Symptoms and Risk Factors For Breast Cancer You Need To Know PART 2

 Age:

 Risk of developing breast cancer increases with age. It is most common among women over 50 who have been through the menopause. Most cases of breast cancer occur in women over 50.

Women who are 50-70 years of age are advised to go for breast cancer screening every three years.

Overweight and Obesity

Women who have passed through the menopause and are overweight or obese, are more likely at risk of developing breast cancer. It is believed to be linked to the amount of oestrogen in your body, because being overweight or obese after the menopause leads to more production oestrogen.

Exposure to Oestrogen:

For example, if you started your periods at a young age and experienced the menopause at a late age, you'll have been exposed to oestrogen over a longer period of time. Likewise, not having children, or having children later in life, may slightly increase your risk of developing breast cancer because your exposure to oestrogen is uninterrupted by pregnancy.

Understanding IVF Treatment PART 2

Women under 37:

 First IVF cycle only a single embryo transfer.

Second IVF cycle, a single embryo transfer if one or more top-quality embryos are available.

If no top-quality embryos are available, then two embryos should be considered.

 Third IVF cycle, no more than two embryos should be transferred.

• Women aged 37-39 years

First and second full IVF cycles should also have single embryo transfer if there are one or     more top-quality embryos,

Double embryo transfer should only be considered if there are no top-quality embryos.

Third cycle, no more than two embryos should be transferred.

• Women aged 40-42 years may have a double embryo transfer.

 You'll be advised to wait around two weeks before having a pregnancy test, to see if the treatment has worked.

Are You Trying To Get Pregnant? Here Is What You Should Know About Miscsarriage PART 2

 Infections

The following infections may also increase your risk:

• bacterial vaginosis
• Gonorrhoea
• HIV
• Chlamydia
• Rubella ( German Measles)
• Malaria
• Syphilis

Treat any infection as early as possible.

Food poisoning

 Eating contaminated food, can also increase the risk of miscarriage:

• Eating unpasteurised dairy products, such as blue cheese
• Eating raw or uncooked infected meat like pork, lamb. ( Toxoplamosis)
• Eating partly cooked or raw eggs

Reducing Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) in Nigerian PART 2

 Most times, the choices that these women make in the utilization of a health facility are based on their perception of care, and not on the actual quality of care being delivered.

Therefore, apart from the quality of services provided by a health facility, patients’ experience and perception of quality care determine the utilization of a health facility.

For example, some women prefer to subscribe to the service of traditional birth attendance due to the experience and perception of care they receive from the TBA when compared to the usual healthcare providers.

Other reasons could be as a result of the cost of care which in most cases is more affordable with TBA when compared to the usual healthcare provider.

Mainstreaming Behavioural Insights into Public Health Programmes and Policies Worldwide.

 The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have recently announced a Collaborative Research Arrangement that aims to normalise behavioural insights into public health programmes and policies worldwide.

According to the report, Behavioural insights will help improve understanding on how and why people behave in ways that affect their health and help design policies and services that address behavioural factors for improved physical and mental well-being.

Furthermore, the WHO will be assisted by the JRC in expanding its behavioural insights for health programme. Both organisations will agree on specific areas of focus, which would include issues like non-communicable diseases, anti-microbial resistance, and the use of behavioural insights to increase the capacity of health workforce.

What You Should Know About Covid-19

COVID-19 is the viral disease known to be caused by a new coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2.

It was first discovered on 31 December 2019, following a report of cases of ‘viral pneumonia’ in Wuhan, People’s Republic of China.

The most reported symptoms of COVID-19 are

• Dry Cough
• Fever
• Fatigue

Some patients with severe COVID‐19 disease present with:

• Shortness of breath,
• Loss of appetite,
• Confusion,
• Persistent pain or pressure in the chest,
• High temperature (above 38°C).

You should seek urgent medical care if you experience fever and/or cough associated with difficulty breathing or shortness of breath, chest pain or pressure, or loss of speech or movement.