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RE: Learn With Steem Contest: Malaria
You have written well comrade01 not advising people not to be involved in self medication is ideal. Unfortunately 50% of people around us especially in Nigeria are involved in self medication. Why do I say so? Here in Nigeria, malaria is the commonest diseases and it affect a greater population, some of this people affected by malaria do not have the means to go through the procedure of seeking for medical attention through a specialist. What they do is go over the counter and het drugs for themselves while some uses herbs to treat themselves.
Thank you very much for your comment..
Yes, self medication isn't advised because the dosage Mr A will require in the treatment of malaria is different from that of Mr B irrespective of the fact that they have the same age.. calculations are done by health workers to determine the exact cause of disease and to also determine the dosage for a particular individual.
Normally, in Nigeria, accessing health care is very stressful except it is an emergency. Even when it is an emergency, attimes before the medical team will come and review, the patient would have started questioning why they came to the hospital.
On this note, I think one of the problems in Nigeria that makes people go into self medication is the hospital. I am a medical practitioner and have also been a patient so I can say this with defensive points.
Here are my points for saying this: in Nigeria (looking at Federal Medical Center Umuahia Abia state), the staffs there are supposed to have been retired and be paid pension but prolly due to the fact that they can't afford a living if they retire, they tend to either lie about their age or use connection to remain in tbag position and more.