Shingles (read herpes zoster): It is a painful condition caused by herpes zoster, the same virus that causes chickenpox. Once you had a chickenpox (and many adults have had the disease at the same point in their lives), the virus doesn’t leave your body. Instead it takes up residence in the nerves near the […]
Antiviral medicines like tamiflu, and other supportive treatment that can effectively treat the illness are available in the ministry of health in the case of Uganda. You also need to drink a lot of fruits and have enough time to rest. Influenza is a respiratory disease that is caused by influenza virus that […]
Seasonal influenza epidemics occur every year in many countries including America, England, South Africa and Austria. Countries are able to treat flu with vaccines and our bodies can fight the known infections as well. A flu epidemic is a world wide epidemic caused by a new virus to which the populations will have […]
The early signs and symptoms of influenza A (H1N1) are flue-like, including fever, cough, headache, muscle and joint pain, sore throat and runny nose. Reports by the Uganda’s ministry of health, and the World Health Organisation (WHO) Kampala office also indicates that sometimes vomiting and or diarrhea is part of the symptoms of […]
The world a couple of years ago experienced a new influenza disease outbreak which was reported in more than 40 countries around the world and claimed over 95 human lives. According to doctors and other medical experts, Influenza is a respiratory disease that is caused by influenza virus that is related to a virus […]
Influenza is a respiratory disease that is caused by influenza virus that is related to a virus that regularly causes diseases in pigs. The spread of influenza can be stopped under the following ways: Always sneeze or cough into a handkerchief or tissues. The minister for health in Uganda government Christine Androa says the […]
RABIES refers to as fatal viral infection which is transmitted to humans through the bite of rabid domestic animals like dogs, or wild animals such as foxes. In most cases symptoms of rabies take 10 days to three months to show out, but the symptoms may vary from one week to a year, depending […]
Another person suspected have contracted the deadly marburg virus has died in Kabale district. If confirmed, this could bring the death toll to six since a fresh outbreak of the disease was announced on Friday last week. Health experts say the deceased was admitted at Rushoroza health centre three in Kabale district after he presented […]
Cervical cancer is the most common form of cancers affecting most women in East African countries of Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Kenya. In Uganda alone every year close to 3,577 women get diagnosed with cervical cancer and about 2,464 die from it, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) report. But cervical cancer is […]
Many people in Uganda are living with chronic hepatitis B infection, an infection that causes liver cancer according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) Country advisor Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) surveillance, Dr. Innocent Mwesigye. He says that Northern Uganda has the highest cases of chronic hepatitis B infection with over 25% of the […]