Cecille van Gent Clinical Technology Practice

18/09/2025

https://wellbeingsafrica.com/sleep-expert-answers-sleep-needs/

In this interview, a sleep expert sheds light on sleep myths, disorders, and if we really need eight hours of sleep a night.

16/09/2025

Jason had his yearly PSG/Titration study.

01/09/2025

🌼 Spring into better sleep — keep your CPAP sparkling clean for healthier breathing and brighter days. ✨

Happy Spring

09/08/2025

Happy women's day !

08/08/2025

Wishing you a purr-fectly wonderful International Cat Day filled with joy and whisker-twitching adventures!

Does your bedpartner purrr like a little kitten or sound like a ROARING tractor and keeping you from blissful sleep?

Snoring causes sleep disruptions and can be a sign of sleep apnea.

Please make contact if you often feel like you can't stay awake during the day and a Cat-nap at your desk is the only way.

We can help you get tested, and restore your Sleep.

30/07/2025

Read Jason's journey with Duchenne story and help create awareness

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Duchenne muscular dystrophy progresses differently for every person, thus every person living with Duchenne will display their own symptoms despite their genetic mutation.

Even siblings with the same mutation may have a very different progression of symptoms.

The progression of symptoms through this disease are on a spectrum, from late onset/very mild symptoms to early onset/severe symptoms.

WHAT ARE THE 5 GENERAL STAGES IN DUCHENNE?

Diagnosis (infancy/childhood)

Young children with Duchenne may be behind in achieving their developmental milestones (for example, walking, crawling, talking) but will usually, eventually catch up to them. Some children are only late on some milestones (i.e., speech) and some are not late at all. This confusion may lead to a diagnosis later in childhood.

Children at this stage often have large calves and will use the Gower’s Maneuver (needing help getting up from the floor, or walking their hands up their legs in order to stand) to rise from the floor to standing. A creatine kinase level (CK, sometimes called a CPK level) is often extremely elevated and liver enzymes (AST, ALT) are elevated. Both of these are an indication that DNA testing for Duchenne is necessary and appropriate.

Early ambulatory (childhood)

Children at this stage will have very few symptoms of Duchenne. Parents may notice that they have difficulty climbing stairs, running and keeping up with their peers, or they may notice no deficits at all. Children may tire easily than their peers and may complain of achy leg muscles. It is important to follow the recommendations of your neuromuscular specialist, as well as your physical therapist, to allow your child to be as safely active, and as comfortable, as possible. If steroids are started, regular appointments with nutrition will be important to keep everyone’s diet healthy, balance and high in calcium and vitamin D. Establishing relationships with the other members of your neuromuscular care team is important at this stage.

Late ambulatory (late childhood/adolescent/young adult)

Late childhood/adolescent/young adult
At this stage, there is often fatigue with walking long distances and difficulty keeping up with peers. A carriage/scooter/manual wheelchair may be needed to help decrease this fatigue. Teens should start to manage their own care, nurture their interests, and consider future careers. Monitoring breathing, heart, bone health and puberty become increasingly important.

Early non-ambulatory (adolescent/young adult)

Teens living with Duchenne will need to navigate all of the hurdles of normal adolescence, as well as the challenges of Duchenne. During adolescence, teens will need to start to become more independent and begin making decisions around their future adult lives. This will include starting to take responsibility for their own medical care and decision making, knowing what medications they are taking and why, and starting to examine which life path is most appropriate for them then finding ways to follow this path. Comprehensive care, especially cardiac and endocrine, continue to be important.

Late non-ambulatory (adult)

It is important that adults at this stage receive the care and services they need to stay as healthy, independent, and active as they want to be. It is also important to be engaged in a job or career, maintain an active social life, and stay engaged with the community. Continued monitoring of heart function, breathing, bone health, puberty, digestive, and urinary systems, as well as continued stretching and maintaining good body alignment and positioning, should continue

29/07/2025

Nicole our Gauteng Tech got Engaged 💍 this weekend. Congratulations! Nicole and Anthony, we could not be happier for you and wish you many years of LOVE.

We hope you do not have Sleepless nights when planning your special day ♡♡♡

15/06/2025

Happy Father's day to all the Dads out there.
Does your Dad snore?
Is he waking tired and have no energy.

He might have Sleep Apnea. Ask him to have himself checked-out.
Because you love him so much!

12/05/2025

International Nurses Day, is an international day observed around the world on 12 May (the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth) each year, to mark the contributions that nurses make to society.

Happy nurses day to all the nurses I have the privilege to work with ♡

18/04/2025

May everyone have a Blessed Easter..

13/03/2025

14 March 2025 - WORLD SLEEP DAY
Make Sleep Health a Priority

Are you struggling to have a good night Sleep?
You might have a Sleep Disorder
See 10 Tips for better Sleep

06/03/2025

Are you struggling to fall asleep?

This can have a debilitating effect on your Sleep Health.

Try the Sleep Rule: 10-3-2-1-0

10 hours before bed: No more caffeine.

3 hours before bed: No more food or alcohol.

2 hours before bed: No more work.

1 hour before bed: No more screen time (shut off all phones, TVs and computers).

0: The number of times you hit snooze in the morning.




https://healthhub.hif.com.au/sleep-hygiene/what-is-the-10-3-2-1-0-sleep-rule