₦airaland Forum

KingAzubuike:
It's better to sell the baby than to use it for sacrifice or ritual.

Why sell the baby at all?

This is quite simple. Once you have rashes/swellings/itching on your body and you've eliminated infection via blood tests or the prescribed antibiotic does not work, then it is most probably an allergy. For allergies, there is only one solution. You must avoid the food (egg, milk, soya etc)/substance (e.g dust, grass, pollen) that you react to by careful consideration of your diet or exposure over the 3 days prior to an episode of the rash. Then start eliminating gradually by exposing yourself to one while avoiding the others, if no issue move to next until..... A faster way would be to do an allergen test. Note that this is not a common test in most Nigerian medical laboratories and the knowledge of Allergens among a lot of general practitioners (doctors) is not strong enough as some would be tempted to diagnose as infection due to the presentation. It took us 2 years despite visits to the hospital to realize my son was reacting to Soya (even if not consumed directly as the drink we all know-soya milk) but once it is present in some processed food as soya lecithin e.g milk or in soya flour in some bread, he will start having swellings on his body and itching.
To control the itching, cetirizine hydrochloride and loratadine works. I discovered one works better for my son than the other but it could be reversed for another person. There are different brands of the 2 drugs just like paracetamol has different brands - I don't want to mention any but ensure you buy the best. I'll most importantly recommend anyone that has allergy consults a good doctor/pharmacist (not shop pharmacist ooo, certified pharmacist) who will recommend dosage and duration. The itching should stop within 2 days while swellings may clear in one week. But note that both itching and swelling may persist if the person is continually exposed to the allergen. So first, you need to ensure you avoid the allergen by taking care what you eat and/or where you go as well as hygiene in your house-dust etc. We read the ingredient list of any processed food we want to buy for my son to consume. Our health is in our hands. Hope this info helps.