@Gawad_Nephro Consumption of sufficient quantities of either #djenkol or #kerdas can cause loin pain, a milky white urine, blood in your urine and your kidneys to fail. This is thought to happen via formation of tiny crystals within your kidney and Urine. #kidneymyths#WorldKidneyDay
@Gawad_Nephro 2. Another fruit to avoid if you are have advanced chronic kidney disease or are on dialysis is starfruit (belimbing) . In south east asia there are two forms of the fruit #WorldKidneyDay#kidneymyths
A thread on why I think we need to ramp up testing for #COVID19 in Malaysia so we can flatten the curve faster.
Peak Viral Load doesn't correlate with symptom strength.
This is why just temperature screening might not work as well and why asymptomatic contacts should be screened. thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2020/03/1…
From a Virologic standpoint - the peak viral load (>1000 times that of SARS) actually occurs at around day 5 of illness with the virus detected in the oropharynx. medrxiv.org/content/10.110…