…………… False pregnancy, phantom pregnancy, or hysterical pregnancy—commonly called pseudocyesis in humans and pseudopregnancy in other mammals—is the appearance of clinical or subclinical signs and symptoms associated with pregnancy when the organism is not actually pregnant. I have encountered this condition more than once and I found it very interesting. I had a case of […]
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This week I assigned myself the task to make a presentation about Deep Venous Thrombosis (DVT) to my colleagues in Chaaria. Its a silent killer that kills in seconds. It reminds me of the death of a popular TV personality who was found dead on her bathroom floor sometime in September. Rumors went round about
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A very busy Monday morning and my moods are swinging dangerously because I’m not used to having so many patients at a go. The rainy season had made me lazy because I would see a maximum of 10-15 patients in a day. With the brief rain detour, the grading of the roads by the county
My week kicked off well, but at a rather slow pace thanks to the rains. I admitted several children with snake bite related injuries and it literally gave me goosebumps at every instance. They say the snakes come out to the houses and the roads to get some warmth and avoid the extreme cold during
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