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Same story every day Nawa oo

Lolz, I haven't really gotten stranded like that like that, and maybe once or twice I did, I quickly asked for help.
So it didn't register much in my head

But something of such I experienced that registered well is around early last year.
Our January Nysc clearance was stated for January second.
I immediately left Lagos for Fugar, Etsako central, Edo on the 1st of January. I branched by Ife to pick some important credentials from my room(while in school).
I got to Ife around 3-4pm, I was tired and wanted to chill till the next day to continue my journey, only for my CDS president to tell me the lgi won't agree if I don't make it to clearance early on the second(She's all this law abiding citizen to the core)
I quickly packed my load, had to drop my foodstuffs thinking I will comeback for them(big mistake). I got to akure around 6-7, the day was already getting dark. I asked the cab man if I will still get a cab to Edo, but he said No.
I don't know anybody or anywhere in Akure, and all I had with me wasn't up to 2k. I thought of lodging in an hotel, but I was sure it would be quite costly.
So I looked up a fairly cheap guest house to pass the night. It was dark, so I didn't have the chance to pick well. I got a place for 1k overnight sleep(no light, nothing enticing)
I was shown the bathroom and toilet(oh God). I was just tired and needed a rest, but the big mosquitoes and rats in the room didn't let me sleep. I had to put on my khaki to keep off mosquitoe bites.
I was about falling asleep when a guy and a girl checked in the room opposite mine(they didn't let me sleep with gbos gbas, gbas gbos, with all sought of noise(one of my longest nite)
I eventually made it to 5 am the next morning, I didn't even took my bath before I japa
That journey will always be in my head
(the yeye LGI gave a grace of one week for clearance)
I nofit cry, my food stayed in my room in Ife for almost 4months

alwayssparkling:
hello nairaland doctors i need help here. pls overlook any typo error.

i am over the age where the 4 widom teeth (the molars) of an adult normally grows.

the thing is while the two molars at the top jaw grew without any problem, the other bottom two refused to grow out. i really didnt notice until two year ago when i started having gum aches from both sides of my bottom jaw. at first the pain was mild but it came back two weeks later and this time it was more severe. this made me count my teeth and i discovered i only had 30 teeth instead of 32.

i didnt take it seriously but the aches continued forcing me to see a dentist.
after a minute checkup the doctor told me i had a condition known as an impacted tooth. according to him, my bottom jaw was smaller than my teeth set and that made it impossible for my molars to grow out. he said the pain i felt was due to the two molars trying to push against the obstruction of the jaw.

i asked for a soln and he told me that the only way pluck out the molars. i didnt have a problem with that until i asked for the price.

he told me that the removal of both teeth would cost 15k each. i shouted and he shouted back. i left the office angrily but not before he told me that by the time i get to 26 i will be the one begging for the procedure.

the truth is since the time i did that checkup the gum aches have been coming up periodically. i have been fighting it with warm water and salt but the pain normally comes back after a couple of weeks with each emergence more severe than the last.

so i really want to know if there is another alternative to deal with the ache without parting with my 30k.

i recently noticed with the help of a mirror that there have been little signs of the molars showing up, though majority of the whole is still buried under the jaw.

Well, @Op, I also felt a lot of pain while mine was growing too(the bottom two)
It got to a stage, it felt like the wisdom teeth was tearing my gum to come out.
I taught it was normal and never bothered.
It eventually came out but half way and stop
I eat mostly with the left side of my mouth/teeth, so lots of food particles were being stuck on the wisdom tooth on the left without being cleaned well because the tooth was half way out.
Sometime ago I had a lot of toothache, only to find out there was a hole developing in between the tooth.
I visited OAUTH and UCH for solution but they had different tale to give me, from unavailability of driller to extract it, to wait for the tooth to break free of the nearby tooth.
I switched to this powdered toothpaste, and it has been OK since then
Though the tooth has broken almost to half and a new tooth is coming underneath
(story of my aching tooth)


maybe I will get it extracted eventually tho
only time will tell

Even if we get the right president His//Her subordinates will eventually trash his rein. Too many corrupt bodies

Its a tough question

youngestuk:
Give this woman the presidency, but some people will never allow that. They would prefer, Gen buhari, atiku, tinubu, oshiomole and co. Nigeria nah dead country full of biased masses. Smh

Seriously, She might just be our life saver, but again, the other corrupt politicians will eventually rubbish her rule(our corruption stems beyond presidential level)
Even councillor currupt

My own concern is where the ventilators and ppe they are just donating coming from?
They had it in store, or they just shipped it in?

They should scale up testing
Respond to emergencies faster
People should use PPE's like glasses, nose mask, hand gloves if necessary, wash hand frequently, avoid touching the body anyhow e.t.c.
Sounds easy, but not easy
And the most important, Boost your immune



We can't stay locked down more than this. People will disorganize everything with time.
God Help Us

eaglez:
You are a rare gem bro, just one question, is there any possibility of a recovered patient being reinfected more like after being discharged from the hospital and one gets home to be reinfected by the virus itself.

There is an ongoing research on how long the antibodies to the virus last in the body, that will give the duration the body is immune to the virus.
Also the load of exposure to the virus can play a major role(even if one is immune to it, if exposed too much to the virus might overwhelm the immune system, leading to an infection)

Could it be the result of the white blood cells trying to kill off the virus in the blood(Coagulation)

lockdown is a necessary/compulsory measure. Isolation/quarantine centers can be sorted out, other preventive measures can be discussed while limiting the spread by locking down. The number of infected people would have sky rocketed without lockdown.
I think the compulsion of nose mask, eye glasses(fr the eyes), washing of hands, and other measures will limit transmission of the virus, and also infection after the lockdown is lifted.
The lockdown is a short term preventive measure on its own(you can't lock people down for long), it was to strategies the next step

Lolz, nobi only covid toe
Aimoye blisters....all the best oo

Back in 1998/99(nyanya, Abuja)
I playfully or wickedly sliced a window curtain with blade(but I am sure the hole wasn't big enough for big Milo can to pass through). My mum was infuriated, she told dad immediately he came back from work in the evening.
He flogged me with his belt using the side with the iron buckle. The iron injured me seriously in the middle of the head that I bled seriously.
They had to go bath for me immediately and gave me paracetamol to relieve the pain.
After all, I went to my bed and tucked in, wondering if they were truly my parents(untop ordinary curtain small razor cut)
My dad and mum came to beg me that night.
I still have the scar on my head(just touched it now self)
I have moved on(but I think the anger from different punishments from my childhood is still there)
I was a very stubborn kid(ajegunle). I am very calm now, not that I don't feel like causing gobe, but I dey feel say I no need am. But my once in a while anger you go fear

Laughable post
Like seriously!!!!
Well, this is what our leaders have caused

*_This is one of the most enlightening information I've ever come across on this COVID-19 pandemic.
I don't know the originator but I think he/she deserves an applause.**_ ������

Read on.

� A QUESTION PEOPLE OFTEN ASK �

How/Why Do People Recover If There's Still No Proven Cure For COVID-19?
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� ANSWER :

Most respiratory viruses-- including Corona viruses such as the ones that causes the Common Cold -- are self-limiting, so to say.

What this means is that they have a relatively finite period in the human body before they "wear themselves out," or the immune system contains them, and the sufferer recovers.

Treatment for these viruses is thus mostly aimed at;

1. Relieving symptoms, in order to make the sufferer comfortable.

2. Keeping the infected person alive by supporting organ systems attacked and impaired by the virus.

Most times, treatment is not aimed at curing such viral illnesses, by attacking the virus itself. This is partly because they're self-limiting, and partly because developing antiviral medication is darn difficult due to the fact that they mutate so rapidly, and are more or less like shape shifters. If you develop a treatment against this form today, tomorrow they may mutate into a form resistant to said treatment.

So, the best form of treatment for such viruses is prevention, either by modification of social and lifestyle habits, to break the chain of transmission; or by vaccination.

If someone however becomes infected, treatment, as the immune system slugs it out with the virus, is usually supportive, and not definitive.

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Before we move on to COVID-19, I want to make a distinction and clarification between two forms of treatments- supportive treatment, and definitive treatment.

� DEFINITIVE/SPECIFIC TREATMENT

In the context of infectious diseases, definitive treatment entails treatment targeted specifically at the offending organism, aimed at eliminating it from the body. Once this is done, the body-- through its repair mechanisms, heals itself of the damage already caused by the organism, and the person recovers.

An example is use of antimalarial drugs to treat Malaria, and antibiotics to treat bacterial infections.

� SUPPORTIVE TREATMENT

This, in the context of infectious diseases, is treatment not aimed at eliminating the organism, but relieving its symptoms, and supporting vital bodily functions already compromised by it, while waiting for, or hoping that, the immune system will contain said infection.

So, if the person is having a distressful cough, you may have to give cough syrups to suppress it; if there's fever, you may have to use anti-pyretics, such as paracetamol, to relieve it; if in pain, analgesics may be used generously to make the patient more comfortable; etc.

If the infection compromises the function of certain vital organ systems, and the person is at risk of dying without optimal functioning of said system, you support the organ's function:

- For failing lungs; oxygen, and ventilators, may be needed.

- For cardiovascular collapse; fluids, and vaso-pressors may be given.

- For kidney failure; dialysis may come in handy.

Etc.

By doing these, you may be able to keep the body going, while the immune system wages battle against the offending organism.

If by the time the immune system is able to win the war and contain the infection, you have managed , through your supportive treatment, to keep the person alive, the person recovers.

However, if the damage caused by the organism in its wake is too much, and your supportive treatment couldn't keep the person alive to see the end of the battle between immune system and bug, the person dies.

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� COVID-19

For COVID-19, the "finite" period of battle between immune system and virus is usually between 2 to 6 weeks-- up to 8 weeks in some instances, depending on the competence/resilience of the person's immune system, among other things.

If one is able to withstand the onslaught of the virus within this period, the person would pull through, sometimes without any treatment, other times with supportive treatment, all depending on the severity of the disease.

To put this in context, COVID-19 has 5 clinical variants BASED ON SEVERITY;

1. Asymptomatic Form.

In this form, one gets infected without manifesting any symptom whatsoever. The person thus ends up just as a mere carrier, spreading the infection to others.

2. Mild Disease.

Some people would get the virus, but just have upper respiratory tract infection, with symptoms such as sneezing, mild fever, cough, malaise, etc; and recover rapidly, with or without any supportive treatment.

3. Moderate Disease.

This group would go on to develop lower respiratory tract infection, with pneumonia, and would need some supportive treatment, but may not be sick enough to need oxygen therapy.

4. Severe Disease.

This group develop Pneumonia, and get so sick that they would need oxygen therapy.

5. Critical Disease

This group of patients get so bad, and develop A.R.D.S, and ventilatory respiratory failure, so much that they would need a ventilator to survive, without which they'd definitely die.

� NB

This classification is based solely on the effect of the virus on the respiratory system, its primary target in the body. That however doesn't mean that the virus only affects the lungs.

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The form of the disease one develops depends on a host of factors including;

1. Immune status.

2. Age.

3. Presence of other co-morbidities, such as Diabetes, Hypertension, Heart Disease, Cancer, Chronic Lung Diseases, etc.

.

People with asymptomatic and mild to moderate forms of the disease don't need much help to recover; sometimes they're even advised to stay at home, especially in countries whose Hospitals are already overwhelmed, and are managed with minor conservative/supportive measures to relieve symptoms such as fever, headache, chest pain, and cough.

People with severe and critical forms of the disease would need Hospital admission and a lot of supportive measures, including oxygen therapy, ventilators, anti-shock therapy-- if necessary, and the full compliment of ICU care.

If conservative measures are enough to sustain the person, the person could still pull through even without specific antiviral therapy.

_________________________

� CONCLUSION

Hope I've been able to make you understand how recovery is possible, even without a definitive cure.

Now you know.

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Just in case you were wondering, I intentionally didn't want to dabble into the controversies surrounding touted specific antiviral remedies such as the Hydroxychloroquine-Azithromycin combination, Kaletra/Alluvia, Arbidol, etc; because whatever influence they have on prognosis doesn't negate the submissions made here.

*#Copied*

People tend to use left over energies on the wrong things

Do we really think the lockdown will be extended?
The compulsion of nose mask use is as a result of trying to minimize the spread when the lockdown is lifted(that's my tenet)
But if the lockdown persists, not only will hungry wound people, trouble go loom

Ideally, No
But its still a choice

We have abundant of renewable energies like Wind, Solar, and hydro.
I think its better to explore those ones with minimal dangers than going nuclear(considering our lackadaisical attitude)

Lai Mohammed, Afenifere, and all of them no well
No iota of truth for there mouth

We breakup to make up.

emeijeh:
Please stay INDOOR!!!

And boost your immune system

I think he was preparing for the movie 21 bridges
he Lin for the movie

If nobi unprofessional act and yeyeness wey dey worry NCDC
Shouldn't they know that its unprofessional to hand over the body of a viral patient to outsiders.
I thought the president said the body of covid19 patient will not be given out to the family.
Even if you must(to be humane), there are strict rules that has to be enforced and monitored painstakingly.
Its just annoying the way we do yamayama for this country.
Burial of how many hours!!!
Spits on thread

Ishilove:
What happens if they take it to space? The virus can't survive there can it?

It can(the organism can mutate to survive there)
There is rumour that we have mistakenly moved bacteria there or so
Modified: I think apart from breathing(unavailability of breathable air), and the high temperature.
Some organism will survive
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/survival-in-space-unprotected-possible/

TheGoodJoe:
The Federal, State and Local governments need to channel all resources into fighting this virus. A big part of it is massive testing.

Lockdown means nothing without testing, isolating and treating infected ones.

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French Professor Didier Raoult, who is one of the world’s top 5 scientists on communicable diseases, argued that the approach of mass quarantine (Lockdown) is both inefficient and outdated and that large-scale testing and treatment of suspected cases achieves far better results.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.globalresearch.ca/covid-19-fight-cure-western-pharma-rip-off/5707360/amp

Yes, for an infection that has no specific drug or vaccine. Its just as if we are waiting it out.
Also I think a good information on save potent natural and artificial immune boosters from medical bodies to the public will go a long way.
There has been report of people getting infected and cured without getting put down by the disease. A good immune system will act as a second line of defense.
I heard the virus is showing signs of mutation. We will triumph over it

ArticleBeast:
I am a replica of that your friend. I watch a full season movie in 45 mins

Lolz, i do this for movies I don't find interesting by instinct
I watched GOT season 1-7 in less than 15mins
Still summoning the courage to see season 8 sha


Now my own weird happening:
Everybody is actually weird in one way or another. Its amusing watching people go about their weirdness and how the weirdness is integrated into them that they don't even know or care.
I have a very good sense of imagining. I easily paint pictures in my head and analysing problems up there.
Sometimes, I get so lost in it that when I come back, its as if I just returned back to my body.
Now I wonder, do people that mutter words to themselves experiencing what I am experiencing?
Who knows, maybe I also mutter words
My stare is also intense(because I am always analysing something up there)

I think our weirdness is part of who we are

Quick one here!!!
Since a drug or vaccine for the covid 19 virus is not available yet, and infections are still happening, why can't we start broadcasting potent natural and artificial immune boosters to get ready for the infection.
Its better to be prepared, than caught unaware.
This should be a second line of defense while we await a drug/vaccine.







NB: Where is ObaniCoro when you need him(mk e come follow him guy talk oo)

Sade!!!
You don't want to have issue with her(her wicked tongue nobi here)
Me self wicked her well well when I worked with them.
But okoya go just dey smile give you anyhow(me self come dey feel like billionaire

Lai is at it again
Never disappoints
Shey na wetin be our problem be that

His life, his right
His water, his drink
Funny enough, people like that don't die quick from infection(mad immunity to different strains of microorganisms)





Strong man strong man
Until he come dey infected

Lolz, wetin concern pikin playing and mama getting belle?
Are you saying the pikin will just notice the belle and begin to look between their legs or an entity go press the pikin neck becoz the mama get belle?
Superstitions are Limitations

madridguy:
Let it affect Africa. Maybe our head will correct now.

This post said it all
E be like our brain need resetting
(Cuz we aren't trying at all)
The fact that we don't get challenged is even dishearten

@Op, I didn't finish reading your post.
You said you are hustling and not financially buoyant.
At 25, you are already shooting yourself in the leg.

Thread carefully Op
(Might get the story beta if I read it all, but I didn't(Lazy Nigerian youth))