Health Prevention
Preventing dengue fever
Dengue fever, also known as ‘tropical flu’, is an infectious disease caused by the virus of the same name. How is the virus transmitted? The virus is...
Psychosomatic diseases
What are they ? A disease is said to be psychosomatic when no organic cause has been found. Of emotional origin, it is said to have been discovered in ancient...
"Sleep is not always a relaxing experience"
By Dr Gérard de Bataille, Medical Advisor of the Mutuelle Saint-Martin Sleep represents about 1/3 of our life time. It reflects our biological rhythms and represents a human “activity”...
Prevention of vision disorders
Vision checks should be carried out according to age. Dysfunctions to be detected in children: Myopia: Blurred distance vision: the image is formed in front of the retina....
High blood pressure : risk factors, prevention and treatments
High blood pressure is the most common cardiovascular disease. It is a chronic disease requiring lifetime treatment. High blood pressure (HBP) or hypertension is where an increase in...
Diabetes
What is it? Diabetes is an emerging public health problem characterised by a fasting blood sugar level above 1.26g/l or a postprandial level above 2 g/l. In 2019, 1...
Prevention of illness during covid-19
During the Covid-19 epidemic, there is a decrease in emergency room visits and hospital admissions for other conditions. There is also a decline in the use of health care,...
Update on COVID-19 situation in Kenya and internationally
Dr. Tamer Mikhail MRCP (UK), FRCP (Edin), Senior Consultant Physician, Hear of Department of Internal Medicine, Coptic Hospital, Nairobi gave a lecture on Covid-19 and the situation in Kenya...
Covid-19 and community life
Sheet prepared for EMI members in April 2020 The COVID-19 Coronavirus Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses which cause illnesses which range from a simple cold (some seasonal...
Covid- 19 - Community Infirmary Sheet
Sheet prepared for IMS’s members – April 2020 NURSE SUPERVISION Monitoring parameters The monitoring parameters to take into account for a patient showing non-serious symptoms requiring rest...