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LUNG CANCER : Health With Moses

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Hi and welcome to another episode of Health with Moses concern morden diseases and which way out, today we will be discussing about lung cancer.. It became of great importance to educate us about the risk and cost effects of smoking on our body system, but first let's discuss what is lungs cancer *Introduction*: Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma, is a malignant lung tumor characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. This growth can spread beyond the lung by the process of metastasis into nearby tissue or other parts of the body. Now let's discuss the type of lung cancers: 1)  Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) About 12 out of every 100 lung cancers diagnosed are this type (12%). It is usually caused by smoking. These cancers tend to spread quite early on. 2)  Non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) About 87 out of 100 lung cancers in the Nigeria (87%) are non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). They are three common types. They are mostly gr...

MALARIA- Health With Moses

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Welcome to HWM (Health with Moses) where we talk about morden day diseases and way around them. Today we will be talking about *malaria* It's going to be long session Because of its important. Malaria is a life-threatening mosquito-borne blood disease caused by a Plasmodium parasite. It is transmitted to humans through the bite of the Anopheles mosquito. Once an infected mosquito bites a human, the parasites multiply in the host's liver before infecting and destroying red blood cells. In some places, malaria can be treated and controlled with early diagnosis. However, some countries lack the resources to do this effectively. Over 100 types of Plasmodium parasite can infect a variety of species. They replicate at different rates, and this affects how quickly the symptoms escalate, and the severity of the disease. Five types of Plasmodium parasite can infect humans. They are found in different parts of the world. Some cause a more severe type of malaria than others. ...

DIABETES INSIPIDUS : HEALTH WITH MOSES

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Hello and welcome to Health with Moses (HWM). Being my first time here, I would like to appreciate Tellrhodess for this privilege. Today I will writing on a very important health topic " DIABETIS INSIPIDUS ". Wait a minute, I said Insipidus not mellitus, there is diffence between them, but before we proceed what is Diabetis itself,  *Diabetis*: is simply put as the inability of the body to properly manage it's sugar and water  (depending on the type ). Types : 1) Diabetes Mellitus: This is a group of metabolic disorders which leads to retention of high sugar level in the blood stream over a long period of time ( in essence the normal diabetes we know) 2) Diabetes Insipidus: This is  an uncommon disorder caused by an imbalance of water in the body system, this usually leads to intense thirst even after drinking water ( polydipsia)  and excretion of large amount of urine ( polyuria). *Mechanism*: This occurs as a result of inability of the posterior pit...