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MANAGING DIGESTIVE PROBLEMS  OK, let's assume you broke all or some of the rules and you ended up with GIT related problem. 🤦‍♀️ What to do?🤔 The good news is that digestive ailments have solutions 💃💃💃 As distressing and uncomfortable as GIT related issues can make you feel, help is here,  and they are simple and easy to comply with, especially if you love your health. Some remedy for so.e digestive need expert medical intervention, others need OTC (Iver The Counter) meds. Here are a couple of my recommendations for different digestive ailments: If you come down with  -constipation - heart burn -stomach cramps -indigestion DIGIVIN bitters is the remedy👍 It also helps with improving poor appetite. The other recommendation is PRO-TEATOX This helps with  -bloating  -indigestion  -tummy discomfort  It helps with detoxification in general 👍 If you have any of the mentioned digestive issues, either of these 2 will definitely he...

FALLOUTS OF HAVING FOOD STAY IN THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT (GIT) LONGER THAN NORMAL  So as long as you eat, you must do number two (poo). Your frequency of eating should be directly proportional to how often you do number two. So it means we MUST do number two daily, as long as we eat daily. If you don't have frequent bowel movements then you are prone to having GIT issues. When food gets into the GIT, enzymes help to break it down so it can digested. Undigested foods are a PROBLEM!😭 Here's what happens to foods that stay longer than neccessary in the GIT: - they get ROTTEN in the GIT🤮 - they get FERMENTED in the GIT🤮 - they get RANCID in the GIT🤮 - they get PUTREFIED in the GIT 🤮 All the above mentioned terms can be used interchangeably, but we are trying to paint a picture in your minds so you can connect with what we talking about. Bottom line is undigested foods have no business chilling in your GIT, you can replace  "chilling" with any of those t...

YOUR TUMMY IS NOT A STORAGE CONTAINER!!! I think some of us need the reminder that our GIT (Gastrointestinal Tract) is not a storage facility! No waysss. It's not a fridge!🤦‍♀️ Some of us think our tummies are for storage purposes. 🙄 You see, our digestive system consists of the digestive tract or GIT and some organs. The organs include- the mouth, oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, liver, pancreas, gall bladder and the anus. The GIT is in constant motion once we got food in it. This motion is involuntarily and its called  peristalsis. It helps our food move from point A to B alond the GIT before the wastes is eventually excreted. During the trip(of food) along the GIT, some of it is absorbed for use by the body and the waste is passed out. Having food content in the GIT longer than is neccessary has some bad implications. Some of us have been victims🤔🥺. Not an interesting place to be 🚶‍♀️ #DigestiveHealth #DigestiveAilments #Digestion #Foods #G...

DIGESTION 101 The foods we eat in their original presentation cannot be made use of by the body. They are basically complex in nature.  Foods have to be broken down into simpler forms before the body can absorb them and then become beneficial to us.  This breakdown happens with the aid of enzymes found in the GIT (Gastrointestinal Tract). So DIGESTION is how the body converts food into nutrients that the body can use for : -Energy -Growth -Cell repairs  Some foods are more easily digested than others, some take longer than others. The digestion process should not take forever! It should happen within a time frame. #Digestion #DigestiveHealth #DigestiveAilments #Foods #DigestingFoods #GastrointestinalHealth #GastrointestinalAilments #TheFABS  #TheFirstAidBoxShop #BeFABulouS

My water chugging journey 😁😁😁 Some time in late August i decided to start drinking water MORE water.  This decision was divinely inspired 😁😁😁 See these pictures? They rep my hair loss at different times. I have suffered consistent hair loss, i kinda got used to it. Every time i combed my hair, either after taking out braids or whatever i just lose a lot of hair.i steam as advised by the salon people. I even visited a hair clinic and they made their diagnosis-dry scalp, i tried to stick with their thearapy but got disinterested when i couldn't keep up with the tedious routine🤦‍♀️. I regularly buy all sorts of hair creams with claims to stop hair breakage and hair loss but nothing good came out of them🥺. I decided to go natural around late 2015 or early 2016 cause i thought it would help. Sadly i didn't see any benefit. My hair seems to grow fast cause one would expect i should wake up bald one day🤔 On the 13th of August i decided to save the hair...

SIGNS &SYMPTOMS OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT/DIGESTIVE TRACT AILMENTS  When one is is experiencing GIT related problems, the signs and symptoms can be mild, moderate or severe.  Attached in the poster are some common obvious things to look out for. Some of these also present as the actual ailment of GIT problems.  #DigestiveAilments #DigestiveHealth #GastrointestinalAilments #GastrointestinalHealth #TheFABS  #TheFirstAidBoxShop #BeFABulouS

You see this first aid kit? It's a must have for small families and for traveling.  Remember, it's best to prepare for a medical emergency and not have one than have an emergency and not be prepared! #TheFABSRectangleFirstAidKit #FirstAidKit #FirstAid #FirstAidSavesLives #TheFABS  #TheFirstAidBoxShop #BeFABulouS

CAUSES/SOURCES OF DIGESTIVE TRACT/GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT (GIT) AILMENTS  This is kind of a no-brainer 🙂  We often hear people say "you are what you eat". This is so true.🤔🙂 Most of the time, the sources of GIT related problems are as a result of what we consume-our diet. Some other time, it is as a result of the way our GIT functions or is structured.  So, the sources of GIT issues are quite diverse.  Aside the sources listed out in the attached poster, here are some sources of GIT ailments.  - Eating a lot of dairy products  - Stress - Traveling to new places and trying out new cuisine  - A change in our routine - When we have nutritional deficits - Pregnancy  - Use of certain meds e.g. narcotic analgesics, antidepressants, iron containing meds - Use of antacids containing calcium or aluminum. - Low supply of certain enzymes and bile (these help with digestion of foods eaten) Now we know some causes of digestive ailments, we now ha...

What is the digestive tract/Gastrointestinaltract ailments?🤔 Let's lay some foundation, but we won't get all scientific about this, but it's basic biology😁 The Digestive tract also referred to as the Gastrointestinal tract (GIT) is the pathway from the mouth to anus. So the route food tmoves along till it is excreted as waste via the anus is the GIT. The GIT includes the mouth, throat,oesophagus, stomach,  small intestine, large intestine, rectum and anus. So any problem that happens along this pathway is referred to as DIGESTIVE/GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT  AILMENT.  These ailments could be as a result of a structural problem of the GIT or could be a functional problem. The GIT ailments include: Diarrhoea, Indigestion, Heartburn, Bloating/Flatulence, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Food intolerance, Constipation, Nausea & Vomiting, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Peptic ulcers etc. We might have suffered from one or more of these conditions at some p...

Today is World AIDS Day  Every 1st of December is World AIDS Day.  It's a day to raise awareness on AIDS, deliberate on how to put an end to the HIV epidemic, put out info on preventive measures, support those living with AIDS and honour those who have died from AIDS.  The theme for this year is "Ending the HIV/AIDS Epidemic: Resilience & Impact" Unfortunately some people don't believe that AIDS/HIV does exist and so disregard precautionary measures.  Today and always, let's support those living with AIDS,let's exercise all preventive measures and check our status periodically   Stay safe. #WorldAIDSDay2020 #endingthehivaidsepidemic  #ResilenceAndImpact #TheFABS  #TheFirstAidBoxShop #BeFABulouS

DECEMBER is here! We are grateful.  The year has been all shades of drama globally, but we are still here, through thick and thin. December is a festive month and a lot of wining and dining happen. Sometimes we over indulge and end up with digestive/gastrointestinal issues. In this month, we would be all about GIT Gastrointestinal Tract) issues. So expect to get info on the following: -Indigestion -Diarrhoea &Traveler's Diarrhoea  - Heartburn -Bloating/flatulence  -Constipation  -Food intolerance  -Irritable Bowel Syndrome  -Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) -Peptic ulcer We would try to cover as much as possible, if we are not able to go through these topics, we would revisit them some other time . Here's hoping and praying we all stay safe and have an awesome December. #TheFABS  #TheFirstAidBoxShop #BeFABulouS

Welcome to the month of DECEMBER!💃💃💃 Introducing our topic for the month today😁 We would be all about DIGESTIVE/GASTROINTESTINAL AILMENTS  You don't want to snooze on us as we would be dishing out valuable info. #TheFABS  #TheFirstAidBoxShop #BeFABulouS

Today we wrap up on our series of foreign objects in the body. We gave info on: Foreign objects in the nose  Foreign objects in the ear Foreign objects in the rectum  Foreign objects in the eye We gave info on their sources, signs &symptoms, first aid &treatment, when to see a doctor and preventive measures.  We would have to put out info on  Foreign objects in the skin/flesh Foreign objects in the vagina  some other time We also talked about Pica, an eating disorder that involves people getting the urge to eat items with no nutritional benefit or non-food items. Whatever the foreign object is that gets into the body, either accidentally or intentionally, it is important that they are safely removed from the body without causing further harm to the casualty.  Sometimes these foreign objects can be easily and carefully removed by non medical personnel at other times, the aid of a medical professional and soecial tools and procedures is the only way o...

PREVENTION:FOREIGN OBJECTS IN THE EYE Here are a few ways to prevent foreign objects from entering the eye  #ForeignObjectsInTheEye #TheFABS  #BeFABulouS