddenly stops for 3 months or more.
It’s way more common and usually has a reason behind it.
THIS IS WHY YOUR PERIODS MIGHT DISAPPEAR
☞Pregnancy (obviously!)
☞Stress, yes, your emotions can delay it.
☞Extreme weight loss or gain
☞Over-exercising (Think athletes or dancers)
☞Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)
☞Thyroid problems
☞Early menopause
☞Certain medications or contraceptives.

11/08/2025

🗣️Why Can’t I Sleep? Let’s Talk About
☞You lie in bed, eyes wide open, staring at the ceiling while the world sleeps peacefully around you. You are exhausted but your mind keeps racing. This is not just a bad nightbit’s insomnia, and it can silently take a heavy toll on your body, brain and emotional health. So let’s unpack insomnia from the beginning to the end in the most human and effective way possible

☞Insomnia is a condition where a person finds it hard to fall asleep, stay asleep or wakes up too early and can't go back to sleep. For some, it happens once in a while. For others, it becomes a nightly struggle that lasts for weeks or even months. When it starts affecting your daytime life your focus, your mood, your energy that’s when it becomes a medical concern.

☞What People Think Causes Insomnia But Doesn’t Always
Many people blame insomnia only on stress or overthinking. Others think drinking a cup of tea or using their phone before bed is the sole cause. While these can contribute, they aren’t always the full story. Some believe insomnia is just “in the mind” or that only older people get it, which is not true. Even children and teenagers can suffer from it.

☞What Actually Causes Insomnia
Insomnia has multiple real causes, and they can be physical, psychological or environmental. Stress, anxiety and depression are the most common mental causes. Physical conditions like chronic pain, asthma, overactive thyroid, or even acid reflux can also interfere with sleep. Certain medications, caffeine, alcohol or working night shifts may also disrupt your sleep cycle. In some people, the problem is in the brain’s sleep-wake control system, especially in chronic cases.

☞Pathophysiology of Insomnia
Sleep is controlled by a balance between two systems in the brain. One promotes wakefulness, the other promotes sleep. In insomnia, this balance is disturbed. The brain’s arousal system becomes too active or too sensitive, making it hard to “shut off” when it’s bedtime.



Dr. Kwaku Boakye Gyamfi

31/07/2025

Starting s*xual activity at a young age can increase the risk of developing later in life. This is mainly because it raises the chance of being exposed to a virus called , or HPV, which is the main cause of cervical cancer. The earlier a person becomes s*xually active, the earlier they may come into contact with HPV.

The cervix in young girls is still developing and is more sensitive than in adults. There is a special area in the cervix called the , where the type of cells changes. This area is more exposed and easier for the HPV virus to infect in younger girls. Because these cells are not fully mature, they are more vulnerable to damage caused by the virus.

When HPV infects the cervix, the immune system usually clears it away. However, if the infection stays for a long time often many years it can cause changes in the cervical cells. The longer a person has HPV without it being cleared, the greater the chance that these changes will develop into cervical cancer. Early s*xual activity means a person could have this virus for a longer time.

Additionally, starting s*x early is often linked to having more s*xual partners over time, which further increases the risk of getting HPV. The more partners a person has, the higher the chance of encountering the virus.

22/07/2025

☞ is a condition you are born with, not something you catch like the flu. It happens when your red blood cells, which are supposed to be round and flexible, become hard and shaped like a sickle or a banana. These sickle shaped cells don’t move easily in blood vessels and can block the flow of blood and oxygen, causing pain, tiredness, swelling and even organ problems.

You only get it when both your parents pass on the sickle cell gene. If one parent has the gene, you don’t get sickle cell disease, but you become a carrier (called sickle cell trait), and you can pass it to your children.

If both parents have the sickle cell trait, there's a 1 in 4 chance their child will have sickle cell disease. That's why it's very important for couples to test before marriage or having children. You both might look healthy, but inside your genes, this condition could be hiding.

People with sickle cell anemia often feel very tired, have yellow eyes, experience pain especially in bones and joints, get infections easily, and children may not grow well. These signs come from the fact that their red blood cells are being destroyed too early, and oxygen doesn't reach parts of the body properly.

There’s no permanent cure yet unless someone gets a bone marrow transplant, which is very expensive and risky. But the good news is you can live long and healthy if you take care of yourself. Drink plenty of water every day, avoid cold weather, eat healthy food, take your medicines like folic acid, and go for regular checkups. Don’t skip your clinic visits.

To prevent it, the best way is to know your sickle cell status early. If you have the trait, avoid marrying someone with the same trait. It’s not about love only, it’s about protecting your future children from a life of suffering. Awareness and testing is the first step to breaking the chain.

Let’s not keep quiet. Let’s test, talk about it, and protect our families. Sickle cell is real.
Dr. Kwaku Boakye Gyamfi

17/07/2025

☞Necrotizing Fasciitis

🗣️Let’s talk about something serious but important to know,
Necrotizing fasciitis, also known as the “flesh-eating disease.”
It’s a rare but very dangerous infection that spreads quickly in the body. It attacks the soft tissue under the skin (especially the fascia, which surrounds muscles, nerves, fat, and blood vessels). If not treated fast, it can cause serious damage, even death.

It often begins when bacteria enter the body through a small cut, scrape, or surgical wound. You may not think it’s a big deal at first, but the infection can spread in hours.

SIGNS:
1. Sudden and severe pain (more than what you'd expect from the wound)

2. Swelling and redness that spreads fast

3. Fever, chills, or vomiting

4. The skin may turn dark, blister, or look bruised

5. Feeling very weak or confused

CAUSE:
Different types of bacteria can cause it, like Streptococcus pyogenes. Sometimes, it happens to healthy people, but those with weak immune systems, diabetes, or wounds are at higher risk.

TREATMENT:
Yes, but it’s an emergency. Doctors usually give strong antibiotics right away, and surgery is often needed to remove infected tissue. The earlier it’s caught, the better the chances of recovery.
Dr. Kwaku Boakye Gyamfi