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Did some people really see white and gold

ikechizoba:
This is my first pregnancy,and am 40weeks gone,yet no show,no contraction,nothing to show dat the baby is preparing to be born,pls doctors in the house,how do i induce myself cos am scared of being induced at d hosp. I need ur help

Usually, induction is started at 40weeks plus 10 days, unless there are other compelling reasons such as scanty amniotic fluid volume or diabetes in pregnancy, etc

It is dangerous for u to consider inducing your own labour by use of drugs.

But you can try sex, if you do not have any reason not to, such as a history of bleeding anytime in this pregnancy. Sex have been known to stimulate onset of labour, because the semmen contains chemicals called prostaglandins, which are the natural forms of the chemicals used in making some induction agents.

But please do not take any pills on your own. Induction is not a scary thing. It is not painful. Usually, the doctor will insert a pill inside the vaginna. It is very safe, only meant to stimulate onset of labour.

Cutehector:
lol hav u had menstrual pain?

guy u r funny

babyosisi:
You folks think the average roadside clinic can handle a gun shot wound or accident victim.
They can't help the patients much even if they wanted to,they don't have the necessary equipment needed to do that,neither do they have the expertise for the most part.
Even here in the USA ,severe trauma and gun shot patients don't just end up at the nearest hospital and even when they do it's just for stabilization before they are taken by mediflight to trauma centers equipped to handle such.

You folks are demanding too much from people who have no knowledge,no experience and no training in handling things like this.
Most of these doctors probably just have an MBBS and nothing more
The facilities have no in house labs,X-ray or scan machines,no blood bank let alone more sophisticated equipment needed to stabilize such patients and certainly cannot perform the life saving surgeries these patients need.
They operate with much limitation,truth be told
Most are actually glorified dispensaries
The police report is just a way to send them away to go die elsewhere and not in their facility
The most they can do is put a drip in the patients arm if they can find a visible vein and watch him die
The average nigerian so called hospital can't do much for you beyond malaria and appendicitis if you're lucky

Let us remember the plight of DJDOLA ,two months in a Lagos hospital and millions of naira and they couldn't even give a definitive diagnosis and used our friend for experiment ,treating him for everything else and making up diagnosis along the way while billing the patient and smiling to the bank.
That should be an eye opener

I was expecting to see a very intelligent and informed post, esp coming from the OP herself, but the above post is neither brilliant nor an informed one. The content of your post, no offence intended, is full of ignorance and prejudice.

The National Health Law was only recently made a couple of months ago, making it unlawful to demand any paperwork before attending to emergent cases. Before then, it was not that simple. The Police would drag Hospitals and doctors into criminal cases they no nothing about. Hospitals had been listed as accomplices to crimes that happened far away from them, for merely "harboring" and treating suspected criminals with gun shhut wounds. There were many aspects to that, and while there were ethical guildlines to follow, ethics are not laws.

Once, as a juniour doctor in a small private hospital in rural Nigeria, I had finished attending to a young man, polytechnic student, who had lied in the history that the massive and deep cut he sustained was from a domestic fight with a roommate. Moments later, while outside the hospital and, I saw my patient being excorted by many armed mopol and some anti-cult agents. I enquired what the problem was, and one of them harshly said my patient was "a cultist and a criminal!". I was not prepared to walk that lonely and long way to obtaining justice in Nigeria, cos they had no right to take the patient away in that health condition. I only alerted his relations. Next time, I was more cautious in admitting certain patients.

Nobody expects a small general hospital to manage complicated trauma patients. Why then do we have specialists in trauma and emergency medicine, surgery and other spelciaties? But managing simple trauma cases, and identifying, triaging and stabilising serious cases is what every graduate doctor can and should do.

Your comment that the police report is a simple way to send patients away to die elsewhere, and that the most they do is to set up drip if visible veins were seen and watch patients die, is terribly ignorant, prejudiced, regrettable and very harsh on the hospitals and the doctors and other healthworkers. I'm curious to know if this is how you project Nigeria in the USA?

Your comments highlighting the inadequacies in expertise and equipment and policies in Nigeria, I agree with them. It isnt clear to me though, if it can be said that you have made them constructively.

cococandy:
looks good

thanks, and Happy Birthday to u!!!

babyosisi:
Biko nna don't use that much palm oil
Save yourself from heart disease and strokes
You can add tomato paste for redness and cut the oil by 3/4

Thanks. The oil wa too much. Nepa and bad gen contributed

Saturday dinner Porridge yam and dried fish

No energy to fry the frozen chicken sef

From usual 3 cups to 10 cups

My 10 cups of rice. After cooking, I asked me, who sent u? Lol

AdaEkube:
Hello doc,just got across dis thread now.i have been ttc since December 2014 and I noticed that my menses hasn't been flowing well as usual.This week I went for a hormonal assay,hvs and scan,yet to get the results for hvs n hormonal assay but I hv the scan results.I don't understand it and I want u to help me explain it very well.Thanks.
UTERUS........normal size anteverted non-gravid uterus measuring above 94*44*56mm with homogeneous myometrial echo texture,no uterine myoma.
Endometrial cavity is intact and empty.
OVARIES ......a small sized 11*15mm dominant follicle noted within the left ovary,the right is free,no cystic lesion.
ADNEXAE......bilateral free,no salpingitis.
Nil in POD.
Impression........normal pelvic scan,left developing follicle.

Scan showed that your pelvic organs are structurally normal, meaning that they LOOK the way they should look. No baby inside (yet). No fibroids. No signs of pelvic infections. No problems

Additionally, it showed a 'dominant follicle' or an egg about to be released, from your left ovary. This shows you were about ovulating at the time of the scan

It can be deduced from that your ovaries and hormone levels are normal.

Though your hormone profile is expected to be normal, you are still advised to have it done.

debbie:
My friend just lost her baby out of carelessness of the doctor and nurses in the hospital she went to give birth ....For the past two days she was having contraction and it was getting serious, but because the EDD given to her was mid march, she reported to the hospital and the silly nurses told her to go that it was false labour, plus her date hasn't reached....she went home and for the next two days she kept on having the contraction. Not knowing that the baby was getting weak and tired...eventually the couldn't bear it and reported back. The hurriedly delivered her of the baby, only for them to discover that the baby was already dead.

Right now she has been crying her life out, even her hubby is so weak and cant bear it.
I need the help of the doctors here or anyone in the house concerning the action I need to take against this hospital I'm

My main aim of doing this is to avert any such carelessness in future, especially to pregnant women who might not be aware of the fact that this said hospital have inexperienced hands and can get away with any action of their

Firstly the hospital is I ikorodu part of Lagos state.
I want to sue the hospital or possible make known the hospital name and location.
I want to be properly guided or advised on what to do.

Remember we have to fight to stop child mortality and any pregnancy related causality which is caused by human error.

Thanks

marc9, ccaramelf, omicron

I'm so sorry for her loss.

Mid March is barely 3 weeks from now, meaning that the pregnancy is term already, and the baby mature.

I find the Hospital culpable that the lady was sent home without examination by a doctor, and personally the nurses are culpable for doing that, except a doctor was called and did not show up. In that case, the doctor is culpable for negligence.

Diagnosis of false labour is usually one that is made at least 24 hours after the onset of initial contractions in pragnant woman who has reached term (37wks). Your friend was supposed to have been counselled to stay for observation in order to monitor her progress, if any. If this choice was offered and declined, then your friend is culpable too. If this choice was not offered at all, it is tantamout to negligence, and the doctor or nurses or Hospital culpable. If this choice was offered, accepted and followed, but her labour failed to progress to 'active' stage, and the baby fine, then standard practice is to send her home to come back "when the pains are stronger" or when anything else occurs.

But, in a scenerio where there were other factors that should have neccesitated urgent delivery of the baby, such as when the membrane had ruptured or when the mother had preeclampsia (a kind of hypertension in pregnancy), or when cervical dilatation had progressed to 'active' labour even without obvious strong contractions, your friend was supposed to have been induced asap, barring any contraindications to induction. This is why a doctor needed to have seen and examined her.

You can go to the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria to present your case or you can go through the state branch of the NMA.

It is also important to find out if the 'nurses' are licensed to practise Nursing in the first place, since the use of unlicensed 'nurses' is rampant in Nigeria's private hospitals

[quote author=Chikabel post=30984170][/quote]You are welcome, chikabel

omokab:
I have been experiencing this since I was young.I have not for once go to hospital because I have notice the cause of the problem since I was young and the help of my mother as a chemist.I try to avoid the use of aspirin and any drug for pain relieve because I discovered that I always have this stomach problem when I took any of such drug.The recent experience I have is when I took coke constantly,it disturb me a lot and since then I have taking coke as my enemy.Really I don't know if coke is a major problem to this but I took precaution.I also take gelusile and Gestid whenever am having this problem.The only thing I don't know is if am having hearth burn or alcer.

Very intelligent post.

Yea, aspirin, ibuprofen, lofnac, felvin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) commonly cause and or exercerbate ulcer/heartburn.

Coke CAN also worsen ulcer symtoms as they contain caffein which increases stimulation of stomach acid production.


Antacids like gelusil and gestid are common over-the-counter relievers.

Perhaps, you should see a doctor to diagnose your symptoms more precisely. But your knowledge of its basic management is very commendable.

Yes she can. Two are better, but only one is needed.

nonoski:
Why I'm sceptical is that the Dr. (I hope that's what they are called) first started with N3mil but later insisted that the least he will take is N500k. I found this a little odd coz professionals don't haggle over fees like market women. and the difference between his initial charge and the final charge is quite much which makes the whole arrangement suspect.

The man's name is Dr. Ama C. Ama and his hospital is located at No 10 Omuma Road, Overail, Aba, Abia State just incase anybody has had dealings with this man or used his medication before to give us a customer review.

or if there is a safer and convenient treatment (even if it requires flying him abroad - except India) for treatment.

Thank you

Price bargaining is not uncommom in Nigerian non-coperate private hospitals because of the peculiarities of our environment. I do not think it is expressly unethical.

Your dad's case should be handled by a team led by a Consultant Urologist. Ask if the doctor you mentioned above is one such doctor. If not, find one.

I expected his case to have been handled to standard at UPTH and Eko Hospital.

Prostate Cancer is very commonly and quite effectively managed in Nigerian hospitals by Nigerian doctors.

He wud have seen a specialist on that at UPTH and at Eko hospital. I believe they counselled him appropriately and gave him the various treatment options.

Usually, at the very early stages, radical prostatectomy is recommended. This is the removal of the prostrate and surrounding tissues in order to avoid the spreading of the cancer. This should provide "cure", provided no cancer cell was left behind.

If at the time he was seen, the cancer had past the early stages, then he would be recommended chemotherapy. This consists of pills necessary to suppress the growing cancer cells.

Additionally, especially at advanced stage of the cancer, orchidectomy -surgical removal of the testes- is done, to ensure maximum suppression of the cancer.

You must be counselled though that, except in the highly rare scenerio where it was detected at the earliest stages, the goal of, and expectation from, treatment should be to prolong life and improve quality of living, rather than to achieve total cure. Cancer has no cure, yet!

I do not know much about trados, but my knowledge of the pathophysiology of cancers, and going by international best practices, I do not think it is the way to go.

Condolences to him. He needs all the family support you can show.

gemini35:
. Hello bro are u a doc ? My friends doc said the v is neat and germ free that he should go ahead and suck, !but all I,m hearing makes it look disgusting to do, lol

lol. What i described is about the pregnant and labouring v, and it is not intended to evoke disgust for the female organ. The vaginna is not germ free, just like the other parts of the body. In fact, comparatively, the vaginna is usually less germ-free than other body parts, though is normal.

But also, like the rest of the body, the vaginna can also be (kept) neat.

Given this understanding, it is at the discretion of ur friend to choosd to suck the vaginna or not.

Medically, it is easy to contract genital herpes, HPV and some other germs through cunninlinguss.

Creamish:
Exactly wat i asked for. I doubt alot of women are aware of this cos frankly, hubbyz never say anything different. They always make u feel good. Hmm...dat bad ehn?

Thanks for the info.

BTW, is this change general?

@Kaeycea ... now how hard was it to explain it dis way?

Physiological changes in pregancy are almost always there. The dimensions of the changes, of cos, will vary between individual.

It is not a question of hygiene, far from it. It is same way the vaginass always have their characteristic odours, each being different from another.

The reaction of the lactic acid produced by the "good" bacteria in the vaginass with other substances, including cervical discharges, sweat from special sweat glands know as apocrine glands (similar to those under the armpit) help to produce vaginal odours.


In pregnancy, these things become exagerated, plus the extra mucus, the show etc, and in labour, the liquour and blood....

So, yes, it is general

Creamish:
Still waiting for the explanation o....pls all doz who "LIKED" his post shuld explain the distortion to me..

Not to sound unprofessional, the pregnant vaginna is rather repulsive, all thanks to the physiological changes he talked about.

The hormonal changes help to alter the smell of it, most times making it take on a characteristically pungent odour that can easily induce nausea and vomittin. The extra vaginal discharges, the normal thick mucus, the blood, the "show", the characteristically malodourous liqour, these things make the experience of examination of the obstetric patient somewhat repugnant.

But no one is to blame. It is all normal, even if not pleasant.

The doctors are professional, most times they do not see "vaginass". In the gynae room, it is usually a diseased tissue, in the labour room, it becomes a birth canal. And nothing more, except of cos, in the bedroom.

I have resisted to urge to vomit many times during an obsteric exam. If I did, I might have been severely disciplined for that is unethical, even though I'm human. Those who watch Grey's Anatomy series will understand more.

A major part of obstetric and gynae residency is about instillng in the doctors, the utmost respect for women , and gynaecoligists are leading partners in women's rights advocacy programs.

I also do not blame the public. It is almost impossible to really understand the medical world or medical practice.

I'm getting set to cook 10 cups of fried rice for family dinner This will be a cooking milestone for me. Highest I had done was 3 cups

Meanwhile, I selected these out for my own lunch

ToyosiR:
She doesn't menstrate much at all and its not much. She have abdominal pains, back pain and the pelvic pain as well.

But the abdominal pain is the one that is always much and once it starts, it causes serious constipation. NO STOOLING, NO PASSING OF GAS.

In that case, the fibroid may not be significant and so should not warrant surgery -even myomectomy.

It appears that she is perimenopausal, or close to her menopause, considering the scanty menstrual flow and her age. Under this circumstance, fibroids not causing major problems are better left alone, as they would soon stop growing, once she reaches menopause fuly, which is rather imminent.

Her abdominal symptoms of pain may be more in keeping with the ultrasound diagnosis of gall stones and gall bladder inflammation, particularly if the pain is more in the upper abdomen.You will comfirm the diagnosis when you have seen a gastroenterologist and or a general surgeon. This is even more significant in order to rule out other possiblities, including peptic ulcer disease or pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas)

When comfirmed, treatment could be medical (pills and lifestyle changes) or surgical (removal of the gall bladder).

ToyosiR:
she's 50 years old.

Hi, is the fibroid causing her major symptoms, like heavy menses or major pelvic pain?

GEJ just know how to shoot himself. Which one is goat and yam again. Why cant he ever speak like a president?

If history is anything to go buy, then bomings are expected to increase following the government's statements that Boko haram activities will be largely curtailed in the coming weeks.

I hope history is proven wrong this time.

Rip to the dead

Apart from his thick accent, which is unimportant nonetheless, he was articulate.

Doller1:
tnx for d advise. i'll try and see a doctor. But pls, is it possible to have a STDs without having sex before? cos i never had sex before throughout my life.

It is not possible to have STI without having had sex. But it is not only STIs that can cause urethritis too. I guess I implied that before -STIs are common causes, but not the only cause.

See a doctor then. Better safe than sorry.

Doller1:
I woke up two days ago in d mornin to urinate. I noticed a sharp pain accompanying the urine passage and a little yellowing of the urine. After a day and today the urine turns deep yellow like brownish and also d pain increased. WHAT could be the reason and what should i do pls Docs..

You have urethritis usually caused by infection of the urethra. Sexually transmitted Infections, such as gonorrhea, are common causes. You should visit a hospital for appropriate treatment, which will include urine test, blood tests and a dose of antibiotics.


If not treated comprehensively, you could suffer complications like urethral strictures in the future.

If comfirmed (or just to be on the safe side), you are advised to have your sexual partner treated, even if she or he is not showing symptoms yet.

Yields:
Excellent.

thanks dear