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HEALTH GIST: When no pain-killer is enough! EWING SARCOMA!

Dr. Olusola Adeyemo (M.B.Ch.B.; Adv. Dip in Nutri.) May 25, 2019 0 COMMENTS

READERS’/FANS’ CORNER Ewing sarcoma is a cancerous tumour which occurs in the bone or other body tissue like cartilage or nerves. Broadly speaking, there are three types of Ewing sarcoma which are: Ewing sarcoma of bone, extraosseous ewing sarcoma, Askin tumour (Ewing sarcoma involving the chest wall), peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumour. About 90% of Ewing […]

HEALTH GIST: With just a minor fall, her bone breaks; the same happened to her mother- OSTEOPETROSIS
READERS’/ FANS’ CORNER Osteopetrosis is an extremely rare inherited condition in which there is increase in bone thickness (density); yet the bone breaks easily. There …[Read More »]
HEALTH GIST: “BLOODY” URINE WITHOUT PAIN
Medically speaking, red-coloured urine is known as gross hematuria. Until proven otherwise, gross hematuria should be assumed to be cancerous. The most common malignancy of …[Read More »]
Health Gist: DRUGS THAT CAN DAMAGE YOUR EARS PERMANENTLY
Many drugs can damage the ears (ototoxic drugs). Some ototoxic drugs include the antibiotics streptomycin, tobramycin, gentamicin, neomycin, and vancomycin, certain chemotherapy drugs (for example, …[Read More »]
Health Gist: MELANOMA
It is a malignant tumour of the pigment of skin. If treated early, the prognosis is often good. Melanoma happens when the skin pigment cells …[Read More »]
Health Gist: HOW HEALTHY IS FASTING FOR YOU?
Fasting is a form of abstinence from all or some forms of food and water over a particular period of time. It is often related …[Read More »]
Health Gist: LIST OF VACCINE PREVENTABLE DISEASES
Vaccine preventable diseases are infectious diseases from which one can be effectively protected if ONLY one received immunization for it. Vaccination is a highly effective …[Read More »]
CHLAMYDIAL INFECTION: Things you should know about it.
It is one of the numerous sexually transmitted diseases. It is caused by chlamydia trachomatis; is transmitted both sexually and vertically that is, from mother …[Read More »]
CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE: Parents, note the SIGNS before it is too Late!!!
The credit of this publication without reservation goes to Dr. Adeniyi Udoka P. (Mrs)- a Paediatrician par excellence at OOUTH, Nigeria.[Read More »]
BREASTFEEDING: Bedrock to Raising Healthy Children
Breast milk is the natural diet for human babies in early infancy. It is now recommended by paediatricians all over the world and by the …[Read More »]
STROKE: What it is and What it is not.
Stroke is a medical condition where there is obstruction of the blood supply of parts of the brain, this results in cellular injury. TYPES Ischaemic. …[Read More »]