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Good day my wonderful readers, thanks for always reading. I will like to start with words of encouragement as usual. Change is one constant factor in life, it will always come.To be happy however, you must learn how to cope with change. Do not sit down to wait till things get better, get your hands dirty, keep moving, never let go of your good imaginations, keep hoping, keep working, one day you will get what you want out of life. (have you read the book 'who moved my cheese?'). Hmm, so many things out there on this corona virus, high level of fear and confusion out there. I must confess I didn't want to blog on corona virus because there are so many information out there already, but because it is a trending health issue, it is important we discuss it. By now I am sure most people know what the virus is and how it spreads. Today, I am just going to discuss the habits that may promote the spread of the virus. 1. Picking of nose. If you must do it, then wash your ha...

Good day all, thanks so much for always reading, I heavily appreciate. I will like to start with few words of encouragement as usual.  Life may not be smooth, it may throw whatever it likes at you, but on your part, few things are needed to keep going. Ensure you are consistent with whatever you are doing, do not be discouraged because success may just be a mile away, seek necessary and proper counsel and follow it then lastly never stop praying even when you have stopped everything. I hope this will help. Thank God at last today we are going to round up the series on cervical cancer. You can read up the past topics to have a fore knowledge. The last topic in the series is about vaccination against cervical cancer and genital wart. What is HPV vaccination? It is the injection given for protection against the culprit that causes cervical cancer in female and genital wart in male. HUMAN PAPILlOMA VIRUS. There are 2 vaccines available CERVARIX and GARDASIL. ...

Glory to God for another opportunity to write for my readers to read. How are you doing? Has God done a thing? Has He not done what you have been asking? Have you tried praising Him? I learnt in church service this evening that when prayer seems failing you should try praise...... My readers, how far with this heat? .... Yesterday, I had to go to the market to get a rechargeable fan, I couldn't keep generator on in the night and the PHCN (popularly called NEPA) is not helping matter not to talk of the DisCo company that is dancing disco...lolz. This heat is too much....it is well. I thought about how my people are going to cope with the heat and I decided to do a quick write up on how to stay healthy during this heat... Who else can't wait for the rain?.... Wao... Here are my tips on how to cope in this weather. 1. Avoid sun as much as possible, get a sun screen from the pharmacist and apply on your skin as directed. (You can contact me on proper usage of sunscreen...

Hello beautiful people, how are you doing? hope all is going on well? We thank God for life. Any challenge? any struggles? don't forget to mention it in prayer continuously. God is able. Yesterday, I woke up with the news of Lassa fever discovered in Lagos, I can't but remember that I haven't mentioned Lassa fever in this space, I want to answer your questions on this subject. Happy reading. what is Lassa fever? It's an endemic disease caused by infection with Lassa virus, not coronal virus as some may think. It causes a hemorrhagic fever (it has ability to cause bleeding). it could be serious and lead to death. it is also a highly contagious disease. Rat (Mastomys natalensis) multi-malmate rats to be precise are the reservoir of this infection. the virus can be isolated from the body fluid of this type of rat and humans can be infected through ingestion of food contaminated by its body fluids, it can also be contacted from an infected person. w...

Hello my ever patient readers! I sure miss this space. How are you and how's life generally? let me let you know that if you ever have issues bothering you or you need someone to talk to, am just a call or a text message away. God bless you. Today, I want to continue on my discussion about cervical cancer so we will discuss Pap Smear. I'm sure you must have heard about it. Our discussion won't be complete without mentioning it. What is Pap Smear ? Pap smear test is also known as PAPANICOLAOU test, named after Georgios Papanikolaou, a man who discovered it far back in the 1940s.  I t is a screening test for cervical cancer, a very crucial and a highly sensitive test. it can detect cervical cancer in its earliest form and this is a good news because cervical cancer has a very good survival rate if detected early. How is Pap Smear done? When you are ready to do one, you will meet your doctor who will write a request for you to a reliable diagnostic center,...

Wao! good day readers! how have you been? sure you are doing well. Have you read the last post on salient truth about cervical cancer? if not, kindly do so. Thank you. Hmm, I just finished reading about an Argentinian politician (Juan Peron) whose two wives died of cervical cancer at a very early age. I felt so bad for the women especially the second wife (Evita Peron) who was a promising young woman, charitable and loved by all. her life was a great blessing to others especially the poor. she died in her prime not even knowing what killed her....oh my God am so sad right now knowing that she died from the same disease that killed the man's first wife and unluckily for her, history had it that her mother also died of this same disease but at 77 yrs of age. Do you know that it was after her death that medical advancement and researches concluded on the major cause of cervical cancer and also discovered the most potent screening method to be PAP smear?.  Hmm. Truly sad, yo...

Happy new year readers, it shall be a fruitful year for all of you by God's grace. Now do you all know that January is cervical cancer awareness month? what it means then is that this month, i shall be doing more writings on cervical cancer this month. For today, let us understand some salient issues on cervical cancer. the cervix is the neck of the womb, that area where your  "g spot" is located, the area between the vaginal below and the uterus above. you can study the picture below. Cancer however is an unwanted growth that can spread to other part of the body, very dangerous and deadly. salient truths you may not know include; 1. Cervical cancer is real. 2. It is caused by a virus (human papiloma virus) transmitted via sexual intercourse. 3. It is the only sexually transmitted disease that cannot be prevented by condom. 4. Men can be infected too. 5. There are potent vaccines against the virus. 6. Children can be vaccinated against the virus, both male...