Category Archives : HEALTH

1. Chicken Pox
Chicken pox is caused by a virus and spreads very easily from person to person. If it attacks one person in a class or household, several others persons in the class or household are likely to have it. It has a characteristic rash that is more on the trunk (body) than on the face, feet and hands. It starts with fever, and general feeling of unwell. The rash is the give-away sign. The soles and palms are spared of the rash which dries up after sometime. …

The ear has three parts—outer ear, middle ear and inner ear; the outer ear is what you see outside and the tube that leads to the middle ear. Between the outer ear and the middle ear is the ear drum. The ear drum accentuates the sound from outside which is then transmitted to the inner ear by three small bones in the middle ear. Infections affect the outer and middle ear but chronic infections affect mainly the middle ear, pus discharges come mostly from the middle ear. …

By Benedict Masade

A. Introduction:

Body odour, just like mouth odour, is an unpleasant smell that nobody can cope with. Body odor is a perceived unpleasant smell our bodies can give off when bacteria that live on the skin break down sweat into acids – expert say it is the smell of bacteria growing on the body releasing malodorous chemical compounds in the process.

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There are 5 basic skin care types: oily, combination (normal), sensitive, dry and sun-damaged. Your skin type is determined by how much — or how little — oil your skin produces. Genes, diet, stress level, hormonal fluctuations, medication and even your skincare regimen all determine how much oil your skin produces and you may find your skin type changes frequently going from dry to oily to normal — all in the course of a matter of months. This is normal. …