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Saturday, 15 July 2017

6 Signs of heart attack to watch out for 1 month before it happens

By July 15, 2017 No comments:

Cabinet Secretary for interior and government died suddenly last week which shocked everyone one across the country because nkaiserry was a health man who exercised regularly, last month a famous former Newcastle footballer who was very fit an agile passed away in the field while exercising and died of heart attack.
Here are 6 symptoms to watch out for..
1. Extreme tiredness
One of symptoms of heart attack is extreme fatigue. Are you always feeling tired even after not doing hard work? That might be a symptom of heart attack and you should go for check immediately and don't wait for the worst to happen.

2. Worried frequently and very anxious
Are you always worried and anxious even for small matters?
You should see your doctor as soon as possible.

3. Weak arms and numbness in foot
If your hands are feeling numb and also your feet are feeling weak and numb there is a likely hood that there is a problem with your heart and its not supplying enough blood to various parts of the body.

4.indigestion
Indegistion is also another symptom.of Heart attack.
If you have frequent indegistion problems kindly visit your doctor.

5.insomnia and oversleeping
If you feel abnormal change in your sleeping patterns kindly visit your doctor don't assume.
You might lack sleep or start oversleeping .
If its frequent and you lack sleep several nights or oversleep always visit your doctor.

6.short ness in breath
Are you always trying to catch your breath even after doing very little exercise or only when climbing stairs?
This is not normal.
Visit your doctor as soon as possible.

Exercise and watching what you eat will help you not contract heart attacks.

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CANCER SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS

By August 21, 2014 No comments:

CANCER SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
Like HIV cancer is one of the deadliest and most dangerous diseases of our century. From Wikipedia cancer is defined as a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body.
Cancer is not a death sentence; it’s easy to cure it at its early stage. There are over 100 known forms of cancer which affect human beings. Smoking is the main cause of cancer and it contributes over 22% of all cancer deaths. So if you are an active smoker please thin k about quitting as soon as possible.
Here are the symptoms to watch out for:
Fever
Most cancer victims will experience fever when the cancer starts to spread to other parts of the body. This happens because the cancer cells are affecting the immune system or sometimes the treatment of the cancer is affecting the immune system. This symptom of cancer is always common.

Unexplained weight loss
To women losing weight without trying will be a miracle to them and they will be delighted. Let’s face it no woman likes being fat so they will try all ways possible to lose the extra weight. But if you are losing weight without trying please visit your doctor it might be a red alert of an imminent cancer. Most victims of cancer have experienced this symptom at some point.

Fatigue
As the cancer cells grow the victims will start feeling very tired. This fatigue does not get better no matter how much the patient rests. In cases of stomach cancer loss of blood will cause fatigue.

Pain
Victims of bone cancer will feel intense pain in their joints. So if you start feeling unexplained pains in your joints please see your doctor as soon as possible. Acute headache which might last for days and back pain might also be another symptom of cancer.

Skin changes
It’s a common symptom for skin cancer. Watch out for changes in the colour of your skin. If you notice changes go and get tested. It might be skin disease or in a worst case skin cancer

Unpredictable periods
If you always get regular periods then all of a sudden, you start having irregular periods lease visit your doctor or gynaecologist.it might be a sign of cancer
If you have already hit your menopause and start having periods then it might be cancer
Also if you have in periods it is a sign of cancer.

Lumps in the breast
It obvious no one knows their breast like the woman herself. So if you start feeling a lump in your breast see your doctor, it might be breast cancer. As a precaution women should always check their breast for lumps. It won’t hurt to do it twice per week.

HIV SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS

By August 21, 2014 No comments:

HIV SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
HIV is one of the most dangerous diseases of both the 20th and 21st century. Till now HIV has no cure and scientists all over the globe are working around the clock to find its cure. HIV is a virus which causes Aids. It’s defined as Human immune-deficiency virus. AIDS is acquired immune-deficiency syndrome
The only sure way to know you have HIV is by being tested. HIV weakens the immune system so you are going to experience various symptoms which i am going to share with you. Flu like symptoms is the most common. These symptoms have been described by victims as the” worst flu ever”.

Within 2 to 4 weeks after engaging in a risky behaviour watch out for the following symptoms

FEVER
This is often referred to as the primary HIV infection. It’s the body’s natural response to the presence of the virus in its system. According to experts at this point the HIV virus is moving into the blood stream and it’s replicating at an alarming rate.
The victim will have a fever and it’s always on of the first sign of the HIV infection. Body temperature rises over 100 degrees F.

FATIGUE
At this stage simple tasks like typing or writing will be very challenging to the victim and he will have a hard time doing time. Mild fever is always accompanied by fatigue. According to experts victims lose their breath when they do simple exercise like walking on stairs.

SWOLLEN GLANDS
Lymph nodes are part of your body’s natural immune symptom and always get swollen when there is an infection. So when the immune system is depleted swollen glands is a common symptom.
N.B other viral infections have these symptoms too. Those infected with syphilis or herpes also experience this symptom.

SORE THROAT AND COUGH
Dry cough which might sometimes be accompanied by sore throat is a common symptom. If you have a cough which doesn’t seem to go away that might be a red alert for an HIV infection.

SKIN RASH
This is also a common symptom. It might happen at the early or late stages of the infection. Victims of HIV have complained of rashes which are untreatable and not easy to get rid of. So if you start experiencing boil like rashes I advise you to see a doctor as soon as possible.

HEADACHE
Acute headache is one of the most common symptoms of HIV in the primary infection stage. Victims will have an intense headache which cannot be treated by pain killers. If you start headaches which last for days please go and see your doctor.

So if you engaged in a reckless behaviour please go and get tested. It’s the only and sure way of knowing if you have the virus or not.
Keep in mind that the antibodies test might not pick up so once tested go back to the VCT centre after three months to confirm if you are positive or not.