Medical Knowledge

Every sickness is not Typhoid and Malaria.
There are other causes of Fever, Headache and malaise.
Be properly diagnosed before swallowing those Antimicrobials.

Steps in doing self-breast examination.
Look out for lumps, swellings, ni**le discharges, breast skin changes.

SMOKING.!
Smoking has major undesirable effects that lead to lung-changes.
Smoking can be active (when you are the smoker) or passive (when you are sitting beside the smoker and inhaling the smoke).

FMC Okigwe

NEWS

The Following Medical Departments Are To Be Established At The Newly Approved Federal Medical Center Okigwe (FMC) Which Will Employ Close To 1,000 Federal Medical Professionals And Other Workers According To The New Medical Director Who Now Happens To Be A Woman .


• Accident & Emergency
• Anaesthesia
• Dental
• ENT (Ear, Nose, and Throat)
• Family Medicine
• Internal Medicine
• Mental Health
• Obstetrics & Gynaecology
• Ophthalmology
• Orthopaedic
• Paediatrics
• Surgery (including various specialties like oncology, plastic, and urology)


• Haematology
• Histopathology
• Clinical Chemistry
• Laboratory
• Pharmacy
• Physiotherapy
• Radiology
• Nutrition & Dietetics
Departments -

As at today, high blood pressure still has no cure. It can only be managed.
When managed well, the individual lives his normal life to the fullest. When it's neglected, high blood pressure causes complications and slow organ damage.
Check your Blood Pressure regularly if you are already above age 40.

What is Infertility?
Infertility is the inability of a couple to achieve a successful pregnancy after one year of regular, unprotected in*******se.
So if you are married and have not conceived within one year of practicing regular unprotected s*x, you will still not be considered infertile, all other things being normal.

Can Gonorrhoea be cured.
Yes, Gonorrhoea and some other STI can be completely cured with the right Antibiotics.

However, abstinence and protection is very much advised.

Live a healthy life.

What happens in Sickle Cell Anaemia (SCA) ?
In SCA, abnormal red blood cells are formed.
They clump together and block the blood vessels supplying blood to various parts of the body.
This causes pains in those body parts, giving rise to symptoms/conditions such as eye damage, ulcers, poor growth, frequent infections.

Do you know at what ages and dates to immunize your child. Find the current schedule below 👇.