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Mental health disorders and Physical activities Mrs x is a 57 years old from Ondo town with a history of moderate mental disorder (depression). The patient is referred to me for physical activities programmes. Solution: The exercises programme should put the following into consideration: 1. Mode/type of physical activity the following exercises should be considered :walking, (including brisk type) swimming, bicycling, gardening, cleaning up the compound, washing cars,engaging in other household chores,jogging,rebounding and stretching. 2. Frequency of the physical activity :Here you consider how many times a week will this activity be carried out. It is advisable to be at least in terms of days of the week :Monday, Wednesday and Friday/Saturday. 3. Duration of the physical activity :Thirty minutes of moderate exercise daily. It could be 30 minutes a session. And the activity could be for a specified period of about 12 weeks or all the year round. 4. In...

Hello Class, How are you? I hope you are keeping safe in this lockdown. It is better to stay home and stay safe than being an outlaw and suffer the consequences. The topic of this week blog/lesson is: Hypertension causes stroke Happy reading; Hypertension is one of the the major risk factors for coronary artery disease and is often found clustered with other CVD risk factors. Lifestyle modification helps control BP and reduces others CVD risk factors. Stroke is simply the act of blood supply to a part of the brain. The brain needs constant and continuous blood supply since it does not store food or nutrients. Hence, any sudden interference with blood supply will cause injury or death to the brain tissue. Major cause of stroke in our environment today is hypertension. Hypertension damages the vessels carrying blood to the brain. It can lead to narrowing of the vessels, complete occlusion of the vessels or rupture leading to bleeding into the brain. Other cau...

Protecting healthcare workers and teachers from infections As a healthcare workers, teachers, you may be exposed to many sources of infection. Infections may be transmitted by blood, body fluids, air, respiratory secretions or by direct contact with other infectious materials. You can protect yourself from infection by following the infection control guidelines in your workplace, by using personal protective equipment (such as gloves and masks) and by treating all blood and body fluids as though they are infectious. It is very important, diligence in the following areas is needed to help reduce the risk of occupational transmission of infections to healthcare workers and teachers in school. Administrative efforts are needed. Here in Nigeria, some infection control guidelines are not put in place in some workplaces. And sometimes, when these provisions are made, they got stolen or vandalised out of ignorance or sheer carelessness. Hence, all healthcare organisation...

No need to trade blames on Covid-19 outbreak The Covid-19 virus may have come into the country under avoidable circumstances but this is no time to trade blames or take sides with healthcare workers or the government. It is a time for everyone to report on issues that will lead to the containment of the virus. As an experts, we would not like to see our relations die of this scourge that has sneaked in on us,we should, therefore, all work assiduously to ensure that everyone around us is informed about the virus and how to prevent it. I want to call on all Nigerians to put national interest above self interest, we should not hide family members, Who may show signs of the virus as we are not only endangering our lives but the lives of many other Nigerians. Our Government should distribute relief package to our less privileged in our community. I am also using this opportunity to call our healthcare workers to call off the strike in their state and respond to the national emer...

What is Coronavirus (COVID-19) coronavirus is from a large family of viruses that cause respiratory infections. These can range from the common cold to more serious diseases such as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome. (MERS). Coronaviruses are also said to be zoonotic, meaning they are transmitted between animals and people. Coronavirus disease is a respiratory illness that can spread from person to person. Characteristics of coronavirus A The virus is large so it does not settle in the air but on surfaces. B On a metal surface, it will live for 12 hours on fabrics 9 hours on the hands 2 hours. C The virus can not survive when exposed to a temperature of 26-27 degree centigrade. D It does not live in hot regions. Incubation period 1-14 days up to 24 days Incidence Coronavirus affects all ages and gender but common in older people, probably because of decreased immunologic response to infection and the metabolic alterations...