Mr. Sunthorn Sunthornchat, director of the Department of Health (NIDA), Bangkok, spoke regarding screening and finding people with risk factors for breast cancer. NIH has campaigned for women to receive breast cancer screening services both reactively at the family planning clinic and postpartum at the public health service center. Bangkok and proactively by a mobile female cancer screening vehicle In which there are more than 5,000 people who have received breast cancer screening services in 2022, while publicizing knowledge regarding self-checking for breast cancer. Women aged 20 years and over should perform breast self-exams every month by looking at the eyes (Look for Change) and feeling by hand (Feel for Change). or breast screening After the menstrual period is over, regarding 3 – 7 days in order to know what their normal breast characteristics are. Including observing breast abnormalities that should be urgently seen by a doctor, such as lumps or hard lumps in the kidneys, lymph or blood flowing from the nipples. The skin around the breast has dimples. The nipples are abnormally retracted, the breasts are swollen, and both breasts are not at the same level. There is a change in the size and shape of the breast, etc. If abnormalities are found in the early stages, they can be cured. People can easily learn the process of breast self-examination through the video clip “3 inches, 3 touches, breast cancer, know quickly, can be treated with Thanyarak Foundation” at the website https://youtu.be/VFGdqy6YiYQ.
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“Blue Mars”: against colon cancer, screening kits distributed in pharmacies
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
Throughout the month of March, the population is thus invited to be screened. For the occasion, screening kits are available in pharmacies. Quick, effective and to be done at home, this test aims “to detect the presence of human blood in the stool”explain l’ARS. “It is recommended for all people between the ages of 50 and 74 who have no symptoms, no personal or family history of a polyp, cancer or disease affecting the colon or rectum, or any particular risk factor.”
French Guiana: five cases of dengue fever confirmed, Public Health alert France
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
There are different types of symptoms for this disease. The dengue “classic” manifests abruptly following 2 to 7 days of incubation with the appearance of a high fever often accompanied by headache, nausea, vomiting, joint and muscle pain and a rash resembling that of measles . After 3 to 4 days, a brief remission is observed, then the symptoms intensify, conjunctival hemorrhages, nosebleeds or bruises may occur, before regressing rapidly following a week. Healing is accompanied by a fortnight’s convalescence.
“Classic dengue fever, although very debilitating, is not considered a severe disease like dengue hemorrhagic fever”, however, reports the Pasteur Institute. However, for some cases, the complications can be a little more severe, even fatal. The haemorrhagic form of the disease, which accounts for around 1% of dengue fever cases worldwide, is extremely severe: fever persists and multiple haemorrhages, including gastrointestinal, skin and cerebral haemorrhages, often occur.
The United States has surpassed 102,000,000 cases of COVID-19, with more than 1,100,000 deaths.
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
Worldometer, a website that reports the latest data compiled by health authorities around the world, said the United States had 102,686,752 cumulative cases of COVID-19, while the cumulative death toll stood at 1,118,478.
The United States ranks first in the world in terms of total number of COVID-19 cases. and the deceased
The state with more than 11 million cases is California.
The state with more than 8 million cases is Texas.
The state with more than 7 million cases is Florida.
The state with more than 6 million cases is New York.
States with more than 3 million cases are Illinois, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Ohio.
States with more than 2 million cases are Michigan, Georgia, New Jersey, Tennessee, Arizona, Virginia, Massachusetts, Indiana.
Additionally, California is the state with the highest number of deaths in the United States with 98,656 deaths.
Experts revealed that The XBB.1.5 omikron virus is becoming a COVID-19 virus. Main species in the US Because the virus can bypass the immune system. and adheres to human cells better than other strains
According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the XBB.1.5 omikron strain accounts for 41% of the total spread of COVID-19. All new cases detected in the United States That’s nearly double the 21.7% detected last week.
Public health officials around the world have been keeping an eye on the XBB family of viruses because they are easily mutated. make the COVID-19 vaccine less effective in defense
The XBB virus was first detected in India in August 2022. before spreading to become the main strain of the virus in the country and later an outbreak spread to Singapore which later mutated into several subspecies, including XBB.1 and XBB.1.5.