Diseases that are not transmitted directly from one person to another are troubling many Ugandans
Diseases that are not transmitted directly from one person to another are troubling many Ugandans including my mother.
Today someone laughed at me for not knowing much about a Ugandan disease called hepatitis B,(I don’t know what the ‘B’ stands for). My adopted daughter has it, so we have to treat it using an expensive treatment. When I asked the nurse if the disease is new or old, she said that it has been around in Uganda only for a few years. I asked her its origin, she didn’t know. I further inquired what could have brought it, could be change in weather patterns, climatical changes, bad eating habbits, strange birds/animals emerging from nowhere to transmit it or what, she had no idea but warned me also to go for a check up and get vaccinated or else….
I hope this disease was not manufactured by someone with sinister motives! May be am just naïve not to know that we are living in changing times; new diseases, new everything, now I even hear facebook will launch a new crypto currency next year called Libra, which if it succeeds will potentially disrupt many things.
Onward I drove to Kampala to a specialized heart clinic; my mom is suffering from severe heart problems. Prayers will be very much appreciated. As we sit in the waiting lobby to see the doctor, I notice that most of the patients seem to be from middle class settings. Most of the high end clinics in Kampala are always busy, why? The explanation could probably lay in the lifestyle of these people. Eating Junk food almost every day, no exercising at all, daily exposure to radiations from cell phones and TVs, etc, being driven by the desire look modern and stylish. Then the outcome of this “modern” lifestyle- non-communicable diseases and other health complications. Statics show that lifestyle/non-communicable diseases (diseases that are not transmitted directly from one person to another like Cancer and Diabetes) kill many Ugandans every year.
We people who stay in the villages are ‘forced’ by circumstance to eat fresh and health food. (Most fruits/vegetable lose their nutrients a few hours after picking). We walk to and from the garden (exercising),use less cooking oil, eat fresh food,etc. My auntie is close to 90 years but she is still strong.
John Maxwell talks about being intentional in all that we do if we are to see good results. We cannot eat Junk food or fail/refuse to exercise and expect good health.
Blessings- Edward
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