Some patients who have restless leg syndrome can describing it as waking up and feeling like they have had a fight throughout the night. A case study He wakes up most mornings feeling tired and exhausted, more tired than he was before going to bed. Sleep for him wasn’t restorative. He wakes up feeling as …
What is Rhesus incompatibility? Rhesus incompatibility is a situation where a pregnant woman’s Rhesus blood group [blood “type”] is immunologically dissimilar with that of her baby, in such a way that her body generates antibodies that potentially could attack the baby’s blood cells with serious complications. It occurs in women that are Rhesus negative [Rh-], …
In this article, we discuss DNA testing in Nigeria including consent, the document required, sample collection, laboratories to get it done and costs. What is DNA? DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is the component of human make up that makes each individual unique. It is the building block of our genes. Just as a house is built …
Male infertility is not talked about as much as female infertility. They have been married for 5 years now and are yet to have kids. That notwithstanding, they were still very much in love. The chemistry was very much obvious. Male infertility- A case study She has been going from place to place seeking for …
Fibroids is a benign, non-cancerous, tumour of the uterus (womb). It takes its origin from the muscle layer of the womb. Consider the Uterus as a football enclosed tightly in a thin waterproof. The waterproof would be the serous covering– the perimetrium; the leathery back of the ball would be the muscle itself– the myometrium; …
Pulmonary hypertension is not as well known as systemic hypertension. When people think about Hypertension, what readily comes to mind is Systemic Hypertension, the one that can be diagnosed by tying a cuff around one’s arm, and checking the blood pressure with the aid of a sphygmomanometer. The reason for this is not far-fetched, as …
Cervical Cancer is malignancy affecting the cervix, which is the outermost part of the womb, otherwise called the “mouth” of the womb. It arises when the normal cells lining the cervix undergoes malignant transformation and multiplies uncontrollably, acquiring the tendency to erode and invade surrounding tissues, and the ability to spread to distant sites of …
What Are Gestational trophoblastic tumours? Gestational Trophoblastic Tumours [GTTs], or Gestational Trophoblastic Diseases [GTDs], are abnormal growths arising from placental tissue [or what is meant to form the placenta] due to an aberration in the normal process of fertilization. They are otherwise called pregnancy-related tumours because a gestational/pregnancy event is prerequisite for the development of …
Internal bleeding can occur following a road traffic accident(RTA). In the scene of a road traffic accidents and any other major type of physical trauma, the focus is usually on external blood loss through ugly wounds. When there’s none of such, the victim, and in some cases, the [perhaps naive] healthcare provider, heaves a sigh …
An Overview Of Primary Headaches There’s perhaps no medical terminology/condition— save for the “malarias,” and the “typhoids“—as abused as “migraine” by the uninitiated. Migraine has come to mean different things to different people: for some, it is any headache that is “severe” and perhaps incapacitating. To others, it is any headache that recurs habitually. With …