DON’T EVER GOOGLE YOUR SYMPTOMS WHEN YOU ARE SICK – MY EXPERIENCE.
Aside from malaria symptoms which every average Nigerian recognize. Any other funny change in the system is something to worry about. Due to the evil in disguise called THE INTERNET. You can always Google every thing existing on the surface of the earth and get an answer. And that was exactly what I did. I guess you people are thinking ‘ah ah wasn’t she supposed to be more sensible than that and go to the hospital?’ Well you see I have always had this phobia for the hospital. The smell of dettol, Izal and savlon, the fear of using my hand to touch one of the numerous germs that could…
IN CASE YOU DON’T KNOW ROAD SIDE MEDICINE IS SLOW POISON!
They are either found inside buses or seen moving their cars slowly on busy roads. Their trademark speaker is balanced on top of their cars blaring jingles advertising their all purpose medicine. KOJO HERBAL MIXTURE, ERO GBOGBO NISE, CURE ALL HERBALS, EVE HERBS, SARAMERA WONDER OINTMENT. Their pre recorded jingle chants from time to time. A jamboree of catchy meaningless phrases laced with lewd remarks. ‘Buy your Kojo herbal mixture For menstrual pain For waist pain wey no make you knack your woman very well. White white wey dey stain woman paent Weak erection wey no make you tanda well well. For tapeworm, hookworm every type of worm Infertility Water…
LET’S TALK ABOUT SMELLY MALE ORGANS
This is an important discussion that concerns everybody. If you are not the one affected, you can help a friend or family who is affected by the issue we want to talk about. And it is nothing but the health of the organs that nestle below. Smelly privates!!! The most embarrassing thing ever and yes it happens to guys too. Most private organs discussions often revolve around the woman, you’d see; How to avoid a fishy smell down there How to make your vagina smell like pineapples How to properly wash the vagina How to make the vagina happy Guys smell too and it is also awful. Save whatever argument…
DRUGS/SUBSTANCE ADDICTION: IT HARM ON THE NIGERIAN YOUTH
What hope is there for the future of the Nigerian youth? When drugs and substance abuse is the order of the day. Drugs, according to Wikipedia are substances which cause a physiological change in the body and often administered by a trained medical personnel I.e Medical Doctor. Nowadays, however, use of drugs have turned into a recreational activity, especially among youths who use the drugs the way they are originally not meant for. I used to know a friend of a friend when I was in 200level we called him Swaggu, he was a very intelligent student. He was depressed over his first semester results and complained to his friend…
DEPRESSION AND THE NIGERIAN YOUTH.
You are depressed keh? How can you be depressed? In a Nigerian home? Who you epp? You better goan carry your food in the kitchen, abi you are sick ni? Is it malaria? It sure is malaria, you can’t be depressed. According to NIMH, Depression (major depressive disorder or clinical depression) is a common but serious mood disorder. It causes severe symptoms that affect how you feel, think, and handle daily activities, such as sleeping, eating, or working. It symptoms are feeling of hopelessness, pessimism, guilt, irritability, sadness, lack of interest in fun activities, headaches, pains and cramps, sleeping disorder, suicidal thoughts and so on. Depression is a mental disorder…
HALITOSIS – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW.
What is that saying again? “only your true friends tell you your mouth stinks”. The ability to tell it to someone’s face that their breath smells like rotten egg mixed with locust beans and immersed into beans water for five days takes a lot of courage, this is so because of the emotions such revelation could stir. It can make you feel like everything in the world is against you. Halitosis or Mouth odour can be described as an unpleasant smell that oozes out of your mouth when you speak, sleep or shout. It is often caused by the build up of bacteria in the mouth, some Halitosis diagnosis has…
MENSES, BLESSINGS, CURSES.
In a typical Nigerian home a “I can’t find my menses o” will either send your family into a fit or turn your mother into a sudden dancer. Either ways your mother will call your distant relatives, her sisters and brothers, her friends and maybe neighbors next door to come and share in her happiness or to come and see how she got stripped naked in broad daylight. Most girls that start their period or menstruation with the knowledge of their mothers get to sit through the legendary fable passed down from generations to generations of mothers “If a boy touches you it is pregnancy straight” lot of girls will…
BEFORE YOU TAKE THAT LOCAL APHRODISIAC!
Sex, is the most talked about topic because humans are naturally sexual beings, humans love sex a lot even though they shy away from sex related discussion even when it is related to their health! This brings us to the issue of Aphrodisiacs that is now becoming more popular by the day among younger generation. An Aphrodisiac is any food, drink or drug that makes you want to have sex. The word “Aphrodisiac” is gotten from the Greek word *Aphrodisios* which pertains to Aphrodite the Greek goddess of love. Due to men’s bravado and effort to show they are the “stronger” they tend to measure their worth as men through…
