What happens when a pipe is clogged? It’s the same answer you’ve always known, nothing tricky here. That basically sums up atherosclerosis as a whole. The pipes in this case are the blood conducting vessels known as arteries while the clog refers to cholesterol (the same cholesterol present in those cooking oils health professionals tell…
DetailsIt is often said that one may never understand the gravity of a situation until one experiences it. No words can capture my personal experience with hypertension better. During a personal visit to a friend’s place, my dad did a random checkup of his blood pressure. The systolic pressure (upper value in blood pressure reading)…
DetailsAll those discussions on women health and no breast cancer? You bet not! However, breast cancer is not limited to the female folk. Men may have breast cancer too although this happens to be very rare. Today, breast cancer is the most common invasive cancer in women and the second leading cause of cancer death…
DetailsMy first idea of what a fibroid is was gotten from a testimony I read on a church magazine. Well, it turned into a baby boy in that particular testimony. Many Nigerians are familiar with this narrative, I suppose. Uterine fibroids are noncancerous growths of the uterus that often appear during childbearing years. They are…
DetailsUp next is dysmenorrhea. Dysmenorrhea is characterized by severe and frequent menstrual cramps and pain associated with menstruation. Pain happens to be the most common problem women have with their periods. Dysmenorrhea is divided into the primary form and the secondary form. Primary dysmenorrhea is the most common type of dysmenorrhea. The pain is usually…
DetailsThese warning signs may include: A period that suddenly stops for more than 90 days without pregnancy. Periods that were once regular that suddenly become erratic. Excessive bleeding greater than 7 days or heavier than usual. A period less than 21 days apart or more than 35 days apart. Bleeding between periods. Abnormal levels of…
DetailsNext, high levels of estrogen stimulate the production of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), which in turn stimulates the pituitary gland to secrete luteinizing hormone (LH). On about day 12, surges in LH and FSH cause the egg to be released from the follicle. The surge in LH also causes a brief surge in testosterone, which increases…
DetailsIt should be noted that the use of the word ‘cycle’ always refers to the whole 28-day period that is the menstrual cycle while the use of the word ‘phase’ refers to the 4 phases within the 28-day menstrual cycle. The menstrual phase of a cycle is a result of events that occurred during the…
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