Tema-Ghana, May 7, CDA Consult – Punchers in the abdominal cavity, according to Dr. Barbara Ayesha Anawana Karbo, Head of the Accident and Emergency Department at the International Maritime Hospital (IMaH), cannot be corrected by any treatment because a drug cannot move the intestine back to its original position except through surgery.
Hernias arise when a small passage region in the abdomen or groin is created, and during various actions such as lifting heavy weights, the intestine in the stomach is pushed to fill the new space, causing the area to look like an abnormal bulge.
Dr. Karbo, an Emergency Medicine Physician, issued the warning during the weekly “Your Health! Our Collective Responsibility,” a Ghana News Agency Tema Regional Office initiative aimed at promoting health-related communication and providing a platform for health information dissemination in order to influence personal health choices through improved health literacy.
The Ghana News Agency Tema Regional Office launched the public health advocacy platform “Your Health! Our Collective Responsibility” to investigate the elements of four health communication approaches: informing, instructive, persuasive, and urging.
Dr. Karbo stated, while speaking on the topic of “First aid at home and basic life support,” that patients with hernias frequently came to the hospital when the condition had progressed from its primary stage to a stage when the intestine became entrapped in the abdominal cavity and begins to rot.
She explained that hernia surgery at an early stage did not require the patient to be admitted overnight at the hospital because the procedure was performed by administering local anesthesia, performing surgery, reattaching the intestine, placing mesh, and closing the open location.
However, at the rotten intestine stage, surgery was performed by cutting into the belly, removing the bad part, uniting the healthy pieces, and closing the area back up, which required several days before release.
The Accident and Emergency Specialist also informed that certain drug peddlers have taken advantage of the situation to offer various types of medication to the public, both conventional and herbal concoctions.
She stated that there is evidence of herbal cures on the market that have been blended with traditional and herbal solutions in incorrect doses.
She went on to say that drug pedlars marketed such prescriptions in public buses and on market days, emphasizing that persons who patronized such con artists could have normal blood sugar but be diagnosed with diabetes by the pedlars.
Noting that victims who fell victim to such drug sellers frequently developed hyperglycemia,
The IMaH Accident and Emergency Specialist was also concerned about men’s apathy towards sexual health therapy.
She observed that most men conceal or avoid discussing their health needs and that they are sometimes hesitant to have an open discussion about their sexual health history and current problems when they visit health facilities.
Dr. Karbo went on to say that most men do not seek immediate care for a variety of health issues, and when they do, they do not open up about their problems, particularly those concerning their reproductive systems.
