Swine flu precautions
I received this by email and thought it would be useful:
As swine flu spreads, it is important to be able to recognise its symptoms and know what to do if you think that you or your family might have it.
One thing you can do right now is to make sure you have a thermometer to take your child’s temperature. If they have a temperature of 38° C or above and they have any two of the following symptoms, then you should call your GP straight away. The symptoms are:
- tiredness
- headache
- runny nose and sneezing
- sore throat
- shortness of breath
- loss of appetite
- vomiting and diarrhoea
- aching muscles, limb and joint pain
If your child is less than one year old and you think they might have swine flu, call your GP immediately.
Also make sure that your child:
- uses soap and water when washing their hands
- covers their mouth when coughing or sneezing (with a tissue, not with their hands)
- throws dirty tissues away quickly into bins.
Following these simple precautions will help slow the spread of the virus.
SOS! My son is queer!
Filed under: Health & Well Being, I was just thinking, Relationships
At first sight, John looks like an ordinary young man who has got all the vibe he needs together with style to get him wherever and whatever he wants, relationships and all. Its only after hearing his sad story which he doesn’t tell everyone that you realise the deep cutting pain that he suffers inside John has cut down on his friendships, is sexually promiscuous, works out strenuously in the gym and drinks heavily. All this is to hide him form the truth and though he realises how dangerous this is , it is the only weapon that he has against reality- the fact that he is gay. Read more
Free Surgery in Harare for Children with Hydro Cephalous
Celebration Health shall be conducting free corrective operations on infants with Hydro Cephalous (water on the brain, main symptom is oversized head). If you know any children affected, they need to be at Harare Hospital ward C1 on 17 May-29 May with parents/guardians for screening and the operations, they should bring all relevant medical records.
Thank God for such noble initiatives, keep hope alive and spread the word.
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Worst-case cholera scenario getting worse
A nurse takes care of a child cholera patient (WHO/Paul Garwood).
JOHANNESBURG , 26 January 2009 (IRIN) - Zimbabwe’s worst-case cholera scenario, as predicted by the World Health Organisation, is likely to be surpassed within a few weeks and there are still about two months of the rainy season left.
In December 2008 the WHO said cholera cases could balloon to 60,000 before the rainy season ended in March 2009, but Gregory Härtl, spokesman for the organisation’s Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response office in Geneva, told IRIN that as of 25 January, 53,306 cholera cases and 2,872 deaths had been recorded since the outbreak began in August 2008.
Cholera, an easily treatable waterborne disease, thrives in poor sanitary conditions and is expected to remain a feature until Zimbabwe’s rainy season subsides. Read more
Your vocabulary can feed the hungry
What if just knowing what a word meant could help feed hungry people around the world? Well, at website called FreeRice it does. Go to the site, and you’ll see a word and four definitions. Choose the right meaning and the site’s advertisers will donate 10 grains of rice to the World Food Program, a United Nations agency that is the world’s largest humanitarian organization. Keep on guessing (the quiz gets progressively more arduous, not to mention vexatious), and for each correct answer 10 more grains of rice will head to people who need it. Now, admittedly, 10 grains is a piddling amount. But the totals have grown exponentially. Over 56 billion grains of rice have been donated to date through this innovative program.
If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.
-Mother Teresa
- Kubatana.net
