What is self-medication? Self-medication is when you take drugs, herbal medicines or home remedies on your own, or as a result of someone’s advice without consulting a doctor. Using self-medication to treat minor illnesses...
What is Prostate Cancer? Prostate cancer which is also referred to as Cancer of the Prostate [ CaP] is a malignant transformation of the cells of the prostate gland into cells with the ability...
In this post, we are going to be discussing erectile dysfunction, causes, symptoms, risk factors and treatment options The story The kissing and groping had been hot. He’d come back from work and stealthily...
Some patients who have restless leg syndrome can describing it as waking up and feeling like they have had a fight throughout the night. A case study He wakes up most mornings feeling tired...
What is Rhesus incompatibility? Rhesus incompatibility is a situation where a pregnant woman’s Rhesus blood group [blood “type”] is immunologically dissimilar with that of her baby, in such a way that her body generates...
Male infertility is not talked about as much as female infertility. They have been married for 5 years now and are yet to have kids. That notwithstanding, they were still very much in love....
Fibroids is a benign, non-cancerous, tumour of the uterus (womb). It takes its origin from the muscle layer of the womb. Consider the Uterus as a football enclosed tightly in a thin waterproof. The...
Pulmonary hypertension is not as well known as systemic hypertension. When people think about Hypertension, what readily comes to mind is Systemic Hypertension, the one that can be diagnosed by tying a cuff around...
Cervical Cancer is malignancy affecting the cervix, which is the outermost part of the womb, otherwise called the “mouth” of the womb. It arises when the normal cells lining the cervix undergoes malignant transformation...
What Are Gestational trophoblastic tumours? Gestational Trophoblastic Tumours [GTTs], or Gestational Trophoblastic Diseases [GTDs], are abnormal growths arising from placental tissue [or what is meant to form the placenta] due to an aberration in...
Are you experiencing symptoms of menopause or know someone who is? Do you want to learn more about menopause? When I was somewhere between the ages of 5 and 10, I remember my Mom...
Internal bleeding can occur following a road traffic accident(RTA). In the scene of a road traffic accidents and any other major type of physical trauma, the focus is usually on external blood loss through...
Diabetic Foot Ulcer is sometimes referred to as “ENYI ULE” (Diabolical foot decay). SCENARIO X It all started one fateful morning. She had woken up earlier than usual to go pick palm nuts from...
