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I am sure you have come across the term dementia. What questions ring your mind when you hear the term? Is the condition inherited? Does it have a cure?; and more that you need answers. You may be having a sick relative, friend, or even watched a show airing the same. Take a moment and get to 1,2,3 about the syndrome. Mostly the people who suffer from the condition are adults from 65 years of age. What is Dementia? Dementia is a condition that presents a series of symptoms like memory loss, difficulties in thinking, communication, or problem-solving. Dementia occurs due to brain damage by a disease like a stroke or Alzheimer’s disease. The damaged brain area fails to perform its function resulting in various symptoms of the condition.   The condition generally interferes with your daily activities. How to Differentiate Dementia from Normal Aging Symptoms The symptoms of dementia may differ from person to person, depending on the brain part affected. However, there are cr...

How to Learn Your Baby’s Developmental Milestones for the 1 st Year New parents often wonder what to expect in their baby's development. Also, they wonder how to know if their child's development s on target. Babies take their own pace in development but its good to be aware of all stages of growth. In this article, you will learn all the changes and growth that occur in your baby for the first year. What is a baby developmental milestone? Your child's ability to move, see, hear, communicate, and interact with others. Baby Milestone by age Its good to understand that your baby is unique and may not follow all the stages explained. For instance, your child may crawl early than expected and delay in other milestones like walking or start teething early and delay in others. It’s advisable to observe your baby’s pace of growth and always inquire from a pediatrician if you're in doubt or have a concern. Again, learn to encourage your baby, like practicing how to...

MENSTRUATION IN PANDEMICS Image from  shutterstock In a tweet by UN Women “nearly 1.25 billion women and girls lack access to a safe private toilet”, Menstrual Hygiene Day.   This is alarming and sad to our women and girls. This why the world celebrates world Menstruation Day on 28 th May, which was yesterday  #MHD2020. According to Rebublicanworld.com World Menstrual Hygiene Day was initiated to be on 28 th May, because most cycles take 28 days and last for 5days. Aim of this day is to promote menstrual hygiene in the world. What   is menstruation? Menstruation means   the vaginal bleeding that occurs in human and some animals as a result of the uterus wall shedding off. In women menstruation occurs in different cycles some have regular cycles of 21/ 28 days or more others are irregular. Menstruation/periods comes with various challenges in girls and women. Some may experience ; ü   Headache ü   Vomiting ü   E...

Is social -stigmatization the way to Covid-19 ?   I am sure you agree with me it’s not the way to go. But why is it happening in our society? Just the day we saw how a lady in Nakuru was harshly treated by her neighbors after finishing her self-isolation . No one wanted to be associated with her. To make matters worse they killed all her snails she had kept for business. Other incidents have occurred too for instance where Asian-Americans and Chinese were thought to spread the disease. As people get locked in their homes for fear of corona, those thought to spread it stayed indoors too. They feared been attacked by people due to stigmatization. What is social -stigmatization? According to WHO social-stigma is negative association between a person or group of people who share certain characteristics and a specific disease. We therefore discriminate people thinking they are the ones spreading the disease, because they are sick, working as health workers and m...

Millennial parents are faced by a myriad of challenges, ranging from taking care of kids, finances, balancing job and family and so forth. The challenges get more intense depending on one’s lifestyle and character on solving them. One can easily handle the challenges if he/she seeks information from right sources like parents, family counselors, pediatrics, internet research. Some of these challenges include;        1.How to take care of the young one When one becomes a parent you automatically get added responsibilities. This in itself is overwhelming especially when it gets practical. Babies are very delicate and seeks high level of attention. I remember my experience was terrible, always learning in the hardest way. I almost got a heart attack when I once found my baby not able to breath, trying to gulp some air through the mouth. Thanks God I had someone to help and realized was just some nasal blockage that needed saline drops. From my experi...