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dre is no cause for alarm here...and i dont think dre is need for hysterectomy...pls visit a specialist...gynaecologist for proper management...nothin to fear abt pls

Egbunaogo:
Herbal remedies have their "possible" benefits as they were used by our ancestors for millenia.
However, they are not standardized, and the practice of those who prescribe them is not regulated as orthodox doctors are regulated by both MDCN and NAFDAC.

Herbal medicines are apparently beneficial for many ailments but have unintended consequences such as stomach ulcers or even kidney failure. So beware- while an herbal remedy might help with heart burn, it may put you in the hoospital for something else.

Read this interesting post on the role of herbal medicines in causing kidney failure in Nigeria here. http://kidneysolutions./2014/04/13/upcoming-blog-post-may-2014-environmental-causes-of-kidney-disease-and-failure-in-nigeria-a-big-public-health-problem/.

There are many other environmental and occupational causes of kidney failure but the section in this post on traditional herbal remedies is very relevant to the discussion here.

Hope this helps.

yh ds helps...d most dreaded consequence is kidney failure...hope pple will nt to be takin all herbs indiscriminately

Zikkie:
Thanks o. U stay in uch?? We stayed in uch for some years too before we relocated to our place, the building before ABH. Amen to your prayers. I hope you'll keep in touch with the family?

Oh yes ...I am stayin in ABH..med student...i wil try as much as i can to kip in touch...thanks...kip fit

nature20:
Desperatm kamaldeen,said he has given up on all staphylococcus treatments because for many years he has tried ANTIBIOTICS \ HERBS it did not work and has vowed not to take any medications again before he decides to contact me,my therapy has not killed any or send any to hospital or cause any havoc,he said i am poor but i thank God i am a proud owner of my house with two more vacant land ,a MAXIMA AUTO CAR,and happily married with kids,my book on natural health will soon be Lunched by British council and the Lagos state Govt.and NGO'S,i am Grateful to GOD.My last word on this.

henhen ..so here u are...can u pls tell us more abt ur drugs...d active ingredients & excipients contained....d mechanism of action

desperatem:
Dont tell me you believed him? because he came out and clear himself without a proper reason for barring my calls now makes him innocent? Hmm, I feel this man here is trying to play pranks on us. You are nature20 abi? you are using your other moniker to comment. I hope you remember to change your IP so the admin won't know its the same man talking.

i agree wt u...i think its still d same person goin by his previous antecedents

practicalclass:
Abeg, i need IBM logistics contact.
Thanks.

ds is d contact 07033801718....hes on whatsapp...and im aziz frm abh....i sent a bbm invite to u alredi...well done...ow biz..housejob?

Zikkie:
Thanks Christine, we are all doing well.

well done evryone...ds is inspirin...may we all live to narrate d best of stories...@ zikkie..i also stay in ibadan too here in uch...seen so many pple battling with ds scourge...it is well wt us all. well done for takin gud care of ur parents

gmyguy:
i'm not sure if i will...is Fego still a school?

yes its still a school..... perhpaps i dont get u

gmyguy:
i'm not sure if i will...is Fego still a school?

yes its still a school..... perhpaps i dont get u

gmyguy:
men...i drank so much garri in sec school, every morning, i would clear a huge chunk from the recesses of my mouth in fgc ogbomoso. when i graduated sec school, i vowed to avoid it aggressively...now i only indulge in garri as if it is calamari...thank God am blessed to do so. I also use thick glasses. maybe na d garri cos am

i also attended fgc ogbomoso bt 2008 set...garri performd wonders then? will u b attendin d reunion on saturday
....and sir, are u also a doc? im a ui med student as well....thanks

Drabrah:

Well, I'm responding 2 ur comment simply cos I used 2 av same notion as u til I gat 2 know some basic concepts behind d disparity. As an undergrad of d berra by 4 uni, I remember in my 1st yr, I saw a news report of UI graduating abt 57 1st class(if I can remember) wen my sch gat use 'diplomacy' 2 reduce 1st class to abt 3 or 4. I remember back then, som depts gat multiply GPs wt decimals 2 reduce pass rate, I remember some 1st class were imposed on d dept by external examiners & d lyk.
Nw Unilorin awards above 50 1st class I think (I may b wrong tho) cos dia r more faculties, depts & profs. Well, summary is, if u're in a less priv8 or 'not so advantageously positioned uni' u gat work more 2 enjoy equal (or even less benefits), jst lyk colleagues in UCH always say they've gat no tym 2 read buh all wot we read in books, they see dem live & dat places dem @ advantage.

here i am in UCH...U ar right sir probably

prince3009:
My mum received a call this morning while lying on her sick bed, it was someone who claimed to be an FRSC official. He claimed that there was someone involved in a ghastly motor accident whom she (my mum) knew and that she should call back...i was already all set for work so i decided to call the number. When i did, the "FRSC" man asked where i was and i told him i was in Abuja. He then said that there was a ghastly motor accident which occurred along the Lokoja/Abuja road and a woman whom we supposedly know was involved.

He said he got my mum's number from the woman's phone and that though she is alive, she is in a very critical condition. According to him, the 3 people sitting down beside her died on the spot and the woman needed urgent medical attention. He further inquired if i knew any Red Cross number and i said no. I told him to simply use the woman's number to call me so that i would be able to ascertain her identity by tallying it with the contacts on my mum's phone or mine so we could know if she was a close relative but he responded by saying that there was no credit in the woman's phone and that he tried the "Call Me Back" method which did not work. He finally broke the camel's back by saying i should send MTN Recharge Card of about N400 to him so he could load the phone and call me back with it. I told him that i would send him just N100 but he insisted it must be N400 or at least N200. That was when it dawned on me. I was so upset cos my mum is a High BP and Diabetic patient which culminated to a stroke months back and was still recovering in my house only for them to spring this up on her. I managed to calm both her and my younger sister down by telling them it was a prank call from a scammer and related my reasons to them.

If you are reading this and got a similar call, please share your experience and for those who have not, be wary...IT IS A CHEAP SCAM!

cheap scam indeed! so sorry abt ur mum's conditn...d supportive mgt has to be good na ooo so dat she will regain maximum fxn...well done for takin good care of her

DrGroove:
Paediatrics and their bad mouth. That's how they run it in UNIPORT

paediatrics...same story here in UI tooo...most dreaded dept incl surgery

hi y'all....we all av to be careful with d we use herbs...deir composition ar nt known..and dre has bn studies that show dey are one of d causes of nephropathies etc... @op u shld av gone to a standard health facility for whateva symptoms disturbin u.

chemashie:
For those that are based in UK and would like to start this business let me know how i can work with you on this project. I based in nigeria and i can help to export some of these food stuffs to UK; garri(yellow&white), elubo, ewedu, yam, pure natural honey, stock fish, ugwu leaves, ofada rice etc.
Let me know when you are starting this business so i can partner with you on this. My contact no is +2348034018955

sir, u're bak in naija? House....hold ds boss oooo....im sure it will be worthwhile doin business wt him...he has lifted so many hands wt his great ideas

Babyrex:
abeg! wats d need for sugar test?
PCV i can understand to check his Hb level, y not LFTs?
Just saying anyways?
wat do i know

exactly...im wonderin y Lfts , E,U&cr arnt done yet
..dese shld b d major ones esp wt d history of d illness
..perhaps its bn done bt nt reported here

Curiouscat:
Sowie...just to digress a little bit. Pls. Do I have anything to fear because I notice that each time I gt to urinate in the morning, my urine use to smell. It kinda gt me worried.

urine has a normal xtic smell...i dont think dat shld be worrisome...bt if it foams excessively ....u can jst do a simple urinalysis in a nearby hosp

gbadexy:
I've been following this thread and I did the little. I could and called the attention of my brother to it.
However that is not the reason for the post, I would first of all like to really appreciate the good people here. There are many that really impressed and inspires me but I can't list name here but I have highest regards to them. I only wish I could meet and know such people that are selfless and sacrifice time and resources.
I would also like to use this medium to draw attention to the possible danger of consuming local herbs.
I bought some local herb called "agunmu' and took it with hot tea some months back and I started perceiving urea on my breath faintly for the next two days.
I was able to observe because I've read an account of a man on watchtowers magazine that had kidney failure and organ transplant and it was part of his first observation during the ailment.
So I was alerted and observed my urine also. Luckily, it stopped and I've never had such experience again.
Now, someone that doesn't have an idea what such symptom means won't even pay serious attention to it and continue taking the herb.
I'm no medical expert but I fear it may have put a strain on the kidney causing inability to remove urea from the blood fast.
People take herbs indiscriminately and some may contain some harmful chemicals or toxins that may not have immediate effect but gradual damaging effect with continued usage.

u've said nothin bt d truth....infact there is somtin called chinese herb nephropathy in medicine which arose frm some past research....it means herbs causin kidney damage altho no study has bn done as regards dat in ds area bt im sure some of d herbs will contain nephrotoxic substs....and d most unfortunate thing is that most of d nephropathies wont show any symptom untill a great deal of damage has bn done except someone who is very observant bt a simple BP check or a dip stick urine test can detect ontime...so d reason for once in a while check up..
A o ni se aare oooo.
Im sorry if av derailed

chioma134:
Pls, I need links to the original thread so I can know exactly what happened and how the diagnosis was arrived at. Looking at this picture, looks to me more of a liver pathology than kidney disease. If kidney disease is involved, it's probably hepatorenal syndrome, and definitive treatment is liver transplantation. Instead of rushing him to a dialysis centre, I would suggest a proper assessment at LUTH or LASUTH to get a working diagnosis, then it can be taken up from there.
My thoughts only. However, as I said earlier, these issues may have already been dealt with earlier on in the previous thread, so someone should please post the links.
Thanks.

yes ..its most likely hepatorenal syndr...btw i tot federal hosp ar on strike
..no work is goin on at all in UCH currently

olu4life:
Where u go since? I haff miss u o. O ya join create awareness dokita

abi oooo....i am tryin here tooo...av posted it on some whatsapp grps i belong too ..
no update frm d new hosp yet! altho i know dey wud av landed
r231 ......whats happenin?

babyosisi:

I got a hand written note from the Dr in Eruwa
No lab results from anyone yet
I doubt if that is enough but it is something
But nevertheless this weekend I hope to

1. Call India again hopefully I can get the liaison lady on a weekend
2. Send them what I have which is just the note and the lab request with differential diagnosis and also include the picture with him showing chest and abdomen.

Chai
I have to work now o

No chance again till x5 hours
Oru bekee

yes thats it ...he neva had a bioxcal test done in eruwa...only d radiological ones...maybe d ones he will do in d new hosp will help

one just dissapointed me ystday

babyosisi:
Can I get those tests please including the one from the brother
I have been shouting doctors report and now he has moved from eruwa without one
Who can I count on to send me reports from this new hospital ASAP

dey actually got a report or lemme say note cos what i saw didnt read a thorough report...the tehn rep has eveythin wt him...perhaps u shld mail tehn...im no longer wt him. or i will try if i can get across

babyosisi:

Send me what you have
The folks going to eruwa should get me a doctor's summary and lab results of any date

the doctors report was so scanty and i even didnt take d picture .....will email d supposed content to u...d oda tests done were only Cxr and abd uss. its all wt d broda
.....he will still av to undergo a comprehensive assesment done and oda investigatns carried out at d new hosp. well done ma

r231:
UPDATE!!
13:00 - Ambulance left Eruwa en-route to Lagos hospital.
We will update you guys later when they arrive.
Thank you!!
TeHN

yeah..just now...abt updatin as well...wish dem journey mercies....on my way bak to ibadan now too
..at d motor park....well done
..God bless us all

getin an ambulance today is out of it, dey ar all sayin its nt possible today. Tho getin a park bus is stressful, its stil ok , dey wont take lagos ib express way bt abeokuta . Caracta pls send broda's no to me again as a text messge. My oda fone's battery is flate and d no is on it

Caracta:
The money is available

ok, will call d broda now to know ow far he's gone abt gettin d vehicle.

delightful1:
Called them and was told Someone had called before me and that the person has all the info needed.

Who is the caller o and what's the update. We need to be time conscious please.

i made d call, i ws told its nt possible today, and we ask dj broda to get an alternative, will call him now to know ow far he's gone wt dat.