Please I need mature minds to come in and give me what I need. In my area (Southeastern Nigeria) there is a sickness that mostly affects little children when their mothers get pregnant again. It is characterized by fever, tiredness and loss of appetite (I may not be totally correct though). They treat it in some traditional ways and some women said the only treatment for it is to separate the child from his/her pregnant mother. In my dialect the sickness is called ‘AGWA’. I have been asking questions to understand how the pregnancy of a mother can possibly make her child sick. Who knows of this and please what is it called in your area and how is it treated. Also if you have any explanations as to how and why it happens I will appreciate it.

Wow! Jst hearing dis for d 1st tym bt jst askd an elderly Igbo woman n she said dat der ain't main cause of d sickness bt it still happens anyway n nt jst to kids alone bt to deir husbands too. So jst giv him/her normal medicine to stop fever or u might jst treat d person malaria n it will stop. N also u shldn't ignore it cause it can still kill d person.