Being pregnant takes a lot of adjustments. Aside from your growing belly and the inconveniences thereof, you’ll also have to deal with several health risks and monitor them closely through medical tests and procedures to ensure your baby’s safety. One common health issue pregnant women face is gestational diabetes. Its prevalence is marked at 9.2% by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A breast cancer diagnosis is an unwelcomed news to a patient particularly with their families. Having someone in the family with breast cancer is a stressful and frightening experience. If you are in this situation, you know how painful it is to go through this process. The emotional pain is unimaginable considering the unpredictable behavior of aggressive cancer cells. More so, seeing your love one battle with cancer is something that you wish you have never seen in your life.
Do you experience pain and stiffness of joints every afternoon or at night before going to bed? Are you finding it hard to move your fingers, elbows, shoulders, hips, knees or ankles? Are you 40 years old or above?
If your answer is Yes, to all these questions, you may be suffering from Arthritis. Arthritis is a disease of the joint where an individual with this condition usually suffers discomfort, pain, and soreness of body joints. There are many risk factors on why arthritis occurs, some are modifiable while others are not.
Getting diagnosed with Chronic Kidney Disease is an overwhelming experience for anyone. Aside from the limitations it requires, you’ll also need to modify your lifestyle and submit yourself to a series of lab tests to avoid disease progression. There’s also the fear and anxiety that come with chronic diseases.
It is a well-known fact that a number of people engage in unprotected sex and is why there is an increasing prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases worldwide. In fact, the Office of Women’s Health reported that over 19 million new STD cases are diagnosed in the United States every year!
