Cameroon GCE O-Level Human Biology case studies
Cameroon GCE O-Level Human Biology · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Cameroon GCE Ordinary Level Human Biology examination is a school-leaving qualification awarded by the Cameroon General Certificate of Education Board. It is taken by Form Five candidates and by private candidates who have completed an equivalent secondary course, and it is normally used to progress into the science stream at High School or into para-medical training. The Cameroon GCE O-Level Human Biology case studies are 5 cases and about 4,103 words.
1The bicarbonate habit: an antacid that switches off pepsin
Mr Ngwa, a 42-year-old teacher in Buea, has had a burning pain in the upper abdomen for two months. Food relieves it for an hour or so, then it returns.
821 words, about 4 min2Antenatal anaemia: why the iron tablets are not working
Mrs Abena, 26, is 32 weeks pregnant with her second child and attends the antenatal clinic in Douala. At 28 weeks her haemoglobin was 7.8 g/dL, with small pale red cells and a low ferritin.
830 words, about 4 min3The charcoal stove in a closed room: carbon monoxide
On a cold harmattan night in Bamenda, a family of five closes the door and windows of their single room and brings in a charcoal stove that is still burning, so that the room will be warm. By morning the mother has a severe headache and is vomiting, the father is confused and unsteady, and their four-year-old son is unconscious, breathing about 30 times a minute, with bright cherry-red lips.
767 words, about 4 min4Five litres a day: is it sugar or is it water?
Mr Tabi, a 38-year-old lorry driver who works the Garoua to Maroua road, comes to the health centre because he is passing large volumes of urine, up to five litres a day, and has to stop the lorry three or four times on a long trip. He wakes three times a night to urinate.
785 words, about 4 min5Two carriers in Bonaberi: counselling a family with sickle cell disease
A couple in Bonaberi have a three-year-old daughter with sickle cell anaemia. She has had three painful crises and one episode of severe anaemia that needed a blood transfusion.
900 words, about 5 min