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10 Items In Hospital Bag For Pregnant Mothers.
A hospital bag is one that every family should behave handy, it’s more important for couples and families that are expecting a new baby soon. Expectant mothers are expected to have a preparedness plan for the time when the baby is about to pop. At a bare minimum mothers are expected to have a mama…
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Navigating Pregnancy with NCDs: Risks, Challenges, and Care for Expectant Mothers.
Unlike infectious diseases, NCDs are chronic conditions that require long-term management, and their impact on pregnancy can be profound. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, and respiratory conditions present significant health risks for expectant mothers. Here’s how they affect expectant mothers: While non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of death and disability…
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Non-Communicable Diseases: 4 Easy Habits to Reduce Your Risk.
As Uganda continues to grapple with infectious diseases like malaria and HIV, a silent but deadly health crisis is sweeping across the country: non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and chronic respiratory illnesses once considered diseases of the wealthy or elderly are now claiming more lives and becoming a national burden. Key Facts About…
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The First Bite: Introducing Solids While Continuing to Breastfeed.
Introducing solid foods to your baby is exciting, but it can also be a time filled with questions and uncertainties. How do you know when your baby is ready? What should you start with? And how does this new phase affect breastfeeding? When to Start Solids Health experts recommend exclusive breastfeeding for the first six…
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What You Should Know About Cancer.
It’s a disease in which body cells divide abnormally and uncontrollably thus destroying the body tissues. Cancer occurs when genes stop controlling the way cells divide
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15 Traits to Look for in a Patient Care assistant
Teheca is the leading patient care assistant firm in Uganda, we provide compassionate, caring and professional care assistants who will care for your loved ones 24hrs a day and 7 days a week, we work from both home and hospital. Call us, at +256200902468(office line), 0703468558, or email. info@teheca.com, we are located on Wampeewo Gayaza…
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What You Should Know About Jaundice
Newborn jaundice is a yellowing of a baby’s skin and eyes. Newborn jaundice is very common and can occur when babies have a high level of bilirubin, a yellow pigment produced during the normal breakdown of red blood cells. In older babies and adults, the liver processes bilirubin, which then passes through the intestinal tract.…
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Valentine’s Day Ideas For A Pregnant Couple
When your partner is pregnant, it can be an even more meaningful and memorable day or challenging to come up with unique and thoughtful ways to celebrate the day.
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5 Tips for Dealing With Morning Sickness
Morning sickness is a common pregnancy symptom that affects many women during the first trimester. It can be uncomfortable, inconvenient, and even debilitating for some women. However, there are ways to deal with morning sickness and alleviate some of the discomforts
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What You Should Know About Pressure Ulcers(Bedsores)
A pressure ulcer/bedsore refers to localised damage to the skin and/or underlying tissue, usually over a bony prominence (or related to a medical or other device), resulting from sustained pressure (including pressure associated with shear). The damage can be present as intact skin or an open ulcer and may be painful
