Category: health Conditions
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What is sty?
A lump on the eyelid and swelling of the eyelid are two visible signs of an eye sty.
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Depression
Depression is a mental health condition that causes persistent feeling of sadness or lonlinness that do not go away.Depression can affect any age group. Depression is the main cause of disability worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). It can affect all age group(adults, adolescents, and children.) Depression symptoms The symptoms of depression can include:…
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What is Tonsilitis?
Tonsillitis is an infection of your tonsils, two masses of tissue at the back of your throat. Your tonsils act as filters, trapping germs that could enter your airways and cause infection. They also make antibodies to fight infection. But sometimes, they get overwhelmed by bacteria or viruses. This can make them swollen and inflamed. Tonsillitis…
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otitis media
Middle ear is infected when there is a malfunction with the eustachian tube. There is a canal that links the middle ear to the throat area. The eustachian tube helps equalizing the pressure between the outer ear and the middle ear. When this tube is not working properly, it prevents normal drainage of fluid from…
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what is stroke
Men are more likely to get stroke than women. However, stroke is deadlier in women than in men.
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Diabetes
Diabetes is a metabolic disease in which your blood glucose, or blood sugar levels are too high. Glucose comes from the foods we eat. The glucose needs to be distributed into the cells of the body to give them energy. But this glucose needs to get into the cells by a hormone called Insulin. Without insulin…
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Bipolar Disorder
The most prominent signs of bipolar disorder in children and teenagers may include severe mood swings that are different from their usual mood swings.
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Diarrhoea
Diarrhoea is the passage of loose,watery stool three (3) or more times a day. It usually last for a few days Diarrhoea can be acute or chronic. Acute diarrhoea usually last less than a week while chronic Diarrhoea usually persists for weeks to months. diarrhoea causes The most common cause of diarrhoea is infections which…
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