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For Patients
General May 02, 2025
I WAS TOLD I HAVE FATTY LIVER. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

So, your doctor just told you that you have a mild fatty liver—also called Grade 1 fatty liver. It probably came up during a routine check-up or after a ...

For Patients
General Apr 01, 2025
WHY AM I ALWAYS TIRED? UNDERSTANDING SLEEP PROBLEMS AND THEIR IMPACT ON HEALTH.

Sleep is an essential part of our daily lives, yet millions of people around the world struggle to get the quality rest they need. Whether it's difficulty falli...

For Patients
General Mar 25, 2025
HEPATITIS

This case highlights the diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in managing a patient with acute malaria who developed severe liver injury following antimalarial...

For Patients
General Mar 18, 2025
I FEEL UNWELL. I THINK I HAVE FEVER

In textbooks, malaria is supposed to be an acute illness, but most Ghanaians will tell you it can feel like a chronic illness. It is always underpinned by mosqu...

For Patients
General Mar 17, 2025
THE WORST DIZZINESS EVER

Our patient is a 50-year-old retail professional who trades smoked fish. Over the past year she has been experiencing chronic morning cough which she has been t...

For Patients
General Mar 15, 2025
WHY DOES THE CENTER OF MY CHEST HURT WHEN I PRESS IT?

Introduction: In clinical practice, patients often present with a complex array of symptoms that span multiple organ systems, posing diagnostic and therapeutic...

For Patients
General Mar 15, 2025
PROSTATE DISEASE

Urinary symptoms in aging men are often dismissed as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), a common condition that can cause difficulty urinating and urinary rete...

For Patients
General Mar 15, 2025
FATIGUE AND HEPATITIS

Imagine this: For 10 years, a young woman feels like shes dragging her body through quicksand. Shes exhausted, her mind feels foggy, and her joints ache like sh...

For Patients
General Mar 15, 2025
MYSTERY OF FATIGUE AND FAMILY SECRETS

Introduction A 25-year-old woman walked into the clinic with a decade-long history of unexplained fatigue, brain fog, and joint pain—all dismissed as "s...