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Myths and facts surrounding infertility  Generally, the human mind has the power of building concepts both real and unreal in most cases, especially the ones over which it does not have a control.  Here are the common myths with the absolute facts.  Myth: You need to have sex after ovulation has occurred  Fact: Judging by the Knowledge of when ovulation takes place and especially the viability of the ovum, it is a fact that it may be too late if sex comes after ovulation. How accurate do you think you will be on tracking ovulation? How possibly do you think the sperm will fertilize the egg at that time? Best thing is to have regular sex so sperm is in the tract at ovulation.  Myth: Ovulation occurs on day 14 Fact: This is not accurate as cycles change even in someone with a normal 28 days cycle, only the days between ovulation and Menstruation is fairly constant (14days). Ovulation rather occurs 14 days backwards from the day your flow starts. Myth: If you ...

When I heard that I was infected with the hepatitis B virus. It followed all sorts of  things, about how I could have gotten the virus, knowing there was no case of hepatitis in my family. I started doing research to see how I could have come in contact with the virus, blood transfusions -no, sexual contact – I was too young, drugs, no. That was the beginning of Manuela's story and how she later conquered the drama associated with being infected with hepatitis B. More of the remaining story will come up as you read on. Welcome to a blissful read. In this write up I shall be writing about hepatitis B and sometimes will mention hepatitis C. Kindly read the part one of this write up to understand better especially the signs and symptoms. What is hepatitis B? and C? They are viruses that cause hepatitis (red, swollen, painful liver whose function is reducing drastically). They have many things in common especially in their mode of transmission however hepatitis C has a cure while B doe...

How do you raise a healthy family even when you are not from one? Do you know that sustaining a marriage and raising children are challenging things to do but can be easier with proper planning, determination and prior written vision? Raising a healthy family entails a lot, it should therefore be planned, forecasted and mapped. An important and first thing to do so a family can stand firmly is to have a vision to direct you and be determined to get it right. It is about laying a foundation to fall back on, a template of how you want your family to be, bearing in mind that having a healthy family is not just about a member of the family not falling ill. It is way more than that. You can read about other aspects of health in the post complete health . Concept of health embraces the social and mental aspects too, so a healthy family is complete in all these aspects. I t is important to have a vision, a picture of what you will like your family to look like. Before you develop a vision to ...

You are educated, right! beautiful. Do you know that only right education, right information can be a strong pillar of a healthy family? We have introduced the 5 pillars of a healthy family in the first post, and I have discussed having a vision and proper planning as the first pillar. The next on the list is education and information.  Education is the best legacy they say, it is the process of achieving, values, skills , beliefs and moral habits.  When we are talking about education as a pillar of a healthy family, we will be short of credibility if we only look into formal or classroom education.  Informal education and information is an integral part of this pillar such as including cultures and social values. What does your culture, belief system and values teach you about being healthy? How do you perceive illness and health from the point of view of your cultural and religious background?  Unto the classroom or Internet students, what information do you know ...

How can our world be more healthy? How can we overcome outbreaks  of diseases? Where do we start from to ensure an individual is healthy and lives life to the fullest? It may seem to be difficult and a capital project, yes, but there's a place we can start from, The family.  What is family in its entirety?  The family is the smallest unit of the society, everyone belongs to one either by birth or adoption, either 'legally' or 'illegally'. Someone must have an origin, a generation, a root, a family. This special group comprises of those related by blood or marriage. It could be the nuclear type (just father, mother and children) or the extended type which may include every other person. Medically, a family can be related to a household, the group that eats from the same kitchen or pot. I hope I have brought up the memory of your primary school definition of a family.  What is a healthy family?  A 'just a family' is differen...

In 200level medical school, I had this room mate who was a good cook but her food seems saltless to my taste bud. Tolulope, now Dr Akinnimi Tolulope will cook nice food yet with as little salt and oil as possible. It was strange to me even though then I had a little knowledge of why I should reduce salt intake but I couldn't really comprehend the greatness of its importance.  Looking back now, with so much medical knowledge I have gained over 8 years ago, I must say that my room mate was wiser then. You see, one thing about habit changing is that it could look strange to you and others at first but when you keep at it, it becomes your character. Reduction of salt in diet can become a part of you. Wait, salt is very important, yes, very very impotant. Salt is used for preserving food and to prevent food spoilage, we also use it more importantly to add taste to our food. Salt (table salt) contains sodium and chlorine. It is this sodium content that we need to watch, since we cannot s...

Do you know that there were over 8,000 cases of hepatitis A reported in the United State of America from the period of 2016-2019? Hepatitis A outbreak in the US by state.   That's was not a mere statistics but a significant one.  Welcome once again to another read on hepatitis.  This post will be based on one of the viral causes of hepatitis we discussed in part 1: Hepatitis A. Kindly read part 1 if you haven't What is hepatitis A? It is a kind of hepatitis caused by hepatitis A virus. How can someone get hepatitis A? Note that hepatitis A is very contagious, it has higher rate of transmission from person to person. 1. Commonly through contact with feces of an infected person... This means is referred to as feco-oral when your hand comes in contact with feces of an infected person and you ingest it. This is the similarity between this virus and hepatitis E virus. Feco-oral, of course can go in many directions. a. Buying food at restaurant when personal hygiene of those co...