Disease Information

It was Monday morning, and as usual Doctor Emeka was looking dapper in his ward coat. He was about adjusting his glasses when a frantic knock at the door interrupted his hands midway. “Come in,”  Emeka said, inviting a huge middle-aged woman, who  gingerly made her way into the office and occupied one of the

World AIDS Day remains a time to reassess the efforts we are making in the fight against the virus. This year focuses on continually building resilient care services around the globe in the light of the recent Corona virus pandemic including accessing individual country progress. Going over the basics of the disease is surely a

We were at the airport trying to board a flight back home to Akure, Ondo state, Nigeria. My dad has been missing for some days now and no one seemed to know his whereabouts. I had been so caught up with work, school and my family that I totally forgot to check up on my

Hemorrhoids are blood vessels that are located in the muscles of the walls of the rectum and anus. They are located at the junction where small arteries merge into veins.  Now, hemorrhoids become an issue when they begin to swell, cause itching, pain and/or bleeding. This condition is referred to as hemorrhoidal crises or hemorrhoidal

Hepatitis is an inflammatory (swelling) disease of the liver mainly caused by viral infection and excessive alcohol intake.  Viral hepatitis which is our focus here results from infection with any of the following viruses: Hepatitis A, B, C. D or E virus. Modes of Transmission Hepatitis A and E are contracted when  the viruses are

In a world where there is a lot of misinformation about epilepsy, epileptic patients are stigmatized and are also denied some human rights. It is vital to know about the disease as it is a really common occurrence. Epilepsy is a non-communicable disease (cannot be transmitted from a patient to an healthy person) in which

Juvenile arthritis is a kind of arthritis that occurs in children below 16 years and involves swelling of the synovium (a tissue that lines the walls of the joints). It is described as an auto-immune disease meaning that the body’s immune system attacks the body cells (healthy joint tissues) instead of foreign invaders such as

Diabetes mellitus is a lifestyle disease. It can be easily prevented but has continued to be on the increase due to poor awareness leading to late detection. It is a chronic disease (develops slowly over time) in which the pancreas no longer produces enough insulin. In some cases when insulin is produced the body cells