More than 400 million people around the world are affected by allergic rhinitis due to exposure to airborne allergens such as dust, pet dander, dust mites, mould and pollen. About 10-30 per cent of adults and 40 per cent of children globally are estimated to suffer from the condition. A common allergy, if not the most common, in the UAE, it remains underdiagnosed and undertreated here too just as around the globe.
One of the problems of lack of proper treatment is the possibility of allergic rhinitis developing into asthma.
British expat undergoes a total knee replacement surgery with implants designed for him Sponsored by Mark Robert with Dr Catalin Stefan Dragulescu, Orthopaedic Surgeon at American Hospital Dubai Image Credit: Supplied
Mark Robert, a 53-year-old British national, found relief from his excruciating knee pain after undergoing a total knee replacement surgery with specially designed customised implants manufactured to match his anatomy.
American Hospital Dubai conducted a 3D technology-powered total knee joint replacement surgery using customised implant procedure, the latest medical treatment available for patients requiring knee joint replacement surgery.
The hospital strengthens its leadership as a centre of medical excellence by performing complicated and advanced techniques surgeries in Dubai, ensuring people can receive high standard of treatment and healthcare without leaving the country.
UAE doctors and nutritionists advise the best path to a fulfilling Ramadan Image Credit: Shutterstock
Ramadan is a month that focuses on devotion, of purity in mind and soul. It’s also about a community coming together to strengthen its ties of goodwill, sharing, and caring about each other. However, with the pandemic at play the overall sense of maintaining hygiene has been critical across neighbourhoods and communities in the UAE as it has been in other parts of the world, which only makes the connection between cleanliness and devotion ring even more true this Ramadan.
The UAE medical fraternity has been conducting a vigorous campaign to instill an overall sense of hygiene among UAE citizens considering government rule revisions allowing citizens to gather for prayer at mosques for a fixed duration.