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Cataract Blindness: Causes, Treatment, cost (Pidgin)
Oya, imagine say your eye be like camera wey dey snap picture for your brain. E get lens inside wey dey help you see things clear—sharper than 4K TV! Now, cataract na when dat lens wey dey your eye begin turn cloudy, like say dem pour milk or ogbono soup inside am. E no letRead more
Enlarged Prostate/BPH: Causes, Symptoms (Pidgin)
You sabi dat small gland wey dey under man bladder, wey dey help make sperm juice? E dey like small walnut, e dey wrap round dat pipe wey your piss dey pass (dat one na urethra). Dem call am prostate. But as you dey old, especially when you don pass 50, dis prostate fit begin swell up like say e chop puff-puff! Dis one na wetin dem call Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH). No be cancer o, and e no go make cancer come, but e fit make your life wahala small.
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Cold Sores/Mouth Ulcers: Causes, Tips to manage it
Cold sores are these tiny, blisters on or around the lips that usually contains fluid and are usually very painful. They also known as fever blisters, as they are commonly seen during a fever. They are a common manifestation of viral or bacterial infections. There’s no cure for cold sores, but antiviral pills or creams
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Seminal Fluid Analysis (SFA): Good Sperm Qualities
Seminal Fluid Analysis (SFA) is an important test that is done during fertility screening for males, to check the quality and quantity of their semen (the fluid that is produced during Ejaculation), and ensure that it is okay and enough to get a woman pregnant. Seminal Fluid Analysis (SFA) is a very important test, and
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Aquagenic Pruritus (itching after bath): causes, treatment
A lot of persons have this condition where they itch after a bathe. This condition where you itch after a bath is known as “Aquagenic Pruritus”. The itching may begin immediately after a bath and can last anytime from minutes to an hour or more. It is important for you to know that Aquagenic Pruritus
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Missed Period without Pregnancy: 9 Causes of Delayed Period
Some time in the life of a woman, she might have missed Period without Pregnancy and it can be a big cause of worry. The menstrual period is a very important event in the life of every sexually active young woman, and whenever it is delayed or absent, it comes with a lot of anxiety
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Coronavirus: Chloroquine can now be used for Covid-19 Treatment
Chloroquine treatment in early stages of Covid-19 gives promising results, according to the Director General of the National Agency for Food & Drug Administration & Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Christianah Mojisola Adeyeye. What this means is that, individuals who presents with the infection in there early stages, if given the chloroquine treatment in the appropriate dose
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Conjunctivitis (Apollo): red eye, Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Conjunctivitis popularly known as “Apollo” is a very common disease of the eye in our environment. I could remember when growing up as a child, and a lot of children would turn up in school with a swollen red eye that sometimes discharges, and a lot of tears come out. Those days in Lagos, Nigeria,
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Malnutrition: Kwashiorkor & Marasmus, What you should know
Malnutrition is a very serious condition that makes children ten times more likely to die from common childhood illnesses such as such as diarrhoea, pneumonia and malaria. Every year, nearly 420,000 children under five die as a result of this deadly combination in Nigeria. Every infant and child has the right to good nutrition according
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Coronary Artery Disease: Causes, Prevention, Treatment
Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) occurs when there is a loss of blood supply to the muscles of a part of the heart, or all of it. When the blockage affects all of the heart, it can cause a heart attack. Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of premature death in the western nations,Read more
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