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FACT #1: It is perfectly normal for your nipples to discharge either milk (when you are pregnant or nursing a baby) or a clear colourless liquid when fondled or manipulated especially during love making. This therefore should not alarm you. However, you should talk to your doctor if milk is discharged when you are not pregnant or nursing a baby or have stopped nursing a baby by at least 2 weeks. This is very important because of a condition called galactorrhoea that is often caused by a brain tumor, prolactinoma. Other causes of galactorrhoea abound but prolactinomas are our greatest cause of worry.

FACT #2: From the moment you start ovulating until the last day of your menstruation, it is very normal for your breasts to become engorged, heavy and even painful. This is often due to that fact that once ovulation starts, the woman's body starts preparing pregnancy in the event that a pregnancy occurs. So do not be alarmed. Don't panic. It is just normal physiology happening, it will resolve itself naturally or if the pain is too discomforting, popping two tablets of paracetamol helps provide relief.

FACT #3: It is absolutely NOT normal to find lumps/masses, of any kind, in your breast(s). The normal human breast is made of breast tissue which is primarily responsible for the shape and for milk production. The breast tissue is uniform to touch. So it becomes abnormal when you palpate your breasts and find masses or lumps there. Although, most of the masses are benign, it is still an abnormal finding. Contact your doctor as soon as you discover lumps/masses in your breast(s).
Diseased right breast

FACT #4: The two breasts are slightly unequal in 9 out of every 10 women with the left breast often appearing larger than the right one. This called breast asymmetry and it is a normal occurrence in most women. Usually, this difference in size is not noticed until the two breasts are closely observed.
NB: The breast asymmetry talked about is normal and not pathologic. However some women who have large lumps in one breast or have a breast cancer in one breast can present with noticeably asymmetric breasts. This should not be confused with the normal.

FACT #5: It is normal for the breasts to lose their shape and firmness and become floppy as you age, especially after menopause. This is often due to the decrease in the reproductive hormone oestrogen after menopause. Absence of this hormone makes th skin become dry and less elastic, hence the resulting sagging. Most women who are able to afford Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) opt for it or go for plastic surgery, both of which significantly make them have fuller and firmer breasts than women who allow nature do its thing without interference.

FACT #6: The mere act of gently massaging the breast can help prevent breast cancer, according to a research conducted and published in 2013. This is often referred to as Breast-Self Massage (BSM) and it works on the principle that massaging the breasts helps stimulate the growth of normal breast tissue growth, hence preventing the growth of cancerous cells. So you may want spend a few more minutes in the bath massaging your breasts each you have a bath.

FACT #7: It is NOT normal for your breast(s) to discharge blood, pus or any other strangely coloured substance. In fact, if your nipples are discharging anything other than breast milk or the traditional clear, colourless liquid, contact your doctor immediately! I repeat...immediately! This could be a sign of a malignancy. Don't wait until it is too late before you discuss your symptoms with your doctor. Breast cancer is killing hundreds of thousands of women annually just because they were diagnosed late when it is virtually impossible to treat it. DON'T BE A VICTIM.

http://doctorshub.com.ng/2017/01/04/7-facts-about-your-breasts-you-must-know/

Baba mi na lie... Na toy snake

My brother the hardest thing to change is a person's attitude... If it can't work now, Pls quit... Don't make the mistake of your destiny thinking you can change her... When she becomes desperate to settle down, she will pretend for you... No go jonz o Broda

Lalasticlala Merry Christmas Sir

HANGOVER: HOW TO PREVENT IT FROM RUINING YOUR DAY.


Today is Christmas, one of the most celebrated (arguably the most celebrated) holidays! And like most holidays world over, it is a time when booze flows freely, drugs get amazingly abused and other terribly unhealthy vices get committed. The why of it? I honestly cannot tell.
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Today, with hope that this article would significantly help reduce the number of hangover-related calls that DoctorsHub Nigeria will be responding to in the coming hours and days ahead, I will be tipping you on how to stay ahead of the booze and keep your game tight all day!
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And just before I do that, let's quickly understand how alcohol is processed in the human body and how hangovers works.
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A hangover, also medically known as veisalgia, is a group of unpleasant symptoms, mainly including headache, nausea and vomiting, weakness and dehydration, that occurs after consumption of excess alcohol beyond the limit that body can effectively handle.
Naturally, humans have an inbuilt system for clearing off toxins, alcohol included. When alcohol is consumed, the liver metabolizes (breaks down) it with the help of an enzyme, alcohol dehydrogenase, to give acetaldehyde as an intermediate product which is very toxic and is quickly attacked by another enzyme, acetaldehyde dehydrogenase and glutathione, a substance containing cysteine found in the liver, to give a nontoxic acetate end product which is then excreted. This is what typically happens when only mild to moderate quantities are consumed. But trust humans to always go OTT.
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So what then happens when too much shayo is consumed?
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Acetaldehyde builds up in the body longer than necessary because there isn't enough glutathione to break it down to its harmless end product. After this toxic build up of acetaldehyde occurs, symptoms like headache, fatigue, nausea and vomiting, irritability, sleep disturbance, dryness of mouth/lips indicating dehydration, dizziness, rapid heartbeat, hypersentivity to light and noise, etc.
Hangover patient looking depressed.
There are explanations for each of those symptoms (stuffs like vasopressin suppression, glutamine rebound, etc) but because they are too unnecessarily long and boring, i would spare you the horror of having to read them. So straight to the point.
HOW TO PREVENT HANGOVERS?
The best and most effective way to prevent hangovers is abstinence. That's the truth. But then, I don't believe in deprivation so I am not going to issue a sacrosanct degree forbidding you from popping bottles. So guys, since abstinence won't be able to do it, go ahead and indulge yourselves....
But just before you get drowned in booze, arm yourselves with the following hangover preventive measures;
Eat something before, during or after drinking: this one is a like a rule of the thumb: Never drink alcohol on an empty stomach! Always eat a large meal,especially fried or fatty ones, before you start boozing. The alcohol on its own severely depletes your blood sugar levels via excessive urinary excretion of glucose. Low blood sugar, also called hypoglycaemia, causes dizziness, headaches, shivering, weakness, etc which worsen the hangover. Also, by eating, the rate at which the alcohol is absorbed into the blood is significantly reduced so this gives the liver enough time to detoxify.
Drink water along with the alcohol: alcohol leaves you completely dehydrated because of a phenomenon called vasopressin supression. It all happens in the brain....and the result is that you urinate much more than you drink and you get dehydrated quickly. Also during urinarion, you lose a lot of salts which further worsen the dehydration. Drinking a cup of water for every two bottles of alcohol popped would allow you stay hydrated.
Space out your drinking: Don't drink too much in a short period of time. Thats is called binge drinking and it can kill you.Take your time and space it out. Go slow and steady...this allows your liver enough time to metablize the acetaldehyde before it builds up and reaches toxic levels.
Take a break once you start feeling tipsy: You don't want to drink until you fall off your seat. Moderation is the rule here. Only drink as much as your body can effectively handle. Take a break while your faculties are still intact. Usually, you would know when the alcohol starts kicking in. That is the point to take a break and go do something else.
Choose your alcohol carefully: it has been discovered that certain brands of alcohol like brandy, scotch, red wine,bourbon, tequilas, etc which contain high amounts of congeners are more likely to cause hangovers than drinks such as beers, vodka, rum, white wine, etc. So you really want to pick your drink with some caution.
Even with the above tips, a few people still find themselves drinking to stupor. If it ever happens that you couldn't exercise caution and prevent yourself from having a hangover, then you should at least minimise the severity of it by doing the following,
Get some sleep: usually the hangover resolves after 24hours or so. You will usually wake up during the night than normal because of glutamine resistance. But each time you wake up, consciously force yourself back to sleep because your body needs some time to clear off the toxins.
Take a painkiller: headache is usually common and very severe. Taking a painkiller like ibuprofen helps reduce it and make it tolerable.
Eat eggs: Either fried or boiled, eggs are what you should eat in large quantities. Why? Because eggs contain a lot of the amino acid cysteine which is involved in breakdown of acetaldehyde. Simple as that.
Eat bananas: because of their high content of potassium and other salts and vitamins, they help replenish the salts lost during urination.
Drink enough water and juice: water primarily helps reverse the dehydration while the juice rehydrates and also provided glucose to the body for use following the severe depletion of its reserves.

WHEN TO CALL A DOCTOR?
Most times, the climax of every binge drinking is alcohol poisoning which is often a fatal condition. Regardless of who is invloved, a doctor must be promptly contacted as soon as symptoms of alcohol poisoning are noticed in such a person. These symptoms include,
Slow breathing (usually less than 10 breaths per minute)
Loss of consciousness
Seizures
Cold bluish skin
And that would be all for today, guys. Enjoy your holidays!
Until another time,
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Lalasticlala Biko

I am actually furious right now. I was in high spirits, expecting this one to be an easy BUST even as I sipped a glass orange juice and listened to Justin Bieber's as long as you love me. Then I Googled "urine used for treating conjuctivitis" and was instantly overcome with grief as to the volume of information out there supporting this harmful and utterly preposterous claim!
I am furious because unlike the cold-water-causes-pneumonia myth (see link here: http://doctorshub.com.ng/2016/12/02/popping-that-pimple-on-your-face-can-kill-you/ ) which only scares people from enjoying that chilled glass of water on a hot afternoon, this one is a terrible misinformation that compels people to take an action that is totally injurious to their eyes and health in general.
Why in the sweet name of God would anyone in his or her right mind advise people to use their urine for treating conjunctivitis (pink eye) popularly known as apollo? Exactly under what basis and premise does this myth derive credence?
Personally, I do believe that even though the cold water myth maybe forgivable, this one should be seen as a crime and made punishable by law. Just my two cents though.
That said, let me quickly explain the fallacy behind this myth.
There is a concept called Urinotherapy or urotherapy, often used by the authors of this myth to sway people. In essence, by calling it urinotherapy, they ascribe therapeutic i.e healing properties to urine. And honestly and for the love of God, I do understand hydrotherapy, acupuncture and other forms of alternative medicine, but not this. It beats my scientific mind. How exactly does a waste product assume therapeutic features? Your guess is as good as mine.
Urine is a waste product chiefly made up of water (95%) and urea, a by-product of the breakdown of ammonia. Traces of urobilinogen are often present as well as crystals and some sodium. As we know presently, there is no antibiotic substrate or antiviral component present in urine.
If that is really the case, which it is, how exactly is urine therapeutic?
Myth!
Please continue......
Let's briefly throw some light on the subject of apollo/pink eye.
What is conjunctivitis or apollo? It is the inflammation of the conjuctiva (the thin,clear membrane covering the front of the eye and lining the inside of the eye) often caused by bacteria and viruses and is usually highly contagious. Common symptoms include redness of the eye, pain, tearing, swelling and poor vision. When it is caused by bacteria, an antibiotic eye drop is the standard treatment (chloramphenicol) of choice. Occasionally, one can also irrigate the eyes with mild saline solution. When it is caused by a virus, it usually resolves on its own after about 5-7 days. Painkillers can also be given to help with the pain. And that's all.
So again, does urine cure Conjuctivitis?
NO!
Why should I not use urine for my Pink eye?
Because,
Urine has no therapeutic or healing properties. It is simply a waste product made up mainly of water and urea.
Urine can actually cause apollo itself through the introduction of bacterial infections (chlamydia, gonorrhoe, etc) to the eye or through irritation of the eye (irritant conjunctivitis).
Urine is not sterile i.e it contains colonies of bacteria which can cause problems for the eyes even in normal people. The previous belief that urine was sterile has been debunked. Google urinary microbiome and learn.
Urine can cause blindness as a result of keratinitis (inflammation of the cornea). This is often caused by the introduction of gonorrhoeal infection (gonoccocal conjuctivitis) into the eye of people with STDs.
It can burn the eye. Usually the normal pH in healthy people is around 6.0- 6.5 in the morning and between 7.5 -8.0 by sunset. However, very often it can be very acidic or alkaline and can burn the eyes in either case.
Just in case those 5 points are too abstract and technical for you, let me give something that is easy to digest. Have you ever noticed that babies tend to cry a lot and become very irritable when placed on one diaper for too long? Unless that diaper is changed, they keep on crying until they lose their voice and catch a fever! At times it can be so bad that they develop rashes (diaper rashes) on their buttocks and inner thighs.

Want to know what causes it? Urea. Yes, the one found in urine. It is a chemical irritant.
Now the question is, if urine can do this and scar the buttocks like this, what becomes the fate of your eyes? Think about that for awhile.
Until another time,
Ja mata ne.

http://doctorshub.com.ng/2016/12/04/myth-urine-cures-conjuctivitis-apollo/

nobodii:
oga stop begging for likes with style

lolz, they are two different models and you can google the key words

nobodii:
Lol this seems fake were the triangle is.. Is not were she is busting the pimple at first picture

Lalasticlala lets educate our people

So allow me to scare you a bit with some staggering fact: the mere act of popping that growing pimple on your face can kill you!
Yes, it is true.
I know pimples (also called zits and medically known as acne) can be very vexing when they start sprouting on your smooth face like yam seedlings on a fertile soil after the rains....and you are consumed with rage and the sickening urge to just grab them, squeeze them and pop the life out of the suckers! I know how it feels. And really, it's a wonderful feeling when you succesfully pop a ripe one and have your hands smeared with a mixture of blood and stinking white mater. Such a feeling!
But then, even as you enjoy that experience of popping, you may be unknowingly planning your own death. Because just one unfortunate singular act of it or misadventure can kill you so fast you would wish you had AIDS instead.
Now let me just briefly explain how pimples are formed and why they have an inexplicably strange love for the face unlike other body parts and why they have a remarkable potential to assassinate you when popped.
Read on.....
Pimples form when dead skin cells mix with sebum, an oily substance secreted by the sebaceous gland found under the skin surface. This mixture plugs and blocks the sweat pores, causing a swelling.
Occasionally, bacteria can grow on the mixture leading to an infection and pus formation.
Quick question: why do pimples affect the face more than any other body part? Why not the soles of feet or nails or abdomen or whatever? Why the face of all places?
It is bacause the face has the highest concentration of sebaceous glands than any other body part. Naturally, the more sebaceous glands there are, the more sebum there will be and the more likely it is for pimples to form.
WHY YOU MUST AVOID THE URGE TO POP THAT PIMPLE?
There's a part of the face often referred to as the Danger Triangle of the Face or simply the Triangle of Death.
It is called the triangle of death because any infection within that triangle can cause you to die. No joke. Okay, why and how exactly does this happen? It is because of the peculiar anatomy of this region of the face.
Blood vessels within this triangle of death drain (flow) to the back of the head, at the base of the brain. Lots of sinuses (cavities within a bone or tissues) are found here and they make it very easy for infections to spread from the skin to the brain.

When you pop a pimple, you are not merely scarring your face or inflicting pain on yourself, you also introduce bacteria from the surrounding skin and your fingernails into the damaged skin. These bacteria can spread to infect the sinuses (sinusitis), eventually reaching the brain and snorting life out of you if not diagnosed and treated early.
And you may also be asking, "how exactly does one deal with these annoying zits if not by popping"?
Very good question. That would be the question I will be answering with my next blog post. Be that as it may, if it happens that you are addicted to popping pimples (May God help you), you may want to consider popping other items or body parts to get some release for the main time. Just don't take your hands near those zits again. Please, don't. Except of course you want your parents and love ones to start blaming the witches in your village for your untimely death.
Until another time,
Ja mata ne


Source: http://doctorshub.com.ng/2016/12/02/popping-that-pimple-on-your-face-can-kill-you/

Long live the King

EdCure:
My opinion on the President remain unequivocal.
His unnecessarily delayed ministerial appointments in the face of inherited economic and security crisis gave him away as one who is either out to play politics or as one who has made himself available for the promotion of certain parochial interests.
What's worse? His nepotistic tendencies hasn't made it easier for some of us (Christians, from the SS) that still strive to defend him...against all odds.

You are blessed

ayopo10:
lalasticlala you need did lamp

lalasticlala

ayopo10:
lalasticlala you need did lamp

lalasticlala

You are all right... we need more of such inventions for the poor. as most Africans cannot afford latest technology

lalasticlala you need did lamp

Alfredo Moser's invention is lighting up the
world. In 2002, the Brazilian mechanic had a
light-bulb moment and came up with a way of
illuminating his house during the day without
electricity - using nothing more than plastic
bottles filled with water and a tiny bit of
bleach.
In the last two years his innovation has
spread throughout the world. It is expected to
be in one million homes by early next year.
So how does it work? Simple refraction of
sunlight, explains Moser, as he fills an empty
two-litre plastic bottle.
"Add two capfuls of bleach to protect the
water so it doesn't turn green [with algae].
The cleaner the bottle, the better," he adds.
Wrapping his face in a cloth he makes a hole
in a roof tile with a drill. Then, from the
bottom upwards, he pushes the bottle into the
newly-made hole.
"You fix the bottle in with polyester resin.
Even when it rains, the roof never leaks - not
one drop."
"An engineer came and measured the light,"
he says. "It depends on how strong the sun is
but it's more or less 40 to 60 watts," he says.
The inspiration for the "Moser lamp" came to
him during one of the country's frequent
electricity blackouts in 2002. "The only places
that had energy were the factories - not
people's houses," he says, talking about the
city where he lives, Uberaba, in southern
Brazil.
Moser and his friends began to wonder how
they would raise the alarm, in case of an
emergency, such as a small plane coming
down, imagining a situation in which they had
no matches.
His boss at the time suggested getting a
discarded plastic bottle, filling it with water
and using it as a lens to focus the sun's rays
on dry grass. That way one could start a fire,
as a signal to rescuers. This idea stuck in
Moser's head - he started playing around,
filling up bottles and making circles of
refracted light.
Soon he had developed the lamp.
"I didn't make any design drawings," he says.
"It's a divine light. God gave the sun to
everyone, and light is for everyone. Whoever
wants it saves money. You can't get an
electric shock from it, and it doesn't cost a
penny."
Moser has installed the bottle lamps in
neighbours' houses and the local supermarket.
While he does earn a few dollars installing
them, it's obvious from his simple house and
his 1974 car that his invention hasn't made
him wealthy. What it has given him is a great
sense of pride.
"There was one man who installed the lights
and within a month he had saved enough to
pay for the essential things for his child, who
was about to be born. Can you imagine?" he
says.


http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-23536914

Onyochejohn:
Op u never know the silkness this woman get, no be sickle cell abeg, have u ever seen sickle cell patient before? Their look is always wierd! Go back and do reshearch and let us know if u have mistook the name of the silkness.

. follow the link

lalasticlala post updated

At 90, Asiata Onikoyi-Laguda is believed to be the oldest person with sickle cell disease in the world. She was born in November 1925, the same year as Margaret Thatcher, first female British prime minister and Malcolm X, the African American civil rights activist. At that time, the average life expectancy of children born with sickle cell disorder was just five years, but she has defied the odds to live up to 90. Due to the high level of illiteracy at the time of her birth, she was never diagnosed with sickle cell. She endured years of pain, which kept her away from school till she was 12 years old. Her pain was so severe and frequent that she would beg God to let her die.

After primary school, she enrolled at Queens College Lagos, where she met her husband Bolaji Alakija, who later became a doctor. She did not know she had the sickle cell disease until after she had given birth to five of her six children. Her husband, Dr Alakija, gave her pills including folic acid to take every day, but kept the nature of her illness away from her for a long time. Dr Alakija had 10 wives and 27 children, when he died, she married Alhaji Laguda, but she never had a child with her second husband.

She is the second of four children born from AbdulYekeen Ishola Onikoyi, a prince of the Onikoyi ruling house, and Aishat Alake Onikoyi from Kudeti, Ibadan. In spite of her illness, she has outlived her parents, husbands and siblings except one. According to SCD Journal, in spite of the disease:
– She is under no dietary restrictions whatsoever: eats salt, eggs, meat, sugar, fried food, etc as she likes
– Her blood pressure hovering around 160/90
– She has performed the holy pilgrimage to Mecca 13 times and Umrah half a dozen times
– She observed the annual 30-day Ramadhan fast until she was over 88 and pressured to discontinue by her children
– She reads Bible, Quran everyday with glasses but moves around without glasses
– She takes public transport in super-chaotic Lagos
– She gave birth to six children, all by normal delivery. When only son passed away in August 2014 aged 59, she accepted the will of Allah but prayed, “Please let the rest of the children you gave me outlive me.”

www.woman.ng/2015/12/the-oldest-person-with-sickle-cell-disease-in-the-world-alhaja-asiata-onikoyi-laguda-clocks-90-read-her-amazing-story/

That is very immature... I am highly disappointed in her.

I'll advise the black students in diaspora and the massive Nigerian social media army to launch this hash tag #freeOkukor. kindly spread this message. Let's make this happen

IGBAYI LAARO

Like him or otherwise, FAYOSE has proved a point that POLITICS SHOULD START FROM THE GRASSROOT because that is where the majority hold sway. Although all these may be with some element of SHOWMANSHIP.

In everything you do always remember that only God has the final say.

Oluwa Seun Nitori ti Aanu re Duro titi laelae