Should I lay my baby on its back or its tummy?

Because of taking boiled milk, tuberculosis of the intestines is now rare.

Healthy people, those immunised, usually fight off the germ but those sick say with diabetes, HIV infection, or are very young, very old or those on drugs, including those taken for allergy called steroids, may easily succumb.

Many people harbour the germ for years without it causing disease and when the above factors set in then one may fall sick without being exposed to the germ. Also, a person may cough out the germs and if the air is still, a passerby may later breathe in the germ and fall sick.

Dear doctor, there are so many controversies regarding HIV infection. Is it true that washing after sex spreads HIV?
Yuda Isetalyota
Hoima

Dear Yuda, HIV infection though has existed for over 30 years, has barely been completely understood. This has partly contributed to controversies regarding prevention. It is scientific knowledge that for any infection to succeed, all factors being equal, concentration and the exposure, time span among others are important.

Washing immediately after sex reduces exposure time, concentration and numbers of the invading virus. This method verbally indicated by some African politicians as effective, does not take into account the likelihood of infection during sex, an exposure time one is unlikely to wash self.

Dear doctor, tell me which time is best to exercise. Is it morning or evening?
Enos Katorogo

Dear Enos, many working people’s schedules are full in the evening and the mental and physical energies are exhausted. These then find mornings more exercise friendly. Many others, however, find the evenings more convenient, meaning that the best time for one to exercise depends on personal schedule and lifestyle.

People who consistently exercise in the morning make their bodies ready for exercise at that time of day, becoming uncomfortable switching to evening.

That said, the optimal time to exercise is when our body temperature is at its highest and for most people, this is 4pm to 5pm but being lowest just before waking. Also body strength and endurance are higher in the afternoon than in the morning. Injuries are also less common in the evening compared to morning because the muscles are warmer and more flexible. Scientifically then, evening exercise could be better.

Dear doctor, I am 25 years and last year I got a baby who, the doctor said, has Down’s syndrome, an abnormality associated with the old age of parents. However the child’s father was my age mate. Now I have a 50-year-old manfriend. Do you think history will repeat itself or worse still repeat itself if I have a child with him?
Daniella Quickzote

Dear Daniella, any woman or man at any age can have an abnormal baby, but birth defects in babies are more likely with advanced parental age. This means, then, that it is likely you got an abnormal child just by bad chance.

Downs syndrome is the most common chromosomal (the structures in cells that contain genetic material) birth defect when women are 35 years and above. That said when a woman has delivered a baby with certain abnormalities; she is more likely to have another abnormal baby if she carries the risks including a family history of defects.

Fortunately for you, though your man is older and may carry risks for certain madness (schizophrenia) and a bit of downs syndrome itself, it is advanced maternal age which carries a greatest risk for downs syndrome. Since you are younger than 35 years, I do not expect history to repeat itself.

Dear doctor, I go to a salon once a week to do my hair. The reason am gonna stop is due to the dead skin disease of the head this saloon causes me. Are there special drugs for this?
Annita