Everything Health with Dr. Moza

04/12/2025

For the last time, Ring Worms are not caused by worms and deworming is not the solution.
They are a fungal skin infection and need antifungal medication.

18/11/2025

16 Adult Challenges No One Warned Us About

1. The bills never end: You pay rent. Then electricity. Then water. Then insurance. Then internet. Then subscriptions you forgot about. Then groceries. Then black tax. Then it's rent time again. Suddenly, you're not working to build your dream you're working to stay afloat. It's a cycle designed to humble you forever.

2. Parenting your parents: Nobody warns you about that sudden switch. When you start reminding them to take their meds, booking their doctors appointments, explaining to them how to use apps, or cautioning them not to poke a stranger's outfit in public... and then it hits you- oh you the adult now. The role reversal comes like a truck you never saw coming.

3. Grief in all forms: Friendships that faded. Dreams that didn't work out. The version of yourself you thought you'd be by now. Relationships that ended without closure. Nobody told you that you'll spend years mourning things that are still breathing. We don't just grieve death. We grieve what could've been.

4. The cost of furnishing an apartment: Have you SEEN how much they're selling Curtains? Curtains And mirrors? Don't even get me started on rugs & sofasets. Growing up, we used to tell our parents "Daddy buy a bigger TV" like it was nothing. Now I'm looking at TV prices like "is this thing made of gold??" Either our economy crashed or adulthood is just expensive robbery.

5. How LONG real success actually takes: I knew I'd need to work hard, but nobody mentioned the nights I'd lie awake staring at the gap between where I thought I'd be and where I actually am. The discipline it takes to keep going when results are slow? That's the part they skip in motivational speeches.

6. The constant state of exhaustion: Not tired from working out or staying up late. Just tired from existing. Tired from making decisions. Tired from being responsible. A bone-deep exhaustion that sleep doesn't fix because it's mental, not physical. Ever when you rest. Even when you "do nothing." Tired has become the default setting.

7. Having to decide what to eat EVERY. SINGLE. DAY: Breakfast. lunch, dinner---the mental load of deciding what to eat for every meal is genuinely exhausting. Meal prep sounds good until you're tired of the food by day two. Some nights, I'd honestly rather lie down and get high on H20 than figure out dinner one more time. The mental load is real.

8. The morality of elders: Remember when you thought adults had all the answers? Now vou realize some of them were the problem. Hypocrisy, double standards, lack of focus, secrets... and vou're left picking up the pieces. The moral authority you thought they had? Turns out they're just people who made it to old age not people who figured everything out.

9. The loneliness of independence: Not because you lack people - you have friends, family. But becoming your own person, managing your own life, your owr dreams, your own disappointments? That's a solo journey nobody can walk with you. And it's incredibly lonely--but necessary.

10. The ghost of childhood grief: All that trauma you ignored as a child? That thing you ignored as a kid because vou had to survive? It's back with interest. The abandonment. The fears. The shame - thev wait until you're adult enough to finally deal with them then they crash into you all at once. Adulthood has a way of holding up a mirror you've been avoiding.

11. Being in charge of your own life: Homes needs constant cleaning. Relationships need constant attention. You need constant self-care. Children needs constant care & attention. Work keeps piling up. And you'll never have enough time for any of it. The pressure is suffocating and nobody's delegating tasks. Honestly, at this point, can our guardian angel assign for us personal manager?

12. Good character isn't always rewarding: You're dependable, punctual, honest. empathetic - all the things vour parents and teachers raised you to be. But nobody warned you that people would take advantage of exactly those qualities. Now you resent the very traits that make you good because not everyone operates with the same integrity. Bad guys are thriving. People who take short cuts are very far in life.

13. Anticipatory Grief: Watching your parents age in real time--gray hairs appearing, steps slowing, hands trembling, memories slipping. Then one day it hits you they're mortal. The clock is ticking louder than you're ready for. Time isn't abstract anymore. It's happening right in front of you.

14. Families are way more complicated than vou knew: They were always messy - you just weren't old enough to know the secrets vet or notice a lot of things happening. Now you're learning the affairs. the step or half siblings, the resentments. the buried trauma. the inheritance & succession battles and suddenly family gatherings hits different. And you start re-seeing your whole childhood.

15. Outgrowing everyone's understanding of you: Your growth changes your mindset so much that even the people you grew up with, your family, your friends can't understand you anymore. You're evolving and they're still expecting the old version. You end up living knowing you're the only one who truly gets what you're doing.

16. Life doesn't pause for vour breakdown: Your mental health could be in the gutter, your world falling apart, your relationship just ended, you're grieving.. but the world doesn't pause. Work still expects you to show up. Emails keep coming. Life keeps moving whether you're ready or not. There's no time out button. and that's terrifying.

16/11/2025

HIV: A Story of Hope, Progress & Breakthroughs (1984–Today)

When HIV was discovered in 1984, the world was terrified. There were no treatments, no clear answers—only fear and uncertainty.

But the decades that followed became one of the most inspiring medical journeys in history.

1980s – The First Steps
The first HIV drug, AZT, arrived in 1987. It wasn’t perfect, but it proved the virus could be treated.

1996 – The Game Changer
Combination therapy (HAART) transformed HIV from a fatal illness into a manageable condition. People living with HIV began to regain their health and their futures.

2010s – Prevention Takes Center Stage
We learned that U=U (Undetectable = Untransmittable)—meaning people on effective treatment cannot transmit the virus.
Then came PrEP, giving HIV-negative people powerful protection and turning prevention into empowerment.

2020s – The Long-Acting Era
Daily pills are no longer the only option. Long-acting injections paved the way for simpler, stigma-free treatment.

Today – Lenacapavir and Beyond
Now we’ve reached one of the biggest breakthroughs yet: Lenacapavir, a medicine that may only need to be taken twice a year. It could change both treatment and prevention forever.

From fear to freedom, the HIV story is one of science, strength, and the unstoppable power of human determination.

14/08/2025

11/08/2025

You want to be the best in the world at what you do, but keep redefining what you do until that’s true. The only way that redefining is going to work is through the process of iteration, through doing. So, you need that carrot, you need that flag.

You need that reward at the end to pull you forward into doing, and you need to iterate. And iterate does not mean repetition. Iterate is not mechanical. It’s not 10,000 hours, it’s 10,000 iterations. It’s not time spent. It’s learning loops. And what iteration means is you do something and then you stop and you pause and you reflect.

You see how well that worked or did not work. Then you change it. Then you try something else. Then you pause, reflect, see how well it did. Then you change it and you try something else. And that’s the process of iteration, and that’s the process of learning. And all learning systems work this way.

So evolution is iteration where there’s mutation, there’s replication, and then there’s selection. You cut out the stuff that didn’t work. This is true in technology and invention where you’ll innovate, you’ll create a new technology and then you’ll try to scale it and either survive in the marketplace or it’ll get cut out.
This is true as David Deutsch talks about in the search for good explanations. You make a conjecture, that conjecture is subject to criticism, and then the stuff that doesn’t work is weeded out. And this is the true scientific method. It is all about finding what is natural for yourself and doing it by living life in the arena, high agency, process of iteration until you figure it out and then you are the best of the world at it, and it is just being yourself.

Naval

04/08/2025

These same people who are single are the ones bringing flu 🤧.
Dont ask me how, I said what I said.

02/08/2025

Do not ask for permission to fly when your wings are already yours and the sky belongs to no one.

02/08/2025

If you are on depoprovera and would like to conceive in the near future,it is recommended that you stop depo and switch to another contraceptive method at least two years before the time you'd want another child.
Depo can take up to 18 months or more to clear from the body which can delay return to fertility.

24/07/2025

We’ve been through a lot 😂

23/07/2025

Know Your Medical Abbreviations.

Many people use terms like UTI, STI, PID, and others interchangeably — but they actually mean very different things. Here’s a quick guide:

1. UTI – Urinary Tract Infection
Infection in the bladder or urinary system.
Not s*xually transmitted, but can feel similar to an STI. Common in women, extremely rare in men (less than 1 percent).

2. STI – Sexually Transmitted Infection
Infections passed through s*x, like chlamydia or gonorrhea.
Often confused with UTIs.

3. STD – Sexually Transmitted Disease
Older term for STI. STI is now preferred, especially when there are no symptoms.

4. PID – Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
Serious infection of the uterus or fallopian tubes.
Caused by untreated STIs. Not the same as UTI.

5. BV – Bacterial Vaginosis
Imbalance of natural vaginal bacteria often due to changes in vaginal pH.
Not an STI, but can happen more in s*xually active women.

6. HPV – Human Papillomavirus
Very common virus; some types can cause warts or cancer. Most people have no symptoms.

7. HIV – Human Immunodeficiency Virus
A virus that weakens the immune system.
Different from HPV and more serious.

8. HSV – Herpes Simplex Virus
Causes ge***al or oral herpes (painful sores).
Often confused with HPV but is a different virus.

9. PCOS – Polycystic O***y Syndrome
Hormonal condition affecting periods and fertility.
Not an infection, and not contagious.

10. Yeast Infection (VVC)
Caused by fungus overgrowth (not bacteria or virus so antibiotics won’t work as treatment). Not s*xually transmitted, and very common especially in pregnancy.

Not every pelvic problem is an STI.
When in doubt — see a doctor, not Google.

Moza, MD.

23/07/2025

Many people unknowingly mix up common medical terms for pelvic conditions, from UTI to STI and PID, here’s a simple guide to help set the record straight.

20/07/2025

Side effects of growing up may involve a sudden urge to buy land.