Prevention of hydrocephalus is a more complex matter, as there are more possible causes. They include congenital disorder, post-infections, and cerebral hemorrhages or tumors. However improving maternal and child health care and improving immunization coverage is believed to prevent some of the post –infectious cases. Adequate and timely referral for treatment of hydrocephalus […]
A child can have both spina bifida and hydrocephalus. Approximately two third of children with spina bifida in Uganda also develop progressive hydrocephalus. Ventricles or cavities of the brain in all persons produce cerebral-spinal fluids and it is absorbed in the brain and spinal cord. However, hydrocephalus develops if there is no […]
There are two major types of cancerous brain tumours. There is Medullo blastoma, which Dr. Richard Idro, a neuro paediatrician at Mulago Hospital in Kampala says it develops at the back of the person’s brain and it may spread to other parts of the brain. The second type of cancerous brain tumours is ‘gliomas’, which […]
Severe brain tumours may make people to lose balance on the ground. Its effects may kill skin colour, and affect growth. To some people, the problem worsens after being diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumour. Radiotherapy, one of the methods doctors use in the treatment of brain tumours may also affect someone’s balance on […]
A stroke is always a medical emergency. If you have these symptoms, seek immediate medical attention: sudden numbness or weakness in the face, arms or legs, sudden vision changes in one or both eyes, sudden difficulty walking due to dizziness, loss of balance and in-coordination and sudden piercing headaches without cause. Stroke happens when […]
Avocado and Beans: the high levels of folate in avocado help to protect against stroke. The fruit also has a combination of good fats. Fiber and potassium make avocado able to present stroke caused by hypertension, excess cholesterol and heart disease. Eating avocado, coupled with reducing fried foods and fatty meats helps to reduce […]
STROKE happens when the blood supplied to the brain is interrupted and the brain doesn’t get the oxygen it needs. The condition is a medical emergency and every minute counts. A stroke can be categorized as ISCHEMIC or HEMORRHAGIC STROKE. An Ischemic stroke is caused by a blood clot that blocks or plugs a […]
Scientists in Uganda have discovered that most cases of memory loss, brain damage and cardiac arrest in Uganda, East and central Africa and across Africa at large is caused by lightening strikes. Most cases of lightening in Africa are unprecedented, according to the commissioner for Meteorology Michael Nkalubo. Nkalubo says that 10% of the […]
RABIES refers to as fatal viral infection which is transmitted to humans through the bite of rabid domestic animals like dogs, or wild animals such as foxes. In most cases symptoms of rabies take 10 days to three months to show out, but the symptoms may vary from one week to a year, depending […]
Hydrocephalus is increasingly becoming a health threat in Uganda and in many African states. The disease can be referred to as an accumulation of fluids in the brain. This watery fluid travels through the ventricles around the brain, down to the spinal cord, returning to the blood through special veins. However when it doesn’t […]