Vanguard
Medical doctors have decried the high rate of hernia, diabetes and high blood pressure in Abia communities.
They also expressed concern over the rising cases of eye-related diseases, and called for conscious efforts by the necessary stakeholders towards arresting the situation.
Dr Ujum Ogwo, Head, team of physicians and health personnel in charge of the free medical outreach of Professor Greg Ibe, made the observation Wednesday at Ndioro Oboro Ikwuano Local Government Area at the commencement of the second round of the outreach.
He said that so far, hernia, high blood pressure and eye challenges constituted the highest number of cases they received in all the communities covered by the team.
According to him, manual labour and lifting of heavy loads could help aggravate hernia.
He noted that the case of hernia was higher in rural communities where locals treck a long distance carrying loads like cans of water by the hand…
