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Q: Hi Doctor, please I want know the reason why someone gets headache before and after menstruation and how can it be eradicated.

A: Headaches during menstrual periods are referred to as menstrual or hormonal migraines and are due to a drop in the level of estrogen, a hormone. For a headache to be classified as this, it would happen anytime between about 2 days before a menstrual period to about 3 days after the first day of menstrual period. Some of these women find relief during pregnancy as the level of estrogen rises.
To pre-empt this, you can take pain relievers that are also anti-inflammatory like ibuprofen at the start of the period or even about a few days before the start of an expected period until the bleeding stops. If you’re asthmatic or have peptic ulcer disease, this drug is not a safe choice for you.

Be sure to discuss this with your doctor and be guided by him/her.
Have a good night sleep, y’all😀

Q: Hello, kindly do not reveal my ID. I had a miscarriage last month. I was about 10 weeks ,but was told it stopped at 6 weeks. I went through D and C and bleeding. After seven days and there on I had unprotected sex with hubby. I was feeling strange so I decided to do a pregnancy test. It came out positive, could I be pregnant or not? Could my hCG be still high? If am pregnant what should I do? If possible answer through inbox or you can post.

A: Thanks for writing in.

Condolences on the loss of your baby. May God console you.

It would usually take about four to six weeks after miscarriage for the hCG levels to return to normal. The Human Chorionic Gonadotrophin (hCG) is a hormone produced by the body when pregnancy occurs and this is sought for when pregnancy tests are conducted. So, this could be responsible for the positive pregnancy test you had.

Could it be pregnancy? It’s not farfetched. Ovulation could occur as early as 2 weeks after miscarriage and that means pregnancy becomes highly possible.

Other causes of rising hCG could be an ectopic pregnancy that co-existed with the miscarried pregnancy. A patient with ectopic pregnancy would usually come into hospital with complaints of light abdominal bleeding, abdominal pain or cramps, extreme dizziness from the bleeding. If the tube ruptures (bursts), patient could faint from profuse bleeding into the abdomen. This condition needs to be taken care of immediately. For details of ectopic pregnancy, treatment etc, please click on https://chatwithdrketch.com/2014/08/07/daily-health-tips-what-are-my-options-after-ectopic-pregnancy-and-failed-ivf/

Rising hCG levels could also be due to two conditions known as choriocarcinoma (in which a cancer forms in the ‘placenta’ tissues) or a molar pregnancy (in which a fertilized egg turns into a mass of cysts instead of a normal pregnancy).

So, please see your doctor and have a long chat. He will advise on next steps.

I hope this helps.

Have a good night everyone😀

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Source: The truth behind standing desks

Moderate exercising like walking the dog or riding a bike for just an hour a day could alleviate or even eliminate the dangers caused by sitting all day.

Source: Get up, stand up, for your health: A little exercise offsets a lot of sitting

Q: When you eat only eba, beans, rice and bread is it dangerous?

A: Hello healthy people, I came across a report from a Harvard review and it gives 8 principles to low glycemic eating…a principle that will help answer the question asked. Glycemic index, by the way, is a measure that ranks foods that contain carbohydrates on a scale of 0 to 100. The higher the number, the faster the food is digested, causing fluctuations in the blood sugar level and the lower the number, the slower the food is digested causing less fluctuations in the blood sugar level. So the focus should be on foods with low glycemic index. If you reduce your portion sizes and are exercising and generally doing the right things, you may sill be adding weight or not losing weight if you’re eating a lot of food with high glycemic index.

So here goes: principles of low glycemic eating:

Eat a lot of beans (any and every type), non starchy veggies (garlic, onions, leeks, chives, cabbage, broccoli, lettuce, tomatoes, peppers etc) and fruits like apples, berries, peaches and pears.

Eat a lot of grains in their natural state like natural granola, brown or local rice and muesli cereal

Reduce your intake of concentrated sweets like fruit juices (no more than half a cup daily…if you must) and other sugar loaded or sweetened drinks.

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