Pendoctor

  Recently, I have been reading and watching different contents (some false) on sexual activities and how to improve performance. Interestingly, all of them focus on male sexual health. It makes me wonder if females don’t have sexual dysfunction. Because of the viral nature of the false information, let me address this issue a bit. Circa 2014/2015, I had a funny encounter with a male patient. When he walked into my consulting room, as usual of every clinician, I sat up ready for work, hoping that his complaints would be straightforward. When he opened his mouth and began to pour his heart to me, asking me to help his sexual life, I realized that I was in for a casual gist, not a serious medical evaluation. “Doctor, I don’t last long in bed,” he began. I nodded empathetically, encouraging him to continue speaking. “I hardly spend more than 45 minutes per round,” he said shyly. “Ehn!” I interjected. I was not sure if I heard him correctly. He reaffirmed his complaint, and told me ...

  The efflux of people from Nigeria will not stop soon. Frequently, doctors who practise in Nigeria get calls from their clients who have migrated to Europe and North America, complaining that they cannot consult doctors in their new country immediately for mild complaints. They affirm that emergency complaints are given priority. The inability of Japarians to consult a doctor despite having health insurance as fast as they could in Nigeria is one of the early culture shocks they experience in their new countries. The truth is, the system abroad is actually the ideal. Many minor complaints we use medications for in Nigeria will resolve spontaneously. If you pay consultation fee to a doctor in Nigeria and he says, “Go and ‘sin’ no more,” without any medication, most of us find it absurd and resort to alternative medicines which have unpredictable effects on the body. For those taking medications for chronic diseases (hypertension, diabetes,etc), it’s wise to consult your doctors an...