Balogun: Health Checks. Doctor in the House

For all you Nairalanders I have decided to be your official doctor in the house. I have found this site so helpful in bonding me to my motherland I have decided to give medical advice with the usual disclaimer. This is just advice. Further treatment should be sought from your personal physician!

timmexus: I did genotype test in 1996 while result revealed AA, i got married to my wife who is AS in 2004, and God blessed us wit two kids a girl(4yrs old) and a Boy(1yr & 2months old) recently my daughter fell sick and was admitted for like 2weeks, we did her genotype in for different lab 2 of them reveals AA, while other 2 reveal SS... am so confused, though she is now ok and gone back to school am still confused. what can you say to this?

orxoflex: Hi dear people, I'm a sickle cell (S.S) and I want to ask which blood groups would be best or compatible for me to marry.

Hassanjj: my questions are: does staphlococus has a permanent cure? If it does, what nd what drugs can one use for it?

ab1x: Wonderful Doctors, Please I've been having problem with my ear for a while now. It all started when I tried cleaning my ear and I didn't know how I do it until I saw blood on the cotton bud. I can hear but only felt there is something sounding in my eardrum which maybe a result of olive oil that I put then. Now, my ear itch inside and I feel like scratching it and the sound still persist in my ear. During the day, I feel a lot better but at night, it is something else. Please and please, what can I do?

Mavrick2012: Gooday doctor.sir,as far back as 2004,when i was still in the polytechnic,i observed my head was heavy,after almost 9yrs am still havin the feelings.please what could be the problem and what should i do?THANKS

britnex: Doc i have a fingerlike growth around my majora bt it disappeared n others fell off bt i feel some growth inside my vagina dat is painless. Pls wat culd be d cause

fetok: May God bless the doctors in da house!pls i am 8month pregnant,and positive to hepatitis b surface antigen.I was told all i ve to do is to give the baby hepatitis B immunoglobulin followed by vaccine to prevent transverse transmission.
Pls how much does hepatitis B immunoglobulin cost in Nigeria?
All response ll be appreciated.thanks

imagrg: My 15 yrs old daughter has myoclonic seizure and has been on carbamazepin since she was 5 months old. Now she takes 800mg daily. Any solution? 08035096342

Gospell: Pls docs,i hav been having a wet dream for 5 days consecutively,infact it seems anytym i sleep i hav a wetdream,is it normal or is dia a problem?...thanks

Gboliwe:
on whose prescription? See a neurologist-surgeon. It is well
how old are you?

Gboliwe: Maybe you are a late bloomer. Its nothing serious.

Gboliwe: Maybe you are a late bloomer. Its nothing serious.

ednut1: oga pls advice me bout d bumps

Gospell: kk...tanx,buh late bloomer,wt does it mean.

Gboliwe:
i'm sorry. I don't knw much about dermatological ailments. I'd advice you visit a dermatologist.
Maybe you entered puberty late

ladepete: Hello drs in the house. Plz I served in a military barracks last year.around May when the the weather became cold and windy + a lot of bushes everywhere. I started having reoccuring fever.I fall sick every month and treat myself for malaria then I feel better.in about 3weeks symptoms surface again.I continued like that till I passed out Oct. I treated mysef with 2 diff malaria drugs @ the same time, one athemeter injections,then fansidar tabs around august and also took an anitbiotics (cypro category). Cnt remember the name.but sept, I still had fever again. When I passed out oct I was fine till dec. 3months after fever again.now it seems to be a monthly thing since May as the bad weather is back. Does that mean I now have a weak immune system. It takes more than a year for me to get ill before I served. I intend to join the military this year as an officer. I have a small body, with no bp issues, I weigh approximately 55kg. The fevers I have are not always very serious that I can't eat. I do eat well, but u can tell I'm sick mere looking at me.

lizzy95: (please i copied and pasted this from my orginal question)
Hello i'm elizabeth by name, a
friend of mine told me about
nairaland so i'm here to
discuss soime of my issues
with u guys
I've come to notice that many
things are going wrong with
me for a long tym now like: i'm
having alot of problem with
FOCUSING on task long enough
to get them done, Inability to
notice small
details And paying ATTENTION
(especially when in school, my
lecturer can say a million
words and i will just hold my
pen sterring @ him, @ d end
of d class i will berely jote half
a page whn odas hv written
abt 4_5 pgs),Being easily
distracted when i am doing
smth by noises,people, etc
irrational procrastination (alot
of people hate me 4 dis),
Disorganization and
forgetfulness.
inability to stay on one
topic at a time when leading
discusion or stay
focused while others
speak...hmmmm further more i
always move around restlessly
at times (i.e i just can seem to
be seated in a place 4 lon), i
think i'm also impatient
because i find myself
Constantly interrupting
others....the most painful part
is that no MATTER how i
prepare b4 reading (sleeping/
resting 4 hours) i cant study
for long because my head gets
weary and saturated on time
i.e if @ all i pay any attension 2
it.....please i really need you
help on this matter...because it
makes me cry when ever i
think abt it...[NB i knw i'm nt
dull, because i have a gud
understanding when ever my
attension is active BUT i 4get
most things on tym (e.g i can
explain a STATISTICS (math)
problem to a person that is
lost beside me but in d
evening i will go n meet d
person to explain 2 me again)
2. I dont hv any boy friend
now so am nt distracted by
any guy but rather by
ANYTHING)...please it took me
virtually d whole of today to
write and type this message.