15/06/2022
Excessive Bleeding After Emergency Birth Control
When you have vaginal bleeding that doesn’t stop days or weeks after using the emergency birth control pill, should you worry?
Category: Emergency Care
In the emergency section, we publish blog posts on what to do, when to do it and how – if faced with common. serious emergencies.
13/07/2020
Understanding Sickle Cell Anaemia Treatments in 2020
Despite the preventive measures, people with SCA can fall seriously ill.
It is important to note that illness can start from age 4-6 months when levels of the natural foetal haemoglobin, which prevents sickle red cells even in the person with SS genotype begin to drop.
08/07/2020
What’s An Ectopic Pregnancy?- Risks, Symptoms and Treatments
Ectopic pregnancy means ‘misplaced pregnancy’ and most often happens in the fallopian tube, which connects the ovary to the womb.
04/01/2020
Swallowed Petrol/Diesel? Don’t do this.
If someone accidentally swallows petrol, diesel (or a similar chemical like kerosene), the one thing you must not do is make them VOMIT!!
03/10/2019
What is an Allergy??
Allergens are the substance that cause or trigger an allergy reaction.
Sometimes we do not know what causes the reaction
But allergens can include: medicines, foods, fibre used in clothing, animals or animal hair, chemicals, dust, grass and tree pollen, cosmetics like makeup, hair dyes or henna, creams or household chemicals like soaps etc.
28/06/2019
Dealing with Children’s Emergency in School
Children emergencies in schools can occur without warning. Sometimes they can’t be prevented.
So, the best way to deal with such emergencies is to anticipate and be prepared, which is one of the core elements now considered in schools.