Food poisoning is an acute intestinal illness that results from eating food that contains harmful chemicals some of which are bacterial and others viral.

Our food can be contaminated at any stage, be it harvesting, production, processing, storage and or cooking, as Dr. George Wamuyu, the Child Health and Nutrition adviser at the Regional Centre for Quality Health Care says. Dr. Wamuyu says that food poisoning may come as a result of under-cooked meat, eating raw vegetables, taking unboiled water, and or non-pasteurised milk.

Even if one cooks the food properly, food poisoning may occur if the food is placed on dirty utensils or cutting boards. Note that all foods contain bacteria. Even food itself may produce high levels of poisonous chemicals that trigger food poisoning.

The Symptoms of food poisoning depend on the type of toxins. These include nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea. Children, pregnant women, people with chronic diseases are prone to food poisoning. The condition can be treated, according to Dr. Wamuyu, by antibiotics, and it is advisable to avoid dairy products  when suffering from food poisoning.

Ends

The post How to protect yourself against food poisoning first appeared on Uganda Multimedia News & Information.

The UK specialized doctors have confirmed that Makindye West MP, Hussein Kyanjo is suffering from Dystonia, a neurological movement disorder, in which sustained muscle contractions cause twisting and repetitive movements or abnormal postures and difficulty in talking.

Kyanjo last month traveled to the UK for specialized treatment.  Although Kyanjo’s disorder may be hereditary or caused by physical trauma, infection, lead poisoning, and or reaction to pharmaceutical drugs, the doctors suspects that it was poisoning.

The sources at the UK based hospital told us that the specialised doctors are currently working to minimizing the symptoms of the MP’s disorder.

Born in 1960, Kyanjo, who is the only member of the Justice Forum Party in Uganda’s ninth Parliament, joined parliament in 2006, replacing veteran politician Nsubuga Nsambu of the Conservative Party (CP).

According to Kyanjo’s family members, he has been advised against speaking for more than five minutes at a go and entertaining many guests/phone calls.

Ends

The post UK cites poison in Kyanjo’s illness first appeared on Uganda Multimedia News & Information.

Kyadondo East MP Ibrahim Ssemuju Nganda and Mukono Municipality MP Betty Nambooze say that something should be done about the current threat of poisoning if leaders and Ugandans are to feel safe in this country.

The mps say the death of the Cerinah Nebanda notwithstanding, there has been a lot of anxiety among both the government and the opposition politicians about their safety.

He said that Makindye West MP Hussein Kyanjo’s ailment has been by doctors in Dubai to poisoning and that the death of Nebanda had worsened the situation.

They also say that this is not a threat to only politicians but to the entire hospitality industry as it might scare away potential customers.

The post MPs inist on investigation into alleged poisoning of politicians first appeared on Uganda Multimedia News & Information.

Impotence also refers to as erectile dysfunction. It can also be referred to as man’s inability to attain or sustain an erection sufficient for normal or satisfying sexual intercourse.

Impotence is caused by low levels of DHEA and Testosterone, prescription medications, street drug.

A diet that is high in fats and low in fibre, underlying illiness [most often arteriosclerosis, high blood pressure and diabetes] may also cause infertility.

 Other causes of infertility are hormonal imbalance, fatigue, stress or anxiety, depression, other psychological factors (fear of pregnancy, fear of failure, lack of desire), and heavy mental poisoning.

Walakira Nyanzi

Ends

The post Root causes of impotence first appeared on Uganda Multimedia News & Information.

The causes of memory problems are poor diet especially the one that is high in fats and low in nutrients, free radices, inactivity, both physical and mental.

Other causes of memory problems are medications, abuse of alcohol or street drug, underlying disorders such as candidacies, heavy mental poisoning, depression, dementia, thyroid disorders and hypoglycemia.

Some doctors also say that memory problems can be caused by nutritional deficiencies, especially of DHA, vitamin b12 and folic acid.

The post Causes of memory problems first appeared on Uganda Multimedia News & Information.

The children are currently in poor condition and the doctors at Kawolo Hospital are doing whatever is possible on earth to save their lives.

Several theories have been advanced to explain why the said matrons might have poisoned these kids. Some people say that the children were poisoned because the school administrators had not paid salary to these matrons for the last four months. Others alleged that the matrons wanted these children to die as a sacrifice to their gods.

The habit of women to poison children is on increase in Uganda according to police reports.

The children were poisoned through porridge. The Buikwe district Police Commander, Caroline Akoth confirmed the arrest of the school matrons. She says that the matrons were arrested to help police with investigations. On hearing the news, the residents staged a demonstration and blocked the Kampala-Jinja Highway demanding the matrons be lynched.

The post Matrons poison 70 children first appeared on Uganda Multimedia News & Information.

The world has mourned an American man who reportedly died of cocaine overdose in Uganda’s capital city Kampala. Jeff Rice died over the weekend and a postmortem report issued today indicated that he died of suspected cocaine overdose. America is one of the countries in the world that fights against the use of cocaine and it’s a shock that one of its citizens has died of suspected cocaine overdose.

Police spokesman, Asuman Mugyenyi says that results from laboratories indicated that there was too much concentration of cocaine in the deceased’s stomach. Mugyenyi says that in the beginning police suspected Rice to have died of food poisoning.

Rice was a freelance producer for a reality TV show dubbed ‘The Amazing Race.’ He was found dead in a Kampala hotel room while his production assistant, Catherine Fuller was unconscious in another room.

The Amazing Race TV show is a reality television game where a team of people competes with another to arrive first at a certain destination. The reality TV show is broadcast on a number of television stations in different parts of the world including Uganda.

By Walakira Nyanzi

The post American man dies of cocaine overdose, world mourns first appeared on Uganda Multimedia News & Information.