Common Healthy Foods 2

This is a continuation of the write-up on the topic "Common Healthy Foods 1". Here I am going to be highlighting more commonly found foods and their health benefits.

1. Apple
Apple improves the lungs capacity. It prevents constipation; protects the heart and stops diarrhea. It is also rich in some important vitamins and minerals. As they say, "One apple per day keeps away the doctor".

2. Blueberry
Blueberry fights cancer; boosts the memory; protects the heart; stabilizes blood sugar and prevents constipation.

3. Cabbage
Cabbage has some level of fibre content. It prevents constipation; protects the heart; fights cancer and stops hemorrhoids.

Lassa Fever And Its Prevention

Lassa Fever got its name from the name of a town in Borno state, Nigeria where it was first discovered in 1969.
Lassa fever virus has its primary carrier as rat. Humans could be infected with Lassa fever by contact with food or household items contaminated with infected rat excreta or urine. Among humans, the lassa fever virus is spread from and infected person through contact with contaminated body fluid and waste products.

When once one is infected, the early symptoms ranges from fever, headache, malaise, myalgia, cough, pharyngitis, vomiting to retrosternal pain. The infection could only be confirmed through a laboratory test. At the advanced stage of the disease, the symptoms include high fever, serious headache, pains in the chest region, dry and sore throat, continuous stooling and vomiting and bleeding from the mouth, nose and vagina and finally death.