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Happy Mothers’ Day to all the beautiful and wonderful mothers out there…

Who consistently go over, above and beyond;

Who deny themselves luxuries so their children and loved ones can have what they need;

Q: Good
Day Doc. Ketch!!! I’ve got a Problem here. Please help!! Is is Normal for a
Vagina to Fart?? Because this thing almost happens everyday

A:
Vaginal farts are much more common than you may think. However, many women
would rather not talk about it because, it may be somewhat embarrassing!
Vaginal farts occur when the vaginal walls expand, pulling in lots of air, and
then collapse back to release this air. They are usually odorless, in contrast
to anal farts. It can happen with exercise, sex, and with sudden movements like
getting out of a chair.

The
treatment for vaginal farts is really the same as for feeling loose ‘down
there’ after you just had a baby. This treatment is the usual suspect…pelvic
floor exercise called Kegel exercise.

This
is done by trying to hold your vagina together, tightening it like trying to
hold urine. Hold these contractions…

Q: Hello Dr Ketch, I am writing you all the way from South Africa, a new dad to a 3-day old baby boy. Well I have a concern…baby mama’s breasts seem to be secreting small doses of milk. In fact, yesterday she squeezed them and watery liquid came out, and I got worried that my son drinks water. And this morning baby mama messaged me from hospital (not yet discharged) and told me that baby’s glucose or sugar level is low. My first thought was that he is sucking water and becomes hungry quickly. Is there any way we can improve the situation because we really want him to breastfeed. Thanks.

A: Thanks for writing in and congratulations on your new bundle of joy!

Is your baby sucking water? Well, the first part of breast milk is mainly water with a little fat and is supposed to quench your baby’s…

Q: I was asking…what can someone do if he/she as been bed wetting since he was little? Now they are even 18 years old?

A: Hello. Thanks for writing in. Bed wetting is a huge challenge in childhood…how much more in adulthood!

Bedwetting is usually due to an increase in the amount of urine usually contained in the bladder, an over-reactive bladder or small bladder or it may be due to a heavy sleeper who does not get or respond to the urge to void when he/she gets that urge while asleep. In childhood, ensuring the child urinates just before he goes to bed, limiting the amount of fluid he takes in the evening (some studies have shown no significant improvement with this strategy), encouraging the child to use the bathroom regularly during the day or using bedwetting alarms may help a child get through this period. A bedwetting alarm…

Q: Please doc what causes weight loss? I used to be chubby before; then, all of a sudden, like a space of 2yrs, I see myself reducing and people are complaining asking if am sick because I look like one. I am very okay, not sick and very healthy. I have gone for tests but nothing was seen. I eat but not too much; I sleep well; I drink water a lot. Please, help me. I need to get fat.

A: Interesting question!

Your weight is a combination of a couple of factors. The first two are input (how much you eat) and your activity/exercise level (how much you burn). Others include your age, your state of health, your body’s ability to absorb nutrients, stress (job loss, bereavement) etc

However, weight loss, when you’re not trying to lose weight may be due to an underlying disease condition.

Some causes of…

Q: Doc what causes pee urine that has blood? I have a friend…She is having itching on her vagina and as a result anytime she urinates she sees blood coming out as she urinate. What kind of infection is that?

A: This question is quite common…but comes with a couple of variations. I repeat a post ?I/ had made to a similar question in the past.

A common cause of this is Urinary Tract Infection. This is an infection that occurs anywhere in the urinary tract (Genius me, right :D) and includes infections of the kidneys, the ureters (the tubes that connect the kidneys to the bladder),  the bladder (the reservoir or store house for the urine) and the urethra (the tube that transports the urine from the bladder to the outside).

So, who is more likely to have an infection and why? Women are more likely to have infections…

Q: Hello Dr. Ketch. I’m so glad to find your page. I just want to ask what a green poop means. My 3 year old & 1 1/2year old daughters sometimes poop green. A doctor once told me that green poop on children is bad, but she didn’t give the reason. Hope you can answer me Doc. Thank you

A: Thanks for writing in. It is important that we all develop the habit of asking our doctors questions. It is your right to fully understand what is wrong with you or your baby and receive sufficient information to make informed choices. It is not something the medic does when he/she is in a good mood. It must happen all the time!

In babies, green poo can be due to:

• Baby not nursing sufficiently from one breast before being moved to the other breast. This means that the baby gets…

Q. Please Doctor, may I know what food to eat due to appetite loss?

A: Thanks for writing in. The first thing really, would be to find the cause of the loss of appetite. Some people experience this as a symptom of an underlying disease which can range from thyroid problems, infections to cancers. So, excluding all these is important.

Then what to do?
• Eat smaller and more frequent meals/snacks. Some people naturally, ‘freak out’ when they see a huge bowl of food…how much more someone trying to get back into the grove of food 😀
• Limit your fluid intake when you eat and much as it breaks my heart to say so, do not fill up on too many veggies. They keep you full but provide few calories…which you need if your appetite loss is leading to weight loss.
• When you do feel hungry, don’t be…

Q: Hello doc. thanks so much for the educating info
that you keep feeding us and also responding to our inquiries – so much appreciated.
Doctor my wife is having her first pregnancy and these first two months have
proved to be hell for her. She’s having abdominal pains every now and then. It
started with the lower abdomen and now it’s all over. it’s often after moving
sometimes its just.
we went to the hospital for scan but there was nothing at all worrying that
much in her womb or anywhere cos the scanning was
thorough.Our worry is the pain is not reducing at all.What could it
be and what should we do? Please help!

A: Hi dear, thanks
for writing in and thanks for your kind words.

Abdominal pain in pregnancy may or may not be serious.

Harmless causes include:

·Constipation

·Gas

·The growing womb
(uterus)

·Braxton-Hicks
contractions…