Category: Health and Wellness

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Individual characteristics and their influence on the disease occurrence process.

The individual characteristics are the features of the body system which differentiate one person from the other, these features could either be external to the body or found in the body system. Most proponents of disease theories consider individual characteristics as a major determining factor regarding the possibility of becoming infected with a particular disease.…

How products containing menthol and camphor can harm a newborn!

  The use of menthol products and or camphor on newborns for reasons ranging from cold weather, catarrh and it is sometimes added to newborn’s oil which is applied on the head claiming it cures OKA ORI which is normal phenomenon called ANTERIOR FONTANELLE is a very common practice in this part of the world,…

Sphygmonanometer: A must have device. 1

Sphygmonanometer: A must have device.

The amount of blood the heart pumps and the extent of resistance to blood flow in the arteries are what determines blood pressure, the more the heart pump and the narrower your arteries, the higher the blood pressure as a narrow arteries increases resistance of blood flow . High blood pressure also known as hypertension…