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Expert Advises Nigerians on Regular Check-Ups for Blood Sugar

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Nigerians have been enjoined to go for regular medical check-ups to know their blood sugar level in order to prevent diabetes.

A medical doctor, Williams Afolabi gave the advice while speaking with Radio Nigeria in Ado-Ekiti on the commemoration of World Diabetes Day.

Dr Afolabi said anyone with frequent urination, abnormal thirst and hunger, boils and itching on some parts of the body as well as erection dysfunction should contact a medical practitioner for a proper diagnosis of diabetes.

The medical doctor said anyone whose parents are living with diabetes, those who eat too much carbohydrate, obese people, those with high blood pressure and pregnant women with gestational diabetes could develop diabetes.

He emphasized that diabetes could lead to serious damage to the heart, blood vessels, eyes, kidneys, nerves, teeth as well as feet, hence the need to eat more protein, engage in exercise and avoid alcohol.

According to International Diabetes Federation, the disease affects one in ten people worldwide; stressing that understanding the condition is the first step towards managing and preventing it.

World Diabetes Day is celebrated every November 14, and the theme for this year is “Education to protect tomorrow”.

Lanre Omotoso

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Oyo Govt. Fits Adeoyo Hospital with Renal Dialysis, Diabetes Facilities

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Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has inaugurated the Renal Dialysis Unit, High Dependency Unit and the Diabetes Screening and Treatment Centre built inside the Adeoyo State Hospital, Ring Road, Ibadan.

The projects were built and equipped with the support from Global Fund, the Afolabi Family of Kaderu Compound, Ibadan and the Lions Clubs International, District 404 B1, Nigeria.

The governor, while inaugurating the facilities at the Ring Road State Hospital, thanked the two organisations for the support given to the state to improve health care delivery in the state.

Governor Makinde equally inspected six Primary Health Care Centres out of the about 200 already renovated PHCs across the 351 Electoral Wards of the state.

He pledged that he would personally pay for One Thousand (1,000) enrollees at the Ikumapayi PHC in Olodo and Five Hundred (500) enrollees at the Elebu PHC in Ido, Ibadan.

The renovation and remodelling projects are according to the state government, aimed at improving health system at the grassroots.

While inspecting the Primary Health Care Centres at Ikumapayi in Olodo; Irefin; Oke Are in Beere in Ibadan North LG; Odo-Ona, Elebu in Ido LG and Ring Road, the governor said the facilities would be run by the Oyo State Health insurance Scheme(OYSHIA).

Iyabo Adebisi

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DAN Organises Free Medical Screening in Oyo State

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About one hundred residents of Sango in Ibadan have benefited from a free medical screening organized by Diabetes Association of Nigeria.

The screening which was in collaboration with the university college hospital, U.C.H covered test of blood glucose, blood pressure, height and body weight.

Addressing the beneficiaries, President, of the association, Chief Emmanuel Adeyinka implored Nigerians living with diabetes to stick to their drug regiment and maintain a healthy lifestyle.

In a remark, a professor of medicine at the college of medicine university of Ibadan, Adesoji Fasanmade said maintaining normal blood glucose level remained the only preventive measure of the disease.

Some of the beneficiaries described the exercise as timely in view of the increasing cases of diabetes in Africa.

The event which featured rally, health talks and body exercise had as its theme “diabetes and the family”.

 Rotimi Famakin