Internal bleeding can occur following a road traffic accident(RTA). In the scene of a road traffic accidents and any other major type of physical trauma, the focus is usually on external blood loss through ugly wounds. When there’s none of such, the victim, and in some cases, the [perhaps naive] healthcare provider, heaves a sigh […]
What is NHIS National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) was set up as a Public-Private Partnership to provide accessible, affordable, and qualitative healthcare for all Nigerians. Participants of the NHIS scheme are to make contributions into a common pool to be able to have access to social health insurance. A fixed amount (usually a token) is
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Serotonin syndrome also known as serotonin toxicity, occurs when there is too much serotonin in your body. Serotonin syndrome though not common, but potentially serious, set of side effects that may occur when people take one or more medications, supplements, or illicit drugs that increase serotonin levels. What is Serotonin? Serotonin is a chemical that
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) is a Nigerian federal agency that is under the Federal Ministry of Health. It replaced the previous Directorate of Food and Drug Administration and Control as it was not effective in controlling the problem of counterfeit drugs. It was established to help eliminate the problem
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Diabetic Foot Ulcer is sometimes referred to as “ENYI ULE” (Diabolical foot decay). SCENARIO X It all started one fateful morning. She had woken up earlier than usual to go pick palm nuts from her farm. She had done so against the better counsel of the seat of caution within. From her waking up from
Want to learn more about heart failure? In this post, we are going to be discussing about heart failure. A case of a willing mind but tired body. Even at 40, Alex was still a fitness enthusiast, and healthy as a horse. During a routine medical check-up though— some 10 years ago— his Doctor had
In this post, we are going to be talking about Mirror movement disorder (MMD) using a case study. Sometime in the recent past, I was going through my message requests, and something caught my attention: a clearly exasperated mother was laying a complaint about some bizarre movements she had noticed in her son. One hand
Want to learn more about HEMINEGLECT AND HEMIANOPIA-Unaware Of, Or Blind To, One Side Of The Body? continue reading. Lesions of the brain are fascinating, and as complex, as the organ itself. The fact that the brain is basically two separate organs held together in the middle, and that each half controls the opposite side
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Want to find out how people recover from COVID-19 even when there is no cure or vaccine yet, then continue reading. Most respiratory viruses– including Coronaviruses such as the ones that cause the Common Cold — are self-limiting, so to say. What this means is that they have a relatively finite period in the human
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