2009-09-09

MEDICALLY SICK: THE PLIGHT OF NIGERIA'S HEALTH

Last saturday witnessed the passing away of human right activist ,lawyer and philantrophist Gani Fawhenmi   this came as a shock to many another jewel lost in the sea of mud in this country the man stood for everything the masses wanted and always kept to himself humble and respected and loved when questions where dropped to find out the cause of his death it was learned that for sometime he had suffered from heart problems and unbeknownst to the doctors cancer was at the loom and secretly consumed him it was after it had reached the chronic stage that it was discovered already too late for anything to be done about it and now he has gone to the lord this is just one of the many alarming and rising cases we see in nigeria the increase of cancer in the population has never been this high and the bad and saddest part of the saga is that we can only boast of 4 cancer health centres with the right tools to treat or diagnose this illness can you imagine four!!!! out of over one hundred and eighty million individuals how in the world can they manage this statistically it is impossible the cases been recorded in this centres ZARIA,LAGOS,ABUJA AND IBADAN is on the rise the funniest thing about this is that the ministryb of health has not said a word about this it had to take the death of a prominent man to make us realize the dangers of this and if we dont act fast then im afraid that all hell will break loose for you to understand this disease we shall tell you on how you can help prevent it as we all know or heard cancer is usually a genetic related illness and as such is usually treated with ignorance but estimates put it that after A.I.D.S,MALARIA it is the third largest killer consuming a whoping 190 million lives yearly coupled with the fact that another 200 million are undergoing treatment and about 300 million more dont even know they have this disease this is really alarming and recent experiments have shown that there are ways in which you can also get these disease   First and foremost Dirty Environment the harmful bacterias,viruses,fungi&micro-organisms can enfusiliate(come-together) to produce toxins which cause these growths they first start as skin irritation then evolve into cysts and from there tumors and finally mestasizing into full blown cancer and it occurs sometimes under a month!!! depending on how bad the state of the environment is Secondly asbestos and other roofing sheets for people working or living around these areas there is a high probability ratio of u contaminating yourself too the corrosive and toxic substances of asbestos and it is wise to take a leave regularly from your area and clean boil and disinfect your household too also buying food from outside like restaurants far from the area in quote this reduces the chances of the toxins by contact and try using detoxifying a.c brands to clean the air in your household Thirdly eating halfcooked,not properly prepared or contaminated foods exposed foods is a high risk of getting this one must ensure that these foods be boiled thoroughly to remove these harmful toxins like sodium bicarythorycinate cyannides of pottasium arsenic powder and lots more even hydrochloric sediments are part of these toxins Fourthly keeping bottled water in the car and most working types are guilty of these they buy water to drink and then leave them in the car on a hot and sunny day the temperature of the car reaches about 80 degree celsius that is almost the boiling point and these plastics are made from resins polymers and esters and chlorides of complex organic structures and tend to have a weak bond chain and by the introduction of heat they break away leaving residues in these water that are unknowingly consumed when they are thirsty that is why the water tastes differently when it is hot it is advisable to throw away these water once consumed at the instance to safegaurd your health and not only drinks but to other foods in plastic containers and even tin cans Lastly chemical contaminants for industrial types these people use very toxic corrosive harmful chemicals everyday and there is slight chance of inhaling and skin touching which increases the danger of contracting cancer that is why proper care has to be taken not to get any body part in contact with them and have good aerolizers to suck away harmful atmospheric conditions these things may or may not help but at least it will keep us aware of the dangers we face each day of our lives it is my prayer that none of you reading these will ever experience the painful agony cancer does to an individual amen! let us hope that our ill fortuned government can safe gaurd its people as it opts to move into the global scene from next year because cancer has started crippling the already destabilized health sector and the ministry and N.E.M.A in patnership with N.I.S may not be able to wage war on it effectively thank you for your time and feedbacks updates enquiries talks and experiences would be appreciated you can write to me at to4shizzle@yahoo.com or www.blogspot.com/azzys blog or on face book thank you and let us heal nigeria one person at a time.

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