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Browse through over 500+ health facts on the most common health issues prevalent in Nigeria.

51 Common Diseases

  • Appendicitis
  • Arthritis
  • Asthma
  • Benign prostate enlargement
  • Breast lumps
  • Cerebral palsy
  • Chickenpox
  • Constipation
  • Contact dermatitis
  • Coronary heart disease
  • Depression
  • Diarrhoea and vomiting
  • Ear Infections
  • Ectopic pregnancy
  • Fibroids
  • Food poisoning
  • Goitre
  • Heartburn and Acid Reflux
  • Hepatitis
  • Hepatitis A
  • Hepatitis B
  • Hepatitis C
  • High Blood Pressure
  • HIV and AIDS
  • Infertility
  • Insomnia
  • Joint pain
  • Malaria
  • Meningitis
  • Migraine
  • Miscarriage
  • Neonatal sepsis
  • Ovarian cyst
  • Period pain
  • Piles
  • Pneumonia
  • Prostate cancer
  • Respiratory Tract Infections (RTIs)
  • Seizures
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
  • Sickle Cell disease
  • Spondylosis
  • Stomach ulcer
  • Stroke
  • Tonsillitis
  • Tuberculosis
  • Type 2 Diabetes
  • Typhoid fever
  • Urinary incontinence
  • Urinary tract infection
  • Vaginal candidiasis

51 Common Diseases

Browse through over 500+ medicine facts on the most common health issues prevalent in Nigeria.

51 Common Medicines

  • Aciclovir
  • Amlodipine
  • Amoxicillin
  • Aspirin for pain relief
  • Atenolol
  • Atorvastatin
  • Azithromycin
  • Bisacodyl
  • Buscopan
  • Cetirizine
  • Chlorphenamine
  • Cinnarizine
  • Ciprofloxacin
  • Clarithromycin
  • Clopidogrel
  • Clotrimazole
  • Co-amoxiclav
  • Codeine
  • Dexamethasone tablet and liquid
  • Diazepam
  • Diclofenac
  • Gliclazide
  • Glimepiride
  • Ibuprofen for adults
  • Ibuprofen for children
  • Lactulose
  • Levothyroxine
  • Lisinopril
  • Losartan
  • Metformin
  • Metoclopramide
  • Metoprolol
  • Metronidazole
  • Montelukast
  • Naproxen
  • Nifedipine
  • Nitrofurantonin
  • Omeprazole
  • Pantoprazole
  • Paracetamol for adults
  • Paracetamol for children
  • Phenytoin
  • Prednisolone
  • Rabeprazole
  • Ramipril
  • Ranitidine
  • Salbutamol inhaler
  • Tamsulosin
  • Tramadol

51 Common Medicines

Browse through over 500+ procedure facts on the most common health issues prevalent in Nigeria.

51 Common Procedures

  • Angiogram of the heart
  • Angioplasty
  • Bariatric surgery
  • Blood transfusion
  • Bone density test
  • Breast self exam
  • Breastfeeding
  • Breath test
  • Caesarean section
  • Cardiac ablation
  • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
  • Circumcision
  • Colonoscopy
  • Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG)
  • Dialysis
  • Echocardiogram
  • Epidural nerve block
  • Exercise stress test
  • Ferritin blood test
  • Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy (FNAB)
  • Gastric bypass surgery
  • General anesthesia
  • Hand joint replacement surgery
  • Heart transplant
  • Hemodialysis
  • Hemorrhoid surgery
  • Hip replacement
  • Homocysteine blood test
  • Hysterectomy
  • Hysteroscopy
  • Intraarticular injection
  • Intrauterine device (IUD)
  • IUD
  • Joint replacement of knee
  • Knee injection
  • Laser hair removal
  • Liposuction
  • Liver biopsy
  • Local anesthesia
  • Lumbar puncture
  • Marrow transplant
  • Microdermabrasion
  • Mitral valvuloplasty
  • MRI scan
  • Myomectomy
  • Nasogastric intubation
  • Natural conception methods
  • Nerve blocks
  • Open appendectomy
  • Pap smear
  • Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)
  • Percutaneous heart valve replacement surgery
  • Permanent pacemaker
  • Pregnancy test
  • Prenatal ultrasound
  • Pulmonary function test
  • Pulse oximetry
  • Rhinoplasty
  • Subcutaneous injection
  • Ultrasound
  • Umbilical hernia repair surgery
  • Upper endoscopy
  • Urea breath test
  • Weight loss surgery

51 Common Procedures

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  • Medicinefacts
  • Procedurefacts

Browse through over 500+ health facts on the most common health issues prevalent in Nigeria.

51 Common Diseases

  • Appendicitis
  • Arthritis
  • Asthma
  • Benign prostate enlargement
  • Breast lumps
  • Cerebral palsy
  • Chickenpox
  • Constipation
  • Contact dermatitis
  • Coronary heart disease
  • Depression
  • Diarrhoea and vomiting
  • Ear Infections
  • Ectopic pregnancy
  • Fibroids
  • Food poisoning
  • Goitre
  • Heartburn and Acid Reflux
  • Hepatitis
  • Hepatitis A
  • Hepatitis B
  • Hepatitis C
  • High Blood Pressure
  • HIV and AIDS
  • Infertility
  • Insomnia
  • Joint pain
  • Malaria
  • Meningitis
  • Migraine
  • Miscarriage
  • Neonatal sepsis
  • Ovarian cyst
  • Period pain
  • Piles
  • Pneumonia
  • Prostate cancer
  • Respiratory Tract Infections (RTIs)
  • Seizures
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
  • Sickle Cell disease
  • Spondylosis
  • Stomach ulcer
  • Stroke
  • Tonsillitis
  • Tuberculosis
  • Type 2 Diabetes
  • Typhoid fever
  • Urinary incontinence
  • Urinary tract infection
  • Vaginal candidiasis

51 Common Diseases

Browse through over 500+ medicine facts on the most common health issues prevalent in Nigeria.

51 Common Medicines

  • Aciclovir
  • Amlodipine
  • Amoxicillin
  • Aspirin for pain relief
  • Atenolol
  • Atorvastatin
  • Azithromycin
  • Bisacodyl
  • Buscopan
  • Cetirizine
  • Chlorphenamine
  • Cinnarizine
  • Ciprofloxacin
  • Clarithromycin
  • Clopidogrel
  • Clotrimazole
  • Co-amoxiclav
  • Codeine
  • Dexamethasone tablet and liquid
  • Diazepam
  • Diclofenac
  • Gliclazide
  • Glimepiride
  • Ibuprofen for adults
  • Ibuprofen for children
  • Lactulose
  • Levothyroxine
  • Lisinopril
  • Losartan
  • Metformin
  • Metoclopramide
  • Metoprolol
  • Metronidazole
  • Montelukast
  • Naproxen
  • Nifedipine
  • Nitrofurantonin
  • Omeprazole
  • Pantoprazole
  • Paracetamol for adults
  • Paracetamol for children
  • Phenytoin
  • Prednisolone
  • Rabeprazole
  • Ramipril
  • Ranitidine
  • Salbutamol inhaler
  • Tamsulosin
  • Tramadol

51 Common Medicines

Browse through over 500+ procedure facts on the most common health issues prevalent in Nigeria.

51 Common Procedures

  • Angiogram of the heart
  • Angioplasty
  • Bariatric surgery
  • Blood transfusion
  • Bone density test
  • Breast self exam
  • Breastfeeding
  • Breath test
  • Caesarean section
  • Cardiac ablation
  • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
  • Circumcision
  • Colonoscopy
  • Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG)
  • Dialysis
  • Echocardiogram
  • Epidural nerve block
  • Exercise stress test
  • Ferritin blood test
  • Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy (FNAB)
  • Gastric bypass surgery
  • General anesthesia
  • Hand joint replacement surgery
  • Heart transplant
  • Hemodialysis
  • Hemorrhoid surgery
  • Hip replacement
  • Homocysteine blood test
  • Hysterectomy
  • Hysteroscopy
  • Intraarticular injection
  • Intrauterine device (IUD)
  • IUD
  • Joint replacement of knee
  • Knee injection
  • Laser hair removal
  • Liposuction
  • Liver biopsy
  • Local anesthesia
  • Lumbar puncture
  • Marrow transplant
  • Microdermabrasion
  • Mitral valvuloplasty
  • MRI scan
  • Myomectomy
  • Nasogastric intubation
  • Natural conception methods
  • Nerve blocks
  • Open appendectomy
  • Pap smear
  • Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)
  • Percutaneous heart valve replacement surgery
  • Permanent pacemaker
  • Pregnancy test
  • Prenatal ultrasound
  • Pulmonary function test
  • Pulse oximetry
  • Rhinoplasty
  • Subcutaneous injection
  • Ultrasound
  • Umbilical hernia repair surgery
  • Upper endoscopy
  • Urea breath test
  • Weight loss surgery

51 Common Procedures

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