Na wah o! Medical experts don raise alarm say drug-resistant gonorrhoea, syphilis and staph infections dey grow for Naija, fit turn life-threatening if dem no treat am well.
According to dem, di way wey people dey misuse antibiotics, na im dey cause di infections dey hard to treat. E go lead to prolonged illness and wahala wey fit cause serious complications. One new study wey Africa CDC carry come show say 70% of staph infections for Naija dey resistance to common antibiotics.
Dem don talk say resistance to antibiotics don dey rise for plenty African countries, and dis one dey raise serious concerns about how our health systems fit treat common sickness well. Africa CDC use for di Mapping Antimicrobial Resistance and Antimicrobial Use Partnership, wey na di largest study wey dem ever do for Africa.
Di Professor of Medical Microbiology for Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Samuel Taiwo, don talk say di way wey dem dey treat gonorrhoea and syphilis don change well well because resistance don set in. Before, na normal antibiotics dem dey use, but now, bacteria don adapt and change style.
He talk say, “Gonorrhoea wey we fit treat before don turn serious. Many strains wey dey circulate now dey resistant, wey mean say treatment go cost more and side effects go plenty. If treatment dey delayed, e fit lead to serious consequences.”
Complications fit come immediate or e fit take time, especially for gonorrhoea. Dis one fit block reproductive tubes and lead to infertility. Plus, di more we no control di infections, di more people go dey suffer.
Di microbiologist don warn say sexually transmitted infections like gonorrhoea and syphilis dey high risk if people no take am serious. “If we no manage dis infections well, e go lead to chronic infection and plenty problems,” he talk.
Di long-term effects dey serious too! Untreated syphilis fit turn brain wahala and heart problems. For women wey dey pregnant, dem fit lose di baby or face severe congenital abnormalities. Na wetin proper treatment, surveillance and public awareness go fit solve!”
Another expert, Professor Christopher Aimakhu from University of Ibadan, don also talk say people dey abuse antibiotics anyhow without seeing doctor first. Dem dey buy drugs like ciprofloxacin and Augmentin without proper test, which dey cause resistance.
“Na when dem no dey treat infection right say medication go no fit work, and dat one dey cause di wahala we dey see today. E no go sweet if we no change our ways fast-fast!”
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