Made It Through Mum

In the Philippines, the National and Health Nutrition Survey states that the overall prevalence of asthma was estimated at 8.7% based on wheezing for the past 12 months. And according to the 2017 WHO data, asthma deaths in the country reached over 13,000.4 According to this research, “New Versus Old: The Impact of Changing Patterns of Inhaled Corticosteroid Prescribing and Dosing Regimens in Asthma Management” by Professor Dave Singh, daily usage of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) or maintenance inhalers, addresses both the evident and underlying asthma symptoms that patients experience, decreasing the number and severity of their asthma attacks. This also solves the tendency of patients' over-reliance or under-reliance on their needed medication.  An additional study shows that nearly 50% of asthma patients in Asia have uncontrolled asthma, despite the same research stating that over 80% of patients consider their asthma to be controlled.   Consistency over complacency “Wh...

It’s the rainy season again.  The Department of Health (DOH) urges the public to be careful with diseases common during rainy season known as WILD - an acronym that stands for Water-borne diseases, Influenza , Leptospirosis , and Dengue .  Here are some information about Leptospirosis. L E PTOSPIROSIS is a bacterial disease that affects humans and animals. It is caused by bacteria of the genus Leptospira. In humans it causes a wide range of symptoms, and some infected persons may have no symptoms at all. Symptoms of leptospirosis include high fever, severe headache, chills, muscle aches, and vomiting, and may include jaundice (yellow skin and eyes), red eyes, abdominal pain, diarrhea, or a rash. If the disease is not treated, the patient could develop kidney damage, meningitis (inflammation of the membrane around the brain and spinal cord), liver failure, and respiratory distress. How do people get leptospirosis? Outbreaks of leptospirosis are usu...

Horror story in 3 words : Mama! Ang kati! (Mom, it's itchy!)  Head lice. Photo not mine. Please. Hehe. CTTO Awww... poor little ones. I remember when my kids were still small, we had a yaya with lice or kuto! Horrible. Ang suyod. Kilala nyo ba siya? And the only way I know to get rid of them (lice) was with the use of suyod (lice comb) but have not been proven to be fully effective in completely eradicating head lice. Because my kids are clingy, there's really a big chance for them to get afflicted and me too. So, the nightmare happened. My kids experienced sleepless nights, they became restless because of itcy scalp and bugnutin every morning due to lack of sleep. Kung hindi lang namin kailangang -kailan ng Yaya noon coz MITD and I were both working, pinaalis na namin siya. Agad agad. Kasi kawawa ang mga anak ko. Ang iba pang ginawa namin, lahat ng gamit niya, pinakuluan para mamatay pati nits (itlog) . Nangangati na naman ako kapag naalala ko yu...