DIABETES – WHAT TO KNOW

DIABETES – WHAT TO KNOW

What is diabetes? Diabetes, how much do you about it, starting with the definition: is a chronic condition associated with abnormally high levels of sugar (glucose) in the blood. Insulin produced by the pancreas lowers blood glucose. Absence or insufficient production...

ARTHRITIS

Arthritis means joint inflammation, but the term is used to describe up to 200 conditions that can affect the joints, the tissues that surround the joint and other connective tissue. It is a rheumatic condition. The most common form of arthritis is osteoarthritis....

Bleeding gum in children

Prevention of bleeding gum in children  Bleeding? Bleeding is also known as a Hemorrhage.  Hemorrhage is blood escaping from the circulatory system as a result of damage blood vessels, through a cut or wound within the body or outer party of the body surface. Bleeding...

LOW BACK PAIN

WHAT IS LOW BACK PAIN? Low back pain is a common, painful condition affecting the lower portion of the spine, lower back pain (LBP) also known as (Lumbago) is a common complaint of most people in Nigeria, and one of the most common reasons people go to the doctor or...

Pyomyositis : Badagry as a case study

  WHAT IS PYOMYOSITIS? Pyomyositis, also known as tropical pyomyositis or myositis tropicans, is a bacterial infection of the skeletal muscles which results in a pus-filled abscess. Pyomyositis is most common in tropical areas but can also occur in temperate...

RECTAL PROLAPSE: BADAGRY AS A CASE STUDY

WHAT IS RECTAL PROLAPSE? Rectal prolapse is a condition in which the rectum (the last part of the large intestine before it exits the anus) loses its normal attachments inside the body, allowing it to telescope out through the anus, thereby turning it “inside out”. ...