Medical professionals

30/03/2024

Oligohydramnios is an amniotic fluid disorder resulting in decreased amniotic fluid volume for gestational age. Low amniotic fluid volumes can be the result of numerous maternal, fetal, or placental complications and can lead to poor fetal outcomes.

30/03/2024

Polyhydramnios is when you have too much amniotic fluid. Amniotic fluid is the fluid that surrounds your baby while they’re in your body before birth. It’s very important for your baby’s development. How do you know if you have polyhydramnios? Many women with polyhydramnios don’t have symptoms.

30/03/2024

Amniocentesis (also called amnio) is a prenatal test that takes amniotic fluid from around your baby in the uterus (also called womb). The fluid is tested to see if your baby has certain health conditions.

30/03/2024

While ECV may be performed as early as 36 0/7 weeks gestation, many practitioners will delay ECV until 37 0/7 weeks gestation to ensure delivery of a term fetus.

22/03/2024

Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is a hormone produced by the placenta during pregnancy. It helps thicken a person’s uterine lining to support a growing embryo and tells the body to stop menstruation. HCG levels rise after conception and continue to rise until about 10 weeks in pregnancy.

22/03/2024

21/03/2024

05/03/2024

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a disease that is passed down through families. It is caused by a defective gene that makes the body produce abnormally thick and sticky fluid, called mucus. This mucus builds up in the breathing passages of the lungs and in the pancreas.

05/03/2024

Cryptococcosis is a pulmonary or disseminated infection acquired by inhalation of soil contaminated with the encapsulated yeasts Cryptococcus neoformans or C. gattii. Symptoms are those of pneumonia, meningitis, or involvement of skin, bones, or viscera.

04/02/2024

*IT’S WORLD CANCER DAY!*

“Together, we can challenge those in power.”

😎 Cancer is not a contagious disease(cannot spread from touching, shaking,or caring for a person with it).

😎 Cancer, if detected early can be cured.
According to an article by WHO in 2023, “Between 30-50% of all cancer cases are preventable”.

😎 UICC wrote in 2023, “10 million people die each year from cancer.
That’s more than HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined.
By 2030, experts project cancer deaths to rise to 13 million.
If we don’t act.”

🥰 *Dear you, give up on to***co use.*

✅ *Make it a habit to engage in physical activity (Exercise).*

✅ *Increase your fruits and vegetables intake.*

✅ *Maintain a healthy weight (Do you remember our date on BMI?).*

✅ *Minimize drinking of alcohol (Quitting it is best).*

✅ *Minimize exposing your skin to sunlight.*

✅ *Ladies and Gents, follow our dates and practice all preventive measures you can. (Regular Breast Self Examination,Pap smear,Testicularself Examination ,etc).*

✅ *Engage in healthy sexual practices.*

✅ *Are you diagnosed with Hepatitis and/or some sicknesses? Go and get yourself treated appropriately.*

🥰 See...
👉 Those people that are sick mostly never bargained for it.

👉 I know it can be overwhelming but I beg you to help them find hope.
Help them see a reason to live again.

🙇 I pray that health for all will be attain and that everyone will be able to access quality health care as soon and easy as possible.

Good morning Health Lovers.

19/01/2024

What is hemiplegia? Hemiplegia is paralysis that affects only one side of your body. This symptom is often a key indicator of severe or life-threatening conditions like a stroke, but can also happen with conditions and circumstances that aren’t as dangerous.

19/01/2024

Psoriasis is a chronic (long-lasting) disease in which the immune system becomes overactive, causing skin cells to multiply too quickly. Patches of skin become scaly and inflamed, most often on the scalp, elbows, or knees, but other parts of the body can be affected as well.

19/01/2024

Osteomyelitis is an inflammation or swelling of bone tissue that is usually the result of an infection. Bone infection may occur for many different reasons and can affect children or adults.

19/01/2024

Achalasia is a rare swallowing disorder that affects the esophagus (the tube between the throat and the stomach). In people with achalasia, the esophagus muscles do not contract properly and do not help propel food down toward the stomach.

19/01/2024

Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is a rare digestive disorder that results in too much gastric acid. This excess gastric acid can cause peptic ulcers in your stomach and intestine. Symptoms include abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, weight loss, and diarrhea.

19/01/2024

What is Crohn’s disease? Crohn’s disease is a chronic (long-lasting) disease that causes inflammation in your digestive tract. It can affect any part of your digestive tract, which runs from your mouth to your a**s. But it usually affects your small intestine and the beginning of your large intestine.

19/01/2024

Dyslipidemia is the imbalance of lipids such as cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, (LDL-C), triglycerides, and high-density lipoprotein (HDL). This condition can result from diet, to***co exposure, or genetic and can lead to cardiovascular disease with severe complications.

19/01/2024

Diabetes insipidus (die-uh-BEE-teze in-SIP-uh-dus) is an uncommon problem that causes the fluids in the body to become out of balance. That prompts the body to make large amounts of urine. It also causes a feeling of being very thirsty even after having something to drink.