A medical personnel, Dr Jaiye Aderinoye, has explained why it is wrong to engage in self medication in the treatment of malaria, prior to diagnosis.
Aderinoye on Thursday in Ilorin warned that people should avoid over the counter drugs in treating malaria without proper diagnosis.
The doctor, who was speaking in commemoration of the 2019 World Malaria Day, said it was not advisable to treat what one was not sure of.
”Nigerians are fond of assuming ailments without proper diagnosis, which should not be so.
”Wrong usage of drugs could lead to something else, so it is better, once any symptom is noticed, to proceed to the hospital to run a test to be sure of what is wrong.
”If proper test is carried out, it will prevent all these deaths that arise as a result of malaria,” Aderinoye said.
He added that he was not against the use of over the counter drugs, but using them without prescription could be disastrous.
Aderinoye, however, advised that malaria should be prevented by sleeping under treated mosquito nets and avoiding stagnant water that breeds mosquito.
April 25 of every year is celebrated as the World Malaria Day with the 2019 theme “Zero Malaria Starts With Me.”
Source: NAN
