Dr. Mansur Auwal Sani
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It started with a tiny scratch. A man tending his farm had pricked his finger on a thorn. He shrugged it off. Days later, he returned to the clinic with a fever, swelling, and excruciating pain in his arm. Within…
It started with a tiny scratch. A man tending his farm had pricked his finger on a thorn. He shrugged it off. Days later, he returned to the clinic with a fever, swelling, and excruciating pain in his arm. Within hours, the flesh on his hand and forearm was dying, a necrotizing infection, a flesh-eating bacteria taking hold. I have seen this story more times than I care to count …
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How minor injuries lead to flesh-eating bacteria in rural Nigeria
Conditions and diseases
It started with a headache. At least, that is what she told the nurse. A middle-aged woman sat quietly in the outpatient clinic, her hands folded tightly in her lap. She had visited the hospital three times in two months…
It started with a headache. At least, that is what she told the nurse. A middle-aged woman sat quietly in the outpatient clinic, her hands folded tightly in her lap. She had visited the hospital three times in two months complaining of headaches, fatigue, and body pains. Her blood pressure was normal. Her blood tests were unremarkable. Her physical examination revealed nothing alarming. Yet something was clearly wrong. After a …
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Why mental health care in Nigeria needs a new approach
Conditions and diseases
Eclampsia is one of the most severe complications of pregnancy. It occurs when a woman with preeclampsia, a condition characterized by dangerously high blood pressure during pregnancy, develops seizures. In well-resourced health systems, preeclampsia is usually detected early and treated…
Eclampsia is one of the most severe complications of pregnancy. It occurs when a woman with preeclampsia, a condition characterized by dangerously high blood pressure during pregnancy, develops seizures. In well-resourced health systems, preeclampsia is usually detected early and treated long before seizures develop. But in many parts of Nigeria, especially rural communities in the North, women often arrive at hospitals only after convulsions begin. By then, the disease has …
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The deadly reality of eclampsia and maternal mortality in Nigeria
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