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What Causes   Abdominal Bloating? Abdominal bloating occurs when the gastrointestinal (GI) tract is filled with air or gas. Most people describe bloating as feeling full, tight, or swollen in the abdomen. Your abdomen may also be swollen (distended), hard, and painful. Bloating is often accompanied by: ·  pain ·  excessive gas (flatulence) ·  frequent burping or belching ·  abdominal rumbling or gurgles Abdominal bloating can interfere with your ability to work and participate in social or recreational activities. According to the   University of North Carolina , people who do experience abdominal bloating use more sick days, visit the doctor oftener, and take more medications than other people. Bloating is common among both adults and children. Why do I feel bloated ? Gas and air Gas is the most common cause of bloating, especially after eating. Gas builds up in the digestive tract when undigested food gets broken down...

Knock knees Knock knees are condition in which the knees touch, but the ankles do not touch. The legs turn inward. Causes Infants start out with bowlegs because of their folded position while in their mother's womb. The legs begin to straighten once the child starts to walk (at about 12 to 18 months). By age 3, the child becomes knock-kneed. When the child stands, the knees touch but the ankles are apart. By puberty, the legs straighten out and most children can stand with the knees and ankles touching (without forcing the position). Knock knees can also develop as a result of a medical problem or disease, such as: · Injury of the shinbone (only one leg will be knock-kneed) · Osteomyelitis (bone infection) · Overweight or obesity · Rickets (a disease caused by a lack of vitamin D) Exams and Tests A health care provider will examine your child. Tests will be done if there are signs that knock knees are not a part of normal developme...

Many cartons of tramadol estimated at about 4000 kilogrammes have been intercepted by the Murtala Muhammed Airport command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). . . NDLEA Commander at the Lagos Airport, Garba Ahmadu, who unveiled the seized tramadol to newsmen at the airport, said the interception was made through intelligence information received from its foreign counterparts. . . It was learnt that the tramadol was imported into the country from India and intercepted at the cargo shed of the Skyway Aviation Handling Company (SAHCOL). . . For about one month, no cargo agent showed up to claim the consignments prompting the agency to take possession of the items. . . The NDLEA boss disclosed that the psychotropic substance consists of capsules and tablets of 225 and 125 milligrams respectively far above the 50-100 milligrams of dosage approved by the government

A meeting between the federal government and the striking health workers under the aegis of the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) has again ended with no agreement, a leader of the union has said. According to the National Vice Chairman of JOHESU, Ogbonna Chimela, the government in the meeting held Wednesday said they are preparing an offer for the union. “They said they want to make an offer to us but we don’t know what it is yet until we study it and know if its what we can accept or not,” Mr Chimela said. JOHESU, an association of health workers except doctors, has been on strike for exactly 22 days. Patients are worst hit as nurses and midwives — some of the most influential members of JOHESU — have all downed tools in federal health institutions. PREMIUM TIMES earlier Wednesday reported that the states and local governments health workers had been directed to join the strike by Wednesday, midnight. State leaders of the union said they agreed to join the ongoing strik...

Cold & Flu Symptoms in Children Caring for a sick child brings extra stress and worry for everyone in the family—especially parents. Unfortunately, colds and the flu are very common in children. On average, kids can expect five or six colds a year before they start school. Some kids get as many as eight to 10 colds a year. It isn’t until they become teenagers that kids settle down to adult levels of cold infections, getting infected about four times a year on average. Kids get sick a lot because they’ve never been exposed to the many common cold and flu viruses that most adults have already built immunities to. Building immunities takes time: many years, in fact. Plus there are more than 200 different cold viruses, making the situation worse. Unfortunately colds cannot be cured. That’s why treatment is your first line of defense when it comes to fighting sickness in children. In this article, we will use the advice of medical experts to give you the best c...

Drug abuse occurs when a person begins a consistent pattern of use of a substance beyond what is recommended if the substance is prescribed. If the substance is not prescribed, abuse occurs when the quantity of the substance used is increased to achieve a high that was once achieved at a lower quantity. There are many dangers to abuse of drugs including physical and psychological addiction, change in brain chemistry and functioning, and death. DANGER OF ADDICTION When a drug is abused, the potential for addiction is increased due to the physical need that the body develops once the drug's effects are achieved. Abuse turns into addiction through chemical changes that the drug supplies to the body when used regularly. Additionally, an emotional and mental attachment develops, causing preoccupation with gaining the pleasurable effects that the drug brings. The body misses the drug when it is not present, causing the person to seek that feeling through ongoing drug use. Addiction has...

This Is When She's Most Likely to Cheat In Your Relationship - INFORMATION NIGERIA informationng.com Aug 13 2017 1:16 PM There might be some truth to the seven-year itch: Women who have been married for a moderate amount of time are more likely to be tempted to cheat than those who have been hitched for a shorter or longer period, a new study in the Journal of s*x Research found. After surveying 423 people, the researchers discovered that women who were married between six to 10 years were most likely to consider engaging in an extramarital affair. The picture was pretty different for dudes: As the time they were married increased, so did the likelihood that they would entertain the option to stray. In fact, men who had been married 11 or more years reported the greatest willingness to allow an intimate encounter to develop with someone other than their spouse. So what did men and women consider as cheating anyway? The least likely behavior the participants counted as cheating...