Chronic illness
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Diabetes and Sexual Dysfunction: How can diabetes causes erectile dysfunction and how can you to treat it?
“Sex is natural, sex is good,” George Michael famously said. Of course, we all know that sex can be mind-blowingly fantastic when the mood is right and the chemistry is present. However, the same cannot be said if you’re one of the 300+ million living with diabetes. Diabetes is a growing concern that has been Continue reading
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How can Brain Implants (BCIs) help improve Mobilty in Stroke Patients?
Stroke is the most common medical illness that results in disability. Blood clots or bleeding kill a part of the brain, causing it to go dark and lose control of a part of the body. People lose their ability to walk, see, talk, or control their hand or arm in the same way they used Continue reading
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Sunday dose of humor: Diabetes and Stroke jokes
There are many people who are ignorant, misinformed, and insensitive. Everything and everyone is subjected to jokes and comments; it’s just a part of life, and you learn to roll with the punches. However, in comparison to other illnesses and diseases, I’ve found that stroke and diabetes frequently becomes the brunt of jokes or is Continue reading
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Sunday dose of Humor
It is yet another Sunday dose of Humor episode; the III episode. Today, like previous second episode, we will delve into stroke humor. Diabetics, don’t worry, your fair share of funny will be served in the next IV episode. Without further dilly-dally, let’s be on it. 1. I’ve just got home from watching a football Continue reading
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Back pain in Stroke: What causes it and prevention
Researchers have found that a non-radiating global back pain may indicate an upcoming spinal stroke. Low back pain affects 60% to 80 % of adults at some point during their lives with increasing incidences at a younger age. According to Adegoke et al (2015) recent epidemiologic statistics, there is a rather significant prevalence of LBP among Continue reading
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Pre-diabetes: Major signs indicating diabetes is creeping on you
“It was scary. Not life-threatening scary, but confusing scary. Almost apocalyptic due to shock and a bombard of information to assimilate” recounts Barbara Carleton, a quora contributor and diabetes survivor, on being diagnosed with diabetes. “I was super angry with regrets of ignoring early signs.” She remembers the dark cloud of anger that hang around Continue reading
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Sunday dose of humor
…been receiving a lot of traffic lately, with a fair share of criticism. Nonetheless, as stated before, it is not intended to reduce chronic conditions, some idiopathic, into laughable misinformations. It is rather the opposite. In fact, it is intended to ease the hardships of living with a chronic condition by stirring a laugh or… Continue reading
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Infographic: 5 facts about stroke you should know
FIRST FACT: A stroke kills brain cells Cell death is due to inadequate oxygen-rich blood supply to brain. Supply is interfered by disruption of blood flow to the brain by a clot or a rupture. SECOND FACT: A stroke increases risk of subsequent stroke Approximately one out of every four stroke survivors is at risk of having another. THIRD FACT: Stroke Types Ischemic stroke is due to clot, blood vessel rupture causes hemorrhagic stroke, and a momentary blockage causes Continue reading
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Debugging Diabetes Misconceptions
A lot of the time, these misconceptions of what causes diabetes shows up in the classroom, specifically math class. Almost everyone has had the math problem about someone eating an absurd amount of chocolate, followed by the offhand student remark, “If I ate that much chocolate, I’d have diabetes.” This is not only offensive, but Continue reading
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How does stroke feel? Stories told by survivors
“She was 9 months old and having a stroke! I failed to recognize what was going on. That’s partly because, like so many people, I had no idea that children could have strokes, so I didn’t even consider it a possibility. And it’s partly because a perfect storm of coincidence kept me, and even her Continue reading
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