American School Of Medicine

It’s World AMR Awareness Week, and there are things you need to know:

🦠 Antimicrobial resistance or AMR occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites no longer respond to treatment.

💊 Antimicrobials are medicines used to prevent and treat infections, such as antibiotics and antivirals.

🤒 The overuse and misuse of antimicrobials causes microbes to adapt and become resistant, making medicine ineffective against infections.

⚠️ AMR threatens our ability to treat common infections and to perform life-saving procedures.

AMR kills more people annually than any single infectious disease. Staying healthy is important to protect yourself from AMR. Here’s what you can do:

✅ Keep your hands clean
✅ Only take antibiotics when prescribed
✅ Never share antibiotics
✅ Stay up-to-date with your vaccines

AMR can affect anyone - turning minor injuries, routine surgeries, or common infections into life-threatening situations.

💪🏻 If we act now, we can still preserve the effectiveness of life-saving treatments.

🏈 If you play sports or you have children who play sports, you need to know about concussion.

🧠 Concussion is a traumatic brain injury, which happens when your brain moves inside your skull because of a bump or blow to a head or body. It often happens in contact sports and road traffic accidents.

Symptoms may not appear right away; they can develop up to 72 hours after the injury and can include:

😨 Headache
🤢 Nausea
😵‍💫 Dizziness
🔄 Loss of balance and memory
💤 Sleeplessness

There are multiple things we can do to protect ourselves and prevent concussion:

⛑️ Wear a helmet when appropriate
🔌 Remove obstacles from the floor at home
🏂 Wear protective equipment when playing sports
🗺️ Always be aware of your surroundings

🫶🏽 Breast Cancer Awareness Month is continuing. Today, take a second look at your breasts.

Check your breasts - do you feel any lumps?

👩‍⚕️ If you do feel an abnormal breast lump, seek medical care, even if the lump does not hurt.

Symptoms of breast cancer can include:

⚡ A breast lump or thickening, often without pain
⚡ Change in size, shape or appearance of the breast
⚡ Dimpling, redness, pitting or other changes in the skin
⚡ Change in ni**le appearance or the skin surrounding the ni**le (ar**la)
⚡ Abnormal or bloody fluid from the ni**le

❤️ Breast cancer is highly curable if detected in its early stages and adequate treatment is provided.

Learn how to self-examine your breasts here ➡️ bit.ly/3YoHQMM

Today, 10 October, is World Mental Health Day!

👨🏼‍💻 Mental health and work are connected. That's why we ask employers, governments, and others to work together to create safe and healthy workplaces for everyone.

Unhealthy working conditions can look like:

🚫 Stigma
❌ Discrimination
⚠️ Harassment
🔒 Limited independence

By using proven methods and solutions at work, we can make sure that everyone has the chance to succeed both at work and in life.

Let's take action for a healthier future! Start here ➡️ bit.ly/3TKHBsU

Top news of the week 🚨

Call for urgent, high-level action to address global scourge of antimicrobial resistance, read more ➡️ https://www.who.int/news/item/19-09-2024-who-at-unga-call-for-urgent--high-level-action-to-address-global-scourge-of-antimicrobial-resistance

FIFA and WHO launch global concussion awareness campaign, read more ➡️ https://www.who.int/news/item/18-09-2024-fifa-and-world-health-organization-launch-global-concussion-awareness-campaign

Jordan becomes first country to receive WHO verification for eliminating leprosy, read more ➡️ https://www.who.int/southeastasia/news/detail/19-09-2024-jordan-becomes-first-country-to-receive-who-verification-for-eliminating-leprosy

💡 Let’s continue exploring genomics, the study of genes and the role they play in our lives.

✅ You may remember a video we posted some weeks ago on how genomics could advance health.

👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Well, today, we dig deeper and explain how the genes we inherit from our parents shape our risk of getting certain diseases, like:

Cancer
Cystic fibrosis
Diabetes
Arthritis
Asthma

Continue following the story of genomics to better understand yourself and the environment you live in ➡️ https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_K75U6SUc2/?igsh=MTFndGE1NTBnbmNhbA%3D%3D

Avisha @distilledscience explains how the genes we inherit from our parents shape our risk of getting certain diseases, like cystic fibrosis. Find out more about what #genomics 🧬 can reveal about health.

🚨 Mpox is a viral illness that can affect anyone, regardless of their age, gender, sexual orientation, or lifestyle. If you have had close contact with someone with mpox, you may be at risk.

Symptoms to look out for include:
⚠️ Rash that develops into lesions
😮‍💨 Sore throat
🤒 Fever
🥱 Low energy
🤕 Headache
😩 Muscle aches

If you experience these symptoms, isolate at home, contact your local healthcare provider and get tested.

❤️ Most people will recover from mpox on their own, but knowing the signs and symptoms will help you protect yourself and loved ones. Learn more ➡ https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/mpox