Pain and You

Pain is a warning that something is wrong in our body. Pain comes from different organs and is characterized by its source. Commonly we can easily recognize pain from the muscle or from the bones. The most difficult pain to diagnose are those coming from the head or the abdomen since they come from several organs. Headache can come from a tooth, a muscle, from the nasal sinus, or from the inside of the head which is the brain. Headache from the eyes can be elicited after reading or prolonged watching television and usually in the afternoon after a day of reading or in the morning after a night of TV. We must night ignore headache. It can be from tumors in the brain. If the pain is recurrent a consultation is very much necessary.
Pain from the abdomen is characterized by the organ source. Those from the stomach is like a feeling of hunger, those from the intestines is similar to a bloated pain and is usually from gas. Severe pain the flank may come from the urinary system. upper abdominal pain from the gall bladder is usually severe and accompanied by other symptoms. It is best to consult your family physician.

Dengue Prevention in Your Home

Dengue is a mosquito borne disease. It is a five to seven day fever with a very rapid course of deterioration or recovery. It transferred from person to person through the bite of Aedes aegyti and Aedes albopictus mosquito in the Philippines. The key to prevention is through the prevention of mosquito bites of infected mosquitoes and the prevention of mosquito bite is by keeping mosquito away from your homes. Do not let mosquito enter your house through screening of windows and doors and other possible entry points. There should be no standing water inside your house and in the immediate vicinity. Water attracts mosquito for humidity and egg laying. Mosquitoes are also attracted to dark corners of the house like underneath the tables, sinks, behind cabinets and other dark humid areas. Mosquito bites can also be prevented by wearing long sleeved shirts and long pants. If ever mosquitoes get into your house Insecticide spraying is one of the options especially when there are cases of dengue in your area. Remember….mosquitoes can kill humans through introduction of dengue virus into your system.