Anambra citizens engage in health programmes

                                                      
Environmental   Health  Officer and Cordinator,Nnewi  North  Local Government  Area, Udogu Ngozi  has  conducted  a lecture  on  the  control  of  tropical  diseases  like  Schistosomiasis  also  known  as Bilharziasis,  soil  transmitted  Helminths (STH),  Lymphatic filariasis  (LF), Onchocerciasis and  Malaria.
Udogu  stated in  detail,  the  need  to  be  alert  on  the  symptoms  which  leads  to  the  development  of  the  above  mentioned  diseases  at  the  secretariat  hall ,Nnewi  North LGA. 
She  disclosed   the  possible  drugs  which  can  be  used  in  curing  of  the diseases  which she  said    affect   the  school  age  children, crawling  babies,  women,  fishermen and  irrigation  workers.
She said  that  the  diseases  were  contacted  in  an  infected  environment,  and is  also  transmitted  to  the  body  by  female  mosquitoes  of  genus  Anopheles , culex  and   when  an  infected   person  excretes  in   the  water,  where  people  swim, drinks  and  do  other things.
Udogu also educated people on the possible Symtoms of the diseases saying that Schistosomiasis symptoms are seeing blood in urine, which causes kidney problems, diarrhea,tiredness, abdominal pain or discomfort, blood In the feaces.
According to her,Soil –transmitted helminthes (STH) Symptoms are anaemia , vitamin a deficiency, loss of appetite.
Lymphatic filariasis (LF) Symptoms, she said are excess irritation and  Inflammation that damages the vessels and nodes leading to obstructions and inefficiency.
 For Onchocerciasis symptom,she identified severe itching,leopard skin, macular rash, retinal lesions, lymphatic involvement while Malaria symptom  include headache, fever, nausea, vomiting, pain, chills, fatigue.

In her conclusion, Ngozi adviced people to take treatment seriously and to make use of the disclosed drugs given to them by the government. She urged them to keep their environment cleans and pray to god for protection.