Dem don observe one kind sƌkɛtiŋ sickness wey dem dey call Wilson’s disease for one Naija man wey dey Turkey. Wilson’s disease na one wahala wey dey hapun for bodi when copper dey over plenty. Dis kind disease dey come from as im parents give am as inheritance, and e dey make copper waka enter bodi liver, brain and eyes.
Dis oga, wey dey 38-years old, come dey complain say im leg dey weak, im speech dey shake, wahala to waka well and some other tinz; na wetin make dem carry am go hospital. For im hospital examination, dem find say im tongue dey twist, and e dey hard for am to siddon or stand without help. Dem do MRI test and find some kind thing wey dem call ‘hyperintensities’ inside im brain for dem globus thing. Dis dee doctor wey dey handlɶ am still do more test for im urine and blood.
Dis bab fit not show im sickness well well for im eye like how some people dey get wetin dem dey call ‘Kayser-Fleischer rings’ or high level of copper inside urine. But dem use im ‘Leipzig score’, which na test wey dey help doctor confirm sabi the sickness well well. Dem first give am three point before, but when dem test im urine well after one medicine, dem see say im copper level rise plenty wey make dem diagnose Wilson’s disease well.
Dem don give dis ogidi man treatment to fight the copper with medicine like Trientine and Zinc, and e go dey chop diet wey no too get copper. Dis Wilson dey get since 1912 and e dey affect people between age 5 to 35. If person dey see some dey wahala to move or show like fit, dem fit get Wilson disease; make dem yan doctor quick quick.
Dis kind disease dey make diagnosis hard because symptoms dey vary and dem suppose use Leipzig criteria take chook eye well well before dem fit talk say person get am. One thing be say, if dem get high Leipzig score, say e suppose mean say person fit get dis kind disease, even if genetic test dey negative.
