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SavageResponse:
It is only people who are blinded by greed that make such foolish moves

Life itself is a gamble.
If you have the amount you can afford to lose, you join them, if not you simply shut up, as long as they don't borrow or steal from you to invest in it.

Having observed them for over a year, I'll be putting 1million into it between now and tomorrow.
If I lose the money, which is just a part of my 1month salary, I'll neither cry nor commit suicide.
Some other people can afford to lose 1billion and still live.
Just leave the guys alone, as you don't know much about each person's background and risk appetite.

Luckymama:
If govt handled it in whatever manner, what stops you the ordinary citizen from being responsible with your life. Simple reduce unnecessary waka. Wear face mask. Wash your hands or use sanitizer. That’s what’s needed on our part.! Whether the govt is embezzling Covid money or not you just take care of yourself.

Sensible post!

Lexusgs430:
Whilst the world is slowly opening up, experiencing reduced numbers......

Our numbers dey climb........ Clueless bunch of politicians.......

Clueless politicians or clueless citizens who don't keep to simple instructions?
How many of you judiciously observed the lockdown?

If politicians shutdown the state, you complain!
If they open it up, you complain!
How many Nigerians even believe the virus exists in the first place??
Nigerians are a group of complicated, confused wild animals!
Now, the country will become a reservoir for the virus, after other countries with sensible, enlightened and law-abiding citizens have succeeded in putting theirs under control.
With that, the economic recovery will be delayed and everyone will bear the brunt.

PrimeWatermark:
Dude, calm down. You're suggesting surgery as if it's a child's play. I once had a major surgery on an entirely different issue while I was much younger. It's not easy going under the knife.

It wouldn't hurt if we get solutions that doesn't warrant surgery. This is not a matter of ignorance. Thank you

Inform me once you get the solution, bros.

mindtricks:
No longer news Nigerian health system is messed up big time. No thanks to the how our affairs are run by even those at the helm.
Beside fact that surgery is a last resort, our hospitals function in a way that they can actually make such issue further complicated.
It you have such serious health issue here in naija and you don't have the means to address it properly, including traveling out if need be, you are done for.

Yea, even with the poorer healthcare system compared to those of developed countries as a result of poor funding, surgeries far more complex than such a simple one as haemorrhoidectomy are still been done in them.
Doesn't it sound crazy talking about travelling out for a haemorrhoidectomy?
There are also good private hospitals in Nigeria where the surgery can be done.

For correction, surgery is not a last option for a haemorrhoid that has gone beyond the first stage/degree, or one complicated by excessive bleeding. It is the first and only reliable option.

Which particular drug?
Every drug has it's own specific mechanisms of action, except those belonging to the same class.

PrimeWatermark:
Following this thread bumper to bumper. I've been having the same issue for like 4years now. Once had a blood transfusion cos of excessive blood loss, right now it's me and blood tonic after taking countless drugs to no avail.

Later on, the hospital diagnosed ulcer. I don tire

lalasticlala... Front page please. We need more people to profer solutions.

Drugs can't cure haemorrhoids once it has passed 1st/2nd degree(haemorrhoids are graded from 1st to 4th degree).
Look for a surgeon to put you through a haemorrhoidectomy.
The complications are minor if properly done.
How can you bleed to the extent of needing a blood transfusion, and still go ahead to live with the haemorrhoids?
You guys are very amazing!

Why are people suffering for years for simple things that can be resolved surgically??
Is it due to lack of money, hospitals/surgeons or plain ignorance?
Nigerians health matter de tire me!

Now, you'll create enough rooms for these crooks to prescribe and sell all manner of "super-power" concoctions to you.

Poshriel:
I have been having heart issues.. Most times BP is high and that Is the reason I can't sleep sometimes.. I also have palpitations and vibration in the body

These information are coming out in bits.
You need to see a doctor who will sit down with you, and put these symptoms and his exam findings together to come up with a diagnosis.
Online consultation will be unhelpfu, from what I've seen so far.

Poshriel:
Xray was due to difficulty breathing the results of the tests showed that my blood count was OK the hepatitis were negative
But they were able to point out that my cholesterol level was high .. About 5.75
I was a lover of pork and many fried foods before this though
My worry is can cholesterol be the cause of this issues..

A high cholesterol level, thought you didn't specify if it's total cholesterol, LDL, or HDL, shouldn't be responsible for difficulty in breathing, in the absence of heart attack.
The hospital treating you should search for the real diagnosis responsible for the breathing difficulty and the other symptoms, and leave cholesterol alone in such very young person as you are.

Poshriel:
I have don hepatitis I have done xrays I have done blood counts..

It can only make sense if we have access to the results.
X Ray of which part of the body? Chest? Abdomen? Head? Etc
What was the reason for the x ray(cough, chest pain, difficulty in breathing, abdominal pain, etc)
You've been to the hospital, right?
What was their diagnosis after reviewing these test results?

But it was advertised initially as a 2006 model.
What happened?

Poshriel:
Guys pls help I really don't know why my whole body shakes .. I hardly sleep and when I do its for just a short period. I also feel so weak and tired all the time ..

Have taken all sort of antibiotics and antimalarial

Which tests have you run so far, so we can know where to start?
Most infections, especially viral infections, have lethargy/weakness as one of their presenting symptoms, as your body's resources are channelled towards fighting them.
Taking antibiotics indiscriminately and without a diagnosis is evil medically and is dangerous.

seunlayi:
stop this misinformation, it is not a drug for absolute cure yet, it only reduce the death rate of those in critical condition at a low rate... Their is hope

Thank you!
One of the problems with Nigerians is the way they misinterpret and misuse simple information!

[quote author=AduroSA post=90744413][/quote]Ok, but once a hospital/doctor is involved to carry out clinical examination and certify her dead, and the police is there to make their preliminary enquiries and to witness the corpse, it can be transferred to the mortuary with or without the relatives' presence.

Remember every citizen belongs to the government, and the police represents the government.

Let both the hospital and police make their reports, as your next line of action depends on them.
But you can't do much if both reports point to a natural cause.

Most Nigerians are criminally-minded, and most apply for loans without any plans ab initio to pay back.
And it's very unfortunate to see such criminals parading themselves freely in this forum.
If you borrow money and fraudulently refuse to pay back, the option the lender chooses to recover his money is none of your business.

It seems it has now been re-sprayed.
Can 2m now go, upon satisfactory inspection?

Mariangeles:
Most Nigerian hospitals are almost useless in that area.

How many of you are able to afford the cost of full investigations(except malaria and typhoid tests) in Nigeria??

The tests they beg a sick person in Nigeria to do, healthy-looking people(minus Africans abroad) do them abroad as part of their regular health checks.

The only tests most Nigerians can comfortably afford without complaints are malaria and typhoid tests, and most hospitals have shamefully limited themselves to those tests.
I heard that most times, when you give Nigerian patients a bill for tests to be done, they'll ask "is this only for tests or for both tests and treatment?"
Poverty is a big obstacle to assessing good healthcare anywhere in the world.
A young person having hypertension should be fully and thoroughly investigated, but where's they money??

Edaniels9:
35kg in 1 month really? Do you know what 35kg means? Do you know that the average weight of a new born baby is 3kg? Are u saying someone can healthly lose fat the size of 11 new born babies in 1 month?
You may want to revisit your copy and make corrections.

Don't mind those lying thieves, looking for unsuspecting victims to dupe.

vecman22:
Happy Sunday bro..please I just noticed it has popped on his own,am on transit back to my base..please what should I do,should I stop and press it out or I should wait till I reach my base since I was planning on going back to the hospital tomorrow for it to be drain..please what should I do??

Happy Sunday too.
You can't do it yourself effectively, bros.
Get to your base and visit a hospital.

May her soul RIP!
In the absence of assault, people can also slump and die if they have undiagnosed heart related problems and are engaged in strenuous physical activities, just like Sam Okparaji did some decades ago.
But, was she taken to the hospital, where she was evaluated and certified dead before being moved to the mortuary??
If the company moved her straight to the mortuary instead of to the hospital first, then there's a problem.
Did they involve the police before moving her to the mortuary? If they didn't, then there's a problem.
As for the Death Certificate, it should be provided by the hospital that certified her dead, and not by the company.
The company cannot provide a Death Certificate, as it's not a hospital.
But their undoing will be moving the lady straight to the mortuary instead of hospital.
That's where they failed; and that's where you should hold them.
A police report would purely be leveraged on a medical report; and now where there's no medical report, a police report would be useless.
Now, the only way to establish the cause of death and settle all scores is by doing an AUTOPSY.

aminusodiq:
I've read intensively about d ailment u wrote above (i read it just now in other to knw abt it and I can tell u wat op has isnt fourniers gangrene.... It seems just like a boil!!!

Nigerians can quote doctors wrongly ehh, that's one of the reasons I ran away.
It's good you've read it; that's how knowledge is acquired.
What he has is not yet Fournier's gangrene, but Fournier's can develop as a complication if the boil(what he has now is called a carbuncle) is not properly handled, and if he has an underlying immunosuppressive ailments like diabetes, hiv, etc.

I have to stop you guys from spreading false information.
Diabetes does not usually cause loss of taste and smell sensations.
Post viral anosmia is a reality in the medical field(it could be any of the viruses that affect the respiratory tract, it mustn't be covid 19).
Those who told you it could be covid 19 were right.
You not going for covid-19 test to verify that before condemning them are wrong.
Post viral anosmia recovers with or without treatment after a few days or weeks; it has no business with you reducing your sugar intake.
Your intake of sugary drinks can contribute to your raised sugar level, but has no business with your loss of smell and taste sensations.
Finally, that doctor that told you Diabetes/sugary drinks caused your anosmia should have his certificates verified, unless you quoted him wrongly, as most Nigerians often do.

vecman22:
So Should I stop taking the antibiotics?

No, it should be continued.
Those red areas show the infection is still active and ongoing.
But it has to be opened up, and pus drained.

Juell:
It's just a boil nothing to be scared about, treat it the way boil is treated.

If you read about Fournier's Gangrene on the scrotum, you'll know boils on the scrotum are really something to be scared about, especially if he has underlying health conditions like diabetes, hiv, etc.

Let's not always give people reasons to play with their health issues, especially when we don't have thd full information concerning their other underlying health problems.

vecman22:
Please I need help,so this thing started growing on my testicles over two weeks now.have been to two different hospitals at the second hospital I was given injections for three days,and then antibiotics but den there is still no sign of progress,I dont kwn if this is actually boil or something else and am out of options now..

Please if there is anybody in here that can help me with recommendations I will appreciate because I can barely walk due to the fact I can't close my legs cos of the pains...picture below

Moderators help a brother...

There's pus(abscess) there already, and it has to be quickly removed.
The only way to handle pus is to drain it.
Antibiotics control the spread of the bacteria causing it, but do not remove the pus themselves.
It's quackery for anyone to continue giving you antibiotics alone, when that huge pus is still there staring everyone in the face.
Go back to the hospital, and have those pus drained.

Westniggur:
You need to understand that is not all illnesses that a patient will go to the hospital.

Yes, one can make use of over-the- counter medications for minor ailments like flu, etc., but not for yet to be diagnosed problems or persistent ones.


Even for flu, most people abroad still go to the hospitals for the right diagnosis and care, as other illnesses(eg HIV, HBC, HCV, EBV, etc) also sometimes present with flu-like symptoms.

I have seen many people with flu going for CT scan just to make sure they don't have chronic sinusitis or nasal polyps, but that's unheard of in Nigeria. Even those whose conditions deserve a CT or MRI scan never go for it once they hear about the price.

Until the problems of ignorance, poverty, and out-of-pocket payment/absence of insurance are sorted out, the Nigerian health indices will continue to remain poor.

Westniggur:
Who will enlighten the citizens?

The individual, family(nuclear, extended), community, friends, peer groups, religious leaders, community health workers, schools, hospitals(only when patient has made himself available after being properly directed by any of the previous groups).

Mrkcee:
The Nigerian Healthcare system needs total overhaul.
Good writeup!

It's not only about the system, but the citizens' level of enlightenment and health-seeking behaviour need to improve too.

As the OP rightly noted, Nigerian patients only go to the hospitals when there conditions have already become irredeemable, compared to their counterparts abroad.
That's not the fault of the healthcare system.
The boy in the write up, for instance, has no business going to the pharmacy as his first point of call when his condition hasn't been properly diagnosed and documented.
Even abroad, there's no way that pharmacy would have access to his medical records.
The health seeking behaviour in Nigeria is very poor, and I think poverty and ignorance contribute majorly to that.
All in all, both the citizens and the system are to share the blames equally when it comes to the very poor health indices in Nigeria.