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20/10/2025

EARLY SIGNS OF DIABETES:
spotting early signs of diabetes is very important, because early treatment can prevent complications.
Some common early signs and symptoms of diabetes include:

1. Frequent urination (polyuria):
You may notice you’re urinating more often than usual, especially at night.

2. Unexplained weight loss:
Even if you’re eating well, you may lose weight because your body starts breaking down fat and muscle for energy.

3. Fatigue or weakness:
You may feel unusually tired, sluggish, or low on energy.

4. Blurred vision:
High blood sugar can cause swelling in the lens of your eyes, making your vision blurry.

5. Slow-healing wounds or frequent infections:
Cuts, sores, or skin infections may take longer to heal; you might also notice frequent gum, skin, or urinary infections.

6. Tingling or numbness in hands and feet
Caused by nerve damage (diabetic neuropathy) when blood sugar stays high.

7. Dark patches on the skin (especially around the neck, armpits, or groin)
called acanthosis nigricans, often linked to insulin resistance.

8. Dry mouth and itchy skin:
Dehydration and poor circulation can cause dryness or itching, Etc.

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09/10/2025

How do you know if you are eating too much sugar?

1. Constant sugar cravings:
If you find yourself always wanting sweets, soft drinks, or snacks even after meals, it’s a sign your body may be used to high sugar levels.

2. Tiredness or energy crashes:
Sugar gives a quick burst of energy — but after that, your blood sugar drops sharply, leaving you tired or weak soon after eating.

3. Increased hunger:
Even though sugary foods are high in calories, they don’t keep you full for long. You may feel hungry again shortly after eating them.

4. Tooth problems:
Frequent sugar intake feeds bacteria in your mouth, increasing your risk of tooth decay and cavities.

5. Weight gain, especially around the belly:
Sugary foods and drinks are high in calories and can lead to fat buildup around the waist.

6. Increased thirst and frequent urination:
Too much sugar in your blood can make your kidneys work harder to remove it — a warning sign to check your blood sugar levels etc.

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01/10/2025

Noise or sound inside the ear is often called 'tinnitus'. It can feel like ringing, buzzing, hissing, roaring, or clicking.

Common causes include:
- Earwax blockage: Hardened wax can block the ear canal and cause ringing or buzzing.

- Ear infection: Middle or inner ear infections may cause abnormal sounds.

- Eardrum problems: Perforation or scarring can affect hearing and cause noise.

- Otosclerosis: Abnormal bone growth in the middle ear.

- Age-related hearing loss (presbycusis)

- Exposure to loud noise (music, machines, explosions, headphones)

- Damage to the auditory nerve

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27/09/2025

How much is procold in your area??

26/09/2025

Some customers are very careful about the pack they are holding, if you give them anything that doesn't look like the one they are holding, is not it 🤔🤔🤔.

25/09/2025

Don't depend on the brand name (company), try to master the generic name (content). If you master the generic names, you have known it👌👌

24/09/2025

Always know the cause before treatment, the cause determines the rightful treatment.

17/09/2025

I observed people are liking this tablet very well, maybe because of the price, but still, it's a good malaria tablet.
SPAQ-CO stands for Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine + Amodiaquine.
It’s a combination medicine used mainly for Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) majorly in children.

Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine (SP): an antimalarial that stops parasites from making folate (needed for growth).
Amodiaquine (AQ): another antimalarial that kills the parasite in red blood cells.
Together, they provide both treatment and prevention of malaria.

HOW IT'S GIVEN

Usually as once-daily doses for 3 days:
Day 1: SP + AQ
Days 2 & 3: AQ only, depending on the weight of the child.

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10/09/2025

What are the functions of placil (metoclopramide)?

04/09/2025

Very strong pain relief, but avoid it if you have ulcer 🤌🤌.

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03/09/2025

For childbearing mothers and those buying or selling medicine, please don't make the mistake of using primolut-N to treat or stop postpartum (afterbirth) bleeding. Allow it to naturally cease. Postpartum bleeding is different from your normal menstrual flow. Someone gave birth and after just one week she came to buy primolut-N to stop the bleeding, why? by doing that, you are causing more harm than good to yourself.
primolut-N contains norethisterone, a synthetic form of the female hormone progesterone.
It is usually prescribed to manage menstrual disorders (heavy periods, irregular periods, painful periods), postpone menstruation etc.

It is not good to use immediately after birth because,
-- Postpartum bleeding (lochia) is a natural process where the uterus sheds blood and tissue after delivery.
-- It normally lasts 4–6 weeks (depending on your system) and should not be artificially stopped too early, because the blood and tissue need to come out.
-- Using Primolut N to force-stop this bleeding can trap retained blood, increase risk of infection, and prevent proper healing of the uterus.
Using Primolut N immediately after childbirth,
-- Can mask signs of postpartum hemorrhage or infection, delaying life-saving treatment.
-- May cause hormonal side effects like breast engorgement, headaches, mood changes, or liver strain.
--Not recommended during breastfeeding, as norethisterone may pass into breast milk and affect the baby.

✅ Safer alternatives: Postpartum bleeding is best managed naturally unless there is abnormally heavy bleeding (passing large clots, feeling dizzy/weak). In that case, talk to your doctor, urgent medical attention is needed, as it could be postpartum hemorrhage.
Be guilded.👍👍

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20/08/2025

Methylated spirit (medicated spirit) is not good to be used on a fresh wound. This is because, it causes;

1. Severe pain and irritation – alcohol burns when it touches exposed nerve endings in an open wound.
2. Tissue damage – it kills not only germs but also the healthy skin cells and fibroblasts that are needed to repair the wound.
3. Delayed healing – because of the tissue damage and dryness it causes, wounds take longer to close.
4. Scarring risk – continuous use on open wounds increases the chance of poor healing and noticeable scars.
N.B- Normal saline is a very good option.

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