It's August already! How did that happen?
We trust your July was safe and healthy and we wish all of you the best for August!
Before we get too much farther into August, let's take a look at the two worldwide health problems that were emphasized in July. If you stay updated, you can help yourself and your loved ones.
What is this disgusting thing?
(photo credit: babyq.com)
It's Group B Strep bacteria. Read about it here at babyq.com:
July was International Group B Awareness Month.
It's important to know about this bacteria which can cause serious illness and even death in newborns, the elderly, and those with compromised immune symptoms.
Read more here if you so desire:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_B_streptococcal_infection
Here's a sad, but true story of a family affected by this illness.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-health/10392503/Group-B-Strep-For-months-I-believed-Id-killed-my-baby.html
Please make sure your pregnant friends and loved ones talk to their obstetrician about this!
Worldwide Hepatitis Day was in July.
Here is the World Health Organization's Fact Sheet on Hepatitis, which is full of information plus numberous important links.:
http://who.int/topics/hepatitis/en/
(photo credit: slideshare.net)
If you'd like to learn more via the slide show where this photo is from, click here:
http://www.slideshare.net/drashokrattan/laboratory-diagnosis-of-viral-hepatitis-b-c
Thank you for this information Dr. Ashok Rattan.
This article, http://mayanepal.org.np/hepatitis-the-silent-scourge,
by Dr. Santosh Man Shrestha, the president of Liver Foundation Nepal.
explains many important details about hepatitis here in Nepal.
It's worth reading.
As always, please come in if you have questions about these, or any health issue.
This August, remember this:
(photo credit: pinterest.com)
and this:
Be good to yourself and your loved ones by living healthfully.
(photo credit: pinterest.com)
...and see your doctor when you need to!
Have a nice day!
It's important to know about this bacteria which can cause serious illness and even death in newborns, the elderly, and those with compromised immune symptoms.
Read more here if you so desire:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_B_streptococcal_infection
Here's a sad, but true story of a family affected by this illness.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-health/10392503/Group-B-Strep-For-months-I-believed-Id-killed-my-baby.html
Please make sure your pregnant friends and loved ones talk to their obstetrician about this!
Worldwide Hepatitis Day was in July.
Here is the World Health Organization's Fact Sheet on Hepatitis, which is full of information plus numberous important links.:
http://who.int/topics/hepatitis/en/
(photo credit: slideshare.net)
If you'd like to learn more via the slide show where this photo is from, click here:
http://www.slideshare.net/drashokrattan/laboratory-diagnosis-of-viral-hepatitis-b-c
Thank you for this information Dr. Ashok Rattan.
This article, http://mayanepal.org.np/hepatitis-the-silent-scourge,
by Dr. Santosh Man Shrestha, the president of Liver Foundation Nepal.
explains many important details about hepatitis here in Nepal.
It's worth reading.
As always, please come in if you have questions about these, or any health issue.
This August, remember this:
(photo credit: pinterest.com)
and this:
Be good to yourself and your loved ones by living healthfully.
(photo credit: pinterest.com)
...and see your doctor when you need to!
Have a nice day!
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