Have you ever been infected with Whitlow before or you know someone who has had this rare condition before now? Indeed, it is not a sweet experience. Medical practitioners regard it as a painful skin infection which usually appears on your fingers. It is popularly called herpetic whitlow. Whitlow was discovered to be caused by a virus known [...]
The health benefit of water is so much that it seemingly outweighs that of synthetic drugs. It is however necessary for teens to learn about this beautiful way of maintaining health and fitness while they are still young. Embracing the practical steps involved in utilising water in the form of a therapy has helped me [...]
Teenagers battle with this skin condition especially because they are undergoing hormonal changes. It is usually regarded as pimples by majority of them. Scientist has it that approximately three-quarters of 11 to 30 year-olds will get acne at some time. Acne is a skin disease that involves the oil glands at the base of hair [...]
Take a close look at the patch of skin on your hands, would you be surprised if I told you there’s an estimated 1,500 bacteria per square centimeter of skin on your hand? Yes, even though you had a bath this morning. Hence, it is for this reason that washing and drying your hands thoroughly [...]
Family, Health and Cleanliness A family is a group consisting of one or two parents and their children while health is the condition of a person’s body or mind. The three levels of health are low, average and high or optimal level. Cleanliness This is the state of being clean or the habit of keeping [...]
It always happens something like this: You fall into an extremely deep sleep and find yourself dreaming. The dream builds up to such a stage that you find yourself wanting to pee. In your dream, you walk to the bathroom or the side of the road (whichever your dreamy self fancies!) and simply begin to [...]
Late Sleeping is a very common behaviour among teenagers; they never know how bad it is, Here are some reasons why a teenager should not sleep late. Late nights sometimes aren’t that productive: If you are staying up late to get work done perhaps you need to rethink your strategy. Check out your late night work [...]
WEEK 3 Agricultural Science. S.S.S 1 First Term TOPIC: Nutrition and health In everyday usage, a vegetable is any part of a plant that is consumed by humans as food as part of a savoury course or meal. The term "vegetable" is somewhat arbitrary, and largely defined through culinary and cultural tradition. It normally excludes other [...]
Microorganisms are living beings (types of life) requiring amplification to see and resolve their structures. "Microorganism" is a general term that becomes more understandable if it is divided into its principal types—bacteria, yeasts, molds, protozoa, algae—predominantly unicellular microbes. Viruses are also included, although they cannot live or reproduce on their own. They are particles, not [...]
If a foreign object becomes lodged in your nose: 1. Don’t probe at the object with a cotton swab or other tool. 2. Don’t try to inhale the object by forcefully breathing in. Instead, breathe through your mouth until the object is removed. 3. Blow out of your nose gently to try to free [...]