Problems_V_W_X_Y_Z
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Vaginitis
Vertigo
Villains (Terrorists included)
Vomiting
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Wheezing
Wickedness
Worries
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Xenomania
Xenophobia
Xeroxis
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Yawning
Yellow
Fever
Z
ZollingerEllison
Syndrome
Zombies
Zoonosis
Vaginitis
Vaginitis is inflammation of the vagina. It could be caused by
fungus Candida albicans and protozoan Trichomonas vaginalis.
Atropic vaginitis is due to postmenopausal problem. The symptoms of vaginitis
are usually itching, swelling of vagina, foul smelly discharge and dysuria.
Treatment
Females
who have inflammation, foul smelly discharge or itching or burning of the
vagina must not postpone a visit to the gynecologist.
The doctor will do tests to ascertain what type of vaginitis it is.
Then the gynecologist will treat accordingly. Drug clotrimalozole for Candida
albicans and metronidazole for trichomonas vaginitis are usually
prescribed.31 For postmenopausal women with atropic vaginitis they
are treated with estrogen replacement therapy.
A menopausal woman, who doesn't want to use estrogens, can use a
vaginal crème every day. By
the way, a female should be taught how to prevent vaginitis through good
personal hygiene. Because the fungus Candida albicans is always present
in the vagina, women should have excellent personal hygiene in order to
prevent vaginitis. This fungus can multiply if there is some kind of stress,
pregnancy, use of birth control pills and diabetes.
A
female should be careful of the protozoan, which is Trichomonas vaginilis.
This can be contracted with contaminated objects such as bed covers,
clothing and toilet seats, that may contain some infected vaginal discharge.
When a woman leaves some of her infected discharge on the toilet seat then the
next woman using it will automatically contract this disease.
So women have to be extremely careful and ensure that the toilet seats
they are using are clean before they use it and after they use it they should
also clean it. All females should be told to wipe the vagina with towel from
front to back and not vice versa. If
they wipe from back to front then they might directly transmit pathogenic
microorganisms from the anus to the vagina. Panty hose can aggravate candidal
vaginitis.
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Vertigo
Vertigo
is a feeling of going around either in oneself or ones surroundings. The
vertigo patient may have a feeling of falling backward or frontward, or he
might have a feeling that the ground is rolling under ones feet.
Sometimes the patient will feel that the environment is moving in
relation to him or he is moving in relation to the environment.
This condition is produced due to associate diseases of the cerebellum
and the vestibular nerve of the ear. It
is also a symptom of Menieres syndrome.
Treatment
The
patient who is suffering from this spinning experience or vertigo must not
delay but visit an ENT specialist. The ENT specialist will treat according to the cause of the
vertigo. The doctors usually give
antibiotics for infectious diseases that could lead to vertigo.
They would treat symptoms like nausea and vomiting too. Bed rest may be
advised for severe cases of vertigo.
But for chronic vertigo patients, a recommendation is to do some
exercises. The last resort could
be surgery if the person still has the vertigo problem.
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Villains
A
villain is criminal or a scoundrel. A villain is also an uncouth person.
In movies the persons who act as bad guys are known as villains.
There are innumerous villains in real life. These guys deliberately try to terrorize and to kill.
All terrorists are deadly villains in the society.
Non-Spiritual
Solutions
As
long as this world lasts, there will be villains because it is full of sin. We
should educate the youth not to turn into villains.
Some villains should be advised to seek pastors and counselors for
counsel, to see if they can turn over new leaves, but if they dont desire
to change, then they should be reported to the police.
But when you report to the police, you are to make sure that they
dont know about it because if they do, they will do anything to fix you up.
Spiritual
Solutions
We
cannot rid the world of villains because 2nd Timothy 2: 1-5 states
that we are living in the last days which are perilous times. In these last
days there will be boasters, proud people, blasphemers, disobedient to
parents, unthankful, proud, unholy, with unnatural affection,
false accusers, despisers of those that are good, lovers of flesh; so we
are bound to live with them. The government should make stringent laws to fix
up all the criminals and villains. All the terrorists must be gifted with
death sentences. It will be good if villains give their lives to Lord Jesus
and be changed. Lets pray for them.
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Vomiting
Vomiting
is an expulsion of stomach contents via the esophagus and mouth. There are
many factors, which can contribute to vomiting.
Most of the gastrointestinal disorders, peritonitis, infections, and
hepatitis A, B and C, poisoning, central nervous tumors, psychogenic disorders
like anorexia nervosa and psychiatric disorders can cause vomiting.
During the first trimester of pregnancy a woman can experience morning
sickness where there is vomiting.
Treatment
Needless
to say, the treatment depends on the cause of the vomiting. If vomiting is
mild and it ceases, the patient can ingest liquids like soups, broths and
small quantities of food. If it
is severe, hospitalization is required. Since
most patients get dehydrated, intravenous saline solution is administered. The
antivomiting drugs (also known as anti-emetic medications) that are generally
prescribed are domperidone and metoclopramide.32 Some patients
suffer from hematemesis (see Appendix I), which is a sign of peptic ulcers or
some other gastrointestinal diseases and the doctors would treat according to
the cause of it.
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Warts
Wart
is an elation of the skin, which is caused by hypertrophy of the papillae in
the dermis due to human papilloma virus. Warts can appear at any age but it is
most prevalent in older children. Wart may be single or multiple. Warts may persist for many
years and then completely may disappear. But for some persons they might
reoccur at the same site or at a different site. The common warts are
generally found on fingers, elbows, knees, and face but they can be found at
other places. They can be spread by contact. There are also plantar warts,
which are found on soles of the feet.
The genital warts are found on the vagina, vaginal walls or cervix.
They are sexually transmitted and pregnancy can favor growth.
Management
The
person who is suffering from warts should see a medical doctor or a
dermatologist. The treatment
would be individualized because it is intricate. For warts the treatment is
generally salicylic acid as ointments or gels that are applied nightly for
three months.33 The
second choice of treatment could be liquid nitrogen.
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Wheezing
Wheezing
is breathing with a whistling sound. It may result from obstruction of the
pharynx structure or nose. Wheezing is mostly due to asthma.
Wheezing is occasionally accompanied by complaints of chest tightness.
Treatment
If
wheezing is because of asthma, then the asthma should be treated.
Generally when the asthma patient uses a nebulizer, wheezing will stop
for the time being. If it is
wheezing because of obstruction of the pharynx or nose then the patient should
be treated accordingly by an ENT specialist.
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Wickedness
Wickedness
is a state of being bad or being immoral. It is a condition where there are no
morals and there is trouble and distress. Ever since the world began there had
been wickedness. But during the time of Noah, wickedness was too much that God
had to destroy the world. Genesis 6:5 states, And
God saw the wickedness of man was great in the earth and that every
imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. The
Bible informs that in the last days there will be wickedness for 2nd
Timothy 3:1-5 mentions so. This is a grave problem, which can give birth to countless
problems. All the terrorists who snuff out innocent lives are wicked stinkers.
Spiritual
Solutions
Because
the Bible states that there would be wickedness till the coming of Christ, we
should train our children not to become bad or sexually immoral. We are to
train them to be good children through our lifestyles. We have to avoid
wickedness since it is here to stay until the coming of Lord Jesus. One thing
we can do is we can pray for all the people who are wicked so that they can be
changed.
However,
the wicked are to be punished harshly to prevent the multiplication of
wickedness. The terrorists ought to be punished through death sentences in
order to curtail them. Terrorism has to be nipped at the bud. The wicked
should know that they would not have peace. There is no peace to the wicked,
states Isaiah 57: 21. The wicked ought to change their lifestyles for God
will shower mercies on them if they repent.
Isaiah 55:7 states, Let the
wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him
return unto the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him, and to our God, for He
will abundantly pardon. So all the wicked persons are to repent and be
saved in the kingdom of God.
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Worries
Worry
is a mental distress. It could
also be an agitation. Many
people worry over trivial matters. When they go out of the house they worry
whether they have locked the door, or whether they left the gas stove on and
so on. Some people worry over big
matters like how to buy a house or how to be rich. This worrying can cause
psychosomatic diseases, anxiety and depression.
Non-Spiritual
Solutions
There
is nothing that can be cured by just worrying.
If you sit in one corner and keep worrying and worrying, no problem
whatsoever will be solved. There is absolutely no use of sitting and worrying.
The best thing you can do is to pray about your worries and let God
take care of those worries. Remember, worrying is not inherited but it is acquired.
Worrying
is a nasty habit as it is cumbersome and difficult to kick it. A man who was
worrying over anything and everything went to a psychiatrist for cure for his
worries. The psychiatrist treated the man for many years. One day the
psychiatrist said to him, I have treated you for 8 years and finally I have
completely cured your problem of worries. Youll never worry again in your
life. The man replied, Thank you so much, doctor. Since you have cured
me Im now worried how much money youll ask me to pay you. For more
information see related topics such as Stress, Anxiety and
Sadness in this website.
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Xenomania
Xenomania
is a craving for foreign goods such as cars and clothes. This could be a
problem if everything you want to buy is foreign and not from your own nation.
You would be wasting a lot of money and time in trying to acquire these
foreign goods, and not promoting your own nations goods.
Non-Spiritual
Solutions
Do
not be crazy to buy always all foreign things and strange exotic things. You
would waste time, money and energy. People should not waste time trying to buy all foreign goods
when those goods are cheap in their own nation.
Buying some foreign items that are good in quality and cheap in price
is being wise actually. In some
cases foreign things are very expensive while in other cases it is difficult
to get foreign goods repaired whenever they malfunction.
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Xenophobia
is fear or hatred towards strangers or foreigners. It could also mean to hate anything that is strange or
foreign. Unfortunately, there are some people who hate persons from other
nations. They fear that foreigners are migrating and grabbing the jobs, which
they are supposed to get. All the racists are xenophobes and vice versa.
Non-Spiritual Solutions
We
should not hate strangers and foreigners because when we go to other nations
we become strangers and foreigners. How would we feel if they hate and fool us? A foreigner by
name Tom was visiting a nation. As he was visiting, he was taking photographs
of the beautiful sceneries. A tall native walked up to the Tom and fooled him
saying, Since you are taking photographs illegally you have to pay a fine
of $100. However, pay me half of the fine because Im a kind man. Tom
paid $50 and replied, Since you are a kind man I am inviting you to visit
my nation. The tall native agreed. When the tall native visited Toms
nation, he was taking photographs. Tom came up to him and said, The
punishment for taking pictures illegally is to confiscate the camera. However,
I will take half of your camera because I am a kind man. So Tom broke the
camera and took one half. If you
speculate that the foreigners are trying to invade your culture then you can
talk to them about it but hating them is actually futile.
Spiritual
Solutions
The
Bible also advises us not to hate the strangers.
The Bible says in Exodus 23:9, Also thou
shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye
were strangers in the land of Egypt. Hence, God admonishes us not to
treat strangers unfairly. We should aid the strangers and foreigners instead.
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Xerosis
is a condition where the conjunctiva of the eye appears dry and lusterless.
This is as a result of vitamin A deficiency.
Management
The management for xerosis is to ingest diet that is
rich in vitamin A. The affected
individuals should take vitamin A supplements. The foods that are high in
vitamin A are all dark green leafy vegetables and fruits (which are high in
carotene) such as carrots, papayas and mangoes. When these foods are taken in plenty, persons will not become
vitamin A deficient. Prevention is better than cure.
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Yaws
Yaws
is a skin infection that is generally found in tropical nations.
Yaws is caused by Treponema pertenue.
It is common among people, especially children who live in unhygienic
conditions in Africa, South America, and West Indies. It is also known as
framboesia. The symptoms are usually lesions and granulomas on face and
extremities. It is a contagious disease.
Treatment
The
patients have to visit a medical doctor. Generally, the choice of drugs is
penicillin. Patients who are allergic to penicillin are given tetracycline.
The patients should observe proper hygiene so that this disease does not
spread. They are to keep their
clothes and their fingers clean to prevent the disease from spreading to other
persons.
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Yawning
It is a condition where the mouth is opened and air is exhaled. It is
an involuntary act. It is a sign of fatigue, sleepiness and boredom.
Management
One cannot really manage yawning since it is involuntary. One should
sleep if yawning persists. It may not be good manners to yawn often in front
of others. One should avoid fatigue and insomnia.
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Yellow
fever is an acute infectious disease. It
is caused by flavi-virus and transmitted by mosquitoes. The symptoms are high fever, headache, hemorrhage, pain in
the back/spine, and photophobia.
Management
There is
no specific treatment for yellow fever but treatment is palliative. The goal
of therapy is to relieve symptoms. Because there is vomiting, a lot of fluids
are to be ingested. If there is severe hemorrhage then blood transfusion is
needed. It is better to prevent
this disease. It can be prevented
by mosquito control. Vaccine is available to prevent this disease.
Therefore, if you are travelling to nations in Africa, it is prudent to
be vaccinated against yellow fever.
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Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome
It is a
condition where there are gastrin-producing tumors. There is excessive
production of gastric juice. This
syndrome is named after the two American physicians R.M. Zollinger and E.H.
Ellison. It is idiopathic. The patients of this syndrome have severe peptic
ulcers, excessive gastric secretion and diarrhea. Most of the patients have multiple tumors of which 40% are
malignant.34
Treatment
These
patients should immediately seek medical help of a gastro-enterologist.
Lab tests and MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) would be performed to
find out the conditions of the tumors. Tumors can surgically be removed. If
the malignancy has become metastatic, then surgery is not useful.
Omeprazole is generally used to control the hyper-secretion of the
gastric juices.35 Chemotherapy
also can be given. The patients
should also take the iron and calcium supplements daily.
They may live for 3-5 years if tumors have become metastatic.
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The
meaning of zombie is half alive and half dead. Zombies in movies are not real. However, there are individuals who are
paralysed by the voodoo priests in Haiti who are like zombies. They bury them for few days with
some hidden air passage and later they would bring them out as zombies. Some
people in Haiti believe that these voodoo priests have powers to resurrect the
dead. Actually people are ignorant of how the priests turn a person into
zombie. Zombies are enigma to
many people.
Non-Spiritual
Solutions
Voodoo
priests might try to paralyze a person by using suspicious and dangerous
methods. A method followed is to use puffer fish that has a toxin that can
paralyze. The voodoo priests mix parts of this fish in the food and give the
would be victim who eats and later gets paralyzed. The priests then claim him
to be dead and bury him with some hidden airshaft for the victim to breathe.
The buried person can breathe and after two or three days after sleeping in
the grave, the victim will be brought out as a zombie. But actually the victim
did not come back from the dead. This zombie when brought back from his sleep
in the grave may not fully regain his normal capacities because of effects of
the toxin of the puffer fish and he does not eat human flesh or drink blood. The voodoo priests are
cheating the people. These priests have no powers.
Since the cat is out of the bag one should not be fooled by zombies and
voodoo priests. Voodooism is an evil cult and must be banned wherever it has
raised its ugly head.
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Zoonosis
Zoonosis
is a disease of animals, which is transmitted to man. See Appendix I. The
examples of zoonosis are anthrax, rabies and plague.
Rabies is an incurable disease. It is also known as hydrophobia.
This disease is basically a disease of the central nervous system and
the symptoms are fever, fear of water, muscle spasms, convulsions and
paralysis. This disease is
spread to man via the bite of an infected dog or another infected animal.
Plague can affect rodents like rats. It can be transmitted to man through
infected rat fleas. This disease causes fever and chills.
Management
Management
is to control the diseases in the animals.
One method is to get dogs and other animals vaccinated against rabies.
There is no cure for rabies. When a stray dog bites a person, he/she should be
administered with antirabies vaccine without any delay. Medical doctors would
early treat the anthrax patients with the antibiotic ciprofloxacin. To prevent
plague, rats in the houses and in other places, should be eradicated.
For the plague, it is best to keep the patients isolated. The plague
patients have to be treated very early and they are generally treated with
tetracycline by medical doctors. The best thing for humans is to receive the
plague vaccine if there is an epidemic.
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