Self-medication gone wrong! Clinical diagnosis came to my rescue.
My most recent hospital experience is the one for which I am so grateful. Sometimes, we neglect a lot of symptoms without knowing that we are risking our health. As a growing child, I was always sick. I can hardly stay for one good month without falling sick; honestly, it sucks. I must commend my mom for not taking my health for granted those years, despite how often I fell ill. Either I am suffering from this illness or another, but the one that persisted for years was severe typhoid fever combined with low blood pressure sometimes. Even while in university, I was always in the school sick bay. I remember missing practicals and tests just because of my health, but as I got older, the sickness started fading away. I was so happy because my days of several admissions to the hospital are over, but do you know what? I embraced self-medication as an adult, even for a symptom that requires urgent hospital attention. However, I learned my life lessons by prioritizing my health.
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As an adult, I do not usually fall sick like before. I try everything possible to maintain a high level of immunity. The times I have visited the hospital have been during my pregnancy, antenatal care, delivery, and post-delivery visits. In all my hospital experiences, I have dreaded seeing a needle. Despite the uncountable times I have been punched while giving birth, The fear of needles was the beginning of my self-medication, but I learned it the hard way. I can spend an hour imagining how painful an injection will be for me before allowing the nurses to do their job; it's always a drama, but why should I? When the motive is to get me healthy and strong enough to perform my daily activities efficiently.
*Despite my nonchalant attitude toward visiting the clinic while sick, I don't joke about any symptoms I notice in my kids. I guess I took after my mom one hundred percent on this. I don't hesitate to run laboratory tests and get my kids treated accordingly. I don't practice self-medication on them like I do on myself. I assumed that I was old enough to take care of myself by visiting the pharmacy whenever I felt sick.
But
On January 24, 2023, I was very sick. I was battling with lots of symptoms at the same time. My strength was failing me gradually, to the point that I couldn't carry my last child. I was also experiencing severe pain in my ceaseran section region, but in all of this, I didn't deem It necessary to visit the hospital. I sent my sister to get malaria 🦟 drugs for me and pain reliever drugs as well. My husband advised that I get prepared to visit the hospital,l but I declined. I started self-medicating,and after 24 hours, there was no progress.I reluctantly accepted to visit the hospital.Upon diagnosis recommended by the doctor, the result showed that I had a low blood level and typhoid fever on the high side. The doctor also gave me some possible reasons for having such pain in my ceaseran section region. He prescribed drugs, and of course there was an injection, but I was ready to get well very quickly,so I succumbed . I adhered to every instructions given by the doctor, and within a few days, I was sound again.
It was an experience I wouldn't forget in a hurry. I never imagined the result of the diagnosis. I was using the wrong medication completely during my self-medication. I can say that self-medication is common here in Africa, but I won't join the chorus anymore; after all, health is wealth 🤑. I wouldn't deny the fact the hospital visit cost me lots of money💰 , starting from the consultation fee, laboratory fee and treatment fee, but I was okay spending them because without a good health, one cannot function effectively.
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WOW 😲. And in Nigeria, we are expert when it comes to self medication. Thanks to God for the help you got at the right time.
Hahaha..we are just expert on self medication indeed. A lot of people place their health last last
Lol
Similar story like my mom's, almost cost her life. Self medication is wrong and we should abstain from it.
No doubt
Pure truth offia
I have this self medication problem. My case is worse because I first run to google everytime something is wrong with me so I can self diganose. The possible diseases that match my symptoms are normally scary and it's only after this scare I now seek expert advise. Lol
I'm glad that you don't extend the self-diagnosis to your kids. You're doing really well for your kids, Nkem. I don't thin I've ever told you this, but you're a model parent I look up to:)
Hahaha 😂, zooboss, Google search in terms of health related issues is more scary..I nearly developed high BP the day I searched about my son's health challenge...but on a consultation from the doctor,my peace of mind was restored. Funny enough, all the stuff I read online never happened to my son... imagine 😃
Awwwwww, see me blushing here oo 😂...a role model? Hmmm lol
Thanks for your kind words zooboss
I can only try my best for them and I trust you to make a great parent too
Thanks for your warm visit
I don't think that you did badly in waiting for 24h, sometimes it is a silly virus that disappears. But if the fever gets worse you should of course seek help. Self-medication is ok for drugs like tylenol but for malaria drugs, it isn't ok for sure!
Yea, some viruses disappear after a first dose of medication especially when one took the right drug
Yea .some little illness like headache, it's fine if we take pain killer drugs but when it's extended illness, seeking medical assistant is the best
Many of us are very good with self-medication not knowing it doesn't work all the time except we visit the hospital. It's better for one to get treated by a trained doctor than buying drugs which we guess might work for what we are experiencing. There are sometimes we feel it's malaria, but it's something else. I once had this experience too until it got worse, I had the worst typhoid where I did spent a lot to cure. It was until I took over 5 water drip in my body before I got better.
Yeah,many Africans should be given award on self medication...
Sorry for your own story oo
Only God will save us in this world
Thanks for your warm visit ❤️😍
Yes, may God keep saving us because no matter what, we still find ourselves giving self-medication.
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It is wrong to take medicine by yourself, use the medicine according to the doctor's instructions.
Because they know better than us what our disease is and what medicine we should take for this disease.
And everyone is afraid of injection. I was also afraid of it as a child, but now that I have grown up, I am not afraid anymore
You are right my friend
Going by doctors instructions is the goal...the fear of Injection is over,😍
Self medication is a risk. One may overcome the risk many times but an experience of falling for the risk could be catastrophic. I am glad that you realized on time and put a stop to it.
Exactly 💯...it might be working well sometimes but one day it might become a severe risk
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Lol typical Nigerian behaviour, any change in temperature or ill health, the solution is malaria drugs😂
God save you that you went to the hospital to treat yourself😊
Hahaha, it's always malaria...such a bad mentality and approach to handling illness
Honestly, God saved me, perhaps it may have gotten worst had it been I delayed..lol
Hospitals saves us cost at the same time though, imagine that you went to hospital direct without visiting the pharmacy first, you'll have the money to use for your hospital payments saved and still get the right drugs.
So you took only haematinics and no blood transfusion for your low blood?
You are right oo...atimes the money I spend on pharmacy becomes a waste🤦
No blood transfusion oo, it was not too bad
Oh... Thank God
Thank God it went well sometimes we just need to do some little tests just to be sure instead of doing guess work
Indeed my friend
We need it no matter how uncomfortable it might be financially
LoLs I've experienced this before 😂 it's really not good to be doing self medications honestly, I'm glad you are safe o because some people own is worse more than that. Thanks for sharing.
Hahaha...which typical African man wey never practice self medication..lol
We keep learning from our mistakes..lol
I don't know why people practice self-medication. It's a very risky thing. It's not common in your country, It's common in our country also. Sometimes patients can die or suffer huge losses because of a single mistake. Why do we forget all the time that we are not a doctor?
It's good you learned a lesson from your mistakes.
Oh..it's also common in your country? That's serious..I learnt my lesson 🤦
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Sometimes visiting the hospital can be for good just as you realized that you were talking the wrong medication.
Yea .it can be the good option despite how uncomfortable it may be