Cataracts are easy enough to fix in people. If you notice your eye signs is getting cloudy and blurry, you should consult your doctor.
Aboriginal Health
Antenatal care in Aboriginal communities
If you’ve found out you’re pregnant, it’s important to visit your Aboriginal medical service as soon as you can. They’ll make appointments so you’re seeing someone regularly throughout your pregnancy. These appointments are called antenatal appointments or antenatal care.
Health checks for indigenous people
Every aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander person of any age can get a free health check done every year. It’s called an indigenous health check.
Skin infections – scabies
Scabies is caused by very small bugs called scabies mites. They dig under the skin to lay eggs.
Early childhood – Aboriginal families
Your child is important to the whole community and we can all help them grow up strong, healthy and proud. The most important thing our children need is to feel loved, cared for and safe.
Depression – Aboriginal health
Sometimes, people feel very sad and don’t know why. If you’ve felt this way for a while, it’s possible you might have depression. Depression affects the mind, it’s pretty common, and can affect anyone.
Diabetes – Aboriginal health
Diabetes is a serious condition that leads to having too much glucose in your blood. The main kinds of diabetes affecting our people are type two diabetes and gestational or pregnancy diabetes.
Ear infections – otitis media
Otitis media is the main cause of hearing loss in Aboriginal children, but adults can get it too. The good news is that otitis media can be treated, and most importantly, can be prevented.
Kidney failure
You have kidney disease when your kidneys are damaged, and they don’t work properly, and kidney problems are very common in Aboriginal communities.
Heart disease
Every Aboriginal person is at risk of heart disease, so it’s important to look out for the warning signs so we can help ourselves and help each other. Lots of Aboriginal people have died of heart attack because they didn’t even know they were having one.
