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16 Apr

PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE, PID

It's an infection of female reproductive organs which usually occurs when bacteria STIs like Chlamydia & Gonorrhea spread from the vagina into the womb, Fallopian tubes & ovaries. It can cause infertility!

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6 things that increase your risk of having Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

1. Douching
2. Having many sex partners
3. Having PID or STI in the past
4. Having sex without condoms
5. Sexually active women less than 25 years
6. Having sex with a person who has more than 1 sex partners

8 common symptoms of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

1. Hotness of your body (fever)
2. Vaginal discharge
3. Lower tummy pain
4. Heavy menstrual bleeding
5. Bleeding in-between periods
6. Pain during sex (dyspareunia)
7. Feeling generally unwell
8. Vaginal odour

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10 Apr

Having an orgasm at least 3 times a week cuts in half your risks of coronary heart disease. Sex is a form of exercise!

For people without heart disease, sex is a good form of exercise which helps strengthen the heart, lower the blood pressure, reduce stress, & improve sleep.

So for people with a stable heart, the long-term benefits of regular sex & other physical activities outweigh this risk.

But people with existing heart diseases may have a heart attack during sex or any other physical activity that increases thier heart rate.

For them, it's not advisable to have sex especially when you have symptoms such as chest pain, shortness of breath, irregular heartbeat, etc

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9 Apr

14 body parts you often damage but ignore

1. Stomach
2. Heart
3. Kidney
4. Gall bladder
5. Small intestines
6. Large intestines
7. Lungs
8. Liver
9. Pancreas
10. Eyes
11. Brain
12. Skin
13. Vagina
14. Testis

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1. You damage your STOMACH when you abuse aspirin and over-the-counter pain and fever medicines.

2. You damage your HEART when you eat too much salt and bad cholesterol.

3. You damage your KIDNEYS when you don't drink up to 10 glasses of water or 3L in a day.

4. You damage your GALLBLADDER when you don't sleep until 11 o'clock and don't wake up to the sunrise.

5. You damage your SMALL INTESTINE when you eat cold and stale food.

6. You damage your LARGE INTESTINE when you eat mainly fried and spicy food.

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8 Apr

Wash your socks often🧦
Wash your socks often🧦

As you wear socks, they accumulate sweat, dirt, and germs. Wearing them dirty can cause a fungal infection called Athlete's Foot and infected under toes.

Wash or change your socks at least every 2 days.

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The germ that causes Athlete’s Foot (Tinea pedis) likes a warm, dark, and moist environments.

That's why it affects mainly the areas between the toes and the bottoms of the feet causing a whitish, scaly rash with a red base, burning, peeling, and occasional odour.

If left untreated, your fungal infection (Athlete's foot) may spread to other parts of the body.

It can also be transmitted to other people through shared floors, gym mats, towels, and other shared surfaces.

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7 Apr

A premature baby is placed on his father's chest shortly after birth to regulate the baby's temperature like an incubator as his mother was still recovering from her caesarean section. This is called the Kangaroo Mother Care. 🦘

Months later, that's the boy.

Kangaroo mother care 🦘 is a method of holding a baby that involves skin-to-skin contact.

It can be done by both mothers and fathers on premature infants while they are still in the hospital.

Kangaroo mother care is beneficial to the baby in my ways. For e.g. it:

• Stabilizes your baby’s heart rate
• Improves your baby’s breathing
• Decreases your baby's crying
• Helps baby gain weight faster
• Helps baby sleep more
• Decreases hospital stay

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6 Apr

FIRST AID FOR HEART ATTACK

If patient is conscious:
1. Sit them down calmly
2. Unbutton tight clothes
3. Ask if they're on chest pain pills e.g. Aspirin or Nitroglycerin
4. If yes, help them take the pill quickly. If no, move to No. 5 below...

#HeartAttack
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5. Rush patient to hospital especially if:

- chest pain doesn't go away within 3 minutes of taking nitroglycerin or aspirin
- patient was not previously on any heart medications
- there's no medication to give them within the 3 minutes

6. Don't give water or food!
#HeartAttack

If patient is unconscious but still breathing normally:

1. Call your local emergency line (if available) or shout for help to move patient to hospital
2. Meanwhile, lower the person to the ground and keep his head relaxed in an erect position to aid breathing
#HeartAttack

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