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DIABETES

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Diabetes is a chronic (long-lasting) health condition that affects how your body turns food into energy.Diabetes occurs either when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces. Insulin is a hormone that regulates blood glucose Symptoms of diabetes may occur suddenly.The symptoms can be mild and may take many years to be noticed. Symptoms of diabetes include: feeling very thirsty, needing to urinate more often than usual, blurred vision,feeling tired, losing weight unintentionall, Urinate (pee) a lot, often at night, very hungry, have numb or tingling hands or feet, very dry skin, sores that heal slowly and having more infections than usual There are three main types of diabetes: type 1, type 2  and gestational diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is thought to be caused by an autoimmune reaction. This reaction stops your body from making insulin. It’s usually diagnosed in children, teens, and young adults. With type ...
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PNEUMONIA

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Pneumonia is a form of acute respiratory infection that affects the lungs. Pneumonia is an infection that inflames the air sacs in one or both lungs. The air sacs may fill with fluid or pus, causing cough with phlegm or pus, fever, chills, and difficulty breathing. A variety of organisms, including bacteria, viruses and fungi, can cause pneumonia. Bacteria are a common cause of pneumonia in adults. Viruses that infect your lungs and airways can cause pneumonia. The flu and the common cold are the most common causes of viral pneumonia in adults. Respiratory syncytial virus  is the most common cause of viral pneumonia in young children. Pneumonia symptoms can vary from so mild you barely notice them, to so severe that hospitalization is required. How your body responds to pneumonia depends on the type germ causing the infection, your age and your overall health. The signs and symptoms of pneumonia may include:Cough, which may produce greenish, yellow or even b...
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HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE (HYPERTENSION)

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Blood pressure is the pressure of blood pushing against the walls of your arteries. Arteries carry blood from your heart to other parts of your body. High blood pressure, also called hypertension, is blood pressure that is higher than normal.     Having blood pressure measures consistently above normal may result in a diagnosis of high blood pressure (or hypertension). The higher your blood pressure levels, the more risk you have for other health problems, such as heart disease, heart attack, and stroke.It's important to have your blood pressure checked at least every two years starting at age 18.  Blood pressure is determined by two things: the amount of blood the heart pumps and how hard it is for the blood to move through the arteries. The more blood the heart pumps and the narrower the arteries, the higher the blood pressure. There are two types of high blood pressure; the primary hypertension, also know as essential hypertension and the secondary hyp...
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TUBERCULOSIS

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Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious illness that mainly affects the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body, such as the brain, the kidneys, or the spine.                             An affected lung Tuberculosis can spread when a person with the illness coughs, sneezes or sings.This can put tiny droplets with the germs into the air. Another person can then breathe in the droplets, and the germs enter the lungs and become infected; this is called latent TB infection. The general symptoms of TB include; weight loss, feelings of sickness or weakness, loss of appetite, feeling tired or exhausted, fever, night sweats and feeling generally unwell. The symptoms of TB disease of the lungs also include coughing, chest pain, and the coughing up of blood.   If TB has spread to another part of your body such as your glands (lymph nodes), bones or brain, you may also have other symptoms, includ...
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Advantages of social media

The word social media is a common phrase in the modern community. Social media refers to the interactive forms of media that allows users to interact with and publish to each other, generally by the means of the internet.  There are various forms of social media and they include instagram, twitter, whatsapp, facebook aming others. Social media has its benefits that are useful in our day to day life and also has negative impacts.  Social media has help the modern society build new relationships. One can easily reach out to new contacts on social media platforms and begin forming relationship with them. For instance, a person in kenya can have a friendship with a person in the United states or Germany. Some of these social media relationships leads to marriages forming new ties and families. The social media also plays a major role in communication. Communication has been made easier by the use of modern technology. People can easily pass information from one person to another ...
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DEPRESSION

DEPRESSION Depression is a common and serious health problem that negatively affects the mental health of a person. It affects pthe way one think, act and feel.  Depression makes one lose interest in things that one was used to ,but luckily depression has a cure. It can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems and can decrease the ability to function at work or at home. Depression can affect any one regardless of their Pgender, age or background. University students are also victims of depression. The signs of depression are feeling worthless, difficulty thinking, thoughts of suicide, increased fatigue, trouble sleeping or sleeping too much, changes in appetite and lose of pleasure in activities you onced enjoy. Major causes of depression among university and college students are the use of substance abuse, a family history of depression or mental health, poor eating habits, lack of sleep and not having enough exercise.Students can overcome depression by doing the foll...
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CANCER

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Cancer is a deadly disease that has take the lives of different people, the rich and the poor. At first cancer didn't have much treatment like now. It was once a death sentence but not anymore since there are different types of cancer treatment. But what is cancer ? Cancer is a disease in which abnormal cells divide without control and can invade nearby tissues. Cancer cells can spread to other parts of the body through the blood and lymph systems. There are different types of cancer and the include;  carcinoma cancer which begins skin or the tissue that covers the surface of internal organs and glands. Sarcoma cancer which begins in the tissue that supports and connect the body. This type of cancer can develop in fat, muscles joints or bones  Leukemia is a cancer of blood Lymphomas cancer develops in the lymphatic system. Nowadays different physicians have come up with ways to treat cancer which has bring back hope to cancer patients who had give up. T...
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