
Meningitis in Uganda: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
What is Meningitis?Meningitis is a serious infection causing inflammation of the meninges—the protective membranes covering the brain. Bacterial meningitis is a notifiable disease and requires
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What is Meningitis?Meningitis is a serious infection causing inflammation of the meninges—the protective membranes covering the brain. Bacterial meningitis is a notifiable disease and requires
What is Leprosy?Leprosy, also called Hansen’s disease, is a long-term bacterial infection caused by Mycobacterium leprae. It mainly affects the skin, nerves, and mucous membranes.
What is Diphtheria?Diphtheria is a serious bacterial infection caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae. It spreads through droplets from coughs or sneezes and mainly affects the throat
What is Brucellosis?Brucellosis, also called undulant fever, Malta fever, or abortus fever, is a bacterial infection that spreads from animals to humans. It often affects
Anthrax is a serious infectious disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. It mainly affects wild and domestic animals like cattle, sheep, goats, camels, and
What is Hypoxaemia? Hypoxaemia means low oxygen concentration in the blood. It is diagnosed when oxygen saturation (SpO2) is below 90% on a pulse oximeter.
Food poisoning is an illness caused by eating food or drinking water contaminated with harmful microorganisms. It often affects many people after consuming shared food
Alcohol poisoning can be acute or chronic, resulting from excessive alcohol intake over a short time or long-term heavy drinking combined with poor nutrition. You
What is Methanol Poisoning? Methanol is a chemical found in some industrial solvents and methylated spirits. Sometimes it is swallowed intentionally for self-harm or mistakenly
What is Warfarin Poisoning? Warfarin poisoning can happen either by accidentally swallowing rat poison that contains warfarin-like substances or by taking too much warfarin medicine
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