At a forum organized by the University’s postgraduate school in Ogbomoso, Prof. Olugbenga Ayodele, a renowned Nephrologist at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Ogbomoso, South west nigeria stressed the need for Nigerians to take proper care of their health especially the Kidneys.
Ayodele in his lecture, identified Diabetes, Hypertension, Low birth weight, and Obesity as some of the modifiable risk factors of Kidney failure and has urged Nigerians to report at the nearest hospitals for medical checkup whenever they experience loss of appetite, high blood pressure, frequent of urine at night, frequent passage of urine during the day,nausea and vomiting.
He further suggested regular exercise, eating healthy, monitoring blood pressure, immunization and stoppage of smoking as panacea to kidney problems.
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