Foods to avoid when you have motion sickness: Beginning a day or two (2) days before your trip, avoid heavy foods.

Avoid fried, greasy or fatty foods. Fats only contribute to nausea and stomach upset. If you are going on a vacation, you may be in a celebratory mood.

Resist the temptation to drink even a little alcohol, because it is dehydrating and it can negatively affect the inner ear. Many people change their diets when they travel, but if you are subject to motion sickness, this is not the best time to try new foods or to indulge yourself with treats.

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In our earlier news report we told you that osteoporosis is one of the body disorders. It is caused by: poor diet, inactivity, hormones, long term use of certain medications, smoking, hormone deficiencies and imbalances, nutritional deficiencies, lack of sun exposure, eating disorder, prolonged stress, toxic metals, medical conditions like diabetes, kidney and liver disease, heredity, and acidic pH balance.

However, in this report, our major focus is on the recommended food for osteoporosis. Eat foods that are high in calcium and the other nutrients needed for its assimilations e.g sea vegetables, green leafy vegetables, soybeans, nuts and molasses.

Green vegetables such as collard greens, kale, romaine, lettuce and others that is important for their vitamin K content.

Vitamin K1 is a form of vitamin K found in plants that are important for bone formation. Fermented soy products eg tofu is also good for bones. Essential fatty acids found in walnuts, almonds, flaxseeds and fish are important for healthy bones.

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The camp, where 22 were people operated on and treated, took place at Kampala International University (KIU) Hospital in Ishaka,  Bushenyi district. The role of UNAPD was to identify and mobilize patients to come for surgery while AMREF paid for the surgery and supplies. Other organizations involved were

TAICONET and Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB).  Patients came from many districts of Uganda including Hoima, Soroti, Kisoro, Ntungamo, Kabale, Mbarara, Ssembabule, Kalungu, Kalangala, and Bushenyi, among others.

A team of doctors from Kenya led by Dr Nguti from Kenya’s capital city Nairobi joined their counterparts from KIU hospital and one from from Mulago Hospital and performed the surgery.

The patients looked all smiles after successful recovery from the theatre.

“I think now I am no longer disabled. People in my village will be astonished. They may fear me thinking that I am not the one, or I am a ghost,” said a 54-year-old-man from Ssembabule district after recovering from the surgery. He had lived with a cleft lip for all his life.

“My son will now be able to suckle the breasts. He is going to look more beautiful. People are going to stop laughing at me and my son,” said Moureen Nabweteme, a mother of a patient.

Cleft lip is a condition where a child is born with an opening or gap in the upper lip, often connecting to the nostril. For the cleft palate, the child is born with an opening in the roof of the mouth connecting with the canal of the nose. Children with cleft lip can hardly suckle breast milk while children with the palate cannot suckle at all and are just bottle fed. However, with surgery, both of these conditions can be corrected. Researchers attribute the causes of cleft lip/palate to poor nutrition during early pregnancy and wrong use of medicines, pesticides, chemicals (even rat poisons) especially during the first three months of pregnancy. The causes of these conditions can also be genetical (hereditary). For example, a parent with a cleft lip can produce a child or have grandchildren with a similar condition. Cleft lip patients receive free surgery.

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A child may not present with all the signs and symptoms of hydrocephalus. The common ones include, increased head size and swollen fontanel (the soft spot on a baby’s head).

Other signs and symptoms of hydrocephalus are pronounced blood vessels on the head, poor appetite with low weight gain, eyes that appear always looking down, vomiting, sleepiness and dullness.

At a later stage, the child suffering from hydrocephalus does not achieve milestones at the expected time and may take long to crawl, sit, walk and or talk. In addition, the child suffering from hydrocephalus becomes irritable, experience convulsions and difficult breathing.

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Intestinal obstruction regularly comes with a lot of pain and it may make some people to take more than five days without passing stool.

The doctors and researchers tell us that intestinal obstruction also comes with stomach distention. This is where the human stomach swells. Some people suffering from Intestinal obstruction may vomit because the food they eat is not digested.

Eating hard foods without escorting it with a lot of fluid is one of the major causes of intestinal obstruction. So it’s advised to avoid eating hard foods like rice, cassava, posho and millet. The people who are found of eating hard foods are advised not to do it so repeatedly.

The best foods and drinks for people suffering from intestinal obstruction are juices, water, fruits, sweet bananas, mangoes, water melon, oranges and pumpkins. Surgery is usually done on people suffering from intestinal obstruction. Intestinal obstruction is the partial blockage of the bowel resulting into failure of intestinal content to pass through.

Intestinal obstruction can also be caused by mechanical conditions, bacterial infections, food poisoning, drug abuse like taking marijuana, which corrupt the stomach, peptic ulcers, eating over starving your self and eating when you are very hungry.

When the stomach gets food after over starving for a long time, the food stays in the stomach because the stomach can not digest it immediately leading to gastric erosion hence gastric ulcers.

Walakira Nyanzi

Health news writer

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The skin of a baby suffering from eczema may break due to scratching, thus introducing more bacteria into the body.

Scientists tell us that in addition to introducing more bacteria in the body, a child may fail to sleep due to excessive itching. Some eczema drugs contain steroids (potential chemical substances) which affect the growth of a child.

ECZEMA, also known as dermatitis is a common immune skin disorder among children. It presents in stages and usually starts as an irritating itchy red patch.

The skin may become inflamed and moist though sometimes the rash is dry and scaly, manifesting on the knees, elbow joints, wrist, joints and ankles.

Babies below one year may develop eczema in the face, and around the neck. Its causes are the following: it can either be Endogenous or Atopic eczema e.g. it may run in families, so if apparent, chances are that each child in a family would develop it.

Antigens such as pollen and dust can also cause eczema. Irritants found in urine and feaces, human wastes contains ammonia which some babies may react to also causes eczema. Keeping babies in wet or soiled diapers for long time may stimulate napkin eczema around the genital areas. Babies who use cosmetics and wears jewelleries are at risk of getting eczema, also some soap, jellies, powders and earrings may cause it.

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We have learnt with sadness that Uganda’s Tennis ace Duncan Mugabe is stranded in the United States of America where he had gone for training.

Mugabe reportedly reached United States last month and started sending missiles to the Uganda Olympic Committee boss, Rogers Ddungu and the Uganda Lawn Tennis Association.

Information reaching us is that Mugabe is now stranded in America after swaging for long without cash. Some of his pals in US also jokingly told us that Mugabe is now as poor as a church mouse.

We hear Mugabe is not straggling to return back to Uganda and he is on bended knees. After walking away from Kinetic Management Group, Mugabe reportedly thought that he would be better off alone but he is now suffering.

Walakira Nyanzi

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The fungus that causes candidiasis feeds on sugar and yeast, so you must absolutely avoid all types of foods containing these substances during initial phase of treatment.

During the course of candidiasis infection, avoid foods with mold aged cheese, nuts, nut butters and consuming alcohol contents is not good for people undergoing candidiasis treatment.

Avoid eating refined foods that are likely to be loaded with sugars, and reduce the use of fruits and fruit juices during the initial phase of treating candidiasis.

It is also very important to seek medical attention in case you notice the symptoms of candidiasis because over staying with the disease is dangerous for your life.

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Many people in the world are suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatoid is the long continuing disease (rheumatoid arthritis) causing pain and stiffness in the joints of the legs and arms and often making them lose their proper shape whereas arthritis is a disease causing pain and swelling in the joints of the body. In this news report we bring to you some of the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis.

The symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis are inflammation, pain, tenderness and discoloration in d joints, usually the shoulders.

Other symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis are pain in the elbows, writs, fingers, ankles and toes, morning stiffness, lumps under the skin at the site of damaged joints, deformity of joints in long-term cases, fatigue, weight loss, weakness and occasionally fever, chronic infections.

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Many people in Uganda and Africa in general are suffering from arthritis. Arthritis is a disease causing pain and swelling in the joints of the body.

The recommended diet (foods) and drinks for people suffering from arthritis are flaxseeds and cold water. Fish are high in essential fatty acids and have ant-inflammatory properties and work well for people suffering from arthritis.

Also salmon and mackerel are good for arthritis victims. Eat a lot of fibres in form of raw vegetables and whole grains.

The foods high in sulfur will help you to repair cartilage and bones. Drink a glass of clean water every after two working hours, take raw pineapples, whether whole or juiced pineapples have an ENZYME called BROMELAIN which reduces on inflammation.

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