Author: William Nwokoji

There are many reasons why people desire DNA tests and in Nigeria today, DNA tests have become very popular as it has been trending on social media for a while. Some of the reasons people desire DNA tests are that sometimes, there is a little confusion as to who the father of a child is, other times, foreign embassies and consulates request paternity tests for immigration as a proof of the relationship between two people before a VISA is granted. It is also done to determine ancestry (or trace ancestral lineage) and in legal cases to determine paternity and in rare…

A hysteroscopy is a procedure used to inspect, diagnose, and treat problems of the uterus or womb. The procedure involves a thin, telescope-like camera inserted into the uterus via the vagina. The camera has a light on the end and is called a hysteroscope. In Nigeria, all fertility clinics and hospitals carry out the procedure, though quality might differ you can be sure of government-owned hospitals. The Cost of hysteroscopy depends on so many factors like reasons the doctor recommended the procedure for you, the type of hysteroscopy, would the procedure involve removal of the fibroid, anesthetics you would use…

Infertility is a problem facing a lot of our woman nowadays and they are being pushed to look for any means possible to conceive a child. Sometimes, the paths they take become dangerous and they later live to regret it afterwards. However, alongside all these, there are still medically approved procedures women do and one of the most popular of these is the IUI. In this article, am going to tell all you need to know about IUI including the cost of IUI in Nigeria. What is IUI IUI is an abbreviation for Intrauterine Insemination. It is a form of…

In the world of medicine, there have been so many advances and so many new developments, these signs of progress have assisted to make diagnostic processes easier to bear. One of the best of these processes is laparoscopy, and today I am going to be telling you all you need to know about Laparoscopy including the cost of Laparoscopy in Nigeria. The cost of laparoscopy in Nigeria is depended on the availability and accessibility of hospitals or clinics for the surgery. Based on recent reports, the cost of laparoscopy in Nigeria is between N500, 000 and N1. 2 million depending…

In Nigeria, barrenness or the inability to bear children by a couple is a serious issue because of the fact that the African society places a lot of importance on children and parenting. Therefore, any couple that doesn’t have children will do anything g in their power to get. Well, for people who have the money, there seems to be a hope for you guys with IVF, In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), they use assisted reproduction technology (ART), in aiding fertilization outside of the body using “test-tubes. It’s basically taking the sperm from a man and the woman’s egg cells and…

Kidney related diseases are on the norm in our country nowadays and most of them are requiring a kidney transplant for their treatment. Now you may be wondering what a kidney transplant is but don’t worry, in this article, I am going to explain all you need to know about Kidney transplants including the cost of Kidney Transplant in Nigeria. Firstly, a kidney transplant is a medical procedure done on a person whose two kidneys have issues, a donor (healthy person with two healthy kidneys) donates one of his kidneys to the patient and the donor lives on with one…

There was once a time that disease ravaged our women, our young women perished from a disease that they could not predict, could not detect, and could not treat and one that they were helpless against. This aforementioned disease is none other than Cervical cancer, a disease that was the reason many women perished in the past because of its unpredictability and because it was particularly hard to detect considering it affects the inner parts of their reproductive organs. This continued until the Pap smear test was invented and since then it has revolutionised the world of female medicine. A…

There is a particular disease that has become the bane of our women nowadays; it has stricken fear into the hearts of our women as it affects them in so many ways even in Childbirth. The said disease is Fibroid and we can relate from the name how scared we are of it. Today am going to tell you all about it including the cost of fibroid surgery in Nigeria Now, Fibroids are actually irregular growths that grow on a woman’s uterus. These said tumours can grow to become quite large in size and may cause the woman severe abdominal…

In the world of medicine, there is a revolutionary method of scanning the body for diseases or for problems. This said process would have seemed like a Science Fiction movie and is a process that is yet to fully become commonplace in Nigeria for now and is taking very slow to become accepted. Today am going to tell you all you need to know about this scan, the Cost of MRI in Nigeria, it is called Magnetic Resonance Imaging or MRI for short. What is MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)? MRI is a medical imaging technique that allows you to take…

You may have heard its name before and may have wondered its use, or perhaps you may have heard it is used for pregnant women. The truth is that most Nigerians know little or nothing concerning ultrasound scans but worry not, I am here to enlighten you on all you need to know about said scan including the cost of ultrasound scan in Nigeria. What is An ultrasound scan? An ultrasound scan makes use of high-frequency sound waves to capture live images from inside of your body. It is also known as sonography, The technology employed in the process bears…