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HealthTalq with Dr Bolu, Lagos (2026)

14/01/2026

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02/01/2026

7 HEALTH HACKS YOU NEED IN 2026

1) Reduce Google diagnosis

2) Keep a detailed personal health record; your test results, medications, allergies, and medical history. Involve a trusted person for added support. Taking ownership improves outcomes.

3) Listen actively during medical consultations. Understanding your condition is part of your treatment. Ask questions until things are clear.

4) Acknowledge that you’re getting older with each passing day—and that is a privilege.
Aging is an opportunity to care better for the body that carries you. Be a good steward!

5) Choose prevention over crisis.
Preventive care is always cheaper, safer, and kinder than disease control.

6) Do not let fear dictate your health decisions.
Fear delays and complicates care. Clarity saves lives.

7) Not every opinion is medical advice. Seek help from qualified health professionals.

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It's a splendid year already!

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26/12/2025

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19/12/2025

The key things are to:
- Pay close attention to how your body responds to caffeine and respect your limits. Anxiety, restless, palpitations, trouble sleeping with caffeine use, is a sign to reduce your intake or avoid it altogether.
-Use caffeine occasionally or strategically, if you must
- Do not rely on caffeine to make up for poor sleep; prioritize good sleep and overall wellness so you can enjoy the boost it offers — without paying the price later.
- To minimize the impact of caffeine on sleep, limit caffeine intake to the early part of the day, ideally at least 8 to 10 hours before bedtime.
- Do not abuse of caffeine containing pain killers, address the root cause of your consistent pain instead.
- Consult your doctor if you are dealing with anxiety, high blood pressure and still want caffeine to be part of your routine.
- Finally, be concerned about your caffeine use if:
Your usual amount no longer works, and you constantly need more to get the same effect or feel the same way (tolerance)
You feel unwell (with withdrawal symptoms like headache, brainfog, fatigue) when you skip or reduce caffeine and
You continue using it despite negative effects
You constantly desire it or have had failed attempts to cut down
Consider gradual reduction, to allow your body time to adjust, also discuss with your doctor who can create a plan for you to stop the cycle.

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17/12/2025

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15/12/2025

Here are some benefits of caffeine:

1) Studies have shown that Caffeine in modest doses (which most caffeine beverages contain) reliably improves mental alertness, attention to detail, vigilance and reaction time, helping people stay focused, watchful, and mentally "sharp."

Caffeine helps when you need to think quickly, stay awake, make decisions, or respond fast, and persons who work shifts, drive long distances often find this useful.

2) Caffeine can enhance endurance performance, boost stamina and delay fatigue or tiredness during exercise or prolonged activity.

3) Some caffeine sources like coffee, cocoa powder are rich in antioxidants and antiinflammatory agents that help neutralize free radicals, protect the brain and the heart.

4) The drug Caffeine is given intravenously to preterm babies to help them breathe better.

But beneficial doesnot always mean good for everyone

Because some people who drink caffeine may have other genetic, lifestyle factors or underlying chronic diseases that influence their response to caffeine and their overall health.

Further to this some caffeine containing drinks have other added sugars making it unhealthy.

But what's actually happening in your brain and body when you take caffeine?

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13/12/2025

1. Seizure
occurs when there is an electrical disruption in the brain, that is, the brain is misfiring.
It can manifest in DIFFERENT WAYS like
-suddenly staring blankly into space, still and unresponsive, no memory of what happened afterwards
- Smacking the lips,
-Jerking of one arm or leg,
- Falling down with eyeballs rolled up and stretching with stiffness or jerking, deep sleep or confusion afterwards
And so on
This means that a seizure does NOT always involve shaking.

Also, seizures sometimes can happen only once especially if the event that provoked/triggered it is reversible with treatment.
I mean events like fever, low blood sugar, dehydration, infections, electrolyte imbalance. Seizures from these are called provoked seizures
That said

2. Convulsion = is when that brain misfiring makes the body shake or jerk.
So when a seizure causes physical shaking or jerking of the body, it is called convulsion.
So, all convulsions are seizures
But not all seizures are convulsions

3. Epilepsy is a long term condition where the brain is prone to having repeated UNPROVOKED seizures (or convulsions).
So epilepsy is chronic
A person is said to have epilepsy after
- two or more unprovoked seizures, OR
- one seizure with a high risk of having more (based on history, examination, and tests like MRI, EEG)

Unprovoked = seizure not caused by fever, low sugar, infection, poisoning, or a clear immediate trigger.
In summary
A seizure is the episode

A convulsion is just one kind of seizure episode
Epilepsy is the disorder.

That said.

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12/12/2025

How to keep scarring to the barest minimum:
1) Make healing time as short as possible: with Good wound hygiene, Eating healthy, Using your post-partum supplements as directed by your health care provider
2) Take it easy on bending, heavy lifting, take time to rest & heal
3) Wear loose clothing that do not rub against your scar
4) Don’t scratch, Gently massage using clean hands & a moisturizer, once wound is fully closed and healed.
5) Sun protection for the scar by clothing or sunscreen if exposed

To treat (or further prevent) hypertrophic/keloidal scars, ask your doctor about:
- Silicone sheets: for smaller scars or scar prevention. Longer use may be necessary in some cases. It helps soothe itching too.
- Silicone gels or creams
- Topical tranilast
- Steroid tapes
- Intralesional injections of steroids with or without 5FU
- Laser therapy (when indicated)
- Surgical procedures in more extensive lesions

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10/12/2025

Your health should not stay at home when you travel. So before you zip your box, here's the health checklist you need:

1) Your routine medications: pack extra incase your trip is extended unexpectedly. Keep some in your hand luggage and the rest in your checked bags. carry a copy of your prescription too.

2) Your FIRST-AID bag: it should include essentials for minor cuts, insect bite, diarrhoea, pain, allergies, consult your doctor about medications for altitude sickness if you plan mountain climbing and motion sickness, if you experience it,

3) Hand wash, sanitizer, disinfectant wipes, anything to keep you clean and protected on the go.

4) Charge your power banks, download offline maps, saved emergency contacts,

5) Comfortable shoes, clothes and hats appropriate for the weather, Sunscreen

6) Know the nearest clinic at your destination, and how to access medical care in case of an emergency.

7) Travel insurance that covers medical emergencies, and other unexpected events that could impact your health while travelling.

8) Pre-Travel and Post-Travel health Check-Up with your doctor: Yes it's a thing and it saves lives!

Safe travels...

Your trip should collect memories, not medical bills, because adventure is sweet when you plan for your body too.

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09/12/2025

1)What is your health status before travel?: ensure it is optimal and if you have any underlying medical condition, ensure it is well controlled, and get travel clearance from your doctor before you travel. Have you taken enough of your routine medications, plus a copy of your prescriptions?

2)What are the common diseases where you are going to?: some diseases are situated in places, you go there you’re at risk of infection but you can do things ahead to prevent it. E.g malaria chemoprophylaxis(prevention medicine), repellant creams, bed nets, long-sleeves for persons visiting malaria endemic regions like Nigeria

3)How many places do you intend to visit?, any stop overs? And how long do you intend to stay there?; have you organized your finances, feeding, accomodation and means of transportation?

4)What season is it at your time of travelling? Is it winter and your own clothes are chiffon and crop tops?. What is their best/w0rst temperature at your time of travel?, so you are well dressed for the weather, or do you plan to shop when you get there?

5)What are your plans for recreation there? If you follow to climb mountain and you faint on the way nko? Ask your doctor about altitude sickness, do you plan holiday romance? Carry condoms, HIV PrEP or PEP, get vaccinated against hepatitis B, HPV(human papilloma virus), Also get anti-rabies vaccine incase of stray dog bite.

6)How adventurous is your mouth? will you be tasting things up and down the street? Then get hepatitis A, typhoid, cholera vaccines! Also know that if you can’t BOIL IT, PEEL IT, COOK IT, you may as well LEAVE IT!.

7)How prepared are you for the flight itself? if it’s a long flight, stay hydrated, give your legs enough room to stretch, do simple calf exercises to improve blood flow e.g. raise and lower your heels while your toes stay on the ground, your doctor may advise compression stockings if you’re at risk of DVT (Deep venous thrombosis, which is a condition where blood clots form in deep veins, commonly in the legs). Ask your doctor about Jet lag as well if crossing time zones.

Travelling is sweet until your body reminds you that you left health sense at home.
So as you plan destinations, outfits, and IG reels, plan for the body that will carry you there.
Travel should add memories to your life, not emergencies to your holiday.
Prepare well. Travel healthy. Enjoy fully.

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