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Dec22020

Placenta Previa

Good guy goes bad (Placenta Previa)

Women's healthBy Alert DoctorsDecember 2, 2020Leave a comment

You must have heard about the placenta. It’s the structure that develops inside the uterus during pregnancy, responsible for providing oxygen and nutrition to and removing wastes from the developing fetus. Normally, it lies by the side or at the top of the uterus, doing its job diligently. But, sometimes, a good guy can go…

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Nov302020

Menorrhagia

Why do I have a heavy flow?

Women's healthBy Alert DoctorsNovember 30, 20201 Comment

Let’s talk about women’s health today. Did you look forward to your first menstrual flow? Do you look forward to it now? Several females dread that time of the month, for many reasons. For some, it’s pain during periods, known as dysmenorrhea. For others, it is the abnormally heavy flows that disrupt their normal daily…

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Nov292020

Vesiconvaginal Fistula

The Vesicovaginal Fistula(VVF)

Women's healthBy Alert DoctorsNovember 29, 2020Leave a comment

Social media buzzed earlier this week when a lady made a post inferring that a female urinates from her vagina. Vagina? A lot of people passed comments that screamed foul of her statement and chided her for passing the wrong information. Of course, the surface anatomy of the female urogenital system reveals two ‘’holes’’; one…

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Nov272020

Narcolepsy

Sleep intoxication(Narcolepsy)

Sleep DisordersBy Alert DoctorsNovember 27, 2020Leave a comment

The day is to work, and the night is to sleep. At least, this is what obtains for most people. Of course, there are the outliers. Some people work at night and sleep during the day. Then there’s that group that sleeps all night and day! It is quite distressing when one sleeps away during…

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Nov262020

Can you choose the birth date of your baby?

Women's healthBy Alert DoctorsNovember 26, 2020Leave a comment

Yes. It is possible to choose the date of birth of your baby. This is made possible via a process known as induction of labour. Induction of labor is the stimulation of uterine contractions during pregnancy before labour begins on its own to achieve a vaginal birth.   However, labour induction isn’t that procedure most…

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Nov252020

Sunlight and Vit D deficiency(Rickets)

Sunlight and vitamin D deficiency(Rickets)

PediatricsBy Alert DoctorsNovember 25, 2020Leave a comment

On Children’s health today, let’s learn about Rickets. You’ve probably seen a child with not-so-straight limbs, either as bowed limbs or K-shaped limbs. It could be due to this condition. What is Rickets? It is the condition seen in children when there is a softening and weakening of their bones. What causes Rickets? Rickets occur…

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Nov232020

Why do some females have plenty of hair? (The Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome)

Women's healthBy Alert DoctorsNovember 23, 2020Leave a comment

Many are unaware of the Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and its manifestations. There was once a picture and video circulating of a lady on social media, wherein this lady in question could have been mistaken for a man. She had a husky voice and well-distributed facial hair on her face and upper chest. Sadly, the comments…

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Nov212020

Preeclampsia in pregnancy

Preeclampsia(Blood pressure monitoring during pregnancy is important!)

Women's healthBy Alert DoctorsNovember 21, 2020Leave a comment

Hypertension is a silent killer they say. Even if a woman doesn’t have high blood pressure before pregnancy, a form of hypertension can develop after 20 weeks of pregnancy which is known as pre-eclampsia. It includes signs of damage to other organ systems, most often the liver and kidneys. Pre-eclampsia can be life-threatening and at…

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