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YOUR ENVIRONMENT AND YOUR HEALTH

  We are expose to different types of pollution by virtue of the kind of  environment we live in, the kind of activities we engage in, and also the kind of lifestyle we live. And we take in this pollutants through inhalation, physical exposure, skin contract, etc. Exposure to toxics in air, water, soil, and chemicals, are the largest environmental cause of premature death, according to the Global Alliance on Health and Pollution(GAHP).       Some factors that can cause toxics build-up in the body, includes but not limited to; cigarettes smoking, bad eating habits, excessive alcohol consumption, taking sugary foods and drinks, lack of regular exercise, etc,             All these factors come with severe health implication and complications. Note that when the body is overwhelmed by these harmful substances, it leads to oxidative stress, which is a situation whereby there are more free radicals than antioxidants in the body, the...

STAPH INFECTIONS, why you should be worried

         It 's quite unfortunate that so many people out there are carrying staphylococcus bacteria on their body unaware, undetected, simply because of the readily available presence of the invasive microorganism on virtually every surfaces plus the ease of contracting it.       At times, people infected with the bacteria, show no signs or symptoms, save for some minor skin conditions like- boils, abscesses, cellulitis impetigo, paronychia, etc. It's only when the staph bacteria have stayed long in their body and eventually enters the bloodstream, that's when the real problem starts. By this time, the bacteria would have done some serious damages at the cellular level, what more? the carrier must have spread it unknowingly.      The staphylococcus aureus, is a bacteria that belongs to the Staphylococci family. They are gram-positive, that's they have a thick outer layer made of peptidoglycan, a round (coccus) bacteria found in gra...