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Grace is having her second baby and she appeared all sharp in the hospital ward. “How are feeling madam?”, the doctor asked. “I am alright and ready to push”, she replied. After getting examined by the midwife, Grace spotted an old friend of hers lying on the bed next to hers who had been admitted…
Pregnancy is a delicate period in a woman’s life. Bleeding and spotting in pregnancy doesn’t always mean there’s a problem, but they can also be a sign of serious complications What could be responsible for bleeding early in pregnancy? Miscarriage. Almost all women who miscarry have bleeding or spotting before the miscarriage. Ectopic pregnancy….
The news of pregnancy, especially a planned one is often met with joy.With this news also comes worry and fear as mothers are concerned about doing all the right things to ensure their babies are safe, healthy,and delivered without complications. Many drugs are withheld in pregnancy and reasonably so, to protect the mother and…
Unique types of coronavirus such as SARS and MERS have caused disease outbreaks, in a few countries, in recent years. The latest unique coronavirus making its way around the world now, covid-19, originated in China in December 2019. By the end of February 2020, over 85,000 infections have been reported worldwide, mostly in China, and some deaths have occurred. The person diagnosed in Lagos…
This was how Bose put it when Dr. Emeka asked her to describe her symptoms. “It’s a runny nose that won’t leave me alone,” she said. Bose complained of frequent sneezes and runny nose that often begin on most mornings on her way to work. She added that her staff bus usually passes through the…
Diarrhea is defined as passage of loose or watery stools more frequently than usual. Experts consider diarrhea as stooling 3 or more times in a day. Usually, people with diarrhea pass watery or loose stools. Diarrhea can be acute, persistent or chronic depending on how long it lasts. Acute diarrhea lasts for a few…
Have you ever used dimmable LED bulbs in your home? You know it has a dimmer control that can be adjusted to set how bright or dim you want your light bulb to be. Now imagine, you have set the bulb to the brightest level. Suppose someone sneaks up…
He visited the local pharmacy several times to change his reading glasses, but there was no improvement. One morning, his wife noticed that the black part of his left eye appeared whitish and cloudy, prompting a visit to an eye specialist. The eye specialist examined Mr. Johnbull and told him he had cataract in his…
"Hello Sola, are you going for a free eye check organized by the local government health center?" "Why should I? Who told you I have an eye problem?" Sounds familiar? Sure it does! In fact, the scenario represents our attitude toward personal health checks. The eye is the window to your body, literally. Not only…
Blindness is defined as visual acuity of less than 3/60, or a corresponding visual loss to less than 10⁰, in the better eye with the best possible correction (WHO). This simply means blindness is the inability to see at 3m what a person with a healthy eye will see at 60m despite using a form…
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