Pendoctor

  In most vocations, sound knowledge of the subject often translates into performance. Sex is an exception ; that an adolescent has knowledge of sex doesn't mean he or she will practise it. As concerned guardians, we often fall into the error of not discussing sex when older kids or teenagers raise the subject. We hush them into silence. Most times, the curious person goes elsewhere to get the knowledge. Unfortunately, the knowledge may be incorrect, causing problems in the future. Our fear is that if the person has knowledge of sex, he or she would prematurely engage in it. We are wrong.   Sexual education can be done in a controlled and morally-congruent manner. Our attempt to preach chastity before marriage has caused some of us to unknowingly, and unnecessarily, illegitimize sex. Young girls and ladies are often the victims of this improper sexual education. Some of them unconsciously develop phobia for sex.  In most affected women, sex phobia is the problem associate...

The medical profession can be funny at times. With years of practice, a clinician may encounter a "new" problem whose management he or she has not observed anywhere. Such cases often send the medical practitioner back to read his books. Mr A was referred to me many years ago. After the routine history taking, it was time to examine him. I picked his arm closer to me to wrap the cuff of the Blood Pressure machine around it. "Doctor, don't use this one," he suggested. "Why?" I asked. "You will not get my blood pressure," he replied as he pulled up the sleeve around the other arm for me to check the pressure. I was curious. I wanted to confirm what he meant, so I requested to first check the blood pressure on the arm he advised me not to use. An error reading flashed on the digital BP machine. He chuckled, "I told you." Error readings on BP machines could be "E1, E2 ... E5 and Er" if the BP is too high or too low to be measur...