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27 Nov

HOW TO GIVE FIRST AID TO HOUSEHOLD POISONING VICTIMS

If you see someone poisoned with household items like bleach, fuel, kerosene, acid, drugs or fumes, you can give them this first aid to prevent death before arrival of medical help.

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Household poisoning is a common reason kids are taken to a hospital's accident and emergency.

As an adult, it's extremely crucial that you to know what to do from the time when you suspect someone is poisoned to the time medical care arrives.

So let's get started.

Once a person is poisoned by any substance, the first aid to give them depends on two major things;

• The type of poison, and
• Whether the poison is on their skin, eyes, inhaled or swallowed

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26 Nov

ABNORMAL NIPPLE DISCHARGE

Some people don't breastfeed, but discharge milk from their nipples esp. when touched. This is called #galactorrhea!

On it's own, it's not a disease. But it could be a sign of an underlying disease that needs treatment.

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Have you seen someone who is not breastfeeding discharging milk from their nipples before?

Yeah, so #galactorrhea occurs mostly in women who have been pregnant before and are between 20 and 35 years.

But it can also happen in women of all ages, children and even men (yes, men can discharge breast milk from their tiny nipples too!😊)

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25 Nov

Stop abusing steroids to build muscles.
Stop abusing steroids to enhance performance.

When your body is exposed to excess #steroids for a long time it can lead to Cushing's syndrome, a horrible condition.

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Normally, Cushing's syndrome occurs when your body is exposed to high levels of the hormone #cortisol for a long time.

But most steroid medications have the same effect on your body as cortisol.

So, when you take excess steroids over time, it can lead to Cushing's syndrome.

Cushing's syndrome can also occur when your body makes too much cortisol on its own (like in certain tumors of your pituitary gland or adrenal problems).

But taking or injecting steroid medications (exogenous steroids) is the single most common cause of this horrible condition.

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20 Nov

Guys, pls stop wearing tight #pants!

Tight underwears can keep your testicles closer to the body, causing warmer temperatures that may kill your sperm, lower sperm count & cause infertility.

Wear boxers instead, & go to bed naked if you want to become a father

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Hot temperatures damage sperm
Hot temperatures can kill sperm cells.
Hot temperatures can cause low sperm count.
Hot temperatures can cause infertility.

Protect your testis from heat.
Wear boxers instead of pants.

Protect your future!!

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19 Nov

Dear guys, your weight matters!

Being too fat may cause hormonal changes in your body leading to;
• low sperm count
• bad sperm quality &
• inability to make a woman pregnant

You can stop firing blank & weak by shedding your excess body fats

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Apart from low sperm count and poor sperm quality, obesity is a well-known cause of
• erectile dysfunction, and
• low sex drive.

Being overweight can damage your blood vessels and decrease the level of your male hormone #testosterone.

The damage caused to your blood vessels by obesity can come in different ways, e.g. due to the associated;

• high blood pressure
• diabetes
• excess cholesterol (hypercholesterolemia)
• excess triglycerides (hypertriglyceridemia) and
• inflammation

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18 Nov

How to Treat Vaginal Yeast Infection

Vaginal discharge that is thick, whitish, looks like cheese & feels like yogurt, is often due to yeast infection. But it can be easily treated.

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Vaginal yeast infection or vulvovaginal candidiasis usually occurs when the healthy yeast that usually lives in your vagina grows out of control.

9 out of every 10 women will have a yeast infection at some point in their life.

What causes yeast infection?

1. Use of antibiotics (which lowers the amount of #lactobacillus, the good bacteria in the vagina)
2. Douching
3. Hormone imbalance
4. Anything that weakens your immune system like;
• diabetes
• stress
• lack of sleep
• pregnancy
• HIV/AIDS, etc

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