Author: Odudu Abasi

You might hear your doctor talk about MCH blood tests or MCH levels when they explain the results of certain blood tests and have wondered what he/she meant by MCH. [ninja_tables id=”73208″] Doctors regularly order blood tests[mfn]Jaeger, J. J., & Hedegaard, H. (2001, February 4). About blood tests [/mfn] to get an idea of the overall health of their patients, and one of the things they check for is levels of MCH, or mean corpuscular hemoglobin – MCH blood test[mfn]National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. Blood tests.[/mfn]. These MCH levels are regularly used to help diagnose blood disorders[mfn]University of Rochester…

The human body is made up of interconnected blood vessels which play an important role in the transportation of blood to organs and tissues. Each of these vessels is unique as they have its specific functions. [ninja_tables id=”73203″] The vein is the blood vessel that returns deoxygenated blood from organs and tissues in the body back to the heart. The vein closest to the skin’s surface is often used as a medium for drug administration and venipuncture. But what happens when you have a collapsed vein? Do you know what a collapsed vein means? Well, if you haven’t or you…

Fidgeting is defined as making little motions with your body, most commonly your hands or feet. It is related to inattention and frequently reflects pain and restlessness. And have you ever wondered how to stop fidgeting? [ninja_tables id=”73199″] For example, if you’ve been undergoing a lecture for a long period, one could find oneself tapping your pencil, and one wonders when he/she started doing that, and how to refrain from doing that whether consciously, or unconsciously. Do you find yourself fidgeting if you’re uncomfortable, anxious, or stressed? When you’re in a difficult event, your feet and hands seem to have…

Have you ever had the loss of feeling or sensation loss at the area of your buttocks, the inside parts of your thighs, and your waist area (perineum), and wondered what it is, what causes it, and how you can treat it? [ninja_tables id=”73196″] This sensation loss could be saddle anesthesia. Yeah, you read right. I said that sensation loss you are experiencing from your waist region to your thighs could be saddle anesthesia. Have you ever heard about it? What of saddle anesthesia block[mfn]wikipedia Pudendal_anesthesia[/mfn]? – Have you heard of it as well? Well, if you haven’t, or if…

Many of us have seen many muscle pro wrestlers and action movie stars like Dwayne Johnson, popularly known as ‘The Rock’ look intimidating just by flexing a couple of muscles – pecs flexing, and then exclaim (sometimes very loud): “Wow!!! How can I also do that?” – This is for the boys. As for the girls, most of them always star-gaze at such displays, with most of them already swooning for the guys that flex pecs in front of them.  Trust me, I have been in your shoes for a long while, looking for various ways I on how to…

Before Proceeding, What Do You Know About the Appendix? – Function of the Appendix [ninja_tables id=”73111″] The appendix is a fingerlike pouch attached to the large intestine in the lower right area of the abdomen, the area between the chest and hips. The large intestine is part of the body’s gastrointestinal (GI) tract. The GI tract is a series of hollow organs joined in a long, twisting tube from the mouth to the anus. The movement of muscles in the GI tract, along with the release of hormones and enzymes, helps digest food. The appendix does not appear to have…

Have you ever or currently had/having acute pains at the tip of your shoulders, especially when your legs are elevated or when you are lying down, and wondered what is going on, what is the cause of the pain, and whether your health is still optimal – whether you have anything to worry about, and whether the pain will go away? [ninja_tables id=”73104″] And so on, and so on, the questions keep piling in, and you start having doubts and fears, especially based on speculations and assumptions you have heard concerning pains like that. Pains such as that are usually…

Introduction and Overview of Long Bones [ninja_tables id=”73101″] Long bones are hard, dense bones that provide strength, structure, and mobility. The thigh bone (femur) is a long bone. A long bone has a shaft and two ends. Some bones in the fingers are classified as long bones, even though they are short in length. This is due to the shape of the bones, not their size. Long bones contain yellow bone marrow and red bone marrow, which produce blood cells. The long bones are those that are longer than they are wide. They are one of five types of bones:…

What do Mila Kunis, Christopher Walken, and Alexander the Great have in common? Aside from being well-known figures to many people across the world, all three of them also have an eye condition known as Heterochromia or two different colored eyes. [ninja_tables id=”73097″] Heterochromia is fairly uncommon, occurring in less than 1 percent of the population. It can be caused by several factors and present itself in different ways. Today’s article – Heterochromia Rarity aims to expatiate all there is to know about heterochromia, and its rarity – Heterochromia Rarity. So, in case, you are among those who were wondering…

Introduction to the Fossa Ovalis [ninja_tables id=”73093″] The fossa ovalis is a depressed structure, of varying shapes, located in the inferior aspect of the right interatrial septum [mfn]Malik SB, Kwan D, Shah AB, Hsu JY. The right atrium: gateway to the heart–anatomic and pathologic imaging findings. Radiographics. 2015 Jan-Feb;35(1):14-31. [PubMed][/mfn]. A remnant of an interatrial opening, the foramen ovale, which has a significant role in fetal circulation, the fossa ovalis forms by the fusion of the septum primum and septum secundum [mfn]Joshi SD, Chawre HK, Joshi SS. Morphological study of fossa ovalis and its clinical relevance. Indian Heart J. 2016…