Common sickness and their causes

1. FEVER

Causes: Improper digestion, stress, bad water, staying uder sun, mixing many food, maleria

2. STOMACH ULCER

Causes: Staying too long before eating (hunger), eating too much raw salt, eating too much light food.

3. HEAD ACHE

Causes: Stress, thinking, no or less sleep, drugs (some drugs cause head ache), over working your brain.

4. WAIST PAIN

Causes: Stress, excess fat, over exercise of the waist.

5. RHEUMATISM

Causes: Too much fat, siting wrongly, cold in your bone marrow, lmproper circulation of blood through your bone marrow, putting bare foot on cold floor.

6. HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE/HYPERTENSION

Causes: Thinking, overweight, lack of exercise, drinking of alcohol, lack of eating fruit.

7. PILE

Causes: Too much intake of sugar, excess of light food, taking excess of beverages, excess consumption of bread.

8. CHEST PAIN

Causes: Too much intake of cold water, staying constantly under air conditioner (AC).

9. DIABETES

Causes: Too much sugar, excess intake of beverages with much sugar.

10. CONSTIPATION

Causes: mixing too many kid of foo, eating cold oily food, eating without drinking water.

11. MALARIA

Causes: Bite of mosquitoes

12. SKIN DISEASES 

Causes: E.g eczema, pimples etc. Bathing with dirty water, too much oily food.

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lmportance of unripe plantains you might not know about

Plantains are less sweet, starchier equivalent to bananas, they can be eaten ripe or unripe. Nutritionist believe that unripe plantains are better for your health  than ripe ones as you get older.

      Unripe plantains are easily digestible, rich, and nutritious. They contain complex carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals.

Unripe plantains have numerous health benefits they are used to manage diabetes. They are rich in iron and potassium, vitamin A, and vitamin B, magnesium, and phosphorus. They have a hypoglycemic effect and helps to control blood sugar level. The fibre in plantains could help your blood sugar levels stay steady longer.

      Unripe plantains also aid digestion and prevent constipation by promoting bowel regularity due to the fibre in them. They also contain a good amount of vitamin C which act as antioxidant that helps to boost your immune system. Antioxidant protect your body against free radical damage that is associated with aging, heart disease, and even some type of cancer.

  Besides, unripe plantains are rich in calcium which is the essential mineral needed for stronger bones, muscles, nails, and teeth. They can help to prevent ulcer. Studies has shown that unripe plantains can both prevent the formation of ulcers and help to heal them. They also ease menstrual discomfort and boost fertility.

 Unripe plantains can be eaten boiled, roasted, fried, turned into powder for making swallow (fufu), or cooked as porridge. They can be garnished with veggies source, honey, ginger, garlic, dry fish, periwinkles, fried eggs, jellof rice, and other food recipes.

Make sure you eat unripe plantains to enjoy the health benefits and medicinal content.

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preventing bad breath (Halitosis)

Bad breath is common among people, it's not that we don't take care of our mouth but it is a situation that can happen to anyone and can even cause embarrassment.

Factors that can cause bad breath

Particles of food can cause bad breath, it gives space for bacterias to breed in the mouth. Smoking is another reason that can cause bad breath. Smokers and oral tobacco users are more likely to have gum disease. Not brushing your teeth and flossing instead. Some uses dental floss and not using tooth brush which may cause mouth odor. Dirty tongue is another factor that can cause bad breath. Dry mouth can also cause Halitosis, the saliva cleans the mouth by removing things that can cause unpleasant odour. So, if for any reason mouth lacks saliva, it might cause bad breath.

  Not talking for long, if you don't talk for a long time it can cause bad breath. Chewing of onions, garlic,nuts etc can also cause bad breath.

Other factors/causes may include mouth infection such as decay, sores and gum disease. Serious inflammation in the throat, nose and sinuses etc.

        How to prevent bad breath

1. Brush your teeth with a fluoridated tooth paste and a tooth brush after every meal, at least twice a day.

2. Brush your tongue always

3. Drink plenty of water to prevent dry mouth 

4. stop smoking and the use of tobacco products

5. Rinse your mouth after eating to remove particles stock in the teeth.

See a dentist for other possible solution

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Health benefits of cucumber

Cucumber is from the same family as melon, zucchini and squash. It has very high water content and this distilled water is better than ordinary water.

Cucumber is rich in vitamin C and A (antioxidant), folate, manganese, molybdenum, potassium, silica, and sulfur. It also contain less vitamin B, sodium, calcium, and phosphorus.

HEALTH BENEFITS

1. Helps to restore acid-base balance: cucumber can help to neutralize acidity and restore acid-base balance in the body.

2. Helps to regulate blood pressure: with its mineral content and traces of sodium, cucumber can help to regulate blood pressure.

3. Helps to maintain connective tissues in good condition: the high silica content of cucumber contributes to the proper renewal of connective tissues throughout the body. (Bones,muscles, cartilage, ligaments and tendons).

4. Helps to relieve fever: as it help to regulate body temperature, cucumber is indicated for fever.

5. Diuretic properties: cucumber helps to promote the elimination of waste from the body through the urine and also dissolute the kidney stones.

6. Promote hair growth: it contain silicone and sulfur, substance that stimulates hair growth this effect is increased when cucumber is combined with carrots, lettuce and spinach in form of juice. 

7. Has inflammatory properties: cucumber can help to eliminate the uric acid that cause inflammation of the joints, and it is also indicated for other inflammatory conditions such as arthritis, asthma, and gout.

8. Refreshing properties: cucumber helps to lower the temperature.

9. Helps to prevent skin conditions: the vitamin C and antioxidants, cucumber is an ingredient commonly found in creams designed to relieve eczema, psoriasis, acne etc.

    

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Ways to prevent kidney failure

Reasons why kidney fails

It is observed that as age goes by the kidneys lose some percentage at old age, but the remaining percentage can still last till death time. However they are other factors that can lead to kidney failure.

1. DIABETES: one of the common cause of kidney failure is as a result of diabetes. Diabetes is having suger in the blood , if it is well controlled it is not a problem, but if you don't take care of your blood sugar it will gradually affect the kidneys and can lead to kidney failure. Some of the damages caused by diabetes to the kidney is reversible if it is detected on time.

2. HYPERTENSION: When the heart is pumping blood with high pressure and the pressure is coming directly to the kidney and it is hitting on the kidneys. Every single beat of the heartbeat is hitting on the kidneys if that happens over many years and it is not controlled it will affect the kidneys.

3. INFECTION: Mostly common is HIV, it goes directly to the kidney and damage it. If it is not treated over many years it can lead to kidney failure, even if it is treated by drugs.

They are some HIV drugs that can damage the kidneys but it is not a discouragement for HIV patients to stop taking the drugs because if saves life if your doctor detect that the kidneys are affected by the drugs he will switch the drugs.

FEVER: Not all fever are caused by maleria, it might be bacteria multiplying in the blood that is causing fever (fever is a sign not a symptom it could be maleria, infection etc) if the bacteria keeps multiplying in the blood and it is spreading around the body it can get to the kidney and can cause damage.

MULTIPLE BOILS: Multiple boils in the body can lead to kidney problem.  The multiple infection in the body there is a particular bacteria if it is involve it can knock down the kidneys. So if detected rush to the hospital.

5. DEHYDRATION: Dehydration can also cause kidney problem if you are stooling and vomiting many times go to the hospital they need to place a drip for you to replace the fluid you are losing, because when you lose fluid through stooling and vomiting continuesly it will collapse your cardiovascular system and one of the organ that complain of lack of fluid is the kidneys.

6. USE OF NATIVE CONCOSION (MIXTURE): The use of native mixture can be dangerous to the kidney, we are not arguing the fact that it works but some of the content might be harmful to your organs.

7. PAIN KILLERS: Not all pain killers can affect your kidneys, just like every other drugs it has its advantages and disadvantages.

8. CHRONIC ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION: Alcohol can affect the kidneys so the consumption of alcohol should be reduced or stoped.

               SIGNS/SYMPTOMS

* Swelling of the eyes

* Swelling of the feet

* Weakness/tiredness

* Reduction in urine quantity

* Difficulty in breathing

* Plenty of foam in the urine

* Difficulty in sleeping.

   

   Source: Dr otabor                                                                            

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