Go And Marry!

Go And Marry! Hello Sir, Greetings to you in the name of the Lord Jesus. I want to bless the name of the Lord for His blessings upon you and how He has been using you to bring people out of their predicaments .I need your help Sir. I am a man of about 30yrs single confronted with a series of problems- spiritual, academic, health, finance etc.I am tired of my life. Life has become a burden to me. Its problem all the times.For some times now I have been battling with sexual thoughts leading to masturbation. I thought I would get out of it but it looks as if the more I try the more it becomes harder. I am tired of my life! I don't know how to get over this problem.Sexual thoughts and imaginations are always filling my mind at all time and this has been responsible for the evil act.Many times I thought I could kill myself and leave this world considering the shamefulness and the problems associated with it. But then I would think of heaven because I know that if I die now its hell straight and I don't want to go to hell. I cry everyday! Daddy please help me. How can I come out of this problem. The more I repent, confess my sins and pray the more it looks harder to overcome. Please help me.If I loose everything I don't want to loose heaven.Please pray for me. You can reply through this medium or my number is kjdsbfthojweatntn'. I will be very happy if you can help me. I find it difficult to discuss it with my pastor being a shameful thing! Please help me. If you can help,I will be very grateful and I will never forget you. Thanks. Fadeyi from Ikare Dear Fadeyi Ikare, You have absolutely no problem-- you ought to go get married -- that's all. At 30, you are ripe for marriage and sex -- that's simply what your body is telling you, okay? Even the Bible says "it is better to marry than to burn" for lust -- which is what you are doing. So, go do it and stop all this masturbation business. Now, if you are having problems getting into fruitful relationships, or being married you are still held by masturbation, then call our help-lines, okay? Cheers

Do I Have Onchocerciasis or river blindness?

Do I Have Onchocerciasis or river blindness? Dear Doctor, More grease to your elbows for the way you solve people's problems. Sir, I often experience (Narun-Yoruba) and as soon as I take Fulcin it will go only to reappear again. Although it has reduced to some extent through regular use of herbs. A friend-- a medical student says he suspects onchocerciasis. Sir, I believe your in your insightful and penetrating analyses and lasting medication to this. Hoping to read from you. Thank you. MMW, Ikere- Ekiti Dear MMW, Though I am Yoruba, I'm sorry I'm at a loss what Narun really means --though you seem to think it means Onchocerciasis; a chronic debilitating disease (caused by the germ Onchocerca volvulus and transmitted by the blackfly Similium damnosum found around some rivers in the rain-forest/savannah regions) that ends with river blindness and causes a skin condition that includes itching and nodule-formation-- rashes that make the skin look like that of a leopard. Onchocerciasis makes sufferers --usually farmers living in the rural areas near these black-fly laden rivers-- so very weak that they are useless economically and on the farm (before eventually making them blind) and has affected whole villages—wiping out the human population. A World Bank statement on the disease says, "River blindness (Onchocerciasis) is a common disease, in Africa. A parasitic worm that develops in the human body and causes serious skin disease is the cause.It not only engenders blindness but also disfigurement and unbearable itching in its victims. Since it is very discomforting, many farmers who are victims are normally rendered incapable to till large tracks of farmland. It is spread by the blackfly that breeds in fast-flowing rivers. It is estimated that between 10 and 30 percent of its victims consequently become blind. The disease primarily affects African rural communities in 19 African countries in central, eastern and western Africa, which include Angola, Burundi, Kenya, Cameroon,Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.These areas have nearly 100 million people who are at risk of contracting the disease. Of those, about 22 million are infected. Treatment, though available in those days when we were in medical school, took all of 180 days of swallowing drugs daily; non--stop. All of that is the bad news. The good news? Today, Ivermectin, developed by diligent researchers of Merck (Mectizan is a readily available brand) cures Onchocerciasis or river blindness--a single oral dose of ivermectin, taken annually for the 10- to 15-year lifespan of the adult Onchocerca Volvulus worms, is all that is needed to protect the individual from onchocerciasis. So you see, onchocerciasis has no business afflicting anyone any longer-- even if that's what you have. Do you really have Oncho? I do not know and cannot say--but if you visit a dermatologist he will be able to tell you and cure you after testing your skin and blood. You can find a dermatologist at Federal Medical Centres, Teaching and Specialist Hospitals and if you are lucky, a General hospital. Cheers

Tubo-Ovarian Abscess

Tubo-Ovarian Abscess Dear Doctor Bibbi, I want to commend you for the way you solve peoples problem. I saw your column in the Daily Sun newspaper and I really praise God for giving you such wisdom. Firstly, my question is this -- what is Tubo-Ovarian Abscess? What are the symptoms, causes and dangers? My friend asked me to help her to ask and if there is any drug you can prescribe for pityriasis versicolor. I am looking forward to your reply.Thanks. Modinat Fatiullai, Ilorin Modi Dear, Tubo-Ovarian Abscess (TOA) is a bag of pus—like a very big boil-- involving the tubes and ovaries of a woman and causing, majorly, infertility. Pains in the pelvis or lower abdomen, fever, a swelling in the lower abdomen, sweating and irregular menses are some of the symptoms and signs to look for. Also a Pelvic Ultrasound Scan will reveal details of the condition. Any TOA is a matter for surgery by a competent Obsterician-Gynaecologist. Infection of the tubes and ovaries by bacteria are the culprits—germs like Staphylococcus, Streptococci,Diplococcus, Neisseria etc. Pityriasis Versicolor is easily treated with antifungal creams. Call me and we’ll sort you out Cheers

Blood Groups and Marriage

Blood Groups and Marriage Dear Dr, I am a regular reader of your column titled You & Your Health, in the SUN newspaper. I want you to know about my situation. I am A+ and the girl am dating is also A+, can we marry each other? Please enlighten me more about this. Thanks you Celeste Gbosau, Badagry Dear Celeste, Ordinarily, you can get married. When we talk blood from the lab/ test/marriage angle, we have to differentiate two different but very important concepts. The first is the genotype --the type of Hemoglobin you have. The second is blood groups--what type of blood is your class or category. The two are different but often --understandably, though, confused for one another. Every human being has blood that belongs to one of four classes or groups A or B or O or AB. By another classification--the Rhesus classification -- all human beings are either Positive or Rhesus Negative. The big significance of grouping is the simple but very true and sobering fact that if you are given blood from another group that is not your own, death is the result. So the most important application of Blood group Serology is that of transfusion--simply find out the correct blood group needed to help some dying, bleeding patient from accident, fractures, operation, delivery or gunshot wound. Before a certain doctor called Carl Landsteiner discovered that humans are pre--grouped into these four groups, attempts to transfuse blood to bleeding victims of war, injury and damage was usually fatal and no one understood why. Until Dr Landsteiner elucidated it around 1900/1901, it was an extremely dangerous thing to have blood transfused--more often than not the patient died. Genotype is another matter entirely. Genotype refers to the type of Hemoglobin that a person carries. Hemoglobin is the dye or pigment that colours the blood red and carries oxygen around the body. Genotype is what you need to ascertain before you marry because the practical application is in heredity. If you are genotype AS, this means your parent 1 gave you An A; the other an S. And you in turn can give either an A or an S to your offspring. If your wife to be is also AS, for example, the same applies as above. Now, if you married and each time you both made a baby, you give that baby your S each, then you will have an SS as a child. Hemoglobin S is variant hemoglobin that easily forces the red blood cell carrying the hemoglobin to assume a sickle--looking shape rather than the biconcave disc that red cells are meant to have. The result of this scenario is anaemia--not enough blood for the victim; early death; suffering before death and so on. That is why it is a good thing for intending couples to go ahead and do the necessary lab tests to determine they are not risking having SS babies. Now back to your question: You both can marry if your genotype and/or faith allow it. So do your genotype before we conclude on the matter. The A+ you mentioned is just Blood Groups--implications for blood transfusion only; not for heredity and the inheritance you are liable to give your children. Cheers