Health Prevention
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...