A neurosurgeon, Dr Charles Ugwuanyi, has warned Nigerians in opposition to dismissing persistent complications as strange ache.
He stated they might typically be signs of significant medical situations, together with mind tumours and aneurysms.
Ugwuanyi, the chief medical director of Wellington Hospital, Abuja, stated individuals who expertise recurring complications, significantly those who persist for days or happen on waking within the morning, ought to search medical consideration quite than depend on painkillers.
He gave the warning at a press convention marking the hospital’s fifteenth anniversary, the place he spoke on neurological situations and the necessity for early prognosis and therapy.
According to him, some individuals routinely take paracetamol each time they expertise complications with out investigating the underlying trigger, a apply that might delay the prognosis of doubtless critical situations.
He stated the hospital had identified a number of instances of mind tumours and aneurysms amongst sufferers who offered with persistent complications.
Ugwuanyi defined that the mind controls a number of features of the human physique, making early investigation of situations affecting it significantly essential.
He stated trendy diagnostic gear, together with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computerised tomography (CT) scans, was important for figuring out abnormalities within the mind and backbone earlier than surgical procedure.
The neurosurgeon additionally highlighted epilepsy as one other neurological situation that requires better public consciousness, warning that stigma typically prevents sufferers from in search of medical consideration.
He stated epilepsy may very well be managed with treatment, whereas some instances had been appropriate for surgical therapy, urging affected individuals and their households to not conceal the situation.
Ugwuanyi additional recognized hypertension and diabetes as main well being issues, warning that poorly managed instances might contribute to kidney injury.
He additionally cautioned in opposition to the indiscriminate use of painkillers, significantly medication resembling ibuprofen, indomethacin and naproxen, noting that their misuse might hurt the kidneys.
The CMD urged Nigerians to bear common medical checks, significantly blood strain and blood sugar assessments, and keep away from self-medication.
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