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A Specialist Registrar and Associate Fellow in Anaesthesia & Critical Care at the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Edo State, Dr. Julian Ojebo, says if left untreated, fat necrosis can become gangrenous and lead to death. Ojebo, however, said that, for some people, fat necrosis can dissolve without any treatment.
Speaking with PUNCH HealthWise, he said that fat necrosis usually occurs when there are surgeries that have to do with soft tissues such as aesthetic surgeries like tummy tuck, breast lift, breast augmentation, breast reduction, thigh reduction, mother-arm fat reduction, and Brazilian butt lift.
As cervical cancer rates drop, other HPV cancers rise, study finds
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Cervical cancer rates have dropped one percent annually since 2001, likely due to clear screening and HPV vaccination guidelines, while other HPV-related cancers without standardised screening guidelines are on the rise, according to research set to be presented at the 2021 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting.
The finding was published online by the Becker’s Hospital Review — a hospital magazine for hospital business news and analysis for hospital and healthcare system executives.
‘Suturing after episiotomy is corrective repair, not vagina tightening for male sexual pleasure’
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Maternal and child health experts say that, contrary to erroneous belief among some people, suturing of the vagina after an episiotomy is a corrective repair and not a cosmetic surgery to tighten the vagina for male sexual pleasure. The experts warn physicians to abstain from unprofessional practice of sewing up women too tightly in the name of post-episiotomy suturing.
The experts say that it is wrong and inappropriate for healthcare workers to suture a woman tightly after an episiotomy, considering that the incision is generally between three and four centimeters in length.
‘Patients have right to know names of drugs prescribed by doctor and likely side effects’
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Medical experts have said that it is wrong and totally unacceptable for doctors not to tell their patients the name of the medications prescribed for patients or what the drugs are expected to treat.
According to the physicians who spoke with PUNCH HealthWise, a doctor has a responsibility to tell the patient the name of the drug and the side effects, if any. Speaking in an interview with PUNCH HealthWise, a Public Health Physician, Dr. Austine Aipoh, urged doctors to be open to their patients, stressing that the age of hiding things from patients is over.
Why breast milk quality varies among nursing mothers, according to paediatricians
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A Consultant Pediatrician and Head of Department at the Massey Street Children Hospital, Lagos, Olanike Olutekunbi, says the breast milk of a mother who delivers prematurely differs from that of a mother who delivers at term.
According to her, mothers’ breast milk varies based on the timing of birth and it continues to change throughout breastfeeding period to meet the needs of the growing child. This corroborates a 1981 study published online by PubMed, a free search engine of references and abstracts on life sciences and biomedical topics.
MPD-4-QED: A Database to Improve the Quality of Care for Maternal and Newborn Health in Nigeria
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The maternal mortality rate in Nigeria is 512 deaths per 100,000 live births, and according to the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS), 61 percent of live births do not take place in a health facility. About 20% of global maternal deaths occur in Nigeria and more women especially those aged 15–19 die from pregnancy-related complications.
Between 2005 and 2015, it is estimated that over 600,000 maternal deaths and no less than 900,000 maternal near-miss cases occurred in the country. Most maternal deaths are preventable, as the healthcare solutions to prevent or manage complications are well known. All women need access to high-quality care in pregnancy, during, and after childbirth.
FG warns nursing mothers, pregnant women against patronising quacks for health care
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The Federal Government has warned Nigerians, especially nursing mothers and pregnant women, against patronising quack nurses for their health care. The FG also urged nursing mothers and pregnant women to embrace Primary Health Centres built in their domains to avert needless death.
A statement on Tuesday said the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals, Joke Orelope-Adefulire, made the call in Lagos at the inauguration of the Iru Estate Primary Health Centre. She also asked Nigerians to be wary of the kind of people they consult for medical attention.
Nearly 90 percent of African countries will miss a target of vaccinating a tenth of their population by September unless they urgently receive more than 200 million jabs, the WHO warned Thursday. “Only seven African countries (out of 54) are likely to reach the target,” the World Health Organization’s director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, said in an online briefing.
At least 225 million jabs are urgently required if the majority of the countries are to meet the deadline, she said. Africans have received less than one percent of the over 2.1 billion doses administered globally, according to the WHO.
One Serious Side Effect Reported In COVID-19 Vaccination In Oyo
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The Oyo State COVID-19 Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) says one person was reported with serious side effects from COVID-19 vaccination in the state“Also, 398 others had mild symptoms such as slight headache and pain at the injection site, while 75,000 people were vaccinated against the infection in the first round of vaccination exercise,” Dr Taiwo Ladipo, EOC Incident Manager said.
Preterm babies may have behavioural, learning problems -Study
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A new study has indicated that preterm babies born before 37 weeks of pregnancy are at risk of developmental challenges that can affect their behaviour and ability to learn. The study published by ScienceDaily found that rates of neurodevelopmental disabilities increased as gestational age decreased.
According to the researchers, the study also revealed that preterm birth continues to pose a large burden for families, healthcare, and educational systems. They noted that neurodevelopmental disabilities were found not only in children born extremely premature (22-26 weeks) but also in those born moderately premature (between 27 and 34 weeks).
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CPR awareness crucial to reducing cardiac arrest deaths –Cardiologist
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A consultant cardiologist, Dr. Monisola Adanijo, has stressed the need for Nigerians to have the knowledge of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Adanijo, in an interview with our correspondent, said a lot of people who died suffered from cardiac arrest could have survived if the people around them had the knowledge of cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
She said, “Public health awareness is important in preventing deaths from cardiac arrest. People should know about risk factors and how to avoid them, as well as what to do in an emergency situation.
‘Commercial blood donors high risk for spreading viral, infectious diseases’
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The National Coordinator, National Blood Transfusion Services, Dr. Joseph Amedu, says a survey by the Federal Ministry of Health indicated that 10 percent of all blood transfused in Nigeria may be unsafe, noting that they carry the risk of transmitting HIV, hepatitis B, C and syphilis.
According to Amedu, the bulk of the unsafe blood in the country come from those commercially donated. He added that the risk of transmitting infectious diseases through blood transfusion is higher when blood is procured from commercial donors. Amedu stated this on Monday during the PUNCH Media Foundation webinar series.
More than 1 in 5 of all childbirths now through cesarean section — WHO
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The rising rates of caesarean section suggest increasing numbers of medically unnecessary, potentially harmful procedures, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says.
According to new research from the World Health Organization (WHO), caesarean section use continues to rise globally, now accounting for more than 1 in 5 (21%) of all childbirths. This number is set to continue increasing over the coming decade, with nearly a third (29%) of all births likely to take place by caesarean section by 2030, the research finds.
Public health physicians under the aegis of Association of Public Health Physicians of Nigeria (APHPN) have stressed the need for Nigeria to evolve strategies for resilience and recovery from public health emergencies. This was in view of the challenges facing healthcare in the country and the global community brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The physicians warned that the pandemic threatens to undermine the gains Nigeria has made in the health sector over decades and stressed the need for the country to put in place sectoral response in pandemic situations.
