Greetings MED-Hive community!
Hello everyone... It's time to begin our 2nd health weekly discussions around the theme of the month, which this time is about RESPIRATORY HEALTH. If you wish to know more about the monthly contest and prizes at stake please go to this post 👇
MED-HIVE MAY THEME - RESPIRATORY HEALTH
Our respiratory system is an essential one. We cannot live without breathing. The little movements allow air in and out of our lungs. A simple, yet important one that is so essential to life itself. Unfortunately, as simple humans as we are we often take things for granted and breathing is just one more of those things. Easy to forget but not so easy if it starts to fail.
We are looking forward to reading all your posts about the subject at hand!
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Discussion of the week : Scenerio Prompt
We are proposing our community members to join us this week and do a post on the following prompt 👇
WHAT ARE LUNG DISEASE?
Lung diseases refer to a range of conditions that affect the lungs and respiratory system, causing difficulty breathing, chest pain, coughing, wheezing, and other symptoms. Common lung diseases include asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), lung cancer, pneumonia, and tuberculosis. Risk factors for lung diseases include smoking, exposure to air pollution, genetics, and occupational hazards. Treatment options vary depending on the specific condition and may include medication, oxygen therapy, pulmonary rehabilitation, and surgery. Early detection and management can improve outcomes and quality of life for individuals with lung diseases.
We invite all Medhivers to write helpful posts in creating awareness about lung diseases on the blockchain, share the knowledge and save lives.
Rewards
Yes, more rewards are at stake here!! The rewards will be as follow:
2 HIVE for the best post overall kindly sponsored by 
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and 50 Ecency points for everyone who participates kindly sponsored by 
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👉 To be eligible for the HIVE and ECENCY WEEKLY REWARDS you must: 👈
- Follow the rules of the community
- Subscribe to MED-Hive community
- Join our Discord Channel and register if you are a health professional
- The use of the tag #medhive
- Engage within the community through comments and supporting others
- Place a link to your post in the comment section below
Do a post (minimum 500-words) answering the question of the week until Saturday
👉 All these simple steps must be followed in order to be eligible for the rewards 👈
We will consider engagement levels, writing quality, level of evidence, readability of the content, relevance for the weekly discussion, creativity, and if you followed all the rules. A post announcing the winner will be made at the end of the week, Sunday, and prizes will be distributed.
Important Notes & Rules
Posts are welcome from everyone in and out of the community, everyone is welcome to join the discussion. Feel free to express yourself about this. Write your post around the focus area in a way that will:
Enlighten the community.
Equip readers to make healthy decisions.
Correct harmful health practices.
Encourage healthy practices.
Create and promote necessary health awareness.
The post should contain:
- An English translation if written in a native language.
- If any external material or resource is used in the post, it should be well cited and ensure proper images tailored to your post are used and rightly sourced.
- If references are used, place the link of each one at the end of your post, in a way it's easily accessible.
- The use of the following tag: #medhive
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Let's not forget the most important rule of all:
Plagiarism is not tolerated, you are solely responsible to confirm your information and source your references properly.
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Have fun and learn! We look forward to hearing from you all.
Useful resources and links for this month's theme:
- Chronic respiratory diseases - WHO
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) - WHO
- Ambient (outdoor) air pollution - WHO
- Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (GARD)
