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WRAP IT, SHE SAID 1

WRAP IT, SHE SAID

Her brown eyes were fixed on the gait of the woman in the metal detector as she called the attention of almost everybody in the banking hall, due to her plus size stature finding it difficult to pass through and the device was screaming like a child crying for help. Finally, she was able to…

Shopona: The Yoruba God's contribution to public health. 2

Shopona: The Yoruba God’s contribution to public health.

The last known case of Smallpox was in Somalia in 1977, Smallpox is a contagious, often deadly disease which leave infected persons with disfiguring scars that lasts long and reminds such person of their horrific experience. This disease affected the human race for thousands of years until it was eradicated in 1980 which was achieved…

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,…

Pseudo menstration

Pseudo menstruation in neonates: Be sure before pointing fingers.

Collins dictionary defined pseudo as a form of adjective or noun that indicate something is not the thing it is claimed to be. This means Pseudo menstruation looks like menstruation but it’s not actually menstruation. The increasing rate of pedophilic epidemy requires one to be extra sure in order to avoid wrong accusations. Neonates are…

Tongue tie and Speech delay 4

Tongue tie and Speech delay

A lot of mothers associate their child’s speech delay with tongue. However, several researches by medical expertshave shown that there is no association between the two scenarios.Tongue-tie also known as ankyloglossia is a congenital condition (present at birth) that restricts the movement of thetongue’s range of motion, this occurs as a result of the band…

Sphygmonanometer: A must have device. 5

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…