Affichage de tous les articles de la catégorie «Non Communicable Diseases»
Le jeudi 11 avril 2024 a été célébrée la Journée mondiale de la maladie de Parkinson. Cette maladie neurodégénérative affecte environ 4 millions de personnes dans le monde. Très peu connue au Togo, elle touche principalement les personnes âgées.
L’infarctus désigne « l’obstruction d’une ou de plusieurs artères coronaires, qui sont les artères nourricières du cœur. Celui-ci n’est donc plus approvisionné en sang et en oxygène. Cette obstruction résulte, dans la grande majorité des cas, de la r
The complications of cirrhosis, even if compensated, are multiple, severe, disabling, and even fatal....
Liver cirrhosis corresponds to the ultimate stage of chronic liver diseases. Its origin can be viral, medication-induced, or alcohol-related. Clinically, it represents highly advanced and often irreversible fibrous scarring, which disrupts the...
Stress is not one of the main risk factors for type 2 diabetes. However, studies have shown that it can contribute to the development of the disease in the long term.
Living with diabetes, a disease that is treated but not cured, is not easy every day. The diagnosis and sometimes difficult management of the disease are all risk factors for developing depression. Dr Abdou Razak Moukaila, Internist and Diabetologist
The key to any hope of curing diabetes is to improve your physical condition, eat more healthily, avoid stress, stop smoking and drinking alcohol, and lose weight (the first two points help). « To reverse diabetes, a very low-calorie diet (just 700 k
Diabetes can lead to cardiovascular complications or heart, vascular or arterial problems. According to Professor René Baragou, Cardiologist and Head of Cardiology at the CHU Sylvanus Olympio, diabetes also affects the large blood vessels, including
Diabetes is a problem with the regulation of sugar in the body, a dysfunction that leads to a disturbance in the distribution of fats by the liver, which can lead to liver overload or steatosis. Mathieu Kponou Tobossi, an expert in phyto-hepatology,
Diabetes is a condition in which sugar is permanently present in the blood. Nazife Lawani, Medical Assistant and Specialist in Diabetes Care at the Centre Hospitalier Préfectoral (CHP) de Badou, points out that complications of the heart and arteries
The great danger of losing feeling in the feet due to neuropathy is that an injury can go undetected and become infected. For Dr Abdou Razak, Moukaila Internist and Diabetologist at Hôpital Sainte Joséphine (Lomé), the signs of a diabetic foot are ul
Troisième cause de mortalité, après les cancers et les cardiopathies ischémiques, et première cause d’incapacité motrice, les accidents vasculaires cérébraux (AVC) sont aujourd’hui un réel problème de santé publique au Togo. Des études menées récem