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Know your blood sugar results 👇

Stop doing this if you're a woman 👠

👉 Stop ignoring vaginal infections .
Early treatment prevents complications.

STRESS is silently killing more people than you...🤔

You're not "just tired"
You're overwhelmed
You're drained
You're running on empty 🫗🫙 🫙

That constant headache?
That anger over small things?
That sleepless night?
⚠️ Your body is CRYING 😭😭😭 for HELP.

Listen...
Rest is NOT laziness
Saying No Is NOT wickedness
Taking a break is NOT 🚫 a weakness 😓
Protect your peace ✌️ like your life depends on it-because it actually does 💯

Pause. Breath 🫁. Reset.
👉Read it again

When last did you truly rest?

NOBODY TALKS ABOUT THIS BUT WE SHOULD:

MALARIA VS TYPHOID

🛑In most settings, people are treated for both at once ("Malaria+Typhoid"), but: THIS IS NOT BEST PRACTICE ❗
⚠️Always confirm with proper Lab test before treatment.

Malaria:
👉 Malaria is caused by mosquito bite.

Symptoms include:
👉 High fever 🤒 (which comes and goes)
👉Chills and sweating 😥
👉 Headache 🤯
👉 Body weakness 😓
👉 Vomiting 🤮

Treatment:
👉Antimalarials

Preventions:
👉Use insecticide treated nets
👉 Clean your environment

Typhoid:
👉 Typhoid is caused by contaminated food, water or drinks.
Symptoms include:
👉 High and persistent fever 🤒
👉 Abdominal pain.
👉 Diarrhoea or constipation.
👉 Weakness.
👉Loss of appetite.

Treatment:
👉 Antibiotics

Preventions:
👉 Drink clean water.
👉 Proper hand washing.
👉 Eat well cooked food.

DON'T SELF-MEDICATE
DO PROPER TEST BEFORE TREATMENT
YOUR HEALTH MATTERS!

COMMON MISTAKES DURING MALARIA TREATMENT(cont'd)

COMMON MISTAKES DURING MALARIA TREATMENT
1. Stopping medication early

Feeling significantly better by day 2 and deciding you don't need the remaining is an ERROR ❌❌❌

HERE'S WHY👇
The drug has killed the "weak"parasites, but the "strong"ones remain.
If you stop early, these survivors multiply, the malaria returns (often more severe), and you contribute to drug resistance 🥺

2.PRESUMPTIVE TREATMENT (treating every fever 🥵 as malaria without diagnostic test). ERROR ❌❌❌

HERE'S WHY 👇
You might actually have typhoid, meningitis or other infections.
Taking antimalarials for these, doesn't help 🥱 and delays the correct 💯 treatment for the actual underlying illness.

3.IGNORING FOOD REQUIREMENTS ⚠️
Many antimalarials specifically Artemether-Lumefantrine, are fat-soluble.
Taking the medication on empty stomach or only water 💦 is an ERROR ❌❌❌

HERE'S WHY 👇
Without small amount of fatty food, the body cannot properly absorb the Lumefantrine component.

The result?
The drug is present but not strong enough to kill all the parasites👿👿

4. "MONOTHERAPY"(single-drug treatment)
The WHO has banned the use of oral artemisinin as a single drug(monotherapy)

Using only one type of drug (like only artesunate or chloroquine in areas of high resistance) is an ERROR ❌❌❌

ALWAYS USE 👇
Combination therapy (ACT)

Your health is too important, stop 🛑 trivializing it.

To be continued ✍️✍️✍️

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BEFORE YOU TAKE THAT PILL 💊 READ THIS 👇

✅Don't stop medicine too early.
👀 Stopping too early can lead to drug resistance and relapse.

✅ Don't share your medicine with someone else.
👉What works for you may harm someone else.

✅ Don't drink or use expired drugs
👉 They may lose potency or become unsafe.
👉 Always check expiry date of any medicine 💉💊

✅ Some pills are designed for slow release. Crushing them can result in irritation.

✅ Don't ignore side effects
👉 Report symptoms like rashes, dizziness or swelling, immediately.

✅ Medicine is best swallowed with CLEAN WATER 💦💦💦
👉 Avoid taking your medicine with:
Soft drink 🍷
Energy drinks ☕🍼🧃
Milk 🥛 (for some antibiotics)

✅ Keep all medicine OUT OF THE REACH OF CHILDREN.

⚠️⚠️⚠️ YOUR HEALTH IS TOO IMPORTANT, DON'T LEAVE IT TO GUESS 🙏.