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perfect Monday message amiright?
A quick reminder of your age brackets
1) 0–1 year → Infant
2) 1–3 years → Toddler
3) 3–5 years → Preschooler
4) 6–9 years → Child
5) 10–12 years → Pre‑teen
6) 13–17 years → Adolescent
7) 18–25 years → Young Adult
8) 26–39 years → Adult
9) 40–59 years → Middle‑Aged Adult
10) 60–64 years → Mature Adult
11) 65–74 years → Senior Adult
12) 75–84 years → Elderly
13) 85–99 years → Very Elderly
14) 100–109 years → Centenarian
15) 110+ years → Supercentenarian
You are not getting younger
First Doctor retweeted
A quick reminder of your age brackets
1) 0–1 year → Infant
2) 1–3 years → Toddler
3) 3–5 years → Preschooler
4) 6–9 years → Child
5) 10–12 years → Pre‑teen
6) 13–17 years → Adolescent
7) 18–25 years → Young Adult
8) 26–39 years → Adult
9) 40–59 years → Middle‑Aged Adult
10) 60–64 years → Mature Adult
11) 65–74 years → Senior Adult
12) 75–84 years → Elderly
13) 85–99 years → Very Elderly
14) 100–109 years → Centenarian
15) 110+ years → Supercentenarian
You are not getting younger
First Doctor retweeted
A man who has not eaten well for months now has fissures at the lip corners, sore throat, rashes, a big tongue, and looks pale.
What vitamin is deficient?
A) Vitamin B1 (thiamine)
B) Vitamin B2 (riboflavin)
C) Vitamin B3 (niacin)
D) Vitamin C
First Doctor retweeted
The symptoms match riboflavin (vitamin B2) deficiency which features seborrhoeic dermatitis and anemia.
Rich sources of riboflavin include dairy products, eggs, leafy greens, lean meats, almonds, and fortified cereals.
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3 important things:
1. For better nutrient retention, steam your vegetables. Boiling or frying can cause a loss of up to 50% of their nutrients.
2. Stretching before going to bed at night is dope. It relaxes your muscles and prevents you from waking up with body pains.
3. Stop using expired condoms. They increase the risk of condom break, causing unwanted pregnancy and STIs. Check the expiry date before you mount.
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Here are 7 ways you damage your health by using mobile phones excessively
1. Headaches
2. Inattention
3. Sleep disturbance
4. Temper issues
5. Anxiety
6. Depression
7. Possible brain tumor
How do these happen?
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BREAKING: FDA has approved bepiroversen for treatment of chronic hepatitis B. It showed potential to achieve functional cure in 20% of patients in Phase III trial. This is massive good news.
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No way Barcelona can win the Champions League in the next 30 years if every big game is an experiment.
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The position you sleep in can reduce your heartburn symptoms or even make them worse especially at night.
Sleeping on which side of the body reduces acid reflux symptoms?
A. Right hand side
B. Left hand side
C. Face down
D. Flat on your back
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The correct answer is C. HPV infection.
It is the strongest risk factor for having anal cancer. All others are risk factors too but HPV infection is the strongest cause.
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A 39 years old gentleman was having anal pain and feeling of a lump near his anus. He was eventually diagnosed with anal cancer.
What is the strongest risk factor for developing anal cancer?
A. Having many anal sex partners
B. HIV infection
C. HPV infection
D. Smoking
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Do not take for granted a body that wakes up and functions without a medical crisis attached to it. Practicing gratitude is one of the best insurance policies for your mental health.
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This is Testicular Torsion.
Testicular torsion happens when your testicle rotates, twisting your spermatic cord (the tube that contains the vessels that bring blood to your testis).
This leads to reduced blood flow to the testis, causing sudden and often severe pain, redness and swelling.
Symptoms of testicular torsion
1. Sudden, severe scrotal pain
2. Scrotal swelling
3. Lower tummy pain
4. Nausea and vomiting
5. Frequent peeing
6. Feeling feverish
7. Abnormal positioning of your testicle: usually higher than normal or at an unusual angle
What causes testicular torsion?
1. Vigorous physical exercise
2. Injury to the testis e.g. from a football kick or a direct strike on the testis
3. Common in extremely cold temperatures
4. Rapid growth of the testicles during puberty
5. It may even happen while you're asleep
Things that make you more likely to have testicular torsion
1. Being 12 to 18 years old
2. Having a previous testicular torsion that was not treated. e.g. you had repeated pain in the testicle which went away untreated during exercise
3. If testicular torsion runs in your family
How to treat testicular torsion
It needs EMERGENCY SURGERY!
Rush to theatre!
If operated fast enough, your testicles can be saved.
But if blood flow has been cut off for too long, your testicle might get so damaged that it has to be removed (orchidectomy), risking infertility.
How to prevent testicular torsion
1. If men in your family inherit the trait of having testicles that can rotate in the scrotum, the only way to prevent torsion is to have a surgery to attach your testicles to the inside of your scrotum.
2. Protect your testicles from kicks.
A lot of men who may have had testicular torsion but never treated it properly are currently at risk of infertility due to the damage done to their testes.
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A young footballer at 18 was hit in the groin by a kick and started having severe scrotal pain and swelling.
He was rushed to hospital and wheeled straight into the theatre for operation.
What is the likely cause?
A. Varicocele
B. Testicular torsion
C. Hernia
D. Orchitis
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It is very common in black men who shave. What is it, what causes it? How can it be treated?
Hint: This is not pimples.
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Being bitten by a person with HIV can give you HIV, be careful who you fight with. True or False?