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Aminu U

Radiotherapy and Oncology Department, National Hospital Abuja, Nigeria

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Research Article Vol. 1, Issue 2

THE CONTRIBUTION OF INTESTINAL PROTOZOA TO DIARRHOEA IN CANCER PATIENTS UNDERGOING CHEMOTHERAPY AT NATIONAL HOSPITAL ABUJA

Ayuba Hannatu U*, Festus Igbinoba, Philip Nwajiobi-Princewill, Sunday A. Adewuyi, Abbas A Abdus-Salam, Rasaaq A. Oyesegun, Simeon C. Aruah, Samuel Sonibare, Khadijah Abdulraheem, Tobechi Akujiobi, Aminu U, Omonyeme Oboh, Abdulhamid Shehu, Dalhat Umar, Amina Dansani, Philip Ayom, Kenneth Enwerem, Nura Shuaib, Fatima I Uba

Background: Diarrhoea is one of the most critical health problems worldwide. In addition, vital symptom burden in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, which can worsen the disease condition with poor outcomes in the presence of intestinal protozoa infestations. The study assessed the contribution of intestinal protozoa to diarrhoea in breast ca...

Jul, 2025 Vol. 1, Issue 2 80 views 70 downloads
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Research Article Vol. 1, Issue 1

A COMPARATIVE PILOT STUDY OF A FIVE BLADE SPECULUM (BOUQUET SPECULUM) AND TWO- BLADE TRADITIONAL VAGINAL SPECULUM: PATIENT COMFORTABILITY VERSUS CERVIX VISUALIZATION

Ayuba Hannatu U*, Lawal Hanafi B, Mahmoud R.A, Akintola O.S, Fatona K.O, Aminu U

Introduction: The vaginal speculum is an important tool used in cervical cancer prevention and control. This study compared patients' comfort, cervical visualization and ease of using the bouquet speculum to the traditional bivalve vaginal speculum during the cervical cancer screening procedure at National Hospital Abuja. Due to the need to improve...

Jan, 2025 Vol. 1, Issue 1 103 views 62 downloads
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