PAY YOUR WAY TO HEALTH.

Fortify your health status with medical examination. Prevention they say is better than cure. We currently live in a society where people don't value health system until they encounter a problem.

TAKE ACTION FOR YOUR HEALTH

One of the things people find difficult is spending on their health especially when they perceive they are "healthy".

Some people can spend a fortune servicing their vehicle forgetting that the main vehicle (their body) need more attention. Some spend a lot of money travelling around the world in the name of holiday (not knowing that travelling itself is a stress) but can't spear a dime just to check their blood pressure.

A lot of people see health check as something that should be free therefore only spend money when their health or that of their family member(s) is deteriorating.

I agree nothing is wrong with you, but you can be more steps ahead with PREVENTIVE HEALTH CHECK.

Do you know hospital now is no longer mend for the sick and injured as the definition implies.
Checking your health status is of Paramount importance.

One of the sure way to preventing chronic disease and its complications is early diagnosis. Most diabetic and hypertensive patients are accidentally diagnosed. Do not wait to get to the hospital as a sick and injured person.

If you think you are too busy to check into a hospital facility contact us today to find out how you can get the help you need.
Email: pdfagainstdiabetes@gmail.com 

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DIABETIC MENU GUIDE FOR NIGERIAN FOODS

  DIABETIC MENU GUIDE

Diabetics like every other person can enjoy every healthy meal but caution must be taken to   avoid hiking the blood sugar level.

·        Regular mild exercise for at least 30 mins daily is important

·        Avoid heavy breakfast and late dinner

·        Dinner must be served at most by 8.oopm

·        Eat small portions of food and snack in between meals

·        Most importantly, your daily diets should be guided by your daily blood glucose level, high blood glucose level should go with low carbohydrate foods and vice versa.

Menu	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Breakfast 7.30-8am	½ cup of oat porridge with milk and 1 cup of moimoi with 2 boiled eggs	1 cup of milk/tea with two slices of bread and ½ avocado pear	½ cup of quaker oat with milk and 1 cup of moimoi, 2 boiled eggs	1 cup of milk/tea with 2 slices of bread and 2 pieces  of fish in tomato sauce	2 bars of wheat biscuit with milk/ tea and 2 boiled eggs	4 medium size of boiled potatoes and vegetable stew with 2 pieces of fish	1 cup of milk/tea, 2 slices of bread and two pieces of fish in tomatoes sauce.
Snacks 11am	2 garden eggs	1 apple	1 small orange	½ cup of pawpaw	cucumber and nuts	garden eggs	½ cup of pawpaw
Lunch 1-2pm	11/2 cup of oat meal swallo with any  soup 2  pieces of lean meat or chicken	1 cup of unripe plantain pottage with vegetables and 1 small fish	1 cup of wheat swallo with soup and 2 pieces of fish

KNOW YOUR HEALTH STATUS

YOUR NEW YEAR HEALTH CARE RESOLUTION.

When last did you check yourself medically?

Someone once said and I quote,'What are my going to do in the hospital when am not sick'.

The big question is, are hospitals only mend for the sick? Refuse to fall into the category of, 'nothing was wrong with him, he just slumped and died'. That will not be your story in this 2018.

In this part of the world most people don't value the health sector, likewise their own health with regards to preventive medicine. They see hospital visits as a tour for the sick only. Some give reason's like, 'I never chop belleful na to go throwey moni for hospital i go do'. Too bad because when a preventable sickness come knocking, the door is already wide open and that time the money will either come out or he or she will go begging.

You don't have to be rich to take care of your health. You can do health checkup in any general hospital or healthcare center around you. Ask for general laboratory investigations to check your status. If you are thinking about the money, take advantage of the National health insurance scheme (NHIS) which helps crash cost.

The benefit of annual medical examination cannot be overemphasized. Check yourself and members of your family, if you are an employer encourage your staff to check their health status, you can pay for them to get checked, healthy workers of course is a source of increased input to achieve the output you desire.

Have you checked yourself this year?
If not, take action and prevent diseases and their possible complications.

If you are in the camp of people saying, 'I don't just go for checkup when am not sick because the doctors will always see something', if they see something, better for you, at least they saw it early, so they will make move to prevent further complications and damage.

Basic investigations you can do include:
*Blood pressure
*Blood sugar
*Urinalysis
*Liver function test
*Kidney function test
*Lipid profile
*Prostate screening (PSA for men above 40)
*Eye test
*HIV Screening
*HBsag screening (take vaccine if negative)
*HCV, VDRL
*Malaria test
*Widal test

We are available to offer professional help if you need one. Stay healthy this year, imbibe they culture of checking your health status.

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DIABETES AND PREGNANCY

Normally diabetes put quite a lot of pressure on women. Pregnant women who have diabetes are at risk of having a miscarriage, stillbirth or a baby with congenital defects.

Women who have diabetes can have very safe pregnancy and very healthy baby once their blood glucose is managed properly all through the pregnancy.
It is important for women who have diabetes to plan their pregnancy ahead, this will help them keep the blood glucose on target levels:

• Fasting blood glucose 60-100/dl
• 2 hours after meal 100-140mg/dl
• HBA1c level at <7.0% 

If the blood glucose level is controlled and kept as close to normal as possible before pregnancy, the risk associated with diabetes especially birth defects can be prevented, this is based on the fact that baby's organ formation is usually in the first few weeks (6-8) of pregnancy. Achieving and maintaining good control levels will not only prevent birth defects but will also help control the weight of the baby in the second trimester.Pregnant women living with diabetes tend to have babies who are too big for normal delivery.

MANAGEMENT TIPS FOR DIABETES CONTROL IN PREGNANCY

• Monitor your blood glucose level more often. It will be great if you get a glucometer (blood glucose monitoring device) to keep track of your blood glucose level.
• Find a meal plan that works for you during the pregnancy. Eat small portions of food at a time and try to snack between meal instead of eating one heavy meal.
• Try taking dry food to avoid nausea or vomiting.  Note that dry food like crackers biscuits can help control nausea.

• Women with type 2 diabetes may need insulin during pregnancy, while those with type 1 may need to increase their insulin dosage. 

As a rule , visit your health care provider and determine what works best for you and follow the plan.                                                                                                   

WHAT CAUSES DIABETES?

Diabetes is grouped into 2 types:
1.Type 1: This is also called insulin dependent diabetes mellitus or juvenile diabetes. It is common in children. It is usually caused by the inability of the pancrease to produce insulin.

2. Type 2: Non-insulin dependent diabetes, this type is common in adults. This occurs either as a result of the pancrease not been able to produce enough insulin or the body cells are not making use of the insulin.

3. Gestational diabetes: this is the type of glucose impairment that sets in during pregnancy. It usually resolves after delivery. Those who had gestational diabetes are likely to have type 2 diabetes in future.

SUGAR NOT THE CAUSE
Contraly to what a lot of people believe, sugar is not the main cause of diabetes. Sugar only make diabetes worse but not a cause.

Type 1 diabetes is as a result of the inability of the body to produce the hormone INSULIN which is the key that opens up the body cells to enable them use insulin.

Type 2 diabetes is caused by the inability of the body cells to use the INSULIN or the insulin produce is too little.

INSULIN is produced by the Beta cells in the islets of the Langerhan in the pancrease.

THE CAUSE OF DEATH CALLED 'HE SLUMPED AND DIED'.

I have heard and in fact know some people whose cause of death was 'he/she just slumped and died' .This cause of death keep occurring, more often in most cases you hear people saying, 'i was with him (her) this morning, nothing was wrong with him oooo', or she wasn't sick, just like that she slumped, next thing we heard she is dead.

There are two most ignored and undiagnosed common reason for this slumped and died cause of death. Millions of people daily are just too busy chasing their daily bread and paying little or no attention to their health.

Most common cause is hypertension and next to it is high blood glucose- DIABETES.
Quite a number of people live with undiagnosed diabetes and (or) hypertension. They suffer without paying any attention until 'he just slump and died' becomes the case.

Uncontrolled hypertension can lead to heart damage, stroke and eventually death. Diabetes when not diagnosed or properly controlled can lead to complications  such as heart problem, foot ulcer which may result to amputation, eye problem, lack of general response to medication, kidney problem, stroke and at the long run death.

Early diagnosis and proper management of this diseases save life. All it takes to stay checked is to walk into any good health facility and have your blood glucose level and your blood pressure checked.

Importance of RANDOM BLOOD GLUCOSE TEST in management of diabetes.

Two days ago (12th Nov. 2015) i was trying to be sure of an appropriate lunch for my mum. I asked her to come and get her glucose level checked before we decide if she can have semovita for lunch, she said but i had breakfast already, i went wop!
I realized that all these years we have been managing diabetes, we have never had a RANDOM GLUCOSE TEST done for her. I had to start preaching, explaining the meaning of random glucose test. She didn't quite accept the test, we did it anyway, the result was 10.6mmol/L and my mum screamed that is very high. i had to do the second round of preaching to let her know the value for her as a diabetic is not bad.
Just like my mum i realized a lot of diabetics and of course other healthy individuals may not know about other test methods to keep their blood glucose in check and of course achieve adequate control.

This brings us to the question: WHAT IS RANDOM BLOOD GLUCOSE TEST?
Random blood glucose is the test you can do at anytime of the day. It doesn't require any special preparation unlike the fasting blood glucose test. Your blood sample can be tested at anytime of the day whether you have eaten or not.
There are expected value ranges for this test.

• Non-diabetics, the expected value 2 hours after meal is 7.8mmol/L and random is expected to be less than 11.0mmol/L.
• Diabetics, target value for type 1 is 9.0mmol/L and 8.5mmol/L for type 2 individuals. In general random blood glucose in diabetics is usually above 11.1mmol/L (200mg/dl). 
• Target value in well controlled patients is aimed at 125mg/dl.

*To convert mg/dl to mmol/L divide by 18 ie 125mg/dl /18 = 6.9mmol/L.

WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF RANDOM GLUCOSE TESTING?
Random blood glucose test varies greatly throughout the day in everybody, diabetic or not. The value at every point in time depends greatly on the time one had his last meal. The father away from the time of last meal before the test,the lower the result of the test.
For a diabetic, the test helps you stay check and make decisions on how best to manage your sugar level.