CHILDREN’S HEALTH: MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITIES IN ADOLESCENT GIRLS

Symptoms: severe abdominal pain or backache; menstruation before age nine; failure to menstruate by age 17; long-term absence of menstruation; excessive bleeding. Home care: Give aspirin or paracetamol for pain. Encourage the girl to follow her normal schedule of activities during her period. Consult her doctor. -    After a girl starts to menstruate it may take [...]

HELPFUL TIPS ON HERPES PREVENTION

•     Keep the number of sex partners you have down to a minimum. You can never tell if someone has herpes-until it’s too late. •     Avoid public lavatories if possible. Some recent work has shown that herpes virus can survive on lavatory seats for a number of hours and on cotton gauze for 72 hours. [...]