Wednesday, May 25, 2011

BREAST CANCER IS A KILLER TO WOMEN

I was assigned in the female ward area of the hospital where I am a resident doctor. It is a special place because all of the patients lying in this ward area are all women, women with a unique health problem, Breast Cancer. According to the head nurse, most patients admitted in this ward area enters in a wheelchair and leaves inside a body bag.

Breast Cancer is the number 1 killer of women and it is hard to cure or medicate when the stage of the patients is already terminal. The key to breast cancer is to detect the disease early so that it can be treated immediately. There was one patient in the ward that has undergone breast removal just to stop the spread of the cancer cells in her mammary gland. But the sad things is that the cancer cells has already mutated plenty. She will be scheduled for another breast removal session in the operating room.

Breast Cancer may be hereditary but in many cases, women get this sickness in unknown reason at all. Many believed that stress is a contributor to breast cancer but that is still have to be studied upon to make the theory of the disease more factional.

Thursday, April 14, 2011

MALUNGAY EFFECTIVE IN LOWERING BLOOD PRESSURE

Malungay is a very useful vegetable. Aside from incorporating it in the meals, it is also effective in helping lower the persons blood pressure. This medial procedure is very effective and prevents stroke and heart problems. For the medical treatment, we will be needing the following:

1/4 kilo malungay leaves
1 liter water

Procedure:

  1. Boil the water and set aside.
  2. Place the malungay leaves in the water. Cover it for about 5 minutes.
  3. Remove the leaves of the malungay.
  4. Place the water in a pitcher and drink every 5 hours.
The malungay water must be taken before or after meals. It is important that a person with high blood pressure to drink the water. It may taste a little bit bad but the results are worth it

Monday, April 11, 2011

VINEGAR EFFECTIVE AGAINST JELLYFISH STING

The summer is already here and most people go the beach to ease the heat of summer. Going to the beach and swimming can be an exposure to jellyfish sting, which is very common to beach goers. Jellyfish sting can be very painful and itchy as well. But there is a natural remedy against jellyfish sting and that is the vinegar wash. Materials need:

vinegar
towel
clean water

Procedure;

1. Wash the sting area with clean water. Slowly tap the sting area to dry a little bit.
2. Wash the sting area with vinegar. If the sting is present, remove it slowly to ease the pain a little bit. Let the vinegar solution stay in the sting area for about 5 minutes before rinsing it.

This is a simple medical procedure that can be very useful when a sting from a jellyfish happens. But if the pain persist, immediately seek medical attention for proper medical care.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

SALT GARGLE STRENGTHENS THE TEETH

Many people right now are having oral problems related to tooth decay and gingivitis. It is very hard when these problems arise. The medical and dental associations always state that prevention is better than cure and for this we have to prevent oral problems before it can ruin our health. This medical procedure is very basic. Salt Gargle is proven to help prevent oral problems. for this medial treatment, we will be needing the following materials:

Glass of water
1/2 tbsp of salt (rock)
towel

Medical procedure:

1. Rinse rinse mouth with water.
2. Dilute salt in the glass of water. make sure that salt has been dissolved well.
3. Gargle the water for about 3 minutes. Make sure that all parts of the mouth is well gargled with the salt and water solution.
4. Spit out the water solution and rinse with water. Wipe mouth to dry.

This medical procedure has been used ever since and has good result. The salt gargle removes the bad breath and prevents tooth decay before it happens.