Health guides
Straightforward answers to the questions people actually ask us at the counter, what a symptom means, what a number means, and when the right answer is a doctor rather than a chemist.
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Malaria Symptoms in Kenya: How to Know, and When to Test
Fever, chills and body aches are the classic signs, but typhoid, flu and urinary infections look identical in the first days. Here is what malaria actually feels like, and when a fever becomes an emergency.
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What Is a Normal Blood Pressure? A Plain Guide with Chart
For most adults, normal is below 120/80 mmHg. Here is what each number means, a full chart by category, how to get a reading that is actually accurate, and the readings that mean go to hospital now.
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Diabetes Symptoms and Blood Sugar Levels, A Practical Guide
Thirst, frequent urination, tiredness and slow-healing wounds are the classic signs, but type 2 diabetes often develops silently for years. Here are the symptoms, the numbers, and what they mean.
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Typhoid Symptoms: How It Differs from Malaria
Typhoid fever builds gradually over days rather than arriving suddenly, and that pattern is the clearest clue separating it from malaria. Here are the symptoms, the timeline and the warning signs.
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Amoeba Symptoms: Signs, Causes and When to Worry
Amoebiasis often causes no symptoms at all. When it does, it usually means loose stools, cramping and abdominal discomfort, and occasionally something considerably more serious.
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Reading about it is not the same as testing for it
A malaria test costs KSh 100 and takes 15 minutes. A blood pressure check is free. Both happen at the counter in Nyamasaria, no appointment needed.
Coptic, Nyamasaria, next to CBC Pub, Kisumu · Mon–Sat 8am–9pm · Sun 9am–8pm