Couple discovers wedding ring in baby's X-ray

X-rays revealed that a missing wedding ring was swallowed by a couple's baby.

A Seattle-area woman learned that the hard way after she noticed her wedding ring was missing on Thursday, according to a Reddit thread.

Who was the culprit? Their 14-month-old baby.

Imaging done by doctors at a hospital revealed a platinum wedding band lodged inside the baby's gut, according to Reddit user, iamclarkgriswold, who posted the story on the social media site. After being under observation for eight hours, the tiny tot was discharged and the parents were instructed to wait for nature to take its course.

That means poop, people.

"We were allowed to go home. If it doesn't pass naturally in two weeks, they will go get it," iamclarkgriswold wrote, explaining that doctors would have to perform surgery or use other medical methods to extract the ring if it didn't come out naturally.

After leaving the hospital the family was officially under "passing" watch, the father wrote in a post. Everyone -- husband, wife, the couple's other two kids -- was monitoring the toddler.

As the great baby-watch unfolded, Reddit users were abuzz with excitement.

The couple dissected each diaper like a grade-school science project in hopes of finding the ring, the father wrote.

After much anticipation and bemoaning, the couple fished out the wedding band and posted a not-suitable-for-work photo of it as proof.

Dad said he was thankful the toddler showed no signs of discomfort during the "passing" and reassured those online that the baby was doing just fine. He also asked people to be understanding.

"Don't be too critical of us. He's the third. The third practically raises themselves," he wrote.

Most parents know, or soon discover, that babies put everything in their mouths. Putting toys and objects into their mouths is part of a baby's developmental process, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Babies put things in their mouths to explore objects around them, pediatrician Jennifer Shu told CNN. And they will continue to do so until they are 2 or 3 years old.

"Or sometimes longer," Shu said. "Think about adults who chew on pens or pencils."

Source; CNN

The mother would have lost some weight, for the ring to have slipped off her finger unnoticed. It could also be that she placed it where the child could reach the ring. I had a similar case bach then in medical school but it was a coin that the child swallowed. An abdominal x-ray was done and the coin was located in the colon( large intestine), the doctor asked him to use potty to pass stool and that the coin should be checked in the faeces after defecation. The child passed the coin some days after.

I wrote a post on how to keep objects out of reach of children. Read HERE .

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Zika virus has infected 2,100 pregnant Colombians, health officials say

More than 2,100 pregnant Colombians are infected with the mosquito-borne Zika virus, the country's national health institute said on Saturday, as the disease continues its spread across the Americas

The virus has been linked to the devastating birth defect microcephaly, which prevents fetus' brains from developing properly. There is no vaccine or treatment. There are 20,297 confirmed cases of the virus in Colombia, the national health institute said in a epidemiology bulletin, with 2,116 pregnant women among them. 

There are so far no reported cases of microcephaly or deaths from the virus in Colombia. The institute said 37.2 per cent of pregnant women with Zika live in Norte de Santander province, along the eastern border with Venezuela. 

Earlier figures from the health ministry showed 560 pregnant women had the virus, out of more than 13,500 infections.

Zika cases have been confirmed in 23 countries and territories in the Americas and scientists are racing to develop a vaccine for the virus.

Nearly half of Colombia's Zika cases have been reported in the country's Caribbean region, the bulletin said. More than 60 per cent of those infected are women.

The health ministry has said Zika infection falls within the health requirements women must meet to get abortions in the country, which restricts the procedure unless patients are victims of rape, have significant medical problems or the fetus is fatally deformed.

Many women, especially those living far from large cities, struggle to find abortion providers even when they meet the legal requirements and illegal abortions are widespread.

The government has urged women to delay pregnancy for six to eight months to avoid potential infection. Officials expect up to 700,000 cases.

Brazil is the country hit hardest by the disease. It has reported around 3,700 cases of microcephaly strongly suspected to be related to Zika. The World Health Organization has said as many as four million people in the Americas may become infected.

Source;cbc news

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How many rounds of s3x can a man handle in a day?

This patient walks in and sits down as soon as he was called. A young man not more than 33 years of age.
Here is the conversation I had with him
Patient; Good evening doc. How work na?
Doctor; Good evening sir. How are you? You were here some days ago. I guess your here for the results of the tests you did the last time you saw a doctor.
Patient; Doc, this thing dey give me concern. Kai I no understand. Wetin the test talk sef
Doctor; What is the problem?j
Patient; See my problem be say I no fit perform like i dey do before.
Doctor; I want to get you right. Is it that your pen-s no dey stand again abi you mean another thing.
Patient; No be that one. The thing dey stand well well but the problem be say I dey do like 3 times now.
Doctor; 3 times in a day? Is that not ok.
Patient; Nooo. See doc before I dey do like 5 times before day go break.
Doctor; Are you serious? wetin you dey do?
Patient; Now sef just once or twice. My wife carry pikin for hand.
Doctor; why you no go allow this woman rest na. She just born pikin and you dey disturb her like this.
Patient; The pikin don reach  7 months oo. No be like baby wey dey just born.I wan marry another woman sef join am
Doctor; wetin you dey do? make you no just go dey born pikin full house.Make you born the one you fit train.o
Patient; Doctor you know get any drug wey you go give me make I take so that I go dey perform well well reach like 7 times sef.
Doctor;The result of the tests you did are all normal. Do you take any drugs like the one you smoke?
Patient ; whalai I no dey do that one.
Doctor; I no trust you again e be like say you dey smoke something. Any time wey I ask you wetin you dey do you no go talk.
Actually the patient was seen previously by another doctor and was asked to go do some investigations, which were all normal. I had to ask some few questions as well . There was really nothing wrong with this young man medically.
I just couldn't phantom out why a man would want to have up to 5 rounds of s3x in a day except if he is high on some drugs.
I may be wrong you know.I feel that it is kind of absurd. I just want to hear from you guys. Have you had such an experience? Please do share with us.
I am really curious to hear from you guys. Thanks for visiting.

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Lassa fever hits Jigawa, kills one

Jigawa State Government has confirmed the death of one person as a result of Lassa fever outbreak.

The state also disclosed that over 26 others persons who had contact with the decease were currently under surveillance.

Confirming the sad development, Commissioner of Health, Dr Abba Zakar, said the victim who until his death resided at Gujubaki village in Dutse Local Government area of the state, had just returned from Port Harcourt in Rivers State and reported to Dutse General Hospital with signs and symptoms suggestive of Lassa fever.

The commissioner explained that immediately the hospital management noticed the case, it contacted the state ministry of health.

According to him, the ministry immediately sent its Rapid Response Team, RRT, which consisted three Doctors, Disease Notification Officers, DNOs, and an Epidemiologist to examine the victim and take sample of his blood.

He said the blood sample was taken to a laboratory in Abuja where it was confirmed positive, lamenting that the victim died later the same day he reported to the hospital.

The commissioner said: “Unfortunately, about a week ago, that was exactly on January 25, an 18 year old Safiyanu Usaini, from Gujubaki village in Dutse town, who had travelled to one of the infected states, specially Port Harcourt, reported to Dutse General Hospital.”

Source ; Dailypost

The death toll for Lassa fever keeps rising everyday. What are we not doing right? Are we preventing the transmission from rat to human and from human to human? Why is the diagnosis taking so long? Why is the treatment not started on time? Are the drugs readily available? Or may be patients are not presenting to the hospital on time? A lot of questions to be answered.

Remember that prevention is better than cure. 

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Lassa fever: One dead, 3 infected in Akwa Ibom

The Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Dominic Ukpong, on Monday, disclosed that three suspected cases of Lassa fever had been recorded in the state, with one confirmed case of a patient who died before her test result came out.

Ukpong made this disclosure at the inauguration of a task force on the eradication of Lassa fever in the state, stating that one of the suspected cases absconded, while the confirmed case, a 53-year-old female crayfish seller, happened to be someone who had been undergoing treatment for HIV until her death.

The Commissioner said, “The situation is that Akwa Ibom is no longer free and since rat meat is not so much a delicacy in the state, I appeal to those that eat rat to please stop it.”

He charged the constituted Response Committee on Lassa fever to ensure the state kicks out the disease, urging the people to keep cats if they could, because cats drive away rats.

Source ; Dailypost

disease, urging the people to keep cats if they could, because cats drive away rats.

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Lassa fever: Nurse confirmed dead in Nasarawa

The Chairman of the Nasarawa state Rapid Response Task Force from the Ministry of Health, Dr. Ibrahim Adamu, has confirmed the death of a male nurse at Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, Lafia, who treated the index case of Lassa fever outbreak in the state.

Adamu, while disclosing this to newsmen in Lafia on Wednesday, described the death of the nurse, Oshafu Ibrahim, as a colossal loss at a time when all efforts were being made to curtail the spread of the disease in the state.

He confirmed the nurse died on Tuesday, having contracted the disease through the index case in December 2015.

The chairman said that adequate safety kits had been provided for health workers by the Federal and State governments to check the spread of the disease.

He urged the health workers to always observe the universal protection practice of hand washing and wearing of safety kits while attending to patients, urging healthcare providers not to be demoralised by the death of their colleague in carrying out their duty of saving lives.

source;Dailypost

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What you didnt know about road accident and epilepsy?

A known epileptic patient was brought to the ER ( emergency room) by the wife on account of occurrence of a seizure the night before. History taken from the patient showed that he wasn't compliant with his medications (anti-convulsant drugs)
I was shocked to hear the answer to my next question. Do you drive?  Yes I do.
 We hear of stories of how cars rammed into a crowd of people, veered off the road , knocked some body down, plunged into the river, or ran into a stationary vehicle.
Have you ever wondered what could have been the cause?
About 1.25million people die each year as a result of road traffic accidents.
Half of those dying on the world's roads are vulnerable road users; pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists.
Without action, road traffic accidents are predicted to rise to become the 7th leading cause of death by 2030.
 Factors that could be responsible for road traffic accidents are as follows;

1. Epilepsy and other medical conditions that could make you have seizures with or without loss of  consciousness.Just like I mentioned about my patient who drives and at the same time not compliant with his medications. Loss of consciousness is one of the symptoms you experience in some types of epilepsies and can lead to an accident if it happens while you are behind the wheel. 
2. Visual impairments leading to blurred vision.
3. Suicide attempts.
4. Mechanical faults from the vehicle.
5. Side effects of some drugs could actually cause dizziness.
6. Alcohol intoxication and other recreational drug use that could cause one to loose consciousness.
7. Weather conditions that could reduce visibility.
8. Speeding by drivers.
9. Distracted driving. 
10. Not obeying traffic rules.
11. Roads with potholes. etc

Road traffic accidents cause a considerable  economic losses to the victims, families and to the nation as well. These losses could arise from treatment and rehabilitation of the victims, reduced productivity from those disabled from the injury and for those who are also going to stay away from work to take care of the injured.

Health professionals should educate patients about the what the disease is all about, treatment, reasons for follow up etc  .

Patient education is very important in management of any health condition . Patient might not be aware of the dangers he/she faces if he/she is not compliant with his drugs. 

Epileptic patients must be on their drugs and must have been found to be seizure free for a certain number of years before he/she can be licensed to drive . This must be certified by a medical practitioner.

This also applies to other medical conditions, never abandon your drugs. Always talk with your doctor whenever you need help.

Remember that prevention is better than cure . Stay safe guys.

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