Viral Hepatitis: Types, Transmission and Control.

by Tayo Fasuan

Few weeks ago, a friend casually told me when we were hanging out that he was diagnosed with hepatitis. When I asked him which one, he looked stunned and blurted out “What do you mean by ‘which one’? Do we have a lot?” His stunned look shocked me, but I kind of expected it. People don’t really know much about different types of hepatitis, and I think in the event of #World_Hepatitis_Day that was marked yesterday, it is about time I provide some information about it.

Simple, Important Questions & Answers about Autoimmune Diseases (III)

What Are Some Other Problems Related to Autoimmune Diseases?

Having a chronic disease can affect almost every part of your life. The problems you might have with an autoimmune disease vary. They may include:

• How you look and your self-esteem — Depending on your disease, you may have discolored or damaged skin or hair loss. Your joints may look different. These can all affect how you look and your self-esteem. Such problems can’t always be prevented. But their effects can be reduced with treatment. Cosmetics, for example, can hide a skin rash. Surgery can correct a malformed joint.

Busted! Pregnancy does not cause immunosuppression in women

One of the main hypotheses used to explain the increased risk for infection and mortality during pregnancy has been the concept of “pregnancy as an immune suppressed condition”. The “paradox of pregnancy” as a semi-allograft has been approached from the point of perspective of organ transplantation. The view of the foetus as an organ transplant, and the requirement of systemic immune suppression for the success of the transplant, led to the proposal of pregnancy as a condition of systemic immune suppression as a requirement for the success of the pregnancy. From this point of view, similarly as in immune suppressed patients, pregnancy is in a state of weak immunologic protection.