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Regularly practicing & techniques in the WHO stress management guide can help you find peace of mind & meaning in your life even during times of high stress. Click the [link] below to download the Illustrated guide in PDF format.

https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstreams/1276043/retrieve

WHO stress management guide helps people recognize the physical signs of stress e.g.
❗️Headache
❗️Neck & shoulder pain
❗️Upset stomach
❗️Heavy chest, etc.

Advice for coping with stress https://bit.ly/WHOStressManagement

One year ago, a friend posted this.

Many of us been using 2 medical masks; others would even use medical mask on top of N95.

CDC just proved in a study: 2 masks better than 1.

Just make sure you can breathe well and that you don't feel dizzy or restless nor have headaches or can't concentrate well, because these are signs you have low levels of oxygen.

Stay safe and practice social distancing.
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Understanding Covid:

Covid virus is back .. repeating its old trick - mutating again, called OMICRON.

Trick or treat? Another scare and lockdown?

Vaccination can still help to prevent infection of covid19 and previous variants.

So, stay healthy and keep safe:
1. wear surgical mask, NOT cloth masks.
2. practice physical distance of at least 1 meter and
3. avoid unnecessary crowded places, especially indoors. Open air is better.

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About IVERMECTIN

There was a randomized clinical trial of ivermectin in patients with mild forms of COVID-19 that was published in JAMA in March 2021. That study analyzed 476 patients.

OBJECTIVE:
To determine whether ivermectin is an efficacious treatment for mild COVID-19.

DESIGN, SETTING, and PARTICIPANTS
Double-blind, randomized trial conducted at a single site in Cali, Colombia. Potential study participants were identified by simple random sampling from the state’s health department electronic database of patients with symptomatic, laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 during the study period. A total of 476 adult patients with mild disease and symptoms for 7 days or fewer (at home or hospitalized) were enrolled between July 15 and November 30, 2020, and followed up through December 21, 2020.

INTERVENTION:
Patients were randomized to receive ivermectin, 300 μg/kg of body weight per day for 5 days (n = 200) or placebo (n = 200).

MAIN OUTCOMES and MEASURES:
Primary outcome was time to resolution of symptoms within a 21-day follow-up period. Solicited adverse events and serious adverse events were also collected.

RESULTS:
Among 400 patients who were randomized in the primary analysis population (median age, 37 years [interquartile range {IQR}, 29-48]; 231 women [58%]), 398 (99.5%) completed the trial. The median time to resolution of symptoms was 10 days (IQR, 9-13) in the ivermectin group compared with 12 days (IQR, 9-13) in the placebo group (hazard ratio for resolution of symptoms, 1.07 [95% CI, 0.87 to 1.32]; P = .53 by log-rank test). By day 21, 82% in the ivermectin group and 79% in the placebo group had resolved symptoms. The most common solicited adverse event was headache, reported by 104 patients (52%) given ivermectin and 111 (56%) who received placebo. The most common serious adverse event was multiorgan failure, occurring in 4 patients (2 in each group).

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2777389

Effect of Ivermectin on Time to Resolution of Symptoms Among Adults With Mild COVID-19 This randomized trial compares the effects of ivermectin vs placebo on time to symptom resolution within 21 days among patients with mild COVID-19.

Understanding Covid:
COVID Early treatment, published in the American Journal of Medicine

Pathophysiological Basis and Rationale for Early Outpatient Treatment of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Infection

Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH
Ronan J. Kelly, MD
Gaetano Ruocco, MD
William W. O'Neill, MD
Marcus Zervos, MD
Harvey A. Risch, MD, PhD

Open Access Published:
August 06, 2020
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2020.07.003

https://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343%2820%2930673-2/fulltext

Pathophysiological Basis and Rationale for Early Outpatient Treatment of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Infection Approximately 9 months of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavius-2 (SARS-CoV-2 [COVID-19]) spreading across the globe has led to widespread COVID-19 acute hospitalizations and death. The rapidity and highly communicable nature of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak has hampered the design and executio...

Coughing is your body's way of clearing your lungs -- but did you know there's a right way to do it? How to cough so it helps the most:

Home Treatments for Pneumonia While you're getting over pneumonia, there are a lot of ways to ease the cough, aches, and fever as your health improves.

Vaccination advisory for residents of Tacloban City.
You can register online.

The online vaccine registration is ready to accept registrations from residents of Tacloban City. For 1st dose inoculation, register online at https://safecity.tacloban.gov.ph/vaccine-registration/. Thanks

[Andam na kumarawat hin panrehistro an vaccination online registration website tikang ha mga residente han Tacloban City. Para han mapabakuna han 1st dose pag rehistro la ha https://safecity.tacloban.gov.ph/vaccine-registration/. Salamat.]

Understanding COVID:

There are some common symptoms that can stay even after you’ve been diagnosed with the COVID-19 virus.

So, stay healthy and keep safe:
1. wear surgical mask, NOT cloth masks.
2. practice physical distance of at least 1 meter and
3. avoid unnecessary crowded places, especially indoors. Open air is better.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-long-term-effects/art-20490351

As a Primary Care Physician, I am offering Telemedicine services to patients and friends.

With the continued presence of the COVID global pandemic , the social distance and quarantine, I offer this platform of service. You can reach me via Facebook messaging.

This is free.

I am based in Tacloban City Philippines. I have nothing to disclose. I am limited only according to the best of what i can do as a Physician-Surgeon. My capability to respond will also depend also on the availability and strength of internet access in my area.

Just simple steps:

1-Click "Send Message"
2-I will contact you by sending you a reply-message via Facebook messenger.

Thank you and God bless you.

CAN I GET THE COVID-19 VACCINE AT THE SAME TIME I GET MY ANNUAL SEASONAL INFLUENZA VACCINE?
16 hours ago
Updated

The COVID-19 vaccine and influenza vaccine should not be given at the same time. The COVID-19 vaccine and influenza vaccine should be spaced 14 days apart.

We offer free advise. Contact us.

Does a flu vaccination protect against COVID-19? And if so, why? These are the questions medical professionals are asking after a team of doctors led by Anna Conlon from the University of Michigan came to some startling conclusions in a recent study published in the American Journal of Infection Control.

The physicians had looked at patient data from 27,201 Michigan residents who had taken a COVID-19 test before July 15, 2020. Of those, 12,997 had previously been vaccinated against the flu.

The study found that the proportion of flu-vaccinated people who contracted the coronavirus was slightly lower than among those who had not been vaccinated: 4% instead of 4.9%. That may not look like much at first glance, but it means that people who'd had a flu shot had a 24% lower chance of contracting COVID-19.

In addition, the flu-vaccinated patients were also less likely to require hospitalization or ventilation for coronavirus infection, and their hospital stays were shorter on average.

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Many of us been using 2 medical masks; others would even use medical mask on top of N95.

CDC just proved: 2 masks are better than 1.

Just make sure you can breathe well and that you don't feel dizzy or restless nor have headaches or can't concentrate well, because these are signs you have low levels of oxygen.

Stay safe and practice social distancing.

Advise to all.

1. You can not finish all the house chores in one day. Those who did are stressly sick and some are buried already.

2. Please create time to rest, it is not a sin to sit down , put up your legs on the table and pick popcorn.

3. Please sleep if need be that headache will go. Those who refuse to take vacation, or leave, or time out or rest time, their families are missing them because they have gone untimely to their maker.

4. Stop taking sedatives to sleep, you are destroying your brain and organs. At a point you will begin to forget things. Relax the brain , worry less, think less, laugh more , smile more. Everything will pass with time.

5. Sometimes go and sit outside quietly on your own, do nothing say nothing , just admire Gods handiwork, breath in fresh air calmly. Hurry not.

6. Stand by your mirror smile to yourself, laugh , that turns on positive aura around you so you can glow.

7. Go buy yourself a snack or two or drink. Just do something for yourself even if hubby does that for you so you off load the things in your head.

8. Get necessary home gadgets to ease your work in order to avoid stress. Stress is the highest silent killer of women.

9. If you are not feeling well say it , do something about it, go to health centre, hospital or call a nearby nurse, do not sit around waiting for hubby to buy drugs. He may come back late , your life matters. 💕
if not join the single life club and follow Jesus🥂🤣😀💕🍷❤😂😀

10. Check your blood pressure and sugar level occasionally, whether you are sick or not. It has saved a lot of in the past.

CTTO , a medical doctor who shared these advises for women via WhatsApp. They are simple and straightforward. Please share to every woman (including men) out there so they can get healthier and better every year.

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Cumulative exposure linked to a HIGHER RISK of hospitalization and death, according to a new study.

Heavy were 2.25 TIMES more likely to be hospitalized with the virus, and 1.89 TIMES more likely to die after diagnosis, than never-smokers.

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October is breast cancer awarenes month. I am also here to be involved and support for people affected by breast cancer.

Let’s defeat breast cancer together.

WHAT is FLU?

Flu is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses that infect the nose, throat, and sometimes the lungs. It can cause mild to severe illness, and at times can lead to death.

Flu: Symptoms, Prevention and Myths Ang may flu shot, big shot! Ask your doctor about Flu Vaccination today.