Women from the age of 40 and above are encouraged to take a breast screening exam, also known as a mammogram, which are x-rays of the breast. For the women between the ages of 40-54 should have a test done annually if they wish. Those who are older than 55 should do a mammogram every 2 years, or continue the preferred yearly screening.

The purpose of a mammogram is to check for cancerous tumors in the breast, any signs and symptoms before it becomes dangerous. As a precautionary, women may prefer to go to different health facilities for the best results. Since cancer is a very serious disease, women who suspect they may have cancerous tumors or are in fear because of their family history, they may go the extra mile to ensure their safety. As well as for peace of mind.

Mammograms are done to treat the breast cancer early before the individual can start feeling the symptoms. Having a regular mammogram check will lower the risk of a woman from dying from breast cancer through early detection. It is also currently the best way to detect breast cancer. There is the other option of using the breast MRI to detect breast cancer. MRI stands for magnetic resonance imaging, and it works by using magnets and radio waves to take pictures of the breast for examination. This method is especially used for women who are determined to be at high risk for getting breast cancer. This clearly shows that performing a mammogram does help women to treat breast cancer in the early stages and avoid a lot of pain including financial strain for treatments. Cancer is a difficult disease that often takes a toll on the patient as well as their family deeply.

They watch as their loved one continues to deteriorate in health and undergo painful procedures with no guarantee of going into remission for good, or even for the pain to subside. Cancer patients often lose weight and hair due to the cancer treatments. Chemotherapy is a dire procedure because it ravages the body while trying to eliminate the free radicals associated with cancer. It is a horrible disease to endure and even watch the progress.

If you prefer to perform the exam at home then the way to do it is to place a pillow under your right shoulder. Then place your right behind your head. Using your left-hand lift and move the pads of your fingers, with your fingertips to move around your breast gently. Do this slowly paying close attention to what you are feeling. Make small circular motions and cover the entire breast with this movement and also by the armpit. You can also use light medium or firm pressure while performing the examination. Finally, squeeze the nipple to check for discharge and lumps.

If this is more comfortable for you, you can perform a home check regularly. It is an inexpensive method, but just to make sure that you are indeed getting the correct results, visit the hospital to be sure by undergoing a mammogram. Some of the eight warning signs experienced when one has breast cancer include swelling of the breast, the feeling of a lump or a hard know. One may also feel warmth in the breast and a darkening or redness in color on the breast.

A lump that persists in your breast or underarm especially after your menstrual cycle is a cause for alarm. This is usually the first apparent symptom of breast cancer. These lumps are usually painless but some may cause a prickly sensation and they are visible on the mammogram. For women, self-care is very important. Women especially mothers and career women tend to neglect their own care while focusing on the family, or performing better at work. However, putting yourself in some situations will save you heartache if we allow ourselves some care.

A mother carries a child with anticipation. From the time she learns she has conceived to every scan she goes to and in preparation for the birth of her newborn. There are some cases when a mother has mixed feelings about what to expect. She is both scared and happy, exhausted but grateful for her pregnancy. She may be stressed preparing for the child, worrying about health care and childcare as an inexperienced first-time mother. No matter the feelings women feel once they are aware of their pregnancy, they are guaranteed to be strong emotional feelings.

This is why, when a mother delivers her child prematurely, she is instinctively gripped with feelings of fear. Fear that her child won’t survive, fear that she could have caused his early delivery, but above all, she is hopeful that her child will survive regardless. For this reason alone, should medical practitioners work to the bone, and make their best effort to provide immediate childcare for the premature baby to their best of their ability.

At 27 weeks, the second trimester is coming to a close, and by now the baby is growing very well. The lungs have formed although they are in use, the baby would need a lot of medical assistance to breather. The baby has also established a sleeping and waking routine, and occasionally has hiccups. These hiccups do not bother the child but the mother does feel the movements. The baby at this point weights about 2 pounds, approximately a kilogram the size of a cauliflower head.

She may have even developed habits such as sucking the thumb. Making this a functioning infant. To neglect the child after birth, or opt not to provide the intensive medical care the baby will need after premature delivery is tantamount to child murder. Given that the child had a high possibility to survive, medical staff should do all they can to sustain the life of the newborn for as long as possible if not to maturity.

The baby’s brain tissue is also developing well and the brain activity is very active. Having all this knowledge of the child’s activity even at only 27 weeks it would be morally wrong to let the child die due to flimsy reasons. Although sometimes a hospital is not prepared to deal with such conditions, there should be a safe and speedy transfer for the child to the nearest hospital with the right medical facilities.

This is the appropriate action to take to ensure the child’s survival and in the right medical practice. These infants may have an extended stay in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), but most of them to survive. Those who are born at the 26-week mark have an 80pc chance of survival, while those born at 27 weeks have a 90pc chance. If the child is born earlier than 27 weeks then the chances for surviving outside the womb are lower.

In the years between 2003 and 2005 2o to 35pc of the babies born prematurely at 23 weeks survived. This is significantly lower than the hopeful 80 and 90pc after reaching 27 weeks, which is 4 more weeks in the womb. Proving the essential minerals and surroundings the womb creates for the fetus to mature to wellness.

While their baby is in the neonatal intensive care unit, parents need a lot of support. The mother who is also in recovery needs to eat well, and they also need constant reassurance of the wellness of their child through the capable arms of well-trained medics. A father just like the mother also yearns for the bond with their child, and he should not be neglected.

The parents can be taken on NICU visits to observe their child and help in any way they are able to. This also gives them a chance to bond with their child.

Taxes are collected by the government as a way to supply the state with money to fuel infrastructure and pay civil servants for their work. This includes members of parliament, the president himself, his cabinet and those who work in both high and lower-ranking capacity for national corporations. They are government funded but do not necessarily receive money from the government to pay for wages. Instead, it caters to more significant tasks such as implementing projects.

The government places taxes on a variety of things, touching on every sector of the country’s economy including beverages and alcoholic drinks. The taxes apply as per the government treasury’s office regulations, and the industry complies for the smooth running of a business.

In some African countries, such as Kenya taxes can be very higher for alcoholic beverages, and telecommunications operations such as internet browsing and mobile money transactions. While in some nations such as Dubai in the Emirates, there is no tax applied to citizen and worker wages. The country is wealthy enough to sustain itself through proper budgeting and investment ventures. They are also able to market their country well. So much so that, the country has become a tourism, technology, healthcare and innovations hub through their marvelous infrastructure.

Taxes are often not applied heavily on consumables such as milk, bread, and other common staples, so as to minimize the pressure on lower income homes surviving on a basic salary or have only one source of income. Goods such as snacks, fizzy drinks such as sodas, toys and other preserved goods for both adults and children alike can endure added tax. This could also apply to fast food because of the risk they pose to childhood health and also the increasing numbers of people who are being diagnosed with conditions such as diabetes and obesity at an early age.

Fruity drinks and fizzy drinks contain high amounts of sugar that only leave the consumer thirst and, in some cases, they get addicted to these chemically doused drinks. They are very unhealthy with bad long-term effects. Every year younger people are getting irreversible diseases that leave them open to the risk of heart diseases, respiratory problems and long-term health consequences due to healthy eating habits.

Due to such circumstances, it would be better to add taxes on the consumables that contribute to the illness of the younger generation. This will effectively curb the quantities of these goods being sold due to the higher prices. Parents and teenagers alike are less likely to indulge freely in beverages they do not necessarily need. Other than diabetes and obesity, sugary drinks and overindulgence in sweets alike can lead to poor dental health.

More and more young people are suffering from tooth decay because of lack of proper mouth hygiene. This includes brushing after meals and avoiding sugary foods on a regular basis. When drinking juice and soda becomes a part of your daily routine then youngsters and adults alike suffer from painful toothaches, only to discover cavities and their teeth have to be pulled out prematurely.

When taxes are placed on the right items, keeping the wellness of all the citizens in mind, then citizens are bot hesitant to pay. The citizens are all shareholders in the country, and their satisfaction needs to be managed well to ensure everyone benefits. The president as CEO should not impose rules that stifle the common man’s business and livelihood. When this happens, the citizens begin to resent their leader and act out. However, when a problem area is identified in the society and the way to curb it is to impose a tax, then the president as caretaker is acting for the benefit of the shareholders. An example is the health crisis in the country leading to several new complex diseases and deaths due to poor eating habits.

Multiple sclerosis, also known as MS is an autoimmune disease that causes the demyelination of the spinal nerves and brain cells. This means that the body attacks its own immune system, affecting the brain and the spinal cord especially. This disease attacks the substance that surrounds the nerves called myelin, and damages and destroys them. This then leads to the distortion and interruption of nerve impulses being sent to the brain and coming from the brain as well.

Every year this disease affects at least 2.3 million people globally. Unfortunately, the people diagnosed with this disease are as young as twenty to 50 years old. It is also three times more common in women than in men, and most of the women who are burdened with this condition happen to be below menopausal age. This suggests that hormones play a vital role in this condition. Although it is more common among women, the condition is more severe in men.

It is also a fact that people who smoke are more likely to get multiple sclerosis and have it progress faster than with non-smoking people. It is also more prevalent among Caucasians or whites than any other ethnicity. This condition is also believed to have a genetic influence. This is because people who have first degree relatives who suffered from this disease have a higher chance of developing it as well than the average person.

The exact reason why this disease occurs is unknown, but some of the risk factors include being between the age of 15-60 years old, and the knowledge that women are almost three times at risk of getting multiple sclerosis than men are.

The treatment for this disease for children, teens, and adults is the same. For children and teenagers, however, their symptoms may include seizures and mental status change. Their symptoms are otherwise relatively similar. The symptoms also depend on when the nerves are demyelinated and it includes a number of changes.

Some of these changes include having double vision, or loss of vision. Experiencing numbness, a tingling feeling or weakness, which may range from being mild to severe. Those suffering from the condition may also experience paralysis, dizziness and for men with erectile dysfunction. This not only causes men to feel physically incompetent but also emotionally sensitive with feelings of low self-esteem and morale due to this condition. It is also known as impotence.

The incoordination of muscles, tremors and painful involuntary muscle contractions are all symptoms of MS as it continues to ravage the body. It also eventually leads to slurred speech and fatigue from all the painful changes happening in the body.

There are four types of MS including relapsing-remitting MS, secondary progressive MS, primary progressive MS, and progressive relapsing MS. Although there are four different strains of this disease, there is no one test that is done to determine and diagnose. As a result, medical professionals make diagnoses based on the patient’s history, conducting a physical exam and tests such as an MRI, lumbar puncture and checking on the speed of nerve impulses. Also referred to as evoked potential testing, among other tests to rule out other diseases with similar symptoms.

The treatment options for MS include using IV steroids and interferon injections. Drugs such as Copaxone, Tecfidera and many others are used to treat the symptoms of MS.

Multiple sclerosis is not a curable disease; therefore, family members and friends watch this disease progress in anguish. Its progression also cannot be prevented, neither can one prevent themselves from acquiring the condition. However, research efforts are going into developing new medications to modify the immune system and other ways that can be used to identify potential causes of MS.

When it comes to MS treatment includes taking prescribed medication to reduce THE uncomfortable symptoms and deter pain with medication as well.