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Urinary incontinence:  Lack of control over passage of urine.  Incontinence is lack of voluntary control over urine, when an individual can not by him or her self control the time to urinate and it seems the body dictates which time that may not be appropriate and acceptable for that individual. In children (Infants and younger toddlers) incontinence may be allowed because they have not yet developed well their voluntary nervous system. When it happens in an adult, we raise so much eye brows and question it. There are different categories of lack of control over urine passage (incontinence). When one cannot delay or postpone urination (urge incontinence), when urine comes out after sneezing, laughing, carrying a heavy load or coughing (stress incontinence), when one cannot even hold urine at all probably due to a dysfunction of the nerves controlling the bladder, and there are many others too.  This write up will be focusing more on stress incontinence. Let me quickly say...

Pregnancy is a physiological state in which a woman carries one or more babies in her womb over a specified period of time (the normal between 37 to 40weeks) after which she delivers and carries the product in her arms. It is an immunosuppressive state involving the whole systems of the body.  The events from the day one to the last day of pregnancy differ from one woman to another, generally speaking the most of women find the 1st trimester (1st 3 months) a bit challenging due to the morning sickness, the sudden but later gradual changes they experience in their body system and the psychological burden that may vary from one woman to another depending on the circumstances that surround the pregnancy.  The second trimester (2nd 3 months) is usually a period of peace and psychological well-being for the woman as she starts getting bonded to the fetus which would have started moving (kicking) from about 16-18 weeks of gestational age. Again, these differ from woman to woman....

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 ...