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About 15 people have been hit by a strange disease causing swelling of the legs at Bara village in Kirfi Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
This was revealed to journalists in Bauchi on Monday by the Executive Chairman of the Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency (BASPHCDA), Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, at a press briefing to commemorate this year’s World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Day.
Mohammed informed that the agency got to know about the strange disease late Sunday evening when it got a report about the occurrence at the village, located on the Bauchi-Gombe highway.
10 hospitalised as strange illness causes swollen legs in Bauchi village 10 hospitalised as strange illness causes swollen legs in Bauchi village
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A strange illness that is causing swollen legs has been discovered in Bara village of Kirfi LGA in Bauchi State with 10 people affected so far.
The disclosure was made by the Executive Chairman of Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency (BASPHCDA), Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, while briefing newsmen on the commemoration of the 2021 World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Day celebration held, on Monday.
Rilwanu Mohammed said: “Late Sunday evening, we got a report that people’s legs were swelling up in Bara village, so far, 10 people have been affected. I have directed the Disease Control department of the Agency to the village to find out what the problem is.”
Unidentified illness causing swollen legs in Bauchi
Ten people so far have been affected by an unidentified condition causing swollen legs among residents in Bara village of Kirfi council area of.
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Mon Feb 01 2021
Ten people so far have been affected by an unidentified condition causing swollen legs among residents in Bara village of Kirfi council area of Bauchi state.
Officials are suspecting onchocerciasis or lymphatic filariasis, considering both conditions have been reported in the area.
But investigations are yet to confirm suspicion.
“late Sunday evening, we got report that people’s legs are swelling up in Bara village,” said executive chairman of Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency (BASPHCDA), Dr Rilwanu Mohammed.
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