Freeman Abekah Health Resort

29/01/2016

14/02/2015

Happy vals day to everyone.

Today is St. Valentine's day but our generation have a different definition for it. This is therefore our advice to the public but note, we are doing it not to encourage it but rather to suit the demands our time.

How to use a condom
Take the condom out of the packet, taking care not to tear it with jewellery or fingernails – do not open the packet with your teeth.

Place the condom over the tip of the erect p***s.
If there's a teat on the end of the condom, use your thumb and forefinger to squeeze the air out of it.

Gently roll the condom down to the base of the p***s.

If the condom won't roll down, you're probably holding it the wrong way round – if this happens, throw the condom away because it may have s***m on it, and try again with a new one.

After s*x, withdraw the p***s while it's still erect – hold the condom onto the base of the p***s while you do this.

Remove the condom from the p***s, being careful not to spill any semen.

Throw the condom away in a bin, not down the toilet.

Make sure the man's p***s does not touch his partner's ge***al area again.

If you have s*x again, use a new condom.
Play safe!!!

Get more information fromhttp://www.nhs.uk/conditions/contraception-guide/pages/male-condoms.aspx

27/01/2015

CHICKEN POX INFECTION
Chicken pox is a highly contagious viral illness that usually occurs in epidemics and mostly during hot weather conditions. Humans are the only source of infection. Person-to-person transmission occurs by direct contact with vesicular fluid from patients with the disease or by airborne spread from respiratory tract secretions. There is a risk of infection up to 21 days after contact with a person with chicken pox.
Complications include bacterial super-infection of skin lesions, pneumonia, central nervous system involvement (acute cerebellar ataxia, encephalitis), thrombocytopenia, and other rare complications such as glomerulonephritis, arthritis, and hepatitis. Chicken pox tends to be more severe in adolescents and adults than in young children and also in immunosuppressed patients e.g. patients on steroids. Exposure to varicella-zoster virus (VZV) in utero during the second 20 weeks of pregnancy can result in an apparent varicella infection in early life without having had extra uterine chicken pox. Varicella infection can be fatal for an infant if the mother develops varicella from 5 days before to 2 days after delivery.
CAUSE • Varicella-zoster virus
SIGNS/ SYMPTOMS
• Extensive Skin rash - lesions are groups of macules, papules and vesicles and crusting.
• Intense itching
• Mild headache
• Fever and malaise
TREATMENT
Non-pharmacological treatment
• Avoid scratching in adults and children if possible
• Keep hands clean and nails clipped short in children • Regular bathing with soap and water
Pharmacological treatment (Evidence rating: C)
• Calamine lotion, topical, Adults and children apply liberally to the skin
• Paracetamol, oral,
Give antibiotics if lesions are super infected.
• Flucloxacillin, oral, 250-500 mg 6 hourly for 5-7 days
Or In the case of penicillin sensitivity,
• Erythromycin, oral, 500 mg 6 hourly for 5-7 days and Antihistamines in severe cases of itching
• Cetirizine, oral, 10 mg daily,
Note; Avoid Aspirin in children less than 16 years of age because of risk of Reye's syndrome.
• Apply Calamine lotion 8-12 hourly to the skin
• Chlorpheniramine, oral, to relieve itching.

27/01/2015

To all those who have sent us private messages about your conditions, your privacy is greatly assured. Continue to enjoy our services to the fullest.

26/01/2015

Majors

Co Board of Directors
Mr. Alfred (Bio- medical Scientist) left
Mr. Aheampong Brefo (Epidermiologis) middle

26/01/2015

Co Board of Directors
Mr. Alfred (Bio- medical Scientist) left
Mr. Aheampong Brefo (Epidermiologis) middle

23/01/2015

23/01/2015

HERPES ZOSTER INFECTIONT
this is known in the local dilate as “ANANSE”. IT is an acute blistering viral infection of the skin. Severe eye damage may occur if the lesion affects the upper part of the face indicating thin involvement of the ophthalmic branch of the 5 cranial nerve. Suspect Immunosuppression (e.g. HIV, malignancies) if the lesions are hemorrhagic or extensive. Occasionally the condition may be complicated by persistent pain in the involved areas (Post herpetic neuralgia) or encephalitis (Herpes zoster encephalitis).

CAUSE • Varicella-zoster virus
SIGNS/ SYMPTOMS• Blisters involving one or more dermatomes
• Painful blistering reaction involving one or more dermatomes of any part of the body.

Pharmacological treatment (Evidence rating: C)
• Amitriptyline, oral, 25-50 mg daily Or Carbamazepine, oral, 100-300 mg daily
Plus any of the ff.
• Diclofenac, oral, 50 mg 8 hourly
• Antiseptic lotion, topical, e.g. (Gentian Violet), Apply to affected parts
• Acyclovir 5% cream, topical, Apply to lesions 4-6 hourly within 48 hrs of onset
• Acyclovir, oral, (for immunocompromised patients) Adults 800 mg 4-6 hourly for 5 days
Children > 2 years; 800 mg 4-6 hourly for 5 days.
Children< 2 years; 400 mg 4-6 hourly for 5 days.